Oklahoma 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB2254 Compare Versions

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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 2254 By: Waldron
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to schools; requiring parents to
41	41	submit a letter of intent with the school district
42	42	when choosing certain schooling opti ons; prescribing
43	43	letter of intent requirements; requiring subsequent
44	44	letter of intent under certain circumstances;
45	45	requiring the State Department of Education to create
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54	54	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
55	55	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
56	56	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 24 -162 of Title 70, unless there
57	57	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
58	58	A. On or before the school district start date, parents making
59	59	the decision to choose homeschooling, podschooling, or
60	60	microschooling shall submit a letter of intent to the State
61	61	Department of Education. The letter of intent shall include the
62	62	parent's or parents' names, the child's or children's names, the
63	63	home address, the names of any other individuals living within the
64	64	home, the names of any associated individuals or organizations
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91	91	assisting with the child 's or children's schooling, and a brief
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93	93	B. Any change to or from the decision to homeschool, podschool,
94	94	microschool, or change school districts, whether a result of a move
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96	96	the information outlined in subsection A of this section.
97	97	C. The State Department of Education shall compile a database
98	98	of individuals, facilities, and organizations that perform and
99	99	assist with homeschool ing, podschooling, or microschooling.
100	100	D. For purposes of this section:
101	101	1. "Microschool" means a school initiated by one or more
102	102	teachers or an entity created to operate a school that charges
103	103	tuition for the students who enroll and is an alternative to
104	104	enrolling in a public school, private school, homeschool, or
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106	106	2. "Podschool" means a voluntary association of parents
107	107	choosing to group their children together to participate in their
108	108	elementary or secondary academic studies as an alternative to
109	109	enrolling in a public school, private school, homeschool, or
110	110	microschool, including participation in an activity or service
111	111	provided to the children in exchange for payment.
112	112	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
113	113	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
114	114	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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141	141	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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