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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 44 By: Bergstrom
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to students; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
Section 11-107.1, which relates to remediation
courses for high school studen ts; requiring rather
than allowing school districts to provide remediation
courses for students who score below c ertain
benchmarks on certain exams; allowing certain types
of remediation; providing for promulgation of rules;
providing an effective date; an d declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 11 -107.1, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 11-107.1. A. Each Beginning with the 2023-2024 school
year, each school district in this state may offer a shall provide
remediation course courses for high school students who score below
a nineteen (19) on the benchmarks on subject-area portions of the
American College Testing (ACT ) exam or below an equivalent score
scores on the SAT exam in the most recent year for which student
performance data is available.
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B. Remediation required by subsection A of this section may
include but is not limited to:
1. Extended instructional time during the sch ool day;
2. A summer academy;
3. Tutoring;
4. Online coursework;
5. Repetition of an y course in which the student has
demonstrated academic deficiency by scoring below the benchmarks on
subject-area portions of the ACT or SAT; or
6. Other supplementary services.
C. Nothing in subsection A of this section shall be construed
to require that a teacher providing instruc tion in the remediation
course be certified in any subjec t matter that is tested on the ACT
or SAT exam.
D. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to
implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the pre servation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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