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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 671 By: Pederson
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
66	66	Section 1-114, which relates to f ree attendance of
67	67	public schools; updating language regarding student
68	68	transfers pursuant to certain act; exempting from
69	69	certain tuition fee requirement school districts that
70	70	enroll certain students, do not receive certain
71	71	funds, and have certain per -pupil expenditure;
72	72	prohibiting certain students from bein g eligible for
73	73	State Aid; prohibiting allocation or transfer of
74	74	certain local funding; providing an e ffective date;
75	75	and declaring an emergency.
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81	81	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA:
82	82	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -114, is
83	83	amended to read as follows:
84	84	Section 1-114. A. All children between the ages of five (5)
85	85	years on or before September 1, and twenty -one (21) years on or
86	86	before September 1, shall be entitled to attend school free of
87	87	charge in the district in which they reside.
88	88	B. All children who are at least four (4) years of age but not
89	89	more than five (5) years of age on or before September 1 and wh o
90	90	have not attended a publ ic school kindergarten shall be entitled to
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142	142	attend half-day or full-day early childhood programs at any public
143	143	school in the state where such programs are offered; provided, no
144	144	child shall be required to attend any early childhood education
145	145	program. The following paragraphs shall govern early childhood
146	146	programs:
147	147	1. Children who are at least four (4) years of age but not more
148	148	than five (5) years of age on or before September 1 shall be
149	149	entitled to attend either half -day or full-day early childhood
150	150	programs in their district of residence free of charge as long as
151	151	the district has the physical facilities and teaching personnel to
152	152	accommodate the child. For purposes of calculation of State Aid,
153	153	children in an early childhood educatio n program shall be include d
154	154	in the average daily membership of the district providing th e
155	155	program;
156	156	2. A child who has not reached the age of five (5) years on or
157	157	before September 1 and who resides in a district which does not
158	158	offer an early childhood prog ram shall be eligible for transfer to a
159	159	district where an early childhood program is off ered if the district
160	160	that offers the early childhood program agrees to the transfer has
161	161	the capacity to accept the child as provided for in the Education
162	162	Open Transfer Act. A district offering early child hood programs may
163	163	refuse to accept a nonresident ch ild if the district does n ot have
164	164	the physical facilities or teaching personnel the capacity to
165	165	accommodate the child in an early childhood education class , as
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217	217	provided for in the Education Open Transfer A ct. If the child
218	218	requesting the transfer has not r eached the age of four (4) years on
219	219	or before September 1, the district may refuse to accep t the
220	220	nonresident child if the district determines the child is not ready
221	221	for an early childhood program. Childre n who are accepted in a
222	222	program outside their distr ict of residence as provided in this
223	223	paragraph shall be included in the average daily membe rship of the
224	224	district providing the program for State Aid funding subject to the
225	225	State Aid formula weight limitati ons set forth in paragraph 1 of
226	226	this subsection; and
227	227	3. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules that
228	228	create exemptions relating t o the maximum age at which a child may
229	229	attend half-day or full-day early childhood programs.
230	230	C. No child shall be enrolled in kindergarten unless he or she
231	231	will have reached the age of five (5) years on or before September 1
232	232	of the school year. No child shall be enrolled in the first grade
233	233	unless he or she will have reached the a ge of six (6) years on or
234	234	before September 1 of the school year.
235	235	D. 1. No nonresident and nontransferred pupil shall be allowed
236	236	to attend school in any school district unless a tuit ion fee equal
237	237	to the per capita cost of education for a similar period in such
238	238	district during the preceding y ear has been paid to the receiving
239	239	district in advance yearly or by semester as determined by the
240	240	district board of education of the receiving dis trict. If the State
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292	292	Board of Education discovers that such the attendance has been
293	293	allowed without prior paym ent of the tuition fee in advance as
294	294	required, no further payment of any State Aid Funds funds shall be
295	295	made to the district until such the district has shown t o the
296	296	satisfaction of the State Board of Education that all such tuition
297	297	fees have been paid or that such tuition the pupil will no longer be
298	298	allowed to attend school until the required tuition fee has been
299	299	paid.
300	300	2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this subsection shall not
301	301	apply to a school district that enrolls nonresident students from a
302	302	contiguous, out-of-state school district if the district:
303	303	a. does not receive payment of any State Aid funds, and
304	304	b. has a per-pupil expenditure, as defined by Section 1-
305	305	124 of this title, that is above the state average
306	306	per-pupil expenditure.
307	307	A nonresident student whose resident district, as determined by
308	308	Section 1-113 of this title, is not within this state shall not be
309	309	eligible for State Aid. No local funding associated with the
310	310	nonresident student’s out-of-state resident district shall be
311	311	allocated or transfer red to the receiving school district.
312	312	E. Any parent, guardian, person, or institution having care and
313	313	custody of a child who pays ad valorem tax on real property in any
314	314	other school district other than that in which tha t person resides
315	315	may, with the approval of the receiving board school district,
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367	367	enroll the child in any school district in which ad valore m tax is
368	368	paid and receive a credit on the nonresident tuition fee equal to
369	369	the amount of the ad valorem tax paid for s chool district purposes
370	370	in the school district in which the child is enrolled. Provide d,
371	371	the credit shall not exceed the total amount req uired for the
372	372	tuition payment.
373	373	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
374	374	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
375	375	of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
376	376	declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
377	377	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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