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An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 1975 By: McIntosh, Grellner, and
Jett of the Senate
and
Miller of the House
An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
Section 1210.704, as amended by Section 20, Chapter
323, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section
1210.704), which relates to advanced placement
courses; requiring public school districts to make
certain examinations available to certain students;
requiring districts to post certain information about
the examinations on their websites; directing certain
online learning platform to be available to all
students in the state; providing an effective date;
and declaring an emergency.
SUBJECT: Advanced placement examinations
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1210.704, as
amended by Section 20, Chapter 323, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025,
Section 1210.704), is amended to read as follows:
Section 1210.704. A. Beginning with the 2024–2025 school year,
all public high schools in this state shall make a minimum of four
advanced placement courses available to students.
B. School district boards of education shall be responsible for
ensuring annually that all high school students have access to
advanced placement courses beginning in the 2024-2025 school year.
Such access may be provided through enrollment in courses offered
through:
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1. A school site or sites within the district;
2. A technology center school within the district;
3. An online learning program offered by the Statewide Charter
School Board or one of its vendors; or
4. A school site or sites in another school district.
C. Each public school district in this state shall make
advanced placement examinations available each school year to any
student who resides in the district. No later than August 31 of
each year, each school district shall post on its website notice of
the date each advanced placement examination is to be administered.
The notice shall state that the examination is available to students
who reside in the district and shall include registration dates and
procedures to register for the examination.
D. The Statewide Charter School Board shall maintain an online
learning platform to provide high quality online learning
opportunities for Oklahoma students that are aligned with the
subject matter standards adopted by the State Board of Education
pursuant to Section 11-103.6 of this title. The Board shall
implement online courses, with an emphasis on science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM) courses, foreign language courses, and
advanced placement courses. The online platform shall be available
to all Oklahoma school districts students in this state.
D. E. The State Department of Education shall provide
information to all boards of education, to be distributed to their
students and parents, on available opportunities and the enrollment
process for students to take advanced placement courses. The
information shall explain the value of advanced placement courses in
preparing students for postsecondary-level coursework, enabling
students to gain access to postsecondary opportunities, and
qualifying for scholarships and other financial aid opportunities.
E. F. The State Department of Education shall retain records of
which options outlined in subsection B of this section boards of
education selected for their students and make the information
available on the Department’s website.
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F. G. As used in this section, “advanced placement course”
shall have the same meaning as provided in paragraph 1 of Section
1210.702 of this title.
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.
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Passed the Senate the 12th day of March, 2026.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the 29th day of April, 2026.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________