SB 1630: Schools; allowing a school district or charter school to count certain day or number of hours toward certain requirement under certain circumstances. Effective date. Emergency. - Oklahoma

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was transitioned from the House version to the Senate floor version, which includes significant substantive additions regarding teacher compensation and extended school day requirements. The Senate version adds a new provision allowing districts to grant paid professional days for teacher development and modifies the criteria for adopting extended-day schedules to include mandatory cost savings guidelines.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include new provisions for paid professional development days and stricter financial criteria for extended school day schedules.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new provision allowing school districts to grant additional paid professional days to individual teachers for training and certification portfolio development, subject to district policy or collective bargaining agreements.

Modified the criteria for adopting an extended-day schedule to require that the district meet or exceed minimum guidelines for student performance and school district cost savings established by the State Board of Education.

Added a requirement for the State Board of Education to promulgate rules establishing the minimum guidelines for student performance and cost savings mentioned in the extended-day schedule criteria.

Enrolled (final version) → Floor (House) · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill was converted from its final enrolled Senate version to the House floor version, which involved significant reformatting to align with House printing standards. The substantive legislative text regarding school year lengths, professional meeting limits, and extended-day schedules remains identical in both versions, with no changes to policy, dates, or requirements.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's applicability and the specific policy requirements remain unchanged; the version represents a procedural update in the legislative process.

TECHNICAL

The document structure was reorganized to include House-specific headers and page numbering, while the actual legal text of the bill was preserved without substantive alteration.

Engrossed → Enrolled (final version) · 5 edits · May 6, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was finalized as an enrolled Senate bill, moving it to the final stage for signing into law. The substantive policy changes include stricter requirements for extended-day schedules, new rules preventing the counting of virtual instruction days toward attendance requirements starting in 2026-2027, and clarified criteria for professional development and parent-teacher conferences.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on Oklahoma public schools and charter schools regarding school year length and instruction hours, but the applicability of certain counting rules has been restricted for future years.

TIMELINE

Virtual instruction days and portions of days when school is closed will no longer count toward the 181-day or 1,086-hour requirement starting with the 2026-2027 school year.

REQUIREMENT

Extended-day schedules must now meet stricter criteria, including holding a public hearing and documenting specific impacts on student achievement before implementation.

Parent-teacher conferences held during the school day are now explicitly limited to counting as no more than 6 hours per semester or 12 hours per year.

DEFINITION

A formal definition of 'virtual instruction' was added to clarify that it involves the use of the Internet or digital transmission systems.

ENFORCEMENT

The State Board of Education is authorized to deny accreditation to any school that violates the new extended-day schedule requirements.

Introduced → Engrossed · 4 edits · Mar 11, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was amended to add new requirements for districts using extended-day schedules, specifically mandating that they document student achievement improvements and report results annually. Additionally, a new subsection was added to clarify that districts adopting school-hours policies must meet minimum student performance and cost savings guidelines starting in the 2021-2022 school year.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding extended-day schedules was expanded to include accountability measures for student achievement and performance standards for adopting alternative schedules.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement for districts using extended-day schedules to document the impact on student achievement and provide an annual report to the State Board of Education.

Added a new requirement that districts adopting school-hours policies must meet minimum student performance and cost savings guidelines established by the State Board of Education.

ENFORCEMENT

Established that if a district fails to document student achievement improvements, the district board must revoke the extended-day authorization, and the State Board may deny accreditation.

TIMELINE

Clarified that the requirement to meet minimum performance and cost savings guidelines applies beginning with the 2021-2022 school year.

Schools; allowing a school district or charter school to count certain day or number of hours toward certain requirement under certain circumstances. Effective date. Emergency.

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