HB1131

Moms For Liberty Oklahoma

HB 1131 allows Oklahoma’s 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 Oklahoma’s federal ESSA accountability framework. That framework directly feeds into: National education rankings Federal comparisons Policy justifications used by state agencies and legislators This means Oklahoma’s education ranking would increasingly be based on survey responses—not 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 Oklahoma’s 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.