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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 1975 By: McIntosh
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5 AS INTRODUCED
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6 An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
6 Section 1210.704, as amended by Section 20, Chapter
7 323, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section
7 1210.704), which relates to advanced placement
8 courses; requiring public school districts to make
8 certain examinations available to certain students;
9 requiring districts to post certain information about
9 the examinations on their websites; directing certain
10 online learning platform to be available to all
10 students in the state; providing an effective date;
11 and 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. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1210.704, as
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15 amended by Section 20, Chapter 323, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025,
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16 Section 1210.704), is amended to read as follows:
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17 Section 1210.704. A. Beginning with the 2024�2025 school year,
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18 all public high schools in this state shall make a minimum of four
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19 advanced placement courses available to students.
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20 B. School district boards of education shall be responsible for
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21 ensuring annually that all high school students have access to
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22 advanced placement courses beginning in the 2024-2025 school year.
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23 Such access may be provided through enrollment in courses offered
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1 1. A school site or sites within the district;
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2 2. A technology center school within the district;
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3 3. An online learning program offered by the Statewide Charter
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4 School Board or one of its vendors; or
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5 4. A school site or sites in another school district.
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6 C. Each public school district in this state shall make
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7 advanced placement examinations available each school year to any
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8 student who resides in the district. No later than August 31 of
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9 each year, each school district shall post on its website notice of
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10 the date each advanced placement examination is to be administered.
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11 The notice shall state that the examination is available to students
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12 who reside in the district and shall include registration dates and
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13 procedures to register for the examination.
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14 D. The Statewide Charter School Board shall maintain an online
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15 learning platform to provide high quality online learning
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16 opportunities for Oklahoma students that are aligned with the
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17 subject matter standards adopted by the State Board of Education
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18 pursuant to Section 11-103.6 of this title. The Board shall
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19 implement online courses, with an emphasis on science, technology,
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20 engineering, and math (STEM) courses, foreign language courses, and
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21 advanced placement courses. The online platform shall be available
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22 to all Oklahoma school districts students in this state.
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23 D. E. The State Department of Education shall provide
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24 information to all boards of education, to be distributed to their
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1 students and parents, on available opportunities and the enrollment
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2 process for students to take advanced placement courses. The
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3 information shall explain the value of advanced placement courses in
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4 preparing students for postsecondary-level coursework, enabling
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5 students to gain access to postsecondary opportunities, and
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6 qualifying for scholarships and other financial aid opportunities.
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7 E. F. The State Department of Education shall retain records of
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8 which options outlined in subsection B of this section boards of
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9 education selected for their students and make the information
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10 available on the Department's website.
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11 F. G. As used in this section, "advanced placement course"
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12 shall have the same meaning as provided in paragraph 1 of Section
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13 1210.702 of this title.
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14 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
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15 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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16 of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
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17 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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18 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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