SB 251 Summary

• Amends 70 O.S. 2011, Section 1210.523 to allow the Oklahoma School for the Blind and Oklahoma School for the Deaf to be considered local education agencies for purposes of purchasing, administering, and obtaining test results under state academic mastery requirements.

• Designates the two schools as local education agencies solely for administering end-of-instruction assessments in Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, English II, English III, United States History, and Biology I to their enrolled students.

• Maintains existing requirements that students demonstrate mastery of state academic content standards in Algebra I, English II, and two of five additional subject areas to graduate with a standard diploma.

• Effective July 1, 2013, with an emergency clause allowing the act to take effect immediately upon passage and approval.