STATEHB1538 OFPOLPCS1 OKLAHOMAMickey 1stDollens-SW Session2/13/2025 of1:11:05 thepm 60thCOMMITTEE LegislatureAMENDMENT (2025) HOUSE BILLOF 1538REPRESENTATIVES By:State of Oklahoma SPEAKER:

DollensCHAIR: 5 AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to schools;

I move to amend HB1538 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:

MICKEY.DOLLENSM AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by:

Mickey Dollens Adopted:

_____________________________ ______________________Reading Clerk___ STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.

1538 By:

Dollens 6 8 PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to schools;

requiringrecommending certain screenings, assessments, and evaluations for students operating below a certain academic threshold;

mandatingrequiring schoolsparent toor employlegal qualifiedguardian personnel;approval for certain evaluations;

allowing schools to employ qualified personnel;

"At risk of being retained" means students who have been identified by school personnel as operating below the academic thresholdReq. necessary to permit enrollment into an advancing grade for the following school year;

Req.

1033412561 Page 1 2.threshold necessary to permit enrollment into an advancing grade for the following school year;

2.

Students who are at risk of being retained shallmay receive a hearing and visual screening and a family assessment conducted by qualifiedReq. school personnel.

Each school shall employ or contract with qualified school personnel to conduct such screenings and assessments.

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1033412561 Page 2 D.qualified school personnel.

StudentsEach whoschool aremay atemploy riskor ofcontract beingwith retainedqualified shallpersonnel receiveto aconduct psychiatricsuch evaluationscreenings selected and completedassessments. by a qualified professional as determined by the State Department of Education.

D.

Students who are at risk of being retained may receive a psychiatric evaluation selected and completed by a qualified professional as determined by the State Department of Education and as approved by a parent or legal guardian.

Students at risk of being retained shallmay receive an occupational therapy or physical therapy evaluation if the screening and evaluations from subsections C and D of this section do not result in a diagnosis or recommendation for treatment.treatment and such evaluation is approved by a parent or legal guardian.

60-1-1033460-1-12561 SW 12/27/2402/13/25 Req.

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