1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|HOUSE BILL 2675 By: Baker | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to schools; creating a task force to | | study and make recommendations to modernize state | 8| graduation requirements; providing expiration date; | | providing for membership; requiring appointments by | 9| certain date; requiring organizational meeting by | | certain date; providing for selection of chair and | 10| vice-chair; specifying quorum; providing for | | frequency of meetings; subjecting meetings to the | 11| Oklahoma Open Meeting Act; prohibiting compensation | | or travel reimbursement for members; providing for | 12| staff support; requiring submission of certain report | | by certain date; providing for codification; | 13| providing an effective date; and declaring an | | emergency. | 14| | | | 15| | | | 16| | | | 17|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 18| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 19|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-103.5a of Title 70, unless | | | 20|there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 21| A. There is hereby created until November 1, 2024, a task force | | | 22|to study and make recommendations to modernize the high school | | | 23|graduation requirements in Oklahoma. | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 6015 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| B. The task force shall be comprised of fourteen (14) members | | | 2|to be appointed as follows: | | | 3| 1. The Chancellor of Higher Education or a designee; | | | 4| 2. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction or a | | | 5|designee; | | | 6| 3. The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and | | | 7|Technology Education or a designee; | | | 8| 4. The Common Education Committee Chair of the House of | | | 9|Representatives or designee; | | | 10| 5. The Higher Education and Career Tech Committee chair of the | | | 11|House of Representatives or designee; | | | 12| 6. The Education Committee Chair of the Senate or designee; | | | 13| 7. A president of a two-year institution within The Oklahoma | | | 14|State System of Higher Education or a designee, appointed by the | | | 15|Chancellor of Higher Education; | | | 16| 8. A president of a comprehensive institution within The | | | 17|Oklahoma State System of Higher Education or a designee, appointed | | | 18|by the Chancellor of Higher Education; | | | 19| 9. A public school superintendent of a rural school district, | | | 20|appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; | | | 21| 10. A public school superintendent of an urban school district, | | | 22|appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 6015 Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| 11. A superintendent of a technology center school appointed by | | | 2|the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology | | | 3|Education; | | | 4| 12. A member of a statewide organization representing public | | | 5|school teachers appointed by the Speaker of the House of | | | 6|Representatives; | | | 7| 13. A member of a statewide organization representing public | | | 8|school administrators appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the | | | 9|Senate; and | | | 10| 14. A member of a statewide organization representing public | | | 11|school boards of education appointed by the Governor. | | | 12| C. Appointments to the task force shall be made within thirty | | | 13|(30) days after the effective date of this act. The task force | | | 14|shall conduct an organizational meeting no later than September 1, | | | 15|2023. The task force shall select a chair and vice-chair at the | | | 16|organization meeting. | | | 17| D. A quorum of the task force shall be required to approve any | | | 18|final action of the task force. For purposes of this section, eight | | | 19|members shall constitute a quorum. | | | 20| E. The task force may meet as often as may be required to | | | 21|perform the duties imposed upon it. | | | 22| F. The meetings of the task force shall be subject to the | | | 23|Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 6015 Page 3 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| G. Members of the task force shall receive no compensation or | | | 2|travel reimbursement. | | | 3| H. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the | | | 4|House of Representatives shall provide staff and administrative | | | 5|support for the task force. | | | 6| I. The task force shall submit a report of its findings and | | | 7|recommendations by November 1, 2024, to the Governor, the President | | | 8|Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of | | | 9|Representatives. | | | 10| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | | | 11| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 12|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 13|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 14|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 15| | | | 16| 59-1-6015 EK 01/06/23 | | | 17| | | | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 6015 Page 4