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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1632 By: Alvord
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
7 Section 14-135, which relates to career-readiness
8 assessments; directing the State Department of
8 Education, rather than the Oklahoma Department of
9 Commerce, in certain cooperation to approve certain
9 assessments and credentials; removing language making
10 such approval subject to funding; directing the
10 assessments to be made available to students in
11 certain grades beginning in certain school year;
11 directing the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
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13 declaring an emergency.
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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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17 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 14-135, is
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18 amended to read as follows:
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19 Section 14-135. Subject to the availability of funds, beginning
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20 with the 2019-2020 school year, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce,
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21 in cooperation with the
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22 A. The State Department of Education and, in cooperation with
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23 the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability, shall
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24 review and approve career-readiness assessments and assessment-based
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1 credentials that measure and document foundational workplace skills.
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2 Beginning with the 2019-2020 2026-2027 school year, the assessments
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3 shall be made available to all public school districts to be
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4 administered to students at the discretion of each school district's
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5 administration to students in grades ten through twelve at least
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6 once prior to their graduation from high school. The assessment-
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7 based credential shall be available to any student who achieves the
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8 prescribed level on the required assessments assessment. If the
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9 public school district chooses to administer the assessments, the
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10 assessments shall be administered at least once to each student who
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11 chooses to take the assessment at no cost to the student. The
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12 assessments shall:
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13 1. Be a standardized, criterion-referenced measure of broadly
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14 relevant foundational workplace skills;
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15 2. Assess and document student readiness for a wide range of
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16 jobs;
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17 3. Measure skills in the following areas, including, but not
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19 a. applied mathematics,
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20 b. workplace documents,
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21 c. graphic literacy, or
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22 d. critical thinking and leadership collaboration;
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23 4. Align with research-based skill requirement profiles for
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1 5. Lead to nationally recognized work-readiness certificates or
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2 credentials for students who meet the minimum proficiency
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3 requirements on the component assessments; and
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4 6. Be available in paper- and computer-based formats.
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5 B. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, in
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6 consultation with the American Council on Education National Guide,
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7 shall promulgate rules to allow institutions of higher education
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8 within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to grant
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9 college credit based on assessment-based credentials and scores
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10 earned on career-readiness assessments.
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11 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
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12 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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13 of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
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14 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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15 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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