House Bill No. 2259 amends existing laws regarding school transfers in Oklahoma, particularly focusing on the transfer policies for students who are dependents of active military personnel. The bill removes the requirement that military dependents must have Oklahoma as their home of record to qualify for transfers and eliminates the need for parents to provide evidence of active duty status for transfer approvals. It also prohibits schools from denying enrollment to transfer students before they establish residency and mandates that intra-district transfer students remain in the transferred district continuously, with specific exceptions for military children. Additionally, the bill prescribes a capacity exception for military dependents and defines the number of allowable post-capacity transfers based on the school level.

Furthermore, the bill requires school districts to adopt policies that outline the criteria for approving intra-district transfers, including preferences for students residing within the school site boundary, siblings of enrolled students, and children of school district employees. It establishes that students transferring due to military status will have provisional eligibility for intra-district transfers regardless of capacity, with specific ratios for military dependents based on the total enrollment at different school levels. The act is set to take effect on July 1, 2025, and includes an emergency clause for immediate implementation upon passage.