Common Education
π Next Meeting: TBD
π§Ύ Bills Pending: 25
Members
π₯
Dick Lowe
(R)
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Danny Sterling
(R)
Bills Pending in Common Education
HB3021: Schools; subject matter standards; standardized graduation requirements; alternatives; consolidation; rearrangement; nonstandard course waivers; business labor force-endorsed diplomas; joint course plan; graduation exceptions; repealers; effective date; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2026-02-18
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Dick Lowe
Co-sponsors: Adam Pugh
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HB3327: State Board of Education; appointments; removal procedures; vacancies; effective date; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2026-02-16
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Mike Osburn
Co-sponsors: Julie Daniels
HB2986: Schools; prohibiting the State Department of Education from using public resources to produce or share political propaganda; effective date.
Last Action: None
Date: 2026-02-03
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Jacob Rosecrants
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB2985: Schools; repealer; effective date; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2026-02-03
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Jacob Rosecrants
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB3010: Education; adjunct teachers; limiting grades which adjunct teachers without a valid certificate to teach can teach; effective date; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2026-02-03
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Ellen Pogemiller
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB3022: Education; requirements for adjunct teachers who do not hold valid certificate to teach; State Board of Education to establish salary guidelines for part-time noncertified adjunct teachers; effective date; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2026-02-03
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Dick Lowe
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HB3761: Schools; prohibiting public schools and school districts from being members of any association or organization who have diversity, equity, and inclusion practices; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2026-02-03
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Tim Turner
Co-sponsors: Nicole Miller Jim Olsen
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB4277: School athletics; school district exclusive control of school facilities; injunctive relief; removing automatic ineligibility; requiring determination of rule violation for ineligibility; effective date; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2026-02-03
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Nicole Miller
Co-sponsors: Tim Turner
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New law: any public school district shall have a cause of action for injunctive relief against any school athletic association that attempts to limit or control the use of school facilities. Amends: A student who enrolls SHALL BE (changed from shall not be) eligible to participate in school-related extramural athletic competition.
HB4173: Schools; requiring certain school district notices to be published on the State Department of Education's website instead of in the newspaper; effective date.
Last Action: None
Date: 2026-02-03
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Clay Staires
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SB382: Schools; requiring a child to be toilet trained prior to enrolling in prekindergarten beginning in certain school year. Effective date. Emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2025-04-01
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: David Bullard
Co-sponsors: Marilyn Stark
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HB1523: Schools; student mental health; State Department of Education to create a school-based telehealth pilot program; request for proposals; definitions; optional school district participation; reporting to the Legislature; requiring the Department to seek funding; effective date; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2025-02-19
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Melissa Provenzano
Co-sponsors: Dick Lowe
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HB1489: Education; Education Reform Act of 2025; effective date.
Last Action: None
Date: 2025-02-10
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Ronny Johns
HB1946: Schools; teacher contracts; contracts less than one year prohibited; effective date; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2025-02-05
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Michelle McCane
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB1538: Schools; Student Retention Protocol Act of 2025; definitions; screenings, assessments, and evaluations for students; availability of funding; effective date; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2025-02-05
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Mickey Dollens
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HB1255: Schools; statewide system of student assessments; directing assessments to be administered to certain private school and homeschool students; effective date; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2025-02-05
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Judd Strom
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HB 1255 expands state-mandated assessments beyond public schools to include private school and homeschool students, not to improve instruction, but to capture standardized, comparable student data across all education sectors. HB 1255 expands compulsory student testing to private and homeschool families in order to normalize statewide data collection aligned with workforce development goals, not to improve academic outcomes.
The bill does not improve teaching, curriculum, or academic rigorβit expands data coverage.
Erodes Educational Choice & Autonomy
Feeds Longitudinal & Ranking Systems... This benefits rankings and compliance, not students.
No Parental Consent or Opt-Out...Parents become data providers, not decision-makers.
HB2088: Schools; school districts; policy; boards of education; students educated by other means; Oklahoma Extracurricular Activities Accountability Act; interscholastic activities; effective date; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2025-02-04
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: John Kane
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HB1113: Education; adjunct teachers; effective date; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2025-02-04
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Ellen Pogemiller
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You cannot credibly claim to want more teachers while simultaneously making it harder for qualified people to teach. Adding mandates pushes these candidates out rather than welcoming them in.
There is no evidence that additional credential mandates alone improve instructional qualityβespecially when they:
- Do not address classroom management support
- Do not address curriculum quality
- Do not address administrative overload
Big Government Overreach
HB 1113 shifts decision-making away from: and toward state-level credential enforcement, even when districts are best positioned to assess local needs.
You donβt solve a shortage by erecting more barriers.
HB1361: Schools; definitions; prohibiting school personnel and students from requesting and using certain pronouns or alternate names in certain situations; effective date; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2025-02-04
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Gabe Woolley
Co-sponsors: David Bullard Shane Jett
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HB1165: Schools; requiring certain school districts to obtain, record, and report citizenship status of enrolling students; effective date; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2025-02-04
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Gabe Woolley
Co-sponsors: Jim Olsen
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HB2244: Schools; corporal punishment; requiring school districts to report corporal punishment administration annually; effective date; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2025-02-04
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: John Waldron
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HB 2244 expands state collection of student behavioral data under the guise of transparency, aligning with workforce development and longitudinal data tracking efforts rather than parental rights or local control.
HB1131: Schools; requiring the State Department of Education to amend state plan under the Every Student Succeeds Act; effective date; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2025-02-04
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Ellen Pogemiller
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HB 1131 allows Oklahomaβs education ranking to be inflated using aggregated, non-academic data, masking real academic performance and advancing workforce development data objectives rather than student learning...HB 1131 would replace an objective indicator (chronic absenteeism) with subjective, aggregated survey data and then use that data as part of Oklahomaβs federal ESSA accountability framework.
That framework directly feeds into:
- National education rankings
- Federal comparisons
- Policy justifications used by state agencies and legislators
This means Oklahomaβs education ranking would increasingly be based on survey responsesβnot academic performance.
Rankings Based on Perception, Not Proficiency
School climate surveys measure:
- Feelings
- Attitudes
- Perceptions of environment
They do not measure:
- Reading proficiency
- Math competency
- Science or history mastery
Yet this data would be used to grade Oklahomaβs education system.
Workforce Development Alignment
Behavioral, engagement, and perception metrics are core inputs in:
- Workforce readiness models
- Longitudinal student profiling
- Federal education-to-employment pipelines
HB 1131 advances data normalization, not academic rigor.
HB1469: Schools; Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act; website requirements; effective date.
Last Action: None
Date: 2025-02-04
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Meloyde Blancett
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HB1144: Schools; attendance; allowing one day per semester for an excused absence for student mental health; effective date; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2025-02-04
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Jacob Rosecrants
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HB1475: Schools; COVID-19; prohibiting student discrimination based on vaccination status; penalties; effective date; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2025-02-04
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Stacy Jo Adams
Co-sponsors: Jim Shaw
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HB1054: State Board of Education; board member appointments; changing appointing authority; removal for cause; vacancy procedures; initial appointments; emergency.
Last Action: None
Date: 2025-02-04
Pending: π Common Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Jacob Rosecrants
Co-sponsors: Jared Deck
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Amends regarding standardized subject matter standards, graduation requirements, establishing set curriculum of 23 units for all 8-12 grade students.
HB 3021 looks less like education reform and more like lowering the bar to meet labor shortages, which ultimately shortchanges students and families.
Aligns with a workforce agenda by lowering and reshaping graduation requirements through waivers and alternative diplomas, prioritizing labor needs over consistent academic standards and long-term student readiness.