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HB3706 • 2026

Education; requiring a minimum amount of math instruction per day and week for kindergarten through fifth grade students; requiring math instruction to align with the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics; effective date; emergency.

Education; requiring a minimum amount of math instruction per day and week for kindergarten through fifth grade students; requiring math instruction to align with the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics; effective date; emergency.

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Sponsor
Caldwell (Chad)
Last action
2026-04-01
Official status
Second Reading referred to Education
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Education; requiring a minimum amount of math instruction per day and week for kindergarten through fifth grade students; requiring math instruction to align with the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics; effective date; emergency.

Education; requiring a minimum amount of math instruction per day and week for kindergarten through fifth grade students; requiring math instruction to align with the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics; effective date; emergency.

What This Bill Does

  • Education; requiring a minimum amount of math instruction per day and week for kindergarten through fifth grade students; requiring math instruction to align with the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics; effective date; emergency.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3706 (House): Introduced (2/13/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3706 (House): Proposed Committee Substitute (sub committee) 1 (2/16/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3706 (House): Sub Committee Recommendation (2/23/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3706 (House): Committee Substitute (3/10/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3706 (House): Floor Amendment 1 (3/10/2026)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: HB3706 FA1 CaldwellCh-SW 3/4/2026 4:27:04 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Chad Caldwell Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3706 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language: Req.

  • HB3706 FA1 CaldwellCh-SW 3/4/2026 4:27:04 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Chad Caldwell Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3706 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language: Req.
  • No.
  • 16756 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) FLOOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 3706 By: Caldwell (Chad) FLOOR SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to education; requiring a minimum amount of math instruction per day and week for kindergarten through fifth grade students; requiring math instruction to align with the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Filed

Plain English: HB3706 SUBPCS1 Chad Caldwell-SW 2/13/2026 4:18:54 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Chad Caldwell Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3706 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language: Req.

  • HB3706 SUBPCS1 Chad Caldwell-SW 2/13/2026 4:18:54 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Chad Caldwell Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3706 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language: Req.
  • No.
  • 16371 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) PROPOSED SUBCOMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 3706 By: Caldwell (Chad) PROPOSED SUBCOMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to education; amending Section 3, Chapter 492, O.S.L.
Filed

Plain English: HB3706 POLPCS1 Chad Caldwell-SW 2/11/2026 4:18:35 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Chad Caldwell Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3706 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language: Req.

  • HB3706 POLPCS1 Chad Caldwell-SW 2/11/2026 4:18:35 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Chad Caldwell Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3706 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language: Req.
  • No.
  • 15964 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 3706 By: Caldwell (Chad) PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to education; amending Section 3, Chapter 492, O.S.L.
Filed

Plain English: Req.

  • Req.
  • No.
  • 16409 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 3706 By: Caldwell (Chad) SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION An Act relating to education; amending Section 3, Chapter 492, O.S.L.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Education

  2. 2026-03-25 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  3. 2026-03-25 Senate

    First Reading

  4. 2026-03-24 House

    General Order

  5. 2026-03-24 House

    Coauthored by Representative(s) Hill

  6. 2026-03-24 House

    Amended by floor substitute

  7. 2026-03-24 House

    Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 19

  8. 2026-03-24 House

    Referred for engrossment

  9. 2026-02-25 House

    CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee

  10. 2026-02-25 House

    Authored by Senator Seifried (principal Senate author)

  11. 2026-02-16 House

    Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee

  12. 2026-02-13 House

    Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee

  13. 2026-02-12 House

    Withdrawn from Common Education Committee

  14. 2026-02-12 House

    Withdrawn from Education Oversight Committee

  15. 2026-02-12 House

    Referred to Appropriations and Budget

  16. 2026-02-03 House

    Second Reading referred to Education Oversight

  17. 2026-02-03 House

    Referred to Common Education

  18. 2026-02-02 House

    First Reading

  19. 2026-02-02 House

    Authored by Representative Caldwell (Chad)

Official Summary Text

Education; requiring a minimum amount of math instruction per day and week for
kindergarten through fifth grade students; requiring math instruction to align with the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics; effective date; emergency.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3706 (House): Introduced (2/13/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3706 (House): Proposed Committee Substitute (sub committee) 1 (2/16/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3706 (House): Sub Committee Recommendation (2/23/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3706 (House): Committee Substitute (3/10/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3706 (House): Floor Amendment 1 (3/10/2026)

Current Bill Text

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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3706 By: Caldwell (Chad) and Hill of
the House

and

Seifried of the Senate

An Act relating to education; requiring a minimum
amount of math instruction per day and week for
kindergarten through fifth grade students; requiring
math instruction to align with the Oklahoma Academic
Standards for Mathematics; providing for
codification; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.

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 1210.908 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, all public
elementary schools shall provide instruction in mathematics for:
1. A minimum of two hundred twenty-five (225) minutes each week
for no less than thirty (30) minutes per school day for students in
full-day kindergarten and grades one and two; and
2. A minimum of three hundred (300) minutes each week for no
less than thirty (30) minutes per school day for students in grades
three through five.

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B. The instruction required by this section shall align with
the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics (OAS-M) as approved
by the State Board of Education.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
Passed the House of Representatives the 24th day of March, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the Senate