1|ENGROSSED HOUSE AMENDMENTS |
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2|ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 516 By: Pugh and Brooks of the |
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| Echols of the House |
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7| An Act relating to charter schools; creating the |
| Statewide Charter School Board; providing authority |
8| of board beginning on certain date; providing for |
| membership; requiring initial appointments by certain |
9| date; providing terms of members; providing for |
| annual election of chair and vice chair; providing |
10| for removal of members; providing for filling of |
| vacancies; prohibiting certain legislators from |
11| serving as members; providing for travel |
| reimbursement; requiring first meeting to be held by |
12| certain date; providing for frequency of meetings; |
| specifying quorum requirements; requiring virtual |
13| charter schools to only be sponsored by the Statewide |
| Charter School Board beginning on certain date; |
14| abolishing the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board |
| upon certain date; providing for succession to |
15| certain rights, responsibilities, and agreements |
| executed prior to certain date; providing for |
16| transfer of powers, duties, personnel, property, and |
| other items; directing the Director of the Office of |
17| Management and Enterprise Services to coordinate |
| certain transfers; providing for succession of |
18| certain contracts; providing for virtual charter |
| school sponsorship contract renewal; providing for |
19| enforceability of certain administrative rules; |
| granting rulemaking authority; providing for |
20| succession to certain rights, responsibilities, and |
| agreements executed by the State Board of Education |
21| prior to certain date; directing Statewide Charter |
| School Board to assume certain sponsorships; |
22| providing for certain sponsorship renewal; permitting |
| certain charter schools to apply for sponsorship |
23| renewal with the Statewide Charter School Board; |
| establishing powers and duties of the Statewide |
24| Charter School Board; reserving certain powers and |
| duties for the State Board of Education; defining |
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1| terms; providing for preparation of a conversion |
| plan; providing for contents of plan; exempting |
2| conversion schools from certain laws; providing for |
| funding of conversion schools; describing process for |
3| conversion school reversion; requiring Board to make |
| publicly available a list of certain courses |
4| beginning on certain date; directing the Board, in |
| certain conjunction, to negotiate and enter into |
5| contracts with certain providers; creating the |
| Statewide Charter School Board Revolving Fund; |
6| specifying sources of fund; providing for |
| expenditures; providing purpose of fund; amending 70 |
7| O.S. 2021, Section 3-104, which relates to powers and |
| duties of the State Board of Education; updating |
8| statutory references; modifying reference from the |
| Statewide Virtual Charter School Board to the |
9| Statewide Charter School Board; amending 70 O.S. |
| 2021, Sections 3-132, as amended by Section 1, |
10| Chapter 222, O.S.L. 2022 (70 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section |
| 3-132), 3-134, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 222, |
11| O.S.L. 2022 (70 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 3-134), |
| 3-136, 3-137, 3-139, 3-140, 3-142, 3-143, and 3-144, |
12| which relate to implementation of the Oklahoma |
| Charter Schools Act; modifying eligibility of certain |
13| entities to sponsor charter schools; updating |
| statutory language; exempting certain charter schools |
14| from certain limitation; striking duplicative |
| language; transferring certain training duty from the |
15| State Department of Education to the Statewide |
| Charter School Board; requiring training after |
16| certain date for certain sponsors; establishing |
| deadline for training development and implementation; |
17| modifying application process and contents for |
| certain schools; removing references to charter |
18| schools sponsored by certain entities; requiring |
| certain charter application to be submitted first to |
19| certain school district; removing certain appeals |
| process; prohibiting delegation of certain |
20| responsibilities to a school district without a |
| contract; providing for powers and duties of charter |
21| school and virtual charter school sponsors; requiring |
| Statewide Charter School Board to post certain |
22| information on its website; modifying contents of |
| certain written contracts beginning on certain date; |
23| directing certain charter schools to be separate and |
| distinct; defining term; modifying language regarding |
24| employment contracts; prohibiting certain schools |
| from serving certain students without certain |
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1| contract; authorizing sponsor to establish certain |
| requirements or conditions for certain schools; |
2| updating references; directing certain charter |
| schools to be included in certain bond planning |
3| conversations; providing for increase in length of |
| certain charter contracts; prescribing a performance |
4| report prior to the final year of a charter contract |
| renewal; permitting sponsor to require charter school |
5| to develop certain corrective action plan; |
| authorizing nonrenewal of contract in certain cases; |
6| removing requirement of sponsor to appear before the |
| State Board of Education in certain circumstances; |
7| requiring certain school to disclose revocation or |
| nonrenewal in a subsequent application; including |
8| virtual charter schools in teacher salary and hiring |
| provisions; updating statutory language; prescribing |
9| geographic boundaries for virtual charter schools; |
| prohibiting certain students from participating in |
10| certain activities; designating certain students as |
| transfer students; prescribing process for enrollment |
11| in virtual charter school; requiring transmission of |
| student records within certain time period; directing |
12| certain notification if technology infrastructure is |
| inadequate; prescribing limitation of student |
13| transfers; defining term; prohibiting additional |
| transfer without certain concurrence; providing a |
14| grace period for withdrawal; requiring certain |
| notification; providing for transfer for students who |
15| have a parent or guardian in the military; |
| prescribing process for transfer; defining terms; |
16| prohibiting the Statewide Charter School Board from |
| charging a fee for administrative or other services; |
17| specifying how sponsor fee is to be used; directing |
| development of certain data codes for reporting |
18| expenditures; requiring sponsor to publish certain |
| report on its website and present report in certain |
19| meeting; modifying language regarding calculation of |
| certain weighted average daily membership; updating |
20| statutory language; transferring oversight authority |
| of the Charter School Closure Reimbursement Revolving |
21| Fund; reassigning duty to submit certain annual |
| report; modifying authority over the Charter Schools |
22| Incentive Fund; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Sections |
| 3-145.5, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 153, O.S.L. |
23| 2022 (70 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 3-145.5), 3-145.7, |
| and 3-145.8, which relate to virtual charter schools; |
24| removing outdated language; granting Statewide |
| Virtual Charter School Board authority over certain |
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1| revolving fund until certain date; transferring funds |
| to certain revolving fund on certain date; updating |
2| statutory references; requiring sponsor governing |
| board to designate representative to complete annual |
3| sponsor workshop requirement; amending 70 O.S. 2021, |
| Section 5-200, which relates to management |
4| organizations; updating statutory language; requiring |
| amounts paid to certain organizations be pursuant to |
5| contract terms; mandating disclosure pursuant to |
| certain guidelines; updating statutory citations; |
6| amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 18-124, which relates |
| to limitations on administrative services |
7| expenditures; providing applicability of limitation |
| to certain schools; clarifying calculation for |
8| specified schools; modifying definition; amending 70 |
| O.S. 2021, Section 1210.704, which relates to the |
9| provision of advanced placement courses; updating |
| statutory language; repealing 70 O.S. 2021, Sections |
10| 3-135, 3-145.1, 3-145.2, 3-145.3, and 3-145.4, which |
| relate to sponsor contract guidelines, meetings, and |
11| rule promulgation of the Statewide Virtual Charter |
| School Board; providing for codification; and |
12| providing effective dates. |
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|AMENDMENT NO. 1. Page 1, Line 6 through Page 4, Line 12 1/2, strike |
15| the title to read: |
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17| "[ charter schools - Statewide Charter School Board |
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18| sponsorships and sponsorship renewal - conversion |
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19| plan - Statewide Charter School Board Revolving |
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20| Fund - bond planning - performance report - |
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21| corrective action plan - geographic boundaries for |
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22| virtual charter schools - process for enrollment in |
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23| virtual charter school - data codes for reporting |
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24| expenditures - calculation of weighted average |
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1| daily membership - Charter School Closure |
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2| Reimbursement Revolving Fund - Charter Schools |
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3| Incentive Fund - Statewide Virtual Charter School |
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4| Board transfer of funds - annual sponsor workshop |
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5| - repealer codification - effective dates ]" |
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7|AMENDMENT NO. 2. Page 4, Line 15, strike the enacting clause |
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9|AMENDMENT NO. 3. Page 42, Section 6, Line 17, strike "at a minimum" |
| and delete "monthly", and insert the following |
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11| "no fewer than ten (10) months of the year" |
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13| Page 50, Section 7, Lines 14 through 19, restore |
| all of the stricken language |
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15| Page 52, Section 7, Line 4, delete "A majority of |
| the", and insert the word "All" |
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17| Page 52, Section 7, Line 6, delete "less than |
| monthly", and insert the following language: |
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| "fewer than ten (10) months of the year" |
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20| Page 55, Section 7, Line 4, delete "may", and |
| insert the word "shall" |
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22| Page 56, Section 7, Line 9, delete "and" after the |
| word "reporting," |
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| Page 56, Section 7, Line 12, insert after the word |
24| "contract" the punctuation and word ", and", and |
| delete the period |
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2| Page 56, Section 7, Line 12 1/2, insert the |
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| "l. mobility of student population for the virtual |
4| charter school framework." |
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| Page 90, Section 18, Line 20, delete the word |
6| "actual" |
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| Page 90, Section 18, Lines 20-24, strike all of |
8| the language beginning with "as well as" through |
| "benefits" |
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| and amend title to conform |
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| Passed the House of Representatives the 27th day of April, 2023. |
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| Passed the Senate the ____ day of __________, 2023. |
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