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OK HB2454

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/1/2016

Primary Sponsor

Mike Shelton

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Origin

House of Representatives

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Third-grade students would be exempt from retention requirements under the Reading Sufficiency Act if their teacher had emergency certification or received an "ineffective" rating on the Oklahoma Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System the previous year, with promotion to fourth grade at parent/guardian option

  • High school students who fail to score proficient on end-of-instruction criterion-referenced tests in Algebra I, English II, Algebra II, Biology I, English III, Geometry, or U.S. History would be deemed to have demonstrated mastery and exempt from retaking the test if their teacher had emergency certification or an "ineffective" rating

  • Amends Section 1210.508C (Reading Sufficiency Act) and Section 1210.523 (Achieving Classroom Excellence Act) of Oklahoma Statutes Title 70

  • Effective date of July 1, 2016, with emergency clause for immediate implementation upon passage

Legislative Description

Schools; exempting certain students from certain retention and end-of-instruction testing requirements under certain circumstances; effective date; emergency.

Last Action

Second Reading referred to Common Education

2/2/2016

Committee Referrals

Common Education2/2/2016

Full Bill Text

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