OK HB2968

Charter schools offering partial or full language immersion instruction may limit some or all admissions to students with a certain level of proficiency in the language used for educational instruction

Language immersion instruction is defined as education and activities at the school site primarily conducted in a language other than English

Adds language proficiency-based admissions as a new exception to the general prohibition against limiting charter school admission based on factors like ethnicity, income level, or English proficiency

Effective date of July 1, 2016, with an emergency clause allowing immediate implementation upon passage and approval