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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1554 By: Garvin
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to student transfers; amending 70
66	66	O.S. 2021, Section 8 -101.2, as amended by Section 1,
67	67	Chapter 193, O.S.L. 2022 (70 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section
68	68	8-101.2), which relates to transfers from resident
69	69	school districts; requiring school district board of
70	70	education to include in its transfer policy certain
71	71	exception for certain emergency transfer; directing
72	72	approval of requests for emergency transfer under
73	73	certain circumstances; allowing a transfer policy to
74	74	include certain provision for prohibiting t he
75	75	transfer of certain student under certain
76	76	circumstances; updating statutory language; providing
77	77	for electronic submission of certain i nformation;
78	78	providing an effective date; and declaring an
79	79	emergency.
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85	85	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STAT E OF OKLAHOMA:
86	86	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 8 -101.2, as
87	87	amended by Section 1, Chapter 193, O.S .L. 2022 (70 O.S. Supp. 2023,
88	88	Section 8-101.2), is amended to read as follows:
89	89	Section 8-101.2. A. Except as provided in subsection B of this
90	90	section, on and after January 1, 2022, the transfer of a student
91	91	from the district in which the student resides to another school
92	92	district furnishing instruction in the grade the student is ent itled
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144	144	to pursue shall be granted at any time in the year unless the number
145	145	of transfers exceeds the capacity of a grade level for each school
146	146	site within a school district . If the capacity of a grade level for
147	147	each school site within a school district i s insufficient to enroll
148	148	all eligible students, the school district sha ll select transfer
149	149	students in the order in which the district received the student
150	150	transfer applications . The capacity of a schoo l district shall be
151	151	determined by the school district bo ard of education based on its
152	152	policy adopted pursuant to subsection B of this section. A student
153	153	may be granted a one-year transfer and may automatically continue to
154	154	attend the school each school yea r to which the student transferred
155	155	with the approval of the receiving district. At the end of each
156	156	school year, a school dis trict may deny continued transfer of the
157	157	student for the reasons outlined in paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsec tion
158	158	B of this section. Any brother or sister of a student who transfers
159	159	may attend the school district to whic h the student transferred, if
160	160	the school district policy gives preference to sibling transfers
161	161	regardless of capacity, and the brother or sister of the transferred
162	162	student does not meet a basis for denial as outl ined in paragraphs 1
163	163	and 2 of subsection B of this section. Any child in the custody of
164	164	the Department of Human Services in fos ter care who is living in the
165	165	home of a student who transfers may attend the school distr ict to
166	166	which the student transferred . Except for a child in the custody of
167	167	the Department of Human Services in foster care, a transfer s tudent
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219	219	shall not transfer more than two (2) times per school year to one or
220	220	more school districts in which the student does not reside, provided
221	221	that the student may always reenroll at any time in his or her
222	222	school district of residence. At the discretion of the receiving
223	223	district, a student who has attend ed a school district as a resident
224	224	student for at least three (3) y ears prior to becoming eligible to
225	225	apply as a transfer student may be allowed to transfer to the school
226	226	district regardless of capac ity.
227	227	If the grade a student is entitled to pursue is not offered in
228	228	the district where the student resides, the transfer sha ll be
229	229	automatically approved.
230	230	B. Each school district board of education shal l adopt a policy
231	231	to determine the number of transfer students the school dist rict has
232	232	the capacity to accept in each grade level for each school site
233	233	within a school district no later than January 1, 2022 . The policy
234	234	may include:
235	235	1. The acts and reasons outlined in Section 24-101.3 of this
236	236	title as a basis for denial of a transfer; and
237	237	2. A history of absences as a basis fo r denial of a transfer.
238	238	For the purposes of this secti on, “history of absences” means ten or
239	239	more absences in one semester that are not excused for the re asons
240	240	provided for in subsection B of Section 10 -105 of this title or due
241	241	to illness.
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293	293	The policy shall be publicly posted on the school district
294	294	website.
295	295	C. 1. Each school district board of education shall include in
296	296	its transfer policy adopted pu rsuant to subsection B of this section
297	297	an exception for the emergency transfer of a student who has been
298	298	the victim of bullying or threatening behavior as defined in Section
299	299	24-100.3 of this title. The parent of the student shall file a
300	300	written application for an emergency transfer with the
301	301	superintendent of the receiving school district. Upon verification
302	302	by the receiving school distri ct that the student was the victim of
303	303	bullying or threatening behavior and that the sending school
304	304	district was notified of the incident or incidents prior to the
305	305	filing of the request to transfer, the receiving school district
306	306	shall approve the transfer.
307	307	2. The transfer policy may include a provision prohi biting the
308	308	transfer of a student who committed bullying or threatening behavior
309	309	against a student granted an emergency transfer pursuant to
310	310	paragraph 1 of this subsection if the receiving school district
311	311	receives verification from the sending school district that it was
312	312	notified of the incident or incidents prior to the filing of the
313	313	request to transfer.
314	314	D. By the first day of January, Ap ril, July, and October, the
315	315	school district board of education shall establish the number of
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367	367	transfer students the school d istrict has the capacity to accept in
368	368	each grade level for each school site within a school district.
369	369	D. E. After establishing the number of transfer students the
370	370	school district has the capacity to accept in each grade level for
371	371	each school site within a sc hool district, the board of education
372	372	shall:
373	373	1. Publish in a prominent place on the school dis trict website
374	374	the number of transfer students for each grade level for each school
375	375	site within a school district which the school district has the
376	376	capacity to accept; and
377	377	2. Report to the State Department o f Education the number of
378	378	transfer students for each gr ade level for each schoo l site within a
379	379	school district which the school distr ict has the capacity to
380	380	accept.
381	381	E. F. If a transfer request is denied by the sc hool district,
382	382	the parent of the student may a ppeal the denial within ten (10) days
383	383	of notification of the denial to the receiving school district board
384	384	of education. The receiving school district board of education
385	385	shall consider the appeal at its next r egularly scheduled board
386	386	meeting. If the receiving school district board of education denies
387	387	the appeal, the parent of the studen t may appeal the denial within
388	388	ten (10) days of notification of the appeal denial to the State
389	389	Board of Education. The parent shall submit to the State Board of
390	390	Education and the superintendent of the receiving school a notice of
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442	442	appeal on a form prescrib ed by the State Board of Education. The
443	443	appeal shall be considered by the State Board of Education at its
444	444	next regularly scheduled meeting, where the parent and a
445	445	representative from the receiving school district may address t he
446	446	Board. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules to
447	447	establish the appeals process authorized by this subsection.
448	448	F. G. Each school district boa rd of education shall
449	449	electronically submit to the State Department of Education the
450	450	number of student transfers app roved and denied and whether each
451	451	denial was based on capacity, acts and re asons outlined in Section
452	452	24-101.3 of this title, or a history of absences as p rovided for in
453	453	paragraph 2 of subsection B of th is section. The State Department
454	454	of Education shall pu blish the data on its websit e and make the data
455	455	available to the Office of Educational Quality and A ccountability.
456	456	G. H. Each year, the Office of Educational Quality and
457	457	Accountability shall ran domly select ten percent (10%) of the school
458	458	districts in the state and conduct an audit of each district’s
459	459	approved and denied transfe rs based on the provisions of the
460	460	policies adopted by the respective school dis trict board of
461	461	education. If the Office finds inac curate reporting of capacity
462	462	levels by a school distric t, the Office shall set the capacity for
463	463	the school district.
464	464	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
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516	516	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessa ry for the preservation
517	517	of the public peace, health , or safety, an emergency is hereby
518	518	declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
519	519	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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