2015 Charter/ Voucher/ ESA

Tracks

Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Authors: Kirby

Title: Schools; authorizing sponsorship of charter schools by certain tribes on certain property; effective date.

Description: Allows a federally recognized Indian tribe to sponsor a charter school when said school is within reservation or treaty area boundaries.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

12 Feb - H Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92, Nays: 0

Private Notes:

Rooney Virgin on 02/08/2015

Same as SB 302- Tribal charters

Authors: Denney

Title: Revenue and taxation; Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act; modifying provisions related to allocation of tax credits; effective

date.

Description: Amends the “Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act.” When an “eligible special needs student” who has been provided services

under an Individual Service Plan through the SoonerStart program, and deemed eligible for school district services and approved by a board of scholarship-granting

organization, they will be eligible of up to $5,000 or 80% of the statewide annual average per-pupil expenditure. Modifies definition of a “qualified school.”

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

9 Feb - H Withdrawn from Rules, Direct to Appropriations and Budget

Authors: Denney

Title: Schools; modifying the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act; effective date; emergency.

Description: Bill Schools; modifying the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act; effective date; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

HB1034

HB1034 -- 13%

HB1693

HB1693 -- 10%

HB1696

HB1696 -- 10%

Actions:

4 Feb - H Withdrawn from Rules, Direct to Common Education

Authors: Denney

Title: Schools; updating statutory citations relating to the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act; effective date.

Description: Shell bill that modifies language pertaining to the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Rules

Authors: Newell

Title: Schools; creating the Oklahoma Education Savings Account Act; effective date.

Description: Shell bill creating the "Oklahoma Education Savings Account Act."

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Rules

Authors: Nelson and Jolley

Co-Authors: Bennett, Brumbaugh, Echols, Fisher, Hall, Johnson, Jordan, Kern, McCullough, Moore, Newell, Strohm, and Rogers

Title: Education; Oklahoma Education Savings Account Act; effective date; emergency.

Description: Creates the Oklahoma Education Savings Account Act to provide additional educational options to parents for the education of students in this

state, by creating education accounts for individual students empowering parents to make educational decisions for their children; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Common Education

Authors: Nelson

Title: Schools; modifying provisions of the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program Act; effective date; emergency.

HB1709

HB1709 -- 10%

HB1755

HB1755 -- 10%

HB2003

HB2003 -- 10%

HB2004

HB2004 -- 10%

Description: Amends language pertaining to the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with disabilities Program Act; modifies eligibility criteria and

exemptions for students provided services under an Individual Family Service Plan. The bill gives responsibility of parents to pay tuition until scholarship funding begins;

EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Common Education

Authors: Nelson

Title: Schools; creating the Parent Empowerment Act; effective date.

Description: Amending a law relating to Oklahoma Charter Schools and creating the Parent Empowerment Act. States that a school that has received a

sufficient petition, requesting a transition to a charter school under the provisions of the Parent Empowerment Act, will be formed if they follow other provisions provided

in the bill. A petition circulated by parents and legal guardians seeking to make their school a charter school, must follow provisions in the bill.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Rules

Authors: Nelson

Title: Revenue and taxation; enacting the Tax Credit Education Scholarship Act of 2015; effective date.

Description: Shell bill creating the "Tax Credit Education Scholarship Act of 2015."

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Rules

Authors: Holt

Title: Charter schools; allowing certain city governing bodies to be sponsors. Effective date. Emergency.

Description: Modifies the definition of charter schools as well as charter school sponsorship where it adds that the governing body of a city must meet certain

criteria to be a sponsor; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

10 Feb - H Note: Coauthored by Nelson (principal House author)

Private Notes:

Rooney Virgin on 02/08/2015

Allows city to be Charter school sponsor if ADM is 5000+ and pop is 300K+

HB2132

HB2132 -- 10%

HB2141

HB2141 -- 10%

SB68

SB68 -- 13%

Authors: Stanislawski

Title: Online education; providing the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board certain duties. Effective date. Emergency.

Description: Statewide virtual charter school board to send forms for parents authorization to release state test results to online course providers; reviews

online courses for curricular standards; enters contracts with online course providers; makes available online courses to school districts; EMERGENCY

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

10 Feb - H Note: Coauthored by Nelson (principal House author)

Private Notes:

Rooney Virgin on 02/08/2015

Virtual Charter Board- rulemaking authority previously granted to SBE

Authors: Loveless

Title: Charter schools; creating the Flexibility for Rural Education Act of 2015; removing population limits. Effective date. Emergency.

Description: Changes name of Act to "Flexibility for Rural Education Act." Removes the restrictions for eligibility (including daily membership, local population,

and being identified as in need of improvement pursuant to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) of charter schools to be sponsored; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

9 Feb - S Failed in Committee - Education

Private Notes:

Rooney Virgin on 02/08/2015

Any school district, tech or college can be a charter sponsor.

Authors: Nelson and Holt

Title: Schools; creating the Parent Empowerment Act; creating guidelines for petition circulation. Effective date.

Description: Creates the Parent Empowerment Act; allows for petitions at any time in a qualifying school to be circulated seeing to transition the school to a

charter school; creates certain guidelines for petition.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

3 Feb - S coauthored by Nelson

Authors: Loveless

SB136

SB136 -- 0%

SB171

SB171 -- 10%

SB187

SB187 -- 5%

SB300

SB300 -- 5%

Title: Schools; modifying requirements to participate in the School District Empowerment Program. Effective date. Emergency.

Description: Removes the provision that school districts must comply with minimum salary schedule requirements for teachers as it pertains to the School

District Empowerment Program; requires 85 percent of students enrolled in an empowered school district to demonstrate mastery of the state academic content

standards and if the district cannot do so, it must implement an intervention model; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

3 Feb - S Second Reading referred to Education

Authors: Kirby and Loveless

Title: Charter schools; allowing a federally recognized Indian tribe to be a sponsor under certain conditions. Effective date.

Description: States that the Oklahoma Charter School Act will allow a federally recognized Indian tribe to sponsor a charter school when it is located within

former reservation or treaty boundaries.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

9 Feb - S Laid Over

Private Notes:

Rooney Virgin on 02/08/2015

Same as HB1034

Rooney Virgin on 02/08/2015

Tribal charters if on Indian Land

Authors: Stanislawski

Title: Statewide Virtual Charter School Board; creating the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board Revolving Fund. Effective date. Emergency.

Description: Relating to the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, it will create the “Statewide Virtual Charter School Board Revolving Fund,” which will not

be subject to fiscal year limitations. Funds garnered will be received by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board from State Aid. Monies accrued will be appropriated

and may be budgeted and expended by the SVCSBR; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

10 Feb - H Note: Coauthored by Nelson (principal House author)

Private Notes:

Rooney Virgin on 02/08/2015

Creates SWVCSB Revolving fund

Authors: Bice

Title: Private educational institutions; requiring certain institutions to publish certain report online. Effective date. Emergency.

SB302

SB302 -- 0%

SB505

SB505 -- 13%

SB589

SB589 -- 5%

Description: Requires private educational institutions to annually publish on its website a report concerning the cost of its programs and the ability of its

courses to transfer; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

3 Feb - S Second Reading referred to Education

Authors: Smalley

Title: Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; requiring participating schools to comply with certain requirements.

Effective date. Emergency.

Description: Modifies language and requires private schools that accept students participating in the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship to comply with state

mandates; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

3 Feb - S Second Reading referred to Education

Authors: Nelson and Jolley

Title: Schools; creating the Oklahoma Education Empowerment Scholarship Act; establishing eligibility. Effective date. Emergency.

Description: Creates the Oklahoma Education Empowerment Scholarship Act, the Oklahoma Education Empowerment Scholarship Savings Program, and the

Oklahoma Education Empowerment Scholarship Savings Revolving Fund. The bill proposes certain provisions, definitions, requirements, administration direction,

funding and all other various rules and regulations for each program. The bill proposes specifications regarding tax exemptions after a certain time in relation to the

Oklahoma Education Empowerment Scholarship Savings Program. EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

12 Feb - S Meeting set for 02/16/2015 at 9:00 AM, State Capitol, Rm 535, Education Committee

Authors: Denney and Jolley

Title: Charter schools; modifying criteria for sponsors; directing sponsors to establish certain policies. Effective date. Emergency.

Description: Amends charter school sponsorship, allowing any school district to be a sponsor and priority will be provided to those serving at-risk student

populations. The bill amends the charter school application to include several new provisions. The bill provides specific powers to a sponsored charter school and allows

sponsors to develop policies and practices. The bill prohibits the operation of a charter school without an executed charter school contract; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

5 Feb - S Coauthored by Denney (principal House author)

SB593

SB593 -- 5%

SB609

SB609 -- 5%

SB782

SB782 -- 5%

Authors: Denney and Jolley

Title: Charter schools; providing for calculation of state aid for certain purpose. Effective date. Emergency.

Description: Pertains to state aid funds; allowing a charter school to receive funds for facility use, acquisition and maintenance; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Charter/ ESA/ Voucher

Actions:

5 Feb - S Coauthored by Denney (principal House author)

SB783

SB783 -- 5%