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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2151 By: Hall
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to education; creating the Federal
Education Guidance Disclosure Act; requiring the
State Department of Education to publish certain
documents on a website; prescribing publication
timeframe; construing website creation timeline;
mandating use of hyperlinks; directing retention of
certain rescinded documents; stating retention
requirements; defining term; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
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 24-162 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Federal
Education Guidance Disclosure Act ".
B. Within five (5) days of receiving a guidance document from
the United States Department of Education, the State Department of
Education shall publish the guidance document on an Internet website
designated by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction unless
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the guidance document contains sensitive or confidential information
not legal to disclose due to privacy laws .
C. 1. The State Department of Education shall create the
designated Internet website for publication described in subsection
B of this section no later than ninety (90) days after the effective
date of this act.
2. The State Department of Education shall include hyperlinks
on the Internet website, in a conspicuous manner, that provide
access to the guidance documents received pursuant to subsection B
of this section.
D. If a guidance document is res cinded by the United States
Department of Education, the State Department of Education shall
maintain the rescinded guidance document at the location described
in subsection C of this section and indicate within fifteen (15)
days of such rescission:
1. That the document has been rescinded; and
2. The date the document was rescinded.
E. For purposes of this section, "guidance document" means a
federal agency statement of general applicability, other than a rule
that has the force and effect of law promulg ated in accordance with
the notice and comment procedures under 5 U.S.C., Section 553, that
is designated by an agency official as setting forth a policy or
interpretation on a statutory, regulatory, or technical issue. A
guidance document may include, bu t is not limited to, a memorandum,
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notice, bulletin, directive, letter, or no -action letter. The term
guidance document shall be construed broadly to effectuate the
purpose and intent of this act.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effectiv e November 1, 2025.
60-1-12986 AQH 02/26/25