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With the enactment of Senate Bill 783 (2021), the Oklahoma Legislature made comprehensive reforms to Oklahoma’s school transfer laws, namely revising the requirements for accepting and denying student transfers and requiring school districts to set and list enrollment capacities on their websites.
These changes, among others, go into effect Jan. 1 and make students eligible to request a transfer to any district in the state, regardless of where they live.
The following resources will help parents and schools navigate these changes and can be found on OSDE’s Student Transfers webpage.
Student Transfer Application
Parent Resources
District Resources
If you have questions, contact the Office of Accreditation at accreditation.division@sde.ok.gov or (405) 521-3335.
OSDE is pleased to announce enrollment for the Oklahoma Math Tutoring Corps is now available to ALL Oklahoma 8th-grade students for the 2021-22 school year. Students enrolled in the program will be offered virtual math tutoring Jan.-Mar. 2022.
OSDE has hired certified teachers and college students from all regions of Oklahoma who will each tutor up to three students. Tutors will meet with their students virtually for 50 minutes three times per week for nine weeks. Professional development for the tutors will begin the first week of December and will focus on using high dosage tutoring practices to tutor students virtually. Tutoring sessions will reinforce mathematical concepts learned in middle school to assist students with developing a deeper understanding of on-grade level mathematics.
For more information about the program, visit the Math Tutoring Corps webpage.
Please communicate this opportunity with families and students in your school district. View a draft email to families. This email includes a link to registration.
Note: Students who were originally identified are still eligible to register.
If you would like to verify students in your school or district who have not yet registered, contact Anthony Purcell at anthony.purcell@sde.ok.gov or (405) 522-6575.
The U.S. Department of Education’s 2020-21 CRDC data collection begins Dec. 31 and will be open through Feb. 28. For this report, OSDE will be submitting partial data (around 60% of the required data elements) for ALL districts. Districts can choose to either use the data submitted by OSDE, or they can overlay it with their own submissions.
OSDE asks that districts refrain from submitting this report to the CRDC until AFTER Jan. 1 to ensure that OSDE completes all submissions and does not overlay any data that districts choose to submit themselves. OSDE will notify districts when the data submission is complete.
If you have additional questions, contact the CRDC Partner Support Center at crdc@aemcorp.com or (855) 255-6901.
For questions regarding the data that OSDE is submitting on behalf of districts, contact CRDC@sde.ok.gov.
The Office of School Safety & Security will host "Bomb-Making Awareness" on Dec. 16 at 1:30 p.m. According to recent research, over 47 mass shootings worldwide have included some type of bomb and/or explosives. In addition, it is now understood that the Columbine school attack was originally planned as a bombing event. Participants will learn how to spot warning signs and red flags and how to confidently respond to a bomb threat within a school environment.
Register here
This is part of a series of Awareness to Action webinars provided each month by the OSDE Office of School Safety and Security.
If you have questions, contact Cindy Swearingen at cindy.swearingen@sde.ok.gov.
Note: Change of Contact Person
As required by USDE, all districts’ Return to Learn and ARP ESSER/Uses of Funds plans must be posted on federal, state and district websites.
If any links to district plans featured within the OSDE American Rescue Plan Report need to be made now or in the future, contact Stormie Honeysuckle at stormie.honeysuckle@sde.ok.gov.
Districts must also maintain active links to these reports on their district websites.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a new benefit program that seeks to help families struggling to afford broadband internet. The Emergency Broadband Benefit could help qualifying Oklahoma families who may need assistance with the cost of internet and other technology needs. Below are some quick facts on the new benefit program:
- The Emergency Broadband Benefit is an FCC program to help families and households struggling to afford internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic. This new benefit will connect eligible households to jobs, critical healthcare services, virtual classrooms and more.
- The Emergency Broadband Benefit will provide a discount of up to $50 per month towards broadband service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands. Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop computer or tablet from participating providers if they contribute more than $10 and less than $50 toward the purchase price.
- The Emergency Broadband Benefit is limited to one monthly service discount and one device discount per household.
- A household is eligible if a member of the household meets one of the criteria below:
- Has an income that is at or below 135% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines or participates in certain assistance programs such as SNAP, Medicaid or Lifeline;
- Approved to receive benefits under the free and reduced-price school lunch program or the school breakfast program, including through the USDA Community Eligibility Provision in the 2019-20, 2020-21 or 2021-22 school year;
- Received a Federal Pell Grant during the current award year;
- Experienced a substantial loss of income due to job loss or furlough since Feb. 29, 2020 and the household had a total income in 2020 at or below $99,000 for single filers and $198,000 for joint filers; or
- Meets the eligibility criteria for a participating provider's existing low-income or COVID-19 program.
For more information on the program and how a family can enroll, visit https://www.fcc.gov/broadbandbenefit.
Entries due Jan. 14
The Oklahoma Bar Association is holding its annual Law Day Contest, which includes a coloring, art and writing contest for PreK-12 students. Law Day, a nationwide event designated by the U.S. Congress in 1958, is celebrated each year to raise public awareness of American law. Locally, the contest strives to stimulate discussion and understanding of the law among young Oklahomans.
The theme of this year's contest is "Toward a More Perfect Union: The Constitution in Times of Change."
Coloring sheets for Pre-K and Kindergarten students, along with writing and art prompts for 1st- through 12th-graders are available at okbar.org/lawday/contest.
Winners will receive awards and cash prizes, and all participants will receive a certificate. Winning entries will be published in the Oklahoma Bar Journal and posted to the OBA website.
Entry deadline: Jan. 14
Submit entries to:
OBA Law Day Committee
P.O. Box 53036
Oklahoma City, OK 73152
If you have questions, contact Lauren Rimmer at laurenr@okbar.org.
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Entries due Jan. 31
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) is hosting the 31st Annual Trash Poster contest for all Oklahoma K-12 students. Students are encouraged to submit imaginative and creative solutions for Oklahoma's litter problems. Through the contest, students can raise awareness and help "Keep Our Land Grand."
State Trash Poster Contest winners will be chosen in March. Fourteen students will be awarded cash prizes including $300 for 1st, $200 for 2nd and $150 for 3rd place in each of the four grade divisions. One additional poster will be chosen to win $300 as state “Promotional Poster of the Year” and another poster will be selected to win $200 as the “Entry Form Poster."
Entry deadline: Jan. 31
For more information and entry forms, visit the ODOT Trash Poster Contest webpage.
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