Oklahoma SB 879: Charter schools; removing ability for the State Board of Education to sponsor certain charter schools. Effective date. Emergency.

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 56th Legislature (2018)

SENATE BILL 879 By: Sharp

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to charter schools; amending 70 O.S.
2011, Section 3-132, as last amended by Section 29,
Chapter 42, O.S.L. 2017 (70 O.S. Supp. 2017, Section
3-132), which relates to charter school sponsorship;
removing language allowing the State Board of
Education to sponsor a charter school under certain
circumstances; prohibiting the State Board of
Education from sponsoring certain charter schools
after certain date; requiring certain notification;
directing certain charter school applicants to enter
into certain contract by certain date; providing for
dissolution of certain charter schools after certain
date; amending 70 O.S. 2011, Section 3-134, as
amended by Section 2, Chapter 170, O.S.L. 2015 (70
O.S. Supp. 2017, Section 3-134), which relates to
charter school applications; removing language
regarding the location of certain charter school
sponsored by the State Board of Education; modifying
which charter school applicants can seek certain
arbitration under certain conditions; providing an
effective date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2011, Section 3-132, as
last amended by Section 29, Chapter 42, O.S.L. 2017 (70 O.S. Supp.
2017, Section 3-132), is amended to read as follows:

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Section 3-132. A. The Oklahoma Charter Schools Act shall apply
only to charter schools formed and operated under the provisions of
the act. Charter schools shall be sponsored only as follows:
1. By any school district located in the State of Oklahoma,
provided such charter school shall only be located within the
geographical boundaries of the sponsoring district and subject to
the restrictions of Section 3-145.6 of this title;
2. By a technology center school district if the charter school
is located in a school district served by the technology center
school district in which all or part of the school district is
located in a county having more than five hundred thousand (500,000)
population according to the latest Federal Decennial Census;
3. By a technology center school district if the charter school
is located in a school district served by the technology center
school district and the school district has a school site that has
been identified as in need of improvement by the State Board of
Education pursuant to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965, as amended or reauthorized;
4. By an accredited comprehensive or regional institution that
is a member of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education or a
community college if the charter school is located in a school
district in which all or part of the school district is located in a
county having more than five hundred thousand (500,000) population
according to the latest Federal Decennial Census;

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5. By a comprehensive or regional institution that is a member
of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education if the charter
school is located in a school district that has a school site that
has been identified as in need of improvement by the State Board of
Education pursuant to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965, as amended or reauthorized. In addition, the institution
shall have a teacher education program accredited by the Oklahoma
Commission for Teacher Preparation and have a branch campus or
constituent agency physically located within the school district in
which the charter school is located in the State of Oklahoma;
6. By a federally recognized Indian tribe, operating a high
school under the authority of the Bureau of Indian Affairs as of
November 1, 2010, if the charter school is for the purpose of
demonstrating native language immersion instruction, and is located
within its former reservation or treaty area boundaries. For
purposes of this paragraph, native language immersion instruction
shall require that educational instruction and other activities
conducted at the school site are primarily conducted in the native
language;
7. By the State Board of Education when the applicant of the
charter school is the Office of Juvenile Affairs or the applicant
has a contract with the Office of Juvenile Affairs to provide a
fixed rate level E, D, or D+ group home service and the charter
school is for the purpose of providing education services to youth

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in the custody or supervision of the state. Not more than two
charter schools shall be sponsored by the Board as provided for in
this paragraph during the period of time beginning July 1, 2010,
through July 1, 2016; or
8. By a federally recognized Indian tribe only when the charter