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HB2246 • 2026

Special education; State Department of Education; develop standards; effective date.

Special education; State Department of Education; develop standards; effective date.

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Sponsor
Waldron
Last action
2025-02-10
Official status
Referred to Rules
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Special education; State Department of Education; develop standards; effective date.

Special education; State Department of Education; develop standards; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Special education; State Department of Education; develop standards; effective date.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-10 House

    Withdrawn from Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee

  2. 2025-02-10 House

    Withdrawn from Appropriations and Budget Committee

  3. 2025-02-10 House

    Referred to Rules

  4. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget

  5. 2025-02-04 House

    Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee

  6. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  7. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Waldron

Official Summary Text

Special education; State Department of Education; develop standards; effective date.

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

HOUSE BILL 2246 By: Waldron

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to special education; requiring State
Department of Education develop certain standards;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13-101A of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The State Department of Education shall develop standards to
implement the least restrictive environment requirements in the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to ensure
students with special needs are not unnecessarily excluded from the
classroom.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

60-1-11709 AQH 12/12/24