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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 1255 By: Strom
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
41	41	Section 1210.508, which relates to the statewide
42	42	system of student assessments; directi ng assessments
43	43	to be administered to certain private school and
44	44	homeschool students; requiring administration of
45	45	assessments at a state -certified testing facility
46	46	during the assessment window; mandating repayment of
47	47	certain tax credit if assessments are no t completed
48	48	by the student; providing an effective date; and
49	49	declaring an emergency.
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54	54	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
55	55	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1210.508, is
56	56	amended to read as foll ows:
57	57	Section 1210.508. A. 1. By no later than December 31, 2016,
58	58	the State Board of Education shall adopt a statewide system of
59	59	student assessments in compliance with the Elementary and Secondary
60	60	Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as reauthorized and amended by P.L.
61	61	No. 114-95, also known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
62	62	2. The statewide student assessment system adopted by the Board
63	63	pursuant to this subsection shall be aligned with the Oklahoma
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90	90	Academic Standards as adopted by the Board and which p repare
91	91	students for college and careers.
92	92	B. 1. The Board shall issue a request for proposals for the
93	93	selection of assessments to be administered to students in grades
94	94	three through twelve as a part of the statewide student assessment
95	95	system adopted by th e Board pursuant to this section.
96	96	2. The Board shall adopt assessments from t he selected
97	97	proposals that were submitted pursuant to paragraph 1 of this
98	98	subsection. The adopted assessments shall be administered by the
99	99	Board for a period that is in coordina tion with the six-year subject
100	100	area textbook adoption cycle unless the vendor does not fulfill the
101	101	terms of the contract or fails to comply with or violates the terms
102	102	of the contract. The Board shall administer the assessments
103	103	beginning with the 2017 -2018 school year.
104	104	C. The statewide student assessment system adopted by the Board
105	105	pursuant to this section shall include assessments that:
106	106	1. Are aligned with the Oklahoma subject matter standards as
107	107	adopted by the Board;
108	108	2. Provide a measure of comparabili ty among other states;
109	109	3. Yield both norm-referenced scores and criterion -referenced
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111	111	4. Have a track record of statistical reliability and accuracy;
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139	139	5. For assessments administered in high school, provide a
140	140	measure of future academic perform ance.
141	141	D. For the 2016-2017 school year, the Board shall administer
142	142	assessments in:
143	143	1. English Language Arts or Reading and Mathematics in grades
144	144	three through eight and at least once in high school, during the
145	145	grade span of nine through twelve;
146	146	2. Science not less than once during each grade span of three
147	147	through five, six through nine and ten through twelve; and
148	148	3. United States History not less than once during the grade
149	149	span of nine through twelve.
150	150	E. 1. Beginning with the 2017 -2018 school year, th e statewide
151	151	student assessment system shall include assessments in:
152	152	a. English Language Arts and Mathematics in grades three
153	153	through eight and at least once in high school, during
154	154	the grade span of nine through twelve,
155	155	b. Science not less than once during each grade span of
156	156	three through five, six through nine and ten through
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158	158	c. United States History, with an emphasis on civics, not
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161	161	2. Beginning with the 2017 -2018 school year, the sta tewide
162	162	student assessment system may include:
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189	189	a. assessments in Reading and Wr iting in certain grades
190	190	as determined by the Board, and
191	191	b. contingent upon the availability of funds, an
192	192	additional nationally recognized college - and career-
193	193	readiness assessment or assessments as recommended by
194	194	the State Department of Education which will be
195	195	administered to students in high school at no cost to
196	196	the student.
197	197	F. 1. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the
198	198	2017-2018 school year, each student shall t ake the assessment or
199	199	assessments included in the statewide student assessment system
200	200	adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection A of this section in
201	201	order to graduate from a public high school with a standard diploma.
202	202	All students shall take the assessm ent or assessments prior to
203	203	graduation, unless otherwise exempt by law.
204	204	2. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the
205	205	2017-2018 school year, each student, in addition to taking the
206	206	assessment or assessments included in the statewide student
207	207	assessment system adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection A of
208	208	this section, shall meet any other high school graduation
209	209	requirements adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled
210	210	House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd Session of the 55th Oklahoma
211	211	Legislature in order to graduate from a public high school with a
212	212	standard diploma.
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239	239	3. For students who start the ninth grade prior to or during
240	240	the 2016-2017 school year, school districts shall adopt a plan that
241	241	establishes the assessment or assessments thos e students are
242	242	required to take in order to graduate from a public high school with
243	243	a standard diploma. The plan may also include any or all of the
244	244	other high school graduation requirements adopted by the Board
245	245	pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd
246	246	Session of the 55th Oklahoma Legislature that those students will be
247	247	required to meet in order to graduate from a public high school with
248	248	a standard diploma.
249	249	4. The Board shall promulgate rules to ensure that students who
250	250	transfer into an Oklahoma school district from out -of-state after
251	251	the junior year of high school shall not be denied the opportunity
252	252	to be awarded a standard diploma due to differing testing
253	253	requirements.
254	254	G. 1. Beginning with the 2025 -2026 school year:
255	255	a. a student who attends a private school accredited by
256	256	the State Board of Education or another accrediting
257	257	association, or
258	258	b. a student who is educated pursuant to the other means
259	259	of education exception provided for in subsection A of
260	260	Section 10-105 of this title, and
261	261	for whom a taxpayer has successfully claimed a tax credit pursuant
262	262	to the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act created in Section
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289	289	28-100 of this title shall be administered the assessments required
290	290	by subsection E of this section.
291	291	2. The assessments s hall be administered at a state -certified
292	292	testing facility during the assessment window dates as established
293	293	in subsection K of this section.
294	294	3. If a student declines to complete the assessments required
295	295	pursuant to this subsection, the taxpayer who succe ssfully claims a
296	296	tax credit pursuant to the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credi t Act
297	297	shall repay the tax credit to the Oklahoma Tax Commission no later
298	298	than sixty (60) days after the assessment window dates are
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300	300	H. In order to provide an indicati on of the levels of
301	301	competency attained by the student in a permanent record for
302	302	potential future employers and institutions of higher education,
303	303	school districts shall report on the high school transcript of the
304	304	student the highest-achieved score on the a ssessment or assessments
305	305	included in the statewide student assessment system a dopted by the
306	306	Board pursuant to subsection A of this section and any business - and
307	307	industry-recognized endorsements attained.
308	308	H. I. Students who do not perform at a proficiency level on
309	309	assessments shall be remediated as established in the assessment
310	310	requirements adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled
311	311	House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd Session of the 55th Oklahoma
312	312	Legislature, subject to the availability of funding.
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340	340	J. 1. All assessments required by this section shall measure
341	341	academic competencies in correlation with the subject matter
342	342	standards adopted by the Board pursuant to Sections 11 -103.6 and 11-
343	343	103.6a of this title and referred to as the Oklahoma Academic
344	344	Standards. The State Board of Education shall evaluate the subject
345	345	matter standards to ensure the competencies reflect high standards,
346	346	are specific, well-defined, measurable, challenging, and will
347	347	prepare elementary students for next -grade-level course work and
348	348	secondary students for postsecondary studies at institutions of
349	349	higher education or technology center schools without the need for
350	350	remediation. All subject matter standards shall reflect the goals
351	351	as set forth in Section 11 -103.6 of this title and of improving the
352	352	state average ACT score.
353	353	2. The State Department of Education shall annually evaluate
354	354	the results of the assessments. The State Board of Education shall
355	355	ensure that preliminary results for all statewide assessments are
356	356	reported to districts no later than June 20 of each year and are
357	357	presented in a manner that yiel ds detailed, diagnostic information
358	358	for the purpose of guiding instruction and student remediation. As
359	359	improvements are made to the assessments required by this section,
360	360	the Board shall seek to increase the depth of knowledge assessed for
361	361	each subject. The State Board of Education shall seek to ensure
362	362	that data yielded from the assessments required in this section are
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389	389	utilized at the school district level to inform instruction,
390	390	professional development, school improvement and remediation for
391	391	students.
392	392	3. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability
393	393	shall determine the cut scores for the performance levels on all
394	394	statewide assessments. The Commission shall conduct a n ongoing
395	395	review to compare the statewide assessment content and performance
396	396	descriptors with those of other states. Upon receipt of the review,
397	397	the Commission may adjust the cut scores as necessary.
398	398	4. The State Board of Education, for the purposes of c onducting
399	399	reliability and validity studies, monitoring contractor adherence to
400	400	professionally accepted testing standards, and providing
401	401	recommendations for testing program improvement, shall retain the
402	402	services of an established, independent agency or orga nization that
403	403	is nationally recognized for its technical expertise in educational
404	404	testing but is not engaged in the development of aptitude or
405	405	achievement tests for elementary or secondary level grades. These
406	406	national assessment experts shall annually con duct studies of the
407	407	reliability and validity of the statewide assessments admi nistered
408	408	pursuant to this section. Validity studies shall include studies of
409	409	decision validity and concurrent validity.
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411	411	K. 1. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
412	412	setting the assessment window dates for each statewide assessment so
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440	440	testing protocols, and so that the assessment results are reported
441	441	back to school districts in a timely manner. The v endor shall
442	442	provide a final electronic data file of all school site, school
443	443	district, and state results to the State Department of Education and
444	444	the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability prior to August
445	445	20 of each year. The Department shall for ward the final data files
446	446	for each school district and each school site in that district to
447	447	the school district. The Board shall ensure the contract with the
448	448	vendor includes a provision that the vendor report assessment
449	449	results directly to the Office of E ducational Quality and
450	450	Accountability at the same time it is reported to the B oard.
451	451	2. State, district, and site level results of all assessments
452	452	required in this section shall be disaggregated by gender, race,
453	453	ethnicity, disability status, migrant status , English proficiency,
454	454	and status as economically disadvantaged, except that such
455	455	disaggregation shall not be required in a case in which the number
456	456	of students in a category is insufficient to yield statistically
457	457	reliable information or the results would reveal personally
458	458	identifiable information about an individual student. Each school
459	459	site shall notify the student 's parents of the school 's performance
460	460	levels in the Oklahoma School Testing Program as reported in the
461	461	Oklahoma Educational Indicators Progra m at the end of each school
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489	489	K. L. The State Board of Education shall be responsible for the
490	490	field-testing and validation of the statewide assessment system
491	491	required in subsection A of this section.
492	492	L. M. The State Board of Education shall develop, administer,
493	493	and incorporate as a part of the Oklahoma School Testing Program,
494	494	other assessment programs or procedures, including appropriate
495	495	accommodations for the assessment of students with disabilities as
496	496	required by the Individuals with Disabilities Ed ucation Act (IDEA),
497	497	20 U.S.C., Section 1400 et seq.
498	498	M. N. For purposes of developing and administering alternate
499	499	assessments for students with the most significant cognitive
500	500	disabilities, the State Board of Education shall not be subject to
501	501	subsections D and E of Section 11-103.6a of this title.
502	502	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
503	503	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
504	504	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereb y
505	505	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
506	506	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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