Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB3151: Schools; length of school year; increasing minimum days of instruction; requiring parent-teacher conferences to have an in-person option; contingent effective date.
Status: Signed into law, May 4, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1-109, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 480, O.S.L. 2025 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 1-109), which relates to the length of the school year; increasing minimum days of instruction for schools with a school-hours policy beginning in certain school year; requiring parent-teacher conferences to have an in-person option; updating reference; and providing an effective date contingent upon certain condition. SUBJECT: Schools.
From the enrolled text, April 28, 2026:
An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1-109, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 480, O.S.L. 2025 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 1-109), which relates to the length of the school year; increasing minimum days of instruction for schools with a school-hours policy beginning in certain school year; requiring parent-teacher conferences to have an in-person option; updating reference; and providing an effective date contingent upon certain condition. SUBJECT: Schools SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1-109, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 480, O.S.L. 2025 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 1-109), is amended to read as follows: Section 1-109. A. For all public schools in this state, school shall actually be in session and classroom instruction 2. For not less than one thousand eighty-six (1,086) hours each school year, if a district board of education adopts a school-hours policy and notifies the State Board of Education prior to October 15 of the applicable school year; 3. Beginning with the 2025-2026 2027-2028 school year, for not less than one thousand eighty-six (1,086) hours with a minimum of one hundred sixty-six (166) seventy-three (173) days of instruction each school year, if a district board of education adopts a schoolhours policy and notifies the State Board of Education prior to October 15 of the applicable school year; …