HB 1277

Higher education; requiring policy ensuring student grades are evaluated solely on an academic basis; directing the State Regents to withhold state-appropriated funds for failure to adopt a policy; effective date; emergency.

Education; Rising Scholars Award Program; eligibility; cohort-based award schedules; effective date.

Schools; extending prohibition on use of cell phones and personal electronic devices on certain campuses; effective date; emergency.

Higher education; requiring all academic programs be reviewed on a five-year cycle for quality and currency; review; low-producing programs; emergency.

Education; requiring a minimum amount of math instruction per day and week for kindergarten through fifth grade students; requiring math instruction to align with the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics; effective date; emergency.

Education; Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act; adding grants; definition of a scholarship-granting organization; defining capital improvement grant; information to be submitted to Tax Commission; effective date; emergency.

Artificial intelligence education; creating the AI Education Innovation Act, the AI Education Innovation Revolving Fund and the AI Education Advisory Council; effective date.

Education; authorizing the State Regents for Higher Education and the Department of Career and Technology Education to designate a credential of value.

Education; paraprofessionals; teachers; exemption; effective date; emergency.

Open meetings; school district boards of education; meeting minutes; website posting; time limit; accessibility requirements; accreditation; effective date.

Schools; Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education; sunset; effective date; emergency.

Schools; general fund expenditures; gift, grant, and donation monies; general fund carryover; effective date.

Changing certain school calendar requirements from days or months to hours

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-104-20, RELATING TO THE PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, SO AS TO ADD THE CLASSIC LEARNING TEST AS AN APPROVED ASSESSMENT FOR RECEIVING SCHOLARSHIPS; BY AMENDING SECTION 59-149-50, RELATING TO THE LIFE SCHOLARSHIP, SO AS TO AMEND THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR A LIFE SCHOLARSHIP TO INCLUDE ACT AND CLT SCORES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 59-26-20, RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, SO AS TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "TALENTED AND QUALIFIED RESIDENT"" TO INCLUDE ACT AND CLT SCORES."

An Act relating to education funding; and providing for an effective date.

An act relating to prohibiting certain artificial dyes in foods and beverages served or sold at school

Appropriations: higher education; appropriations for fiscal year 2026-2027; provide for

A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying a general education aid deduction by correcting an obsolete apportionment reference; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.21, subdivision 3.