Oklahoma HB3021: Schools; curriculum requirements for graduation; diploma pathway; State Department of Education; notice; seminar; English requirements financial literacy; alternate diploma; course availability; waiver; coursework; repealers; effective date; emergency.

What the bill says

An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 11-103.6, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 264, O.S.L. 2024 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 11-103.6), which relates to curriculum requirements for graduation; defining terms; expanding requirements to include certain units or sets of competencies; prohibiting certain diploma pathway from being available to certain students; directing the State Department of Education to develop and distribute certain notice; allowing certain seminar to fulfill certain English requirement…

From the enrolled text, May 14, 2026:

An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 11-103.6, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 264, O.S.L. 2024 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 11-103.6), which relates to curriculum requirements for graduation; defining terms; expanding requirements to include certain units or sets of competencies; prohibiting certain diploma pathway from being available to certain students; directing the State Department of Education to develop and distribute certain notice; allowing certain seminar to fulfill certain English requirement; allowing certain indigenous language to fulfill certain world language requirement; allowing certain course to fulfill certain personal financial literacy requirement; adding certain mathematics course for alternate diploma beginning in certain school year; removing language allowing certain core curriculum courses to fulfill certain alternate diploma requirement; allowing certain students to use certain courses to fulfill certain diploma requirements; requiring school districts to offer sufficient courses for students to meet certain requirements; directing certain sequence of units or sets of competencies to be recommended by the State Board of Education, the State Board of Career and Technology Education, and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education; requiring the State Department of Education's Accreditation Office, in certain consultation, to develop and publish certain guidelines and certain standardized form; providing for contents of form; requiring submission of form annually by certain date; requiring the Department to provide certain …