SB 1975 Oklahoma Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Schools; requiring public school districts to make certain examinations available to students who live in the district. Effective date. Emergency.

SB 1975 requires Oklahoma public school districts to make Advanced Placement (AP) exams available to any student residing in the district and to post exam dates, registration details, and procedures on their websites by August 31 each year. It also mandates the Statewide Charter School Board to maintain an online learning platform offering AP courses, STEM subjects, foreign languages, and other high-quality courses for all Oklahoma students. The State Department of Education must provide information to students and parents about AP courses and their benefits for college readiness, scholarships, and financial aid opportunities. The bill takes effect July 1, 2026.

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Technology

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Feb 2, 2026 Signed May 6, 2026

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What changed between versions

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to streamline the legislative text by removing redundant committee sponsor names and updating the header to reflect the Senate floor version. The core policy requirements regarding AP course availability, exam access, and the online learning platform remain substantively unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the amendment is primarily a procedural update to the document structure.

TECHNICAL

Removed redundant committee sponsor names (Grellner, Jett, Miller) from the bill header, leaving only the primary Senate sponsor, McIntosh.

Updated the document header to clearly identify this as the 'Senate Floor Version' dated February 17, 2026, replacing the 'House of Representatives' version.

Condensed the title block by removing bracketed text related to schools, AP courses, and the emergency declaration, which was likely a placeholder or formatting artifact.

Reformatted the committee report section to remove specific dates and signatures, replacing them with a generic 'DO PASS AS AMENDED' instruction.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 12, 2026 · House Apr 29, 2026

How they voted

47–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 50

Mar 12, 2026

D Democratic9

8 Yea 1

88% Yea

R Republican41

39 Yea 2

95% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

May 6, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by Governor 05/06/2026

upper

Apr 29, 2026

Committee

Referred for enrollment

upper

Apr 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0

lower

Apr 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee

lower

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common Education

lower

Mar 30, 2026

Committee

Referred to Common Education

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Introduced

First Reading

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Upper · Passed

Engrossed to House

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Committee

Referred for engrossment

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Upper · Passed

Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Introduced

General Order, Amended

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Committee

Referred to Appropriations

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed

upper

Feb 2, 2026

Introduced

First Reading

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors