SB 555 — Schools; creating the Education Regulatory Sandbox Program; providing purpose; providing for application process. Effective date. Emergency.

SENATE CHAMBERFLOOR STATEVERSION OFMarch OKLAHOMA4, DISPOSITION2025 FLOOR3 AMENDMENTSENATE No.BILL NO.

________555 COMMITTEEBy: AMENDMENT (Date) I move to amend Senate Bill No.

555Pugh as5 follows:An Act relating to schools;

Oncreating page 1, line 23, by inserting after “A.” and before the wordEducation “There”Regulatory theSandbox following:Program;

“1.”;providing purpose;

Onprohibiting pagegranting 2,of linecertain 8exemption; ½ by inserting a new paragraph 2 as follows:

“2.requiring school districts granted certain exemption to implement certain innovation;

Aproviding schoolterm districtof seekingexemption; an exemption pursuant to this subsection shall not be granted an exemption to the following:

providing for application process;

requiring meeting of certain representatives to discuss proposed innovation;

directing the State Department of Education to make certain recommendations;

providing for approval and disapproval of applications;

directing certain school districts to electronically submit annual progress reports;

allowing for application of exemption renewal;

prohibiting approval of renewal application if certain reports do not show certain evidence;

directing the Department to collect certain information;

requiring submission of certain report;

providing for contents of report;

providing for promulgation of rules;

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 3-170 of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.

There is hereby created the Education Regulatory Sandbox Program to exempt a school district from a specific education- SENATE FLOOR VERSION - SB555 SFLR Page 1 (Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) related statutory requirement within Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes or an administrative rule promulgated by the State Board of Education.

An exemption from federal education requirements shall not be granted.

A school district granted an exemption pursuant to this subsection shall implement an innovation that is intended to improve the educational outcomes for students enrolled in the district.

An exemption shall be granted for a three-year period and may be renewed by the State Board of Education.

B.

1.

A school district seeking to participate in the Education Regulatory Sandbox Program shall apply to the State Department of Education in the manner and on a form prescribed by the Department.

2.

The application shall include:

the Teacherspecific Dueeducation-related Processstatutory Actrequirement within Title 70 of 1990,the Oklahoma Statutes or administrative rule promulgated by the State Board of Education from which the district seeks an exemption, b.

the criminalinnovation historythe recordschool checkdistrict requirementsseeks ofto Sectionimplement, 5-142and of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, c.

the employmentimproved contracteducational requirementsoutcome ofsought Sectionand 6-190the ofmetrics Titleto 70be ofused theto Oklahomameasure Statutes,the d.improvement.

stateC. laws relating to the education of children with disabilities, e.

After an initial review of the Oklahomaapplication Schoolsubmitted Testingpursuant Programto Actsubsection andB theof accountabilitythis systemsection, providedrepresentatives forof inthe SectionState 1210.545Department of TitleEducation 70shall meet with representatives of the OklahomaSENATE Statutes,FLOOR f.VERSION - SB555 SFLR Page 2 (Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) applying school district to discuss the application.