Status of Bills in the Oklahoma Legislature
House Bills
5-21-10
One week remains in the session.
Active Bills
HB 2584 by Rep. Thomsen, R-Ada, Sen. Bingman, R-Sapulpa.
Creates the Oklahoma School Testing Program Review Task Force. Will exist until 12-31-10 to conduct a comprehensive review of the current student testing system in Oklahoma. Floor substitute delineates who members of TF will be. Passed House, passed Senate, in conference, in Senate..
HB 2753 by Rep. Rep. Denney, R-Cushing, Sen. Coffee, R-OKC.
Adds as sponsors for charter schools: districts on school improvement list, technical centers with schools on school improvement list, IHE that are located in district with school on school improvement list. Removes cap of three new charter schools may be formed each FY.
Passed House, passed Senate, in conference, in Senate.
HB 2836 by Rep. Sears, R-Bartlesville, Sen. Ford, R-Bartlesville.
Provides guidelines for districts to apply for teacher performance pay grants.
Passed House, passed Senate, Conference Committee Report (CCR) passed in House, in Senate for consideration of CCR.
HB 2927 by Rep. Coody, R-Lawton, Sen. Ford, R-Bartlesville.
Provides for emergency exemptions for FY10-11 if there is a reduction in total revenue of 4% or more from preceding year. Schools may not be exempt from any federal educational-related requirements, health and safety provisions, teacher salary, retirement or health insurance requirements, the OSTP, the OEIP, teacher preparation, examination, licensure, certification, residency and professional development system and curricular standards for the instruction of students. Such emergency exemptions shall be granted for no longer than one year.
Passed House, passed Senate, CCR submitted in House for consideration.
HB 2928 by Rep. Coody, R-Lawton, Sen. Ford, R-Bartlesville.
Beginning with the 2013-14 school year, each written policy of evaluation for all teachers and administrators shall be based upon measures of teacher and leader effectiveness that include quantitative data regarding growth of student learning and an evidence-based performance rubric. Also provides change in OK statute to accommodate guidelines for RTTT, should OK win such award.
Passed House, passed Senate, CCR submitted in House for consideration.
HB 2944 by Rep. Jordan, R-Jenks, Sen. Crain, R-Tulsa.
To the extent possible, court appearances of public school district employees should be scheduled to minimize the disruption of class time. If a school district employee is subpoenaed to appear as a witness in a civil court proceeding, except in a proceeding in which the school district or the state is a party, the school district shall be entitled to a witness fee equal to the amount of the substitute teacher cost, not to exceed $100 per day.
Passed House, passed Senate, CCR read in Senate.
HB 3029 by Benge, R, Sand Springs, Sen. Halligan, R-Stillwater.
Allows districts to exceed class size requirements through FY 2012 with no penalty, takes away requirements for certified library media specialists through FY 2012. New law grants districts the right to NOT form, convene, or participate in any advisory council or committee.
Passed House, passed Senate, in Senate GCCA.
HB 3170 by Rep. Hickman, R-Dacoma, Sen. Marlatt, R-Woodward.
Requires SBE to develop a funding mechanism for the disbursement of federal funds to reimburse LEAs for the excessive costs of high-need students.
Passed House, passed Senate, in Senate GCCA.
HB 3393 by Rep. Nelson, R-OKC, Sen. Anderson, R-Enid.
Expands Self-directed Care Pilot Programs to include, beginning with the 2010-11 school year, provision of scholarship at the request of a parent for a student to attend a private institution.
Passed House, passed Senate, in House, 2nd CCR read.
Sent to Governor
HB 2296 by Rep .Carey, D-Durant, Sen. Gumm, D-Durant.
Allows experience accredited by another state of the United States for administrative certification.
Passed House 95-0, passed Senate, signed by Governor.
HB 2299 by Rep. Banz, R-Midwest City, Sen. Ford, R-Bartlesville.
Increases from three to four the number of semesters for a temporary contract by a school district.
Passed House, passed Senate, signed by Governor.
HB 2321 by Rep. Russ, R-Cordell, Sen. Ivester, D-Elk City.
Directs SBE to adopt curriculum standards for certain academic study of the Bible courses.
Passed House, passed Senate, signed by Governor.
HB 2747 by Rep. Denney, R-Cushing, Sen. Stanislawski, R-Tulsa.
Adds to requirements for teacher certification in early elementary education and special education.
Passed House, passed Senate, signed by Governor.
HB 2750 by Rep. Denney, R-Cushing, Sen. Justice, R-Chickasha.
Directs SBE to incorporate April 19, 1995 bombing information into the Oklahoma history social studies core curriculum. Also directs the State Textbook Committee to incorporate criteria on bombing in the evaluation of certain textbooks.
Passed House, passed Senate, signed by Governor.
HB 2854 by Rep. Inman, D-OKC, Sen. Laster, D-Shawnee.
Increases from 70 to 90 the number of school days that a substitute teacher shall be employed.
Passed House, passed Senate, signed by Governor.
HB 3259 by Rep. Blackwell, R-Goodwell, Sen. Marlatt, R-Woodward.
Restores previous language regarding alternative certification for teachers - from three to two years of work experience required to be certified.
Passed House, passed Senate, signed by Governor.
Inactive Bills
HB 2814 by Rep. Key, R-OKC, Sen. Brogdon, R-Owasso.
Requires SBE to adopt social studies core curriculum with courses of instruction that include the Declaration of Independence, US Constitution, including Bill of Rights, substantive selections from Federalist Papers, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, and George Washington's Farewell Address.
Passed House, in Senate Education Committee.
HB 2863 by Rep. Buck, D-Ardmore, Sen. Paddack, D-Ada.
Requires districts to provide a parental education warning notification to parents of 5th-7th graders about how critical the middle school grades are to preventing a student from dropping out of high school.
Passed House 92-0, in Senate Education Committee.
HB 3030 by Rep. Benge, R-Tulsa, Sen. Newberry, R-Tulsa.
Amends Teacher Due Process Act in regard to dismissal and suspension for those teachers on temporary contracts. (Adds educational services contracts with a state agency or private entity to those contracts that fall under this category.) The House author announced in presentation of bill to committee that this would solve the problem for Sand Springs PS and its teachers under contract at Rader.
House General Order.
HB 3108 by Rep. Kern, R-OKC. No Senate author.
Deletes current law that allows any member of the OTRS who is absent from the teaching service because of election or appointment as a local, state or national education association officer to retain membership in OTRS.
House General Order.
HB 3168 by Rep. Hickman, R-Dacoma, Sen. Stanislawski, R-Tulsa.
Creates the School Testing Scheduling Task Force to study the timing of testing windows in regard to extracurricular events and activities for students.
House General Order.
HB 3253 by Rep. Blackwell, R-Goodwell, Sen. Brogdon, R-Owasso.
Creates the School District Transparency Act. Will allow public to access through a statewide website provided by the SDE information regarding disbursement of state funds, local funds and federal funds.
Passed House, in Senate on General Order.
HB 3307 by Rep. Kern, R-OKC. No Senate author.
Changes date of school board elections from February to the general election date in November.
House General Order.
HB 3384 by Rep. Terrill, R-Moore, Sen. Sykes, R-OKC.
Creating the Quality of Education Assessment for Oklahoma Citizens Act of 2010. Requires elementary and secondary schools to determine citizenship status of enrolled students; requires parents to notify school of citizen or immigration status of child.
Passed House, in Senate Appropriations Committee.
Senate Bills
5-21-10
One week remains in the session..
Active Bills
SB 421 by Sen. Stanislawski, R-Tulsa, Rep. Scott, D-Tulsa.
Allows school district to award contracts for the sale of advertising on exterior of school buses. (This is bill from 2009 session that was not considered by the House Common Education Committee until 4-7-10, a year later.)
Passed Senate (in 2009), passed House, in Senate, Conference Committee Report (CCR) read.
SB 1617 by Sen. Halligan, R-Stillwater, Rep. Denney, R-Cushing.
Amends current law regarding reporting by school districts on school improvement list for four consecutive years – beginning 12-31-10, and annually each year thereafter, the SDE shall submit a report of the district plans from these particular districts to the members of the Senate and House Education Committees.
Passed Senate, passed House, CCR read in House.
SB 1633 by Sen. Brogdon, R-Owasso , Rep. Blackwell, R-Goodwell.
Creates the School District Transparency Act; requires school district expenditure information be made available on SDE website.
Passed Senate, passed House, “in conference.”
SB 1784 by Sen. Stanislawski, R-Tulsa, Rep. John Wright, R-Broken Arrow.
Allows school districts to expend textbook allocations for instructional expenses for FYE June 30, 2011.
Passed Senate, passed House, “in conference.”
SB 1858 by Sen. Paddack, D-Ada, Rep. Coody, R-Lawton.
Allows school districts to expend textbook allocation for instructional expenses for the next two fiscal years (2010-11 and 2011-12). Also waives penalties for exceeding class size limitations for the same two fiscal years.
Passed Senate, passed House, “in conference.”
SB 1862 by Sen. Coffee, R-OKC, Rep. Benge, R-Tulsa.
Allows recognized Indian tribes and cities with more than 300,00 population to sponsor a charter school.
Passed Senate, passed House, CCR read in Senate.
SB 2033 by Sen. Coffee, R-OKC, Rep. Benge, R-Tulsa.
Amends incentive pay plans for teachers to increase year of incentives from 20% to 50% of the teacher’s regular salary, exclusive of fringe benefits or extra duty pay.
Passed Senate, passed House, “in conference.”
SB 2034 by Sen. Coffee, R-OKC, Rep. Benger, R-Tulsa.
Expands requirements for auditors for public schools to include a minimum of eight clock hours of continuing education credit in school district accountancy during the prior year approved by the State Auditor and Inspector.
Passed Senate, passed House, CCR submitted in House..
SB 2083 by Sen. Coffee, R-OKC, Rep. Benge, R-Tulsa.
Provides funding for SB 2033 (teacher performance pay programs).
Passed Senate, passed House, “in conference.”
SB 2109 by Sen. Stanislawski, R-Tulsa, Rep. Coody, R-Lawton.
Adds language in statute pertaining to weighted average daily membership of pupils enrolled in online courses - "the weighted membership of pupils enrolled in online courses shall be based on the weighted average daily membership of the preceding school year." (Current law bases calculation on the two preceding school years.)
Passed Senate, passed House, in Senate, CCR read.
SB 2199 by Sen. Coffee, R-OKC, Rep. Jones, R-Claremore.
Expands scope of felony requests for prospective school employees.
Passed Senate, passed House, in Senate, CCR read.
SB 2213 by Sen. Jolley, R-Edmond, Rep. Jones, R-Claremore.
Require the SBE to seek approval of the USDE to amend the state accountability plan to replace the current CRTs with a formative assessment which is aligned to PASS, measures student growth over the course of the school year through multiple test administrations, tracks student growth over multiple years, and utilizes a dynamic, adaptive, computer-based test format.
Passed Senate, passed House, “in conference.”
SB 2218 by Sen. Stanislawski, R-Tulsa, Rep. Proctor, D-Tulsa.
Creates Task Force on Creating Administrative Efficiencies.
Passed Senate, passed House, Senate rejected HAs, conference requested. SCs: GCCA. (may be inactive)
SB 2318 by Sen. Jolley, R-Edmond, Rep. Jones, R-Claremore.
Provides for testing of students enrolled in schools not operated or authorized by district of residence.
Passed Senate, passed House, in Senate, CCR read.
SB 2319 by Sen. Stanislawski, R-Tulsa, Rep. Coody, R-Lawton.
Requires SBE to adopt certain rules relating to online courses.
Passed Senate, passed House, CCR submitted in House.
SB 2330 by Sen. Ford, R-Bartlesville, Rep. Denney, R-Cushing.
Omnibus Empowered Schools and School Districts Acts. (New Law.)
Passed Senate, passed House, back in Senate for consideration of HAs. (may be inactive)
Sent to Governor
SB 509 by Sen. Ford, R-Bartlesville, Rep. Coody, R-Lawton.
Provides for alternative governance for action taken – not subject to the Teacher Due Process Act of 1990.
Passed Senate (in 2009), passed House, signed by Governor.
SB1342 by Sen. Aldridge, R-Midwest City, Rep. Banz, R-Midwest City.
Adds exemption for continuing education for county treasurer acting as school district treasurer.
Passed Senate, passed House, vetoed by Governor.
SB 1404 by Sen. Burrage, D-Claremore, Rep. Peters, R-Tulsa.
Oklahoma School for the Visual and Performing Arts shall not duplicate programs offered by the OK Arts Institute, including but not limited to summer arts education programs for secondary school students and education enrichment programs for public school teachers.
Passed Senate, passed House, signed by Governor.
SB 1799 by Sen. Paddack, D-Ada, Rep. Coody, R-Lawton.
Establishes time period for administration of test re-takes for EOI tests - two weeks prior to the regular test administration date.
Passed Senate, passed House, signed by Governor.
SB 2108 by Sen. Leftwich, D-OKC, Rep. Terrill, R-OKC.
Allows local school district board of education to convey surplus real property to public higher education institutions.
Passed Senate, passed House, signed by Governor.
SB 2129 by Sen. Stanislawski, R-Tulsa, Rep. Coody, R-Lawton.
Creates Statewide Virtual School Task Force.
Passed Senate, passed House, sent to Governor.
SB 2183 by Sen. Branan, R-OKC, Rep. Blackwell, R-Goodwell.
Directs School Land Commission to study possibility of selling some sections of land under their control, while retaining any mineral rights on behalf of the state.
Passed Senate, passed House, signed by Governor.
SB 2211 by Sen. Jolley, R-Edmond, Rep. Cox, R-Grove.
Provides for forfeiture of State Aid for a school district for noncompliance with requirements for state student record system.
Passed Senate, passed House, signed by Governor.
SB 2212 by Sen. Ford, R-Bartlesville, Rep. Randy McDaniel, R-Edmond.
Adds following language to current law: A charter school sponsored by a board of education of a school district shall be considered a local education agency for purposes of federal funding.
Passed Senate, passed House, signed by Governor.
Inactive Bills
SB 1305 by Sen. Paddack, D-Ada, Rep. Coody, R-Lawton.
Dropout Recovery Programs-FY11-12-Contigent on funding, Career Tech may increase number of Dropout Recovery Programs.
Passed Senate, in House Appropriations and Budget Committee.
SB 1331 by Sen. Paddack, D-Ada, Rep. Coody, R-Lawton.
Requires school districts to report the percentage of students in the district enrolled in college preparatory/work ready curriculum and in the core curriculum. Districts with 15% or more students enrolled in the core curriculum shall submit a plan outlining the steps the district is taking to reduce the percentage of students enrolling in the core curriculum. (Students on IEPs exempted from this requirement.)
Passed Senate, failed in House 26-69.
SB 1333 by Sen. Ford, R-Bartlesville, Rep. Denney, R-Cushing.
Beginning in FY11-12, two career tech center school districts may offer, on a pilot basis, programs which have an emphasis on a focused field of career study and which include a full range of technical and academic courses.
Passed Senate, in House Higher Education Committee.
SB 1338 by Sen. Ivester, D-Elk City, Rep. Russ, R-Cordell.
Beginning in FY11-12, independent school districts may offer to students in grade nine or above an elective course on the Hebrew Scriptures.
Passed Senate, in House on General Order.
SB 1610 by Sen. Halligan, R-Stillwater, Rep. Coody, R-Lawton.
Beginning with 9th graders in 2010-11 school year, units of mathematics required to graduate from high school shall increase from three to four.
Passed Senate, in House on General Order.
SB 1691 by Sen. Nichols, R-Norman, Rep. Terrill, R-Moore.
Prohibits public schools or school districts from payment of fees for membership in an organization (OSSAA) which regulates certain activities if the organization does not meet certain requirements.
Passed Senate, in House Common Education Committee.
SB 1859 by Sen. Ford, R-Bartlesville, Rep. Sears, R-Bartlesville.
Amends sections which relate to the Teacher Due Process Act of 1990, deletes requirements for certain hearing, deletes extension of time for certain suspension, repeals law which relates to entitlement to trial de novo.
Senate General Order.
SB 1943 by Sen. Schulz, R-Altus, Rep. Russ, R-Cordell.
Allows school districts to transfer monies in general fund to building fund.
Senate General Order.
SB 1965 by Sen. Coates, R-Seminole, Rep. Hilliard, D-Sulphur.
Creates Task Force on the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association for the purpose of improving oversight and accountability of the coordination and regulation of secondary school interscholastic activities, including the expenditure of tax dollars to support such activities.
Passed Senate, in House Judiciary Committee.
SB 2139 by Sen. Ford, R-Bartlesville, Rep. Coody, R-Lawton.
Directs SBE to adopt alternate year growth targets based on graduation rates; specifies rewards and sanctions based on meeting or failing to meet expected growth targets.
Passed Senate, failed in House 43-47.
SB 2141 by Sen. Jolley, R-Edmond, Rep. Denney, R-Cushing.
Creates the Oklahoma Certified Healthy Schools Act.
Passed Senate, in House on General Order.
SB 2310 by Sen. Ford, R-Bartlesville. No House author.
Prohibits employment of persons with certain relationship with certain school administrators.
Reported Do Pass as Amended from Senate Education Comm.
SB 2311 by Sen. Coffee, R-OKC, Rep. Benge, R-Tulsa.
Modernizing certain statutes pertaining to the Commissioners of the Land Office.
Passed Senate, in House on General Order.