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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma House Bill 1286 authorizes up to ten virtual school days and sets compliance rules
Last action · February 4, 2025: Second Reading referred to Rules
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What This Bill Proposed
Oklahoma school districts and charter schools are authorized to include up to ten scheduled or unscheduled virtual days per school year for specific reasons such as inclement weather, staff illness, or building maintenance. Districts must notify the State Department of Education within 72 hours of using a virtual day, and noncompliant schools must provide an additional day of in-person instruction.
Schools utilizing virtual days must establish policies for students lacking home internet access and face state audits to verify student compliance, with noncompliance triggering mandatory in-person instruction make-up days.
- Oklahoma public schools operate under statutory requirements defining the length of the school year either by days or instructional hours. context
- The State Board of Education oversees public school accreditation, academic standards, and policy compliance across Oklahoma school districts. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
School districts and charter schools
Must limit virtual days to ten per year, submit 72-hour notifications for remote instruction, maintain internet-access contingency policies, and comply with state audits.
Students
Receive virtual instruction via synchronous or asynchronous formats during approved virtual days and may be required to make up days in person if compliance thresholds are unmet.
State Department of Education
Required to review notifications within one calendar week, audit records for student compliance, and determine adherence to statutory virtual instruction rules.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What reasons are legally allowed for a school to use a virtual day?
What happens if a school district's virtual day usage is found to be noncompliant?
How quickly must a school notify the state after deciding to use a virtual day?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Rules
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Caldwell (Chad)
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
Version history
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Discoveries
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Codification of Virtual Learning Limits
The bill formally integrates a cap of ten virtual days with strict reporting and auditing requirements into state school statutes.
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Sources
www.oklegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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