HB 1408 — Schools; departure of certain students; reporting; requiring State Department of Education to creating a reporting portal; dropout reports; excluding certain students; effective date; emergency.
Last action — Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has passed the House. Introduced February 03, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
Signed by Governor Kevin Stitt (Republican) on March 31, 2025.
Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.
Odds of enactment
Moderate chanceBased on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.
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Prognosis
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Passed House
Current position in the legislative process.
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2 sponsors
2 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
73 added · 71 removedPlain-language change summary
The amendment to Bill HB 1408 clarifies the process for public school administrators to report when a student leaves their school to attend a private institution or pursue alternative education. Specifically, it gives administrators the option to formally report these departures. This change is important because it helps ensure more accurate tracking of student movement between public and private education, which can inform state education policies and resources.
HOUSEENGROSSED OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
Grego of the House and Stanley of the Senate 95 COMMITTEE7 SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to schools;
When a student leaves a public school to attend a private or other school, or to be educated by other means, the public school HB1408administrator HFLRshall Pagehave 1the BOLDoption FACEto denotesreport Committeethe Amendments.student's departure has occurred.
administrator shall have the option to report the student's departure has occurred.
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The State Department of Education shall make an annual report to the Legislature prior to the convening of each regular HB1408session HFLRthereof Pageof 2information BOLDreceived FACEand denotestabulated Committeepursuant Amendments.to this section.
session thereof of information received and tabulated pursuant to this section.
For the purposes of this section, "school dropout" means any student who is under the age of nineteen (19) and has not graduated from high school and is not attending any public or private school orENGR. is not otherwise receiving an education pursuant to law for the full term the schools of the school district in which the student resides are in session.
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1408 Page 2 or is not otherwise receiving an education pursuant to law for the full term the schools of the school district in which the student resides are in session.
COMMITTEEPassed REPORTthe BY:House of Representatives the 27th day of March, 2025.
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- Policy Committee Recommendation View text pdf
- Committee Substitute House Committee Substitute pdf
- Committee Substitute Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 pdf
- Introduced View text pdf
Action History
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Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee
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First Reading
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Engrossed, signed, to Senate
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Referred for engrossment
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Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 7
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General Order
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CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee
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Authored by Senator Stanley (principal Senate author)
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Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education
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Referred to Common Education
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Second Reading referred to Education Oversight
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Authored by Representative Grego
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First Reading
Sponsors
- Jim Grego · Primary
- Brenda Stanley · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on · 7 voted No
Sponsors (2)
- Jim Grego Republican
- Brenda Stanley Republican
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (149)
149 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 149 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 62 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Democrat | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 79 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| % of votes cast | 79% | 7% | 0% | 14% |
How each member voted (100)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Alonso-Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Bennett | — | Yea |
| Pittman | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Lowe (J) | — | Not Voting |
| VACANCY: | — | Not Voting |
| Crosswhite Hader | — | Yea |
| Andy Fugate | Democrat | Yea |
| Annie Menz | Democrat | Yea |
| Cyndi Munson | Democrat | Yea |
| Ellen Pogemiller | Democrat | Yea |
| Ellyn Hefner | Democrat | Yea |
| Jacob Rosecrants | Democrat | Yea |
| Jared Deck | Democrat | Yea |
| John Waldron | Democrat | Yea |
| Melissa Provenzano | Democrat | Yea |
| Meloyde Blancett | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Michelle McCane | Democrat | Yea |
| Mickey Dollens | Democrat | Yea |
| Suzanne Schreiber | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Trish Ranson | Democrat | Yea |
| Anthony Moore | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Ed Culver | Republican | Yea |
| Brad Boles | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Hill | Republican | Yea |
| Carl Newton | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Caldwell | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Banning | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Kannady | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Sneed | Republican | Yea |
| Chuck Hall | Republican | Yea |
| Clay Staires | Republican | Not Voting |
| Cody Maynard | Republican | Yea |
| Collin Duel | Republican | Yea |
| Cynthia Roe | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Pae | Republican | Yea |
| Danny Sterling | Republican | Yea |
| Danny Williams | Republican | Yea |
| David Hardin | Republican | Yea |
| David Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Dell Kerbs | Republican | Not Voting |
| Derrick Hildebrant | Republican | Yea |
| Dick Lowe | Republican | Yea |
| Eddy Dempsey | Republican | Yea |
| Emily Gise | Republican | Yea |
| Eric Roberts | Republican | Yea |
| Erick Harris | Republican | Not Voting |
| Gabe Woolley | Republican | Nay |
| George Burns | Republican | Yea |
| Gerrid Kendrix | Republican | Yea |
| Jack Stewart | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Blair | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jay Steagall | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Grego | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Olsen | Republican | Nay |
| Jim Shaw | Republican | Nay |
| John George | Republican | Yea |
| John Kane | Republican | Yea |
| John Pfeiffer | Republican | Yea |
| Jonathan Wilk | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Cantrell | Republican | Not Voting |
| Josh West | Republican | Yea |
| Judd Strom | Republican | Yea |
| Justin Humphrey | Republican | Not Voting |
| Ken Luttrell | Republican | Yea |
| Kenton Patzkowsky | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin West | Republican | Yea |
| Marilyn Stark | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Chapman | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Lawson | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Lepak | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Tedford | Republican | Yea |
| Max Wolfley | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Dobrinski | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Kelley | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Lay | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Osburn | Republican | Yea |
| Molly Jenkins | Republican | Nay |
| Neil Hays | Republican | Yea |
| Nick Archer | Republican | Yea |
| Nicole Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Preston Stinson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Rande Worthen | Republican | Nay |
| Rick West | Republican | Nay |
| Robert Manger | Republican | Yea |
| Ronny Johns | Republican | Yea |
| Ross Ford | Republican | Not Voting |
| Rusty Cornwell | Republican | Yea |
| Ryan Eaves | Republican | Yea |
| Scott Fetgatter | Republican | Not Voting |
| Stacy Jo Adams | Republican | Yea |
| Stan May | Republican | Yea |
| Steve Bashore | Republican | Yea |
| T.J. Marti | Republican | Yea |
| Tammy Townley | Republican | Yea |
| Tammy West | Republican | Yea |
| Tim Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Tom Gann | Republican | Nay |
| Toni Hasenbeck | Republican | Not Voting |
| Trey Caldwell | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (9)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| John Waldron | Democrat | Yea |
| Melissa Provenzano | Democrat | Yea |
| Chad Caldwell | Republican | Yea |
| Dell Kerbs | Republican | Yea |
| Dick Lowe | Republican | Yea |
| John Kane | Republican | Yea |
| Max Wolfley | Republican | Yea |
| Tammy West | Republican | Yea |
| Toni Hasenbeck | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (11)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Ellen Pogemiller | Democrat | Yea |
| Jacob Rosecrants | Democrat | Yea |
| Chad Caldwell | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Banning | Republican | Yea |
| Chuck Hall | Republican | Yea |
| Cody Maynard | Republican | Yea |
| Danny Sterling | Republican | Yea |
| Dick Lowe | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Tedford | Republican | Yea |
| Molly Jenkins | Republican | Yea |
| Ronny Johns | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 1408?
- HB 1408 is sponsored by Jim Grego (Republican) and Brenda Stanley (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 1408?
- This bill has passed the House. Introduced February 03, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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