Oklahoma SB1632: Schools; directing career-readiness assessments and assessment-based credentials to be made available to certain students beginning in certain school year. Effective date. Emergency.

What the bill says

An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 14-135, which relates to career-readiness assessments; directing the State Department of Education, rather than the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, in certain cooperation to approve certain assessments and credentials; removing language making such approval subject to funding; directing the assessments to be made available to students in certain grades beginning in certain school year; directing the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education in certain consultation to promulgate certain rules; providing an effective date…

From the enrolled text, May 14, 2026:

An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 14-135, which relates to career-readiness assessments; directing the State Department of Education, rather than the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, in certain cooperation to approve certain assessments and credentials; removing language making such approval subject to funding; directing the assessments to be made available to students in certain grades beginning in certain school year; directing the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education in certain consultation to promulgate certain rules; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. SUBJECT: Career readiness SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 14-135, is amended to read as follows: Section 14-135. Subject to the availability of funds, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, in cooperation with the A. The State Department of Education and, in cooperation with the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability, shall review and approve career-readiness assessments and assessment-based credentials that measure and document foundational workplace skills. Beginning with the 2019-2020 2026-2027 school year, the assessments shall be made available to all public school districts to be administered to students at the discretion of each school district's administration to students in grades ten through twelve at least once prior to their graduation from high school. The assessmentbased credential shall be available to any student who achieves the prescribed …