Schools; transfer students; allowing certain students to transfer to adjacent school district; effective date.

HB 1088 allows students in Oklahoma school districts that do not offer their grade level to automatically transfer to an adjacent district without capacity restrictions. This directly affects students whose current district lacks their required grade, granting them one automatic transfer to a nearby district. The bill modifies existing rules by removing capacity limits for these adjacent transfers (while non-adjacent transfers still require standard approval), and requires districts to publicly post transfer capacity policies online. It also clarifies that students choosing non-adjacent districts must follow standard transfer procedures under the Education Open Transfer Act.