1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) |
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3|HOUSE BILL 2249 By: Burns |
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6| AS INTRODUCED |
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7| An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021, |
| Section 8-103.2, which relates to student transfers |
8| participating in certain athletic competition; |
| granting eligibility for certain students who |
9| transfer during summer break; requiring immediate |
| eligibility for dependents of certain military |
10| members; providing exception for certain students who |
| qualify for a hardship waiver; modifying criteria of |
11| a one-year waiting period for certain students; and |
| providing an effective date. |
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15|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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16| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 8-103.2, is |
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17|amended to read as follows: |
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18| Section 8-103.2 A. Except as otherwise provided, a student who |
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19|enrolls transfers during summer break when school is not in session, |
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20|pursuant to the Education Open Transfer Act or pursuant to Section 2 |
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21|8-113 of this act title, in to a school district in which the |
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22|student is not a resident shall not be eligible to participate in |
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23|school-related extramural athletic competition governed by the |
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24|Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association for a period of one |
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1|(1) year from on the first day of attendance at the receiving school |
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2|unless the transfer is from a school district which does not offer |
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3|the grade the student is entitled to pursue. |
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4| B. A student who is the dependent child of a member of the |
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5|active uniformed military services of the United States who |
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6|transfers pursuant to subsection B of Section 8-103.1 of this title |
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7|shall be eligible to participate in school-related extramural |
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8|athletic competition governed by the Oklahoma Secondary School |
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9|Activities Association on the first day of attendance at the |
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10|receiving school. |
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11| C. If the student is granted an emergency transfer pursuant to |
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12|Section 8-104 of this title, was granted a transfer for any reason |
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13|prior to January 1, 2000, or enrolls transfers during the school |
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14|year or transfers more than one time pursuant to the Education Open |
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15|Transfer Act and qualifies for a hardship waiver pursuant to the |
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16|rules of the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association, |
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17|eligibility to participate in school-related extramural athletic |
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18|competition shall be determined by the Oklahoma Secondary School |
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19|Activities Association. If the student does not meet the criteria |
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20|provided in subsection A or B of this section and does not qualify |
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21|for a hardship waiver, the student shall not be eligible to |
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22|participate in school-related extramural athletic competition |
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23|governed by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association for |
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1|a period of one (1) year from the first day of attendance at the |
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2|receiving school. |
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3| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. |
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