1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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3 SENATE BILL 54 By: Montgomery
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to schools; providing definition;
7 directing the State Department of Education beginning
8 in certain school year to designate a school district
8 site or certain charter school site as a Purple Star
9 School; providing eligibility criteria; providing for
9 promulgation of rules; providing for codification;
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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 510.3 of Title 70, unless there
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16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. As used in this section, "military-connected student" means
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18 a student enrolled in a public school district or public charter
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19 school who:
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20 1. Is a dependent of a current or former member of the United
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21 States military, the Oklahoma National Guard or a reserve force of
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22 the United States military; or
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 1 2. Was a dependent of a member of the United States military,
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2 the Oklahoma National Guard or a reserve force of the United States
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3 military who was killed in the line of duty.
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4 B. Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the State
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5 Department of Education shall designate a school district site or
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6 charter school site as a Purple Star School if the site applies and
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7 qualifies for the designation pursuant to this section.
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8 C. To qualify as a Purple Star School, a school district site
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9 or charter school site shall:
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10 1. Designate a school employee as a military liaison whose
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11 duties include:
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12 a. identifying military-connected students enrolled at
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13 the school who are designated with a military student
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14 identifier as provided for in Section 3-168 of Title
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15 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
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16 b. serving as the point of contact between the school and
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17 military-connected students and their families,
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18 c. determining appropriate school services available to
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19 military-connected students, and
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20 d. assisting in coordinating school programs relevant to
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21 military-connected students;
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22 2. Maintain on the school's website an easily accessible web
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23 page that includes resources for military-connected students and
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24 their families including information regarding:
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 1 a. relocation to, enrollment at, registration at and
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2 transferring records to the school,
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3 b. academic planning, course sequences and advanced
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4 classes available at the school,
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5 c. counseling and other support services available for
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6 military-connected students enrolled at the campus,
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7 and
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8 d. the military liaison and his or her duties designated
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9 pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection;
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10 3. Maintain a transition program led by students, where
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11 appropriate, that assists military-connected students in
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12 transitioning into the school;
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13 4. Offer professional development for school employees on
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14 issues related to military-connected students; and
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15 5. Offer at least one of the following initiatives:
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16 a. a resolution showing support for military-connected
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17 students and their families,
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18 b. recognition of the Month of the Military Child or
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19 Military Family Month with relevant events held at the
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20 school site, or
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21 c. a partnership with a local military installation that
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22 provides opportunities for active duty military
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23 members to volunteer at the school site, speak at an
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 1 D. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules to
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3 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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