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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma House Bill 1109 Mandates Progressive Truancy Plans and Prohibits Student Detention for Attendance Failures
Last action · February 5, 2025: Referred to Rules
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 1109 requires every school district superintendent in Oklahoma to devise and recommend a by November 1, 2025, while prohibiting student detention or suspension for truancy and waiving fines for parents who comply with attendance conditions.
Parents face potential misdemeanor charges for if children are unlawfully absent, while schools must implement multi-tiered intervention programs before referring truancy cases to district courts.
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.
Students
Parents and Guardians
Parents receive written notices after unexcused absences, participate in intervention plans, face potential misdemeanor charges for educational neglect, and are eligible for fine waivers upon compliance.
School Districts and Administrators
Superintendents and local boards must devise, recommend, and adopt progressive truancy intervention plans by November 1, 2025, and document interventions prior to court referrals.
District Courts and Juvenile Bureaus
Courts receive truancy reports and documentation from school districts, must dismiss non-compliant filings, and manage restitution or juvenile proceedings accordingly.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happens when a student accumulates five unexcused absences?
Can a student be suspended or placed in detention for truancy under this bill?
When must school districts adopt their progressive truancy intervention plans?
Are fines for educational neglect permanently binding if a parent is convicted?
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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
7 actions- Feb 5, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Rules
- Feb 5, 2025HouseCommitteeWithdrawn from Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
- Feb 5, 2025HouseCommitteeWithdrawn from Criminal Judiciary Committee
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Criminal Judiciary
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Pogemiller
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- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
Version history
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Discoveries
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Shift from Punitive Detention to Progressive Intervention
The legislation marks a clear policy shift away from using detention and suspension for truancy, requiring schools to implement documented multi-tier support models before involving the judicial system.
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Sources
www.oklegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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