1|ENGROSSED HOUSE | |BILL NO. 1029 By: Talley, Waldron, Pae and | 2| Munson of the House | | | 3| and | | | 4| Stanley of the Senate | | | 5| | | | 6| An Act relating to schools; directing the State | | Department of Education to adopt a form for reporting | 7| on student homelessness; providing for collaboration | | with certain committee; prescribing timing and | 8| procedure for form completion; requiring districts to | | report results to the Department no later than date | 9| specified; directing the Department to report annual | | results to certain officials and entity; providing | 10| for codification; and providing an effective date. | | | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 14| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 15|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1210.210 of Title 70, unless | | | 16|there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 17| A. The State Department of Education Office of Federal Programs | | | 18|shall, in conjunction with the Office of Planning and Coordination | | | 19|for Services to Children and Youth Steering Committee established in | | | 20|Section 601.6c of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, adopt a | | | 21|standard form to be used by all school districts to identify | | | 22|students who are homeless children and youth as defined in Section | | | 23|600 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Beginning with the | | | 24|2024-2025 school year, the form shall be completed annually at | | | arsid73864 ENGR. H. B. NO. 1029 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|enrollment by the parent or guardian of a student or by the student | | | 2|if he or she is not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian. | | | 3| Districts shall report the results to the Department, in a manner | | | 4|prescribed by the Department, no later than June 1 of each year. | | | 5| B. Beginning July 1, 2025, the Department shall compile a | | | 6|report of the number of students identified as being homeless, by | | | 7|district and grade level. The report shall be distributed annually | | | 8|to the Governor, Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, | | | 9|Chair of the House Common Education Committee, President Pro Tempore | | | 10|of the Oklahoma State Senate, Chair of the Senate Education | | | 11|Committee, and the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth. | | | 12| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. | | | 13| | | | 14| Passed the House of Representatives the 6th day of March, 2023. | | | 15| | | | 16| | | Presiding Officer of the House | 17| of Representatives | | | 18| | | | 19| Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2023. | | | 20| | | | 21| | | Presiding Officer of the Senate | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | arsid73864 ENGR. H. B. NO. 1029 Page 2