1. NEW SCHOOL LAWS 2013 CCOSA and USSA

2. Laws Affecting Curriculum/Assessment  HB 1038  Casey/Ford – Graduation Requirements – Modifies public high school graduation requirements; sets college preparatory curriculum; defines what competencies have to be achieved in each subject. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 22, 2013.

3. Laws Affecting Curriculum/Assessment  HB 1071  Renegar/Paddack – Testing – Excludes the testing results of certain online students for reporting purposes; limits the use of on line student test scores for determining school performance levels. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 22, 2013.

4. Laws Affecting Curriculum/Assessment  HB 1385  Coody/Holt – Academic Performance - Eliminates reference to Academic Performance Index, replaces with Academic Performance Data. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 22, 2013.

5. Laws Affecting Curriculum/Assessment  HB 1658  Denny/Jolley – A-F School Accountability – Makes changes to the current A-F public school accountability system. The new accountability system is based on student test scores and is a closer reflection of the former API score. Effective Date: August 23, 2013. Signed by the Governor on May 24, 2013.

6. Laws Affecting Curriculum/Assessment  HB 2052  Jackson/Halligan – Character Education – Mandates that character education align with the core curriculum. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 26, 2013.

7. Laws Affecting Curriculum/Assessment  SB 419  Stanislawski/Quinn – School Day – Defines “educationally appropriate” for supplemental online courses. Educationally appropriate now means the online course cannot be a repeat of a course successfully completed by the student. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, May 6, 2013.

8. Laws Affecting Curriculum/Assessment  SB 559  Ford/Casey – ACE EOI Exemptions – Allowing certain student scores on approved alternative EOI exams to demonstrate mastery of content; allowing for school grades to be calculated based on student scores on approved alternate exams; allowing for educator effectiveness to be calculated using student scores on approved alternate exams. Effective Date: August 23, 2013. Signed by the Governor on May 31, 2013.

9. Laws Affecting Students  HB 1303  Hoskin/Burrage – Driver License Reading Verification – Allows students under age 18 that have successfully completed a reading proficiency exam in another state to submit those results to the State Department of Education. Effective Date: November 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor May 29, 2013.

10. Laws Affecting Students  HB 1422  Hardin/Brecheen – Transfers – Adds harassment, intimidation, and bullying as a basis for an emergency transfer. Although sending district must be notified of the transfer, the sending district CANNOT object to the transfer. Effective Date: April 22, 2013. Signed by the Governor April 22, 2013.

11. Laws Affecting Students  HB 1511  Peterson/Simpson – Libraries – Limits the disclosure of library registration information of minors. Effective Date: April 12, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 12, 2013.

12. Laws Affecting Students  HB 1661  Denney/Halligan – Bullying - Modifies statement of finding, definitions, policies, and procedures of the School Bullying Prevention Act. Effective Date: August 23, 2013. Signed by the Governor: May 20, 2013.

13. Laws Affecting Students  HB 1989  Brumbaugh/Treat – Student Data – Creating the Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor May 29, 2013.

14. Laws Affecting Students  HB 2101  Fourkiller/Jolley – Epinephrine Injectors – Allows physicians to prescribe epinephrine injectors to school districts; requires parent consent prior to administration of epinephrine injector by trained school employee; limits liability of school. Effective Date: November 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor on May 31, 2013.

15. Laws Affecting Students  HB 2160  Nelson/Jolley – Attorney Fees – Requires the award of court costs and attorney fees to prevailing students or parents in an action filed by a school district. Effective Date: August 23, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 29, 2013.

16. Laws Affecting Students  SB 226  Ford/Coody – ACE Remediation Funding – Provides certain levels of funding for students up to age 21 that re-enroll at a school for purposes of passing one or more end of instruction exams in order to obtain a standard diploma. Effective Date: August 23, 2013. Signed by the Governor on May 29, 2013.

17. Laws Affecting Students  SB 251  Garrison/Hulbert – Graduation Requirements – Provides requirements for a standard diploma; provides that The Oklahoma School for the Blind/Oklahoma School for the Deaf are considered educational agencies. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 8, 2013.

18. Laws Affecting Students  SB 259  Bingman/Shannon – Firearms - Changes the language relating to the possession of firearms on school property; requires school authorities to report discovery of unauthorized firearms to law enforcement. Effective Date: April 4, 2013. Signed by the Governor: April 4, 2013.

19. Laws Affecting Students  SB 280  Stanislawski/Casey – Student Transfers – Establishes transfer application requirements, modifies deadline dates. Effective Date: November 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 30, 2013.

20. Laws Affecting Students  SB 759  Sykes/Coody – Transfers - Establishes the "Deployed Parents School Act of 2013" which allows for the transfer of students whose parents are members of the U.S. military. Effective Date: November 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor: May 14, 2013.

21. Laws Affecting School Employees  HB 1117  Rousselot/Garrison – Vision Screening - Adds one school nurse to the vision screening advisory committee. Effective Date: November 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 24, 2013.

22. Laws Affecting School Employees  HB 1335  Lockhart/Ballenger – Teacher Competency Examinations – Requires companies providing teacher competency exams to refund the cost of a subsequent exam if the prior exam is passed. Effective Date: November 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 24, 2013.

23. Laws Affecting School Employees  HB 1397  Johnson/Stanislawski – Professional Development – No longer limits professional development to school year, extended to include year round opportunities; prohibits teachers from being required to attend meetings for more than maximum time allowed without compensation. Effective Date: November 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor: May 13, 2013.

24. Laws Affecting School Employees  HB 1528  Banz/Ford – Temporary Contracts – Modifies the number of temporary contracts on which a teacher may be hired. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 22, 2013.

25. Laws Affecting School Employees  HB 1622  Kern/Treat – Firearms in Private Schools – Allows individuals licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Self- Defense Act to carry firearms at a private school if approved by the governing entity of the private school. Effective Date: November 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor on May 29, 2013.

26. Laws Affecting School Employees  HB 1757  Nollan/Stanislawski – Employee Pay – A board of education may pay employees monthly, semimonthly, or biweekly over ten, eleven, or twelve calendar months. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor: April 15, 2013.

27. Laws Affecting School Employees  HB 2079  McDaniel(Randy)/Brinkley – Retirement – Modifies administration of the retirement system: applications for retirement, execution of retirement contracts, and disability retirement. Effective Date: November 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 22, 2013.

28. Laws Affecting School Employees  HB 2131  Hickman/Ford – School District Empowerment Program - Establishes the School District Empowerment Program to empower locally elected school board members to govern school districts and make decisions based on needs of their students and circumstances. Effective Date: August 23, 2013. Signed by the Governor: May 20, 2013.

29. Laws Affecting School Employees  SB 91  Fields/Casey – School Board Instruction Requirements –Modifies instructional requirements for new board members. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 10, 2013.

30. Laws Affecting School Employees  SB 170  Ford/Casey – Teacher Certification – Allows a teacher who is certified at the secondary level to teach fifth and sixth grade in the subject area in which the teacher holds certification. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 8, 2013.

31. Laws Affecting School Employees  SB 199  Brooks/Denney – Employment – Prohibits school district employers from inquiring about an applicant’s children. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 8, 2013.

32. Laws Affecting School Employees  SB 207  Ford/Coody – Teacher Evaluations – Modifies deadlines for evaluations; allows “superior” or “highly effective” teachers to be evaluated once every two years. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 8, 2013.

33. Laws Affecting School Employees  SB 244  Jolley/Coody – Background Checks – Removes background check requirement for full time/substitute teachers who have had a record check in the past five years. Effective Date: August 23, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 12, 2013.

34. Laws Affecting School Employees  SB 283  Breechen/Thomsen – School Employees - Requires a school district to notify the State Board of Education when charges have been filed against an employee or student or upon the dismissal of a teacher. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor: May 13, 2013.

35. Laws Affecting School Employees  SB 426  Ford/Sears – Teacher Leader Evaluation – Delays “full implementation” of the quantitative component of TLE until the 2015-2016 school year; provides that all teachers be evaluated at least once per year; allows certain exemptions for a district with an Average Daily Attendance in excess of 35,000; modifies tenure laws; modifies reduction in force laws. Effective Date: August 23, 2013; Signed by the Governor on May 29, 2013.

36. Laws Affecting School Employees  SB 847  Jolley/Martin(Scott) – Retirement – Creates the Oklahoma Pension Stabilization Fund. Effective Date: August 23, 2013. Signed by the Governor, May 6, 2013.

37. Laws Affecting State Issues  HB 1351  Cooksey/Treat - License Plates – Creates the Deer Creek Schools Foundation License Plate Revolving Fund. Effective Date: November 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, May 3, 2013.

38. Laws Affecting State Issues  HB 1294  Sherrer/Burrage – Dropout Reporting – Mandates that the State Department of Education make information on school dropouts available to the Military Department of Oklahoma. Effective Date: April 29, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 29, 2013.

39. Laws Affecting State Issues  HB 1532  Banz/Fields – Lottery – Modifies the distribution of unclaimed prize monies to school districts. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor: April 26, 2013.

40. Laws Affecting State Issues  HB 1699  Blackwell/Treat – Early Education – Recreates the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Board. Effective Date: August 23, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 26, 2013.

41. Laws Affecting State Issues  HB 1431  Turner/Standridge – Recovery of Costs for Instructional Technology – State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board authorized to approve school cost recovery plans. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor on April 23, 2013.

42. Laws Affecting State Issues  HB 1660  Denney/Ford – National Board Teacher Certification – Modifies the Minimum Teacher Salary Schedule to include National Board Teacher Certification; makes changes to the amount of the scholarship for certification paid by the state; limits number of applicants. Effective Date: August 23, 2013. Signed by the Governor on May 31, 2013.

43. Laws Affecting State Issues  HB 2032  Shannon/Bingman – Income Tax - Imposes a tax upon the Oklahoma taxable income of every resident or nonresident individual beginning after December 31, 1998 and before January 1, 2006; the tax shall be computed at the option of the taxpayer by certain methods. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor: May 13, 2013.

44. Laws Affecting State Issues  HB 2048  Jackson/Jolley – Charter Schools - Makes charter schools eligible for grants from the State Public Common School Building Equalization Fund. Effective Date: August 23, 2013. Signed by the Governor: May 14, 2013.

45. Laws Affecting State Issues  SB 169  Ford/Casey – Virtual Education – Authorizes certain online education providers to be considered a site. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 22, 2013.

46. Laws Affecting State Issues  SB 267  Stanislawski/Quinn – Virtual Schools - Modifies the powers and duties of the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board. Effective Date: September 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, May 7, 2013.

47. Laws Affecting State Issues  SB 864  Sykes/Johnson – Taxation - Authorizing either Oklahoma Tax Commission or taxpayer to appeal tax-related dispute decisions to the Oklahoma County District Court or Oklahoma Supreme Court. Effective Date: January 1, 2014. Signed by the governor: May 14, 2013.

48. Laws Affecting Special Education  HB 1233  Coody/Halligan – Special Education Teacher Certification – Provides for issuance of one-year provisional certificate in certain special education areas with the opportunity to obtain standard certification in certain special education areas. Effective Date: July 1. 2013. Signed by the Governor on May 29, 2013.

49. Laws Affecting Special Education  HB 1264  Nelson/Jolley – Special Education – extends termination date of the Competency and Transition Task Force. Effective Date: May 20, 2013. Signed by the Governor: May 20, 2013.

50. Laws Affecting Special Education  HB 1756  Nollan/Ford – Standard Diplomas – Modifies standard diploma qualifications for students on an IEP. Effective Date: April 23, 2013. Signed by the Governor: May 23, 2013.

51. Laws Affecting School Facilities/Construction  HB 1022  McDaniel (Randy)/Jolley – School Lands – Authorizes the Commissioners of the Land Office to invest permanent school funds in certain real property, limits investments to 3%. Effective Date: August 23, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 22, 2013.

52. Laws Affecting School Facilities/Construction  HB 1265  Moore/Holt – Ad Valorem – Relates to property destroyed by wildfires; modifies terminology regarding protests: “protest” changes to “appeal.” Effective Date: November 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 26, 2013.

53. Laws Affecting School Safety  SB 256  Bingman/Shannon – Safety Drills – Requires a minimum number of safety drills per year:  Two Lockdown Drills (one per semester)  Two Fire Drills (one each within first 15 days of semester)  Two Intruder Drills (one each within first 15 days of semester)  Two Tornado Drills (one in September and one in March)  Two Additional Drills at discretion of administration  Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 17, 2013.

54. Laws Affecting School Safety  SB 257  Bingman/Shannon – School Security – Creates the “Oklahoma School Security Institute.” Makes school security information available to public and private schools. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor, April 17, 2013.

55. Laws Affecting School Safety  SB 258  Bingman/Shannon – Emergency Response – Requires submission of school protection plans to certain agencies. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor: April 17, 2013.

56. Laws Affecting School Facilities/Construction  SB 461  Holt/Brumbaugh – Competitive Bidding – Prohibiting certain purchasing cooperatives from bidding on certain public construction contracts unless the purchasing cooperative has complied with the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act. Effective Date: November 1, 2013. Signed by the Governor on April 30, 2013.

57. Laws Affecting School Facilities/Construction  SB 630  Jolley/Murphey – Competitive Bidding – Authorizes product substitution in sole-source purchase contracts; prohibits purchasing restrictions to geographical areas; authorizes state Office of Management and Enterprise Services to implement act. Effective Date: May 7, 2013. Signed by the Governor on May 7, 2013.

58. State Department Rules

59. State Department of Education Rules  210:40-87-6.Charter Schools and Insurance Surety Bonding – Charter schools required to have liability insurance; charter school officers and/or employees required to furnish and maintain surety bonds. May 13, 2013.

60. State Department of Education Rules  210:40-87-7.Statewide Virtual Charter School Board – Outlines the duties of the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board; provides guidelines for establishing a Statewide Virtual Charter School. May 13, 2013.

61. State Department of Education Rules  210:20-9-98.Administrative Requirements of Teacher Certification – Provides guidelines for the certification of noncitizen teachers and Native American Language Teachers. May13, 2013.

62. State Department of Education Rules  210:20-9-104.Certification for Languages with no Subject Area Examination – Provides the standards for the certification of teachers of languages with no subject area examination. May 13, 2013.

63. State Department of Education Rules  210:10-13-22.Implementation of a System of School Improvement and Accountability – Outlines the A-F school accountability system. May 13, 2013.

64. State Department of Education Rules  210:10-13-16.Student Exceptions and Exemptions Related to Graduation Requirements for End-of Instruction Exams – Provides guidelines for alternative methods to receiving a standard diploma; outlines the standards for end of course projects; gives provisions for appealing a denial of a standard diploma. May 13, 2013.

65. State Department of Education Rules  210:1-5-6.Suspension and/or Revocation of Certificates – Outlines grounds for the revocation of certification; provides the right to a hearing once certification is revoked. May 13, 2013.

66. State Department of Education Rules  210:15-27-1.Reading Sufficiency Plans and Summer Academy Reading Programs – Provides guidelines for reading sufficiency plans; reading sufficiency funds must be used for expenses relating to individual and small group tutoring, purchase of and/or development of instructional training, summer academy reading programs, Saturday school programs and other reading programs/professional development. May 13, 2013.

67. State Department of Education Rules  210:15-27-2.Good Cause Exemptions for Promotion Under the Reading Sufficiency Act – Limits the good cause exemptions to third grade retention based on an Unsatisfactory Reading CRT Score to the following: students with limited English proficiency, students with disabilities assessed by OAAP, students who demonstrate an acceptable level of performance on an alternative standardized reading assessment, students who demonstrate proficiency through a portfolio, students with disabilities on an IEP with a prior retention, students with a prior retention who have received intensive reading instruction. May 13, 2013.

68. State Department of Education Rules  210:10-13-18.Oklahoma School Accountability System (Amended) – The Oklahoma School Accountability System shall be based on academic performance data; provides consequences of testing irregularities or misconduct on test scores; provides procedures for schools to review data reports and to appeal accountability decisions; outlines sanctions for schools that do not make adequate yearly progress; and outlines rewards for schools that make adequate yearly progress. May 13, 2013.

69. State Department of Education Rules  210:10-13-11Testing Students with Disabilities (Amended) – Outlines acceptable accommodations for the OSTP for students with disabilities. April 18, 2013.

70. State Department of Education Rules  210:30-5-1.District Administration, Operation and Management of Transportation – Provides guidelines for the transportation of students; outlines boundary and route determinations, specifies minimum fleet requirements; and provides guidelines for bus driver certification. April 18, 2012.

71. State Department of Education Rules  210:35-3-201.Statement of the Standard – Mandates that each school site must submit an Application for Accreditation to the Accreditation Standards Section of the State Department of Education; provides accreditation scale. April 18, 2013.

72. Commission for Teacher Preparation Rules  712:10-5-1.Teacher Preparation Program Accreditation and Review Process – Provides the number of teacher education units necessary to qualify for accreditation. March 11, 2013.

73. Commission for Teacher Preparation Rules  712:10-5-3.Specific State Standards for Accreditation – Establishes the requirement of a recognizable and functioning governing entity with the responsibility of designing, approving, and continuously evaluating and developing teacher education programs. March 11, 2013.

74. Commission for Teacher Preparation Rules  712:10-5-4.Standards for Oklahoma Teacher Education Programs – Establishes standards to apply to undergraduate and graduate teacher education programs. March 11, 2013.