Our 2026 Oklahoma Education Bill Tracker
Included are bills impacting Oklahoma’s K-12 public schools.
2026 Oklahoma Education Bill Tracker
Our Bill Tracker this year includes a focus on bills that fall under the parameters of Advance Oklahoma’s Kids B.O.O.K. (Better Outcomes for Oklahoma’s Kids) Policy Initiative focusing on the following areas: Strengthening the Teaching Profession, Ensuring Adequate Resources, Improving Student Performance, and Creating a Safe, Healthy and Supportive School Environment.
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Instructions for Navigating the Tracker
Bills are sorted chronologically by bill number.
There are approximately 100 bills we are tracking - please scroll down within the tracker box to access all bills.
Bills can be read and analyzed in more detail by clicking hyperlink in bill title.
Current status can be seen in italics below the bill summary.
Our positions are indicated by the following color key:
DARK GREEN - Strongly Support
LIGHT GREEN - Support
GRAY - Neutral or Monitoring
ORANGE - Oppose
RED - Strongly Oppose
Make sure to check out our priority list of bills, located below, after the Bill Tracker. This will give you a better view of what bills we are focusing on the most!
Safe, Healthy & Supportive Schools
TIER 1 - SB 1373 - Healthy Meals for Healthy Kids Act - Sen Reinhardt - allows public school districts, charter schools, and other educational institutions to offer free meals to all students, requiring them to provide one free breakfast and lunch daily to any student who requests a meal, regardless of their economic status.
TIER 1 - SB 1374 - THRIVE Act - Sen Reinhardt - provides additional state child nutrition funding for school districts with high percentages of students eligible for free meals.
TIER 1 - SB 1895 - Sen Reinhardt - requires public school districts in Oklahoma to notify the State Department of Education by September 1st each year if they are eligible for the federal "community eligibility provision" but choose not to participate.
TIER 1 - HB 3638 - Rep Gise, Rep Lawson, Rep Pae- establishes Oklahoma's participation in the federal Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer for Children, or Summer EBT, program, which provides extra food assistance to eligible children when school is out.
TIER 2 - HB 3032 - Rep Lowe, Sen HInes - mandates that no minor child can be enrolled in a public school in the state unless their parent or legal guardian completes an application for free or reduced-price meals.
TIER 2 - HB 3698 - Rep Pogemiller - establishes the "Student Eviction Assistance Revolving Fund" within the Oklahoma State Department of Education to address chronic absenteeism linked to unstable housing by providing legal representation to indigent tenants with school-aged children in eviction cases, known as forcible entry and detainer actions.
TIER 2 - HB 4288 - Rep Andy Fugate - authorizes the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to create a pilot program offering alternative education to students suspended from school for over 14 days, with the program designed to include therapy and restorative practices alongside daily instruction.
Ensuring Adequate Resources
TIER 1 - SB 1391 - Sen Jech - modifies the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act by adjusting income limits and tax credit amounts for families seeking to use private school or alternative education options. Notably, the bill introduces a new requirement for participating private schools to administer state assessments.
TIER 1 - HB 1255 - Rep Strom - expanding statewide student assessment requirements to include certain private school and homeschool students.
TIER 1 - HB 3677 - Rep Provenzano - OTC to report on the number of approved and denied applications for students below the federal poverty line and below the state's median household income, as well as the number of approved students who also receive other state scholarships, and the median income of families of all approved students.
TIER 1 - HB 3684 - Rep Provenzano - repeals the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit.
TIER 1 - HB3009 - Rep Pogemiller - reduces the maximum credit amount for parents or legal guardians whose combined adjusted gross income exceeds $75,000 but does not exceed $150,000, from $7,000 to $5,000, while also eliminating the credit for taxpayers with a combined adjusted gross income above $150,000.
TIER 1 (OPPOSE) - SB 1389 - Sen Daniels -introduces a mechanism that automatically increases the credit limit by 20% if the credits claimed reach 90% of the existing limit, which is set at $250 million.
TIER 1 (OPPOSE) - HB 3705 - Rep C Caldwell - the annual limit for these credits will be $300 million, with provisions to increase this limit by $50 million each succeeding fiscal year if 90% of the previous year's credit limit is claimed.
TIER 1 (OPPOSE) - HB 3230 - Rep Crosswhite-Hader -amends the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Program by removing a provision that gave priority consideration for tax credit applications to certain qualifying taxpayers, specifically those whose combined adjusted gross income does not exceed $150,000 or those who received the credit in the prior year, and also removes a specific deadline for these priority applicants.
Improving Student Performance
TIER 1 - SB 1481 - Sen Seifried - requires public elementary schools in Oklahoma to provide students in full-day kindergarten through fifth grade with forty minutes of recess per school day, which can be split into two twenty-minute periods and schools are prohibited from using the removal of recess as a form of discipline.
TIER 1 - SB 2045 - Sen Pugh- requires public elementary schools to provide students in full-day pre-kindergarten, full-day kindergarten, and grades one through five with at least thirty minutes of daily recess.
TIER 1 - HB 1493 - Rep Rosecrants -requiring school districts to incorporate at least 30 minutes of daily recess for students in full-day prekindergarten through fifth grade, with a strong recommendation for sixth through eighth grades.
TIER 1 - LITERACY REFORM BILLS - there are multiple bills currently introduced in both chambers addressing Literacy Outcomes and Reform - we are closely following all of these bills and will take a position on those that make it through the first round of committee - our priorities include that any literacy reform bills must include proper funding and long-term sustainable commitment for implementation. Stay tuned on this issue and bills. They are all listed in the main Bill Tracker above (SB 1778, SB 1338, SB 1538, HB 4420, HB 3023. SB 1291, SB 1293, SB 1334, SB 1292, SB 1271, SB 1282, SB 1896, HB 2944, HB 4149, HB 4153.)
Strengthening the Teaching Profession
TIER 1 - HB 3550 - Rep Maynard -mandates that starting with the 2026-2027 school year, the minimum salary schedule for certified teachers will be automatically adjusted each year based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation.
TIER 1 - TEACHER PAY & BENEFITS BILLS - there are multiple additional bills currently introduced in both chambers addressing teacher pay & benefits - we are closely following all of these bills and will take a position on those that make it through the first round of committee. Stay tuned on this issue and bills. They are all listed in the main Bill Tracker above (SB 1339, SB 1864, SB 1363, HB 3033, HB 3487, HB 4262, HJR 1072, HB 4326, HB 4156, SB 1617, SB 1546, SB 1776)
Additonal Bills of Interest
TIER 1 - HJR 1055 - Rep Osburn -OPPOSED - a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution to the voters for their approval or rejection, which would change how the State Superintendent of Public Instruction is selected and removed. Currently, this position is elected, but the amendment proposes that starting November 1, 2034, the State Superintendent will be appointed.
TIER 2 - SJR 24 - Sen Hicks - proposes a constitutional amendment to modify the eligibility requirements for the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in Oklahoma. Currently, candidates for this position must be U.S. citizens, at least 31 years old, and have been a qualified elector in the state for ten years. The proposed amendment adds an additional requirement that candidates must have completed the certification requirements for a superintendent of schools as specified by state statute.
TIER 2 - HB 3010 - Rep Pogemiller - adds a provision stating that an adjunct teacher who does not possess a valid certificate to teach is prohibited from instructing students in prekindergarten through fifth grade classes.
TIER 2 - HB 3022 - Rep Lowe - modifies requirements for adjunct teachers who do not hold a valid teaching certificate, requiring them to have at least a high school diploma and prohibiting them from teaching core subjects in prekindergarten through sixth grade in public schools.
TIER 2 - HB 4427 - Speaker Hilbert - prohibits those without a valid teaching certificate from instructing core curriculum classes in prekindergarten through fourth grade unless a waiver is granted by the Board. The bill also clarifies that adjunct teachers without a valid certificate are not considered regular teachers and amends existing law to remove language that previously authorized adjunct teachers from a section concerning alternative placement teaching certificates, which are designed for individuals working towards standard certification through a different pathway.
TIER 2 - SB 1614 - Sen Seifried - adjunct teachers will now need to have high school diplomas, and they will not be employed as full-time mathematics or English language arts teachers in grades one through five.
TIER 2 - HB 3702 - Rep C Caldwell - OPPOSED - increases the required length of the school year for public schools to 185 days or 1,110 hours, with an option for a 170-day school year if a district adopts a specific policy, and it clarifies that professional meetings and parent-teacher conferences cannot be counted towards classroom instruction time.
TIER 2 - SB 1494 - ProTem Paxton - OPPOSED - it mandates full funding for districts providing at least 170 days of in-person instruction and a minimum benefit allowance for those with fewer instructional days, ensuring these allowances are prioritized before other school activities.