1| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION |
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2| STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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3| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) |
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4|HOUSE BILL 1770 By: Hasenbeck and Caldwell |
| (Chad) of the House |
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| Bergstrom of the Senate |
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9| AS INTRODUCED |
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10| An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021, |
| Section 11-107.1, which relates to remediation |
11| courses for high school students; requiring school |
| districts to provide remediation for students who |
12| score below certain benchmarks on the ACT or SAT |
| exam; allowing certain types of remediation; |
13| authorizing State Board of Education to promulgate |
| rules; providing an effective date; and declaring an |
14| emergency. |
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18|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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19| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 11-107.1, is |
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20|amended to read as follows: |
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21| Section 11-107.1 A. Each Beginning with the 2023-2024 school |
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22|year, each school district in this state may offer a shall provide |
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23|remediation course for high school students who score below a |
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24|nineteen (19) on the benchmarks on subject-area portions of the |
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1|American College Testing (ACT) exam or below an equivalent score |
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2|scores on the SAT Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) exam in the most |
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3|recent year for which student performance data is available. |
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4| B. Remediation required by subsection A of this section may |
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5|include but is not limited to: |
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6| 1. Extended instructional time during the school day; |
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7| 2. A summer academy; |
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8| 3. Tutoring; |
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9| 4. Online coursework; |
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10| 5. Repetition of any course in which the student has |
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11|demonstrated academic deficiency by scoring below the benchmarks in |
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12|subject-area portions of the ACT or below equivalent scores on the |
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13|SAT; or |
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14| 6. Any course designed to address areas of deficiency. |
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15| C. Nothing in subsection A of this section shall be construed |
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16|to require that a teacher providing instruction in the remediation |
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17|course be certified in any subject matter that is tested on the ACT |
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18|or SAT exam. |
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19| D. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to |
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20|implement the provisions of this section. |
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21| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. |
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22| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation |
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23|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby |
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1|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and |
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2|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. |
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4|COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON COMMON EDUCATION, dated 03/01/2023 |
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