1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) | | | 3|HOUSE BILL 2246 By: Waldron | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to special education; requiring State | | Department of Education develop certain standards; | 8| providing for codification; and providing an | | effective date. | 9| | | | 10| | | | 11|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 12| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 13|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13-101A of Title 70, unless | | | 14|there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 15| The State Department of Education shall develop standards to | | | 16|implement the least restrictive environment requirements in the | | | 17|Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to ensure | | | 18|students with special needs are not unnecessarily excluded from the | | | 19|classroom. | | | 20| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025. | | | 21| | | | 22| 60-1-11709 AQH 12/12/24 | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 11709 Page 1