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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1396 By: Provenzano
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; prohibiting private
schools from requiring a parent or guardian to
participate in the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax
Credit; banning certain tuition rate or fee
increases; providing for codification; providing an
effective date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 28 -104 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Private schools accredited by the State Board of Education
or another accrediting association shall not, as a condition of
acceptance, enrollment, or student eligibility, require that a
student's parent or guardian participate in the Oklahoma Parental
Choice Tax Credit Program created in Section 28 -101 of Title 70 of
the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. Private schools that accept students whose parents or
guardians receive an income tax credit through the Oklahoma Parental
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Choice Tax Credit Program shall not increase their tuition rates or
fees as a result of the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Program.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shal l take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
60-1-11247 AO 12/31/24