1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 SENATE BILL 1904 By: Pugh
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to student assessments; allowing
7 certain charter school or school district to
8 administer certain assessments in a virtual setting;
8 directing certain requirements to be met; providing
9 for promulgation of rules; providing for
9 codification; providing an effective date; and
10 declaring an emergency.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3-145.11 of Title 70, unless
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16 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. A statewide virtual charter school or a school district
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18 operating a full-time virtual education program may administer to
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19 enrolled students the statewide system of student assessments
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20 required by Section 1210.508 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes in
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21 a virtual setting that best meets the educational needs of the
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22 students.
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23 B. A statewide virtual charter school or a school district
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24 operating a full-time virtual education program that administers
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 1 student assessments as provided for in subsection A of this section
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2 shall ensure the following requirements are met:
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3 1. The student to whom the statewide student assessment is
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4 administered takes the assessment on an assigned date and time;
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5 2. The student to whom the statewide student assessment is
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6 administered attends a synchronous assessment session initiated and
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7 managed by personnel employed by the statewide virtual charter
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8 school or the school district that operates a full-time virtual
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9 education program;
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10 3. a. If the statewide student assessment platform does not
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11 allow integrated camera proctoring, the student to
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12 whom the statewide student assessment is administered
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13 shall use two devices for the duration of the
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14 administration. One device shall be used by the
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15 student to take the statewide student assessment, and
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16 one device shall be used by an assessment proctor to
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17 monitor the student for the duration of the
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18 administration of the statewide student assessment
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19 using the camera on the required device, or
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20 b. If the statewide student assessment platform does
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21 allow for an assessment proctor to view the student
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22 and the student’s background environment, a secondary
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23 device shall not be required;
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 1 4. The device on which a student is administered a statewide
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2 student assessment has audio capabilities accessible by the
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3 assessment administrator for purposes of monitoring the student;
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4 5. An adult approved in accordance with the terms established
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5 by the statewide virtual charter school or the school district that
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6 operates a full-time virtual education program and is administering
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7 the statewide student assessment to a student in a virtual setting
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8 including, but not limited to, the student’s parent, legal guardian,
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9 or person standing in loco parentis to the student, is physically
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10 present with the student for the duration of the administration of
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11 the assessment;
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12 6. The statewide virtual charter school or school district that
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13 operates a full-time virtual education program that administers a
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14 statewide student assessment to a student in a virtual setting seeks
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15 to maintain a student assessment taker to assessment proctor ratio
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16 of ten-to-one or lower;
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17 7. The student to whom the statewide student assessment is
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18 administered does not exit the assessment administration until
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19 instructed to do so by the assigned assessment proctor; and
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20 8. The submission of a statewide student assessment
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21 administered pursuant to the provisions of this section is verified
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22 by the assessment administrator.
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23 C. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to
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24 implement the provisions of this section.
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 1 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
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2 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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3 of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
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4 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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5 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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