Children; Early Childhood Task Force; membership; election; reports; compensation or reimbursement; expenses; Oklahoma Open Records Act; Oklahoma Open Meeting Act; advice; vision statement; mission; principles; codification; effective date.

HB 1979 restructures Oklahoma's Early Childhood Task Force by updating its membership composition. The bill changes the task force's title to emphasize "early childhood education" (replacing "advocacy"), removes a reference to an "Early Childhood Education Institute," and specifies that Oklahoma State University's representative must be the Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Student Services in the College of Education and Human Sciences. This directly affects the task force's operations and the specific university role responsible for providing input on early childhood policy. The bill codifies these changes to align with current university structures and focuses the task force's work on education-related priorities.