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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 795 By: Rader
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to school choice information;
requiring certain dissemination of information prior
to annual school enrollment; providing for options to
be disclosed; requiring update of material; providing
for creation of certain document; 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 3-161.1 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Before annual enrollment of a student in a public school
district, the school shall provide information to the parent or
guardian who is enrolling the student concerning all the education
options available to students within this state, including:
1. The education options under the Education Open Transfer Act,
including:
a. the ability for Oklahoma students to transfer from
school districts other than their resident school
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district pursuant to Sections 8-101.2, 8-103, 8-103.1,
8-103.2, 8-113 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
and
b. the ability for Oklahoma students to transfer to
different school sites within their resident school
district pursuant to Section 8-114 of Title 70 of the
Oklahoma Statutes;
2. The education opportunities available under the Oklahoma
Parental Choice Tax Credit Act, including:
a. the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit for other
means of education pursuant to Sections 10-105 and 28-
101 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and
b. the Oklahoma School Choice Tax Credit for private
school tuition and fees pursuant to Section 28-101 of
Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
3. The education opportunities available under the Oklahoma
Charter Schools Act, including:
a. the availability of statewide virtual charter school
enrollment within the state, and
b. the existence of physical charter schools within the
school district and all directly adjacent school
district boundaries; and
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4. The education opportunities available under the Lindsey
Nicole Henry Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program
pursuant to Section 13-101.2 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. This information shall be posted on the school district
website throughout the year, updated yearly as new education options
arise, and be readily available in school office premises for
distribution to parents inquiring about their education options.
C. The State Department of Education shall develop a document
including all information required by this section that applies to
all public school students within the state for the dissemination of
information required by this section and shall make it available to
school districts through its website or other means necessary.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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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