New Student Services Academy Tommi Leach, Academic Coordinator July 2016

ACE legislation was passes in 2005 and added to in 2006 – HS graduation requirements – Testing requirements ACE legislation will be replaced by SB 1380 and HB 3218 on July 1, 2018 SDE is required to write rules meet the requirements of laws

SB 1380 – Activity – Read legislation – Strikeouts – stricken language – Underlines – new language added

Signed June 2016, became law on July 1, 2018 Amended graduation requirements Modified lab science units Expanded courses eligible to fulfill certain requirements Modified Arts requirements

4 units English – approved for college admission requirements 3 units Math - approved for college admission requirements In addition - Students must have three math courses within 9 th - 12 th grade Standard Diploma Units or sets of competencies

3 units Lab Science – – including 1 unit of life science meeting standards for Biology I; – 1 unit of physical science meeting standards for Physical Science, Chemistry, or Physics; – 1 unit of Physical Science, life science, or earth and space science above the rigor of Biology I or Physical Science Does not have to be approved for college admission requirements – If not though, it does not meet OKPromise requirements

3 units History & Citizenship 2 units Foreign Language or Computer Technology 1 additional unit from above or career and technology education courses, concurrently enrolled courses, Advanced Placement courses or International Baccalaureate courses – does not have to be approved for college admission requirements – If not though, it does not meet OKPromise requirements 1 unit fine arts or speech

Stayed the same except: Arts – 2 units 1 unit fine arts AND 1 unit Computer Technology, taught at high school or tech center, including computer programming, hardware, and business computer applications, such as word processing, databases, spreadsheets and graphics, excluding keyboarding or typing courses

No student shall receive credit for the same course twice Districts have flexibility AP Computer Science can count as a math if taken in senior year and student is enrolled in or has taken Algebra II

Beginning in the school year, all seniors must meet the set of personal financial literacy competencies in order to graduate from high school. New in 2015– HB 1268 adds an alternative method of demonstrating knowledge of financial literacy for certain IEP students. Encourages districts to have one designated teacher in charge of financial literacy rather than spreading the responsibility to everyone. “The student has satisfactorily completed the 14 areas of instruction for Personal Financial Literacy.”

Every student must have CPR training once in grades Should go on the high school transcript. How could a technology center help with this?

Requires mastery in the Oklahoma Academic standards (score satisfactory/proficient or advanced) for: – English Language Arts, Math, Science – Grade 10 – United States History – once in grades 9-12

Retest windows will no longer be necessary. A revised testing schedule and window will be posted before the start of the school year Districts must “adopt a plan that establishes the assessment or assessments those students are required to take in order to graduate from a public high school with a standard diploma.”

Mathematics – Tech centers may offer above Alg I to 11 th and 12 th graders – May offer to 10 th grade if tech center offers a SBE approved focused field of study (Academies) Pre-Engineering (31) – affiliate OSU College of Engineering – 77% retention rate Bio-Medical (24) – affiliate OU Health Sciences Center Bio-Technology (3) – each site works with their own local industry, higher ed, and tribes Computer Science (4) PLTW Digital Electronics can count as a math credit if the teacher is certified in advanced math.

Laboratory Science – CTE courses may be certified as lab science by local high school Ag Ed/High school (teacher must be certified in Biology or Biological Sciences) Certain Health courses/Tech Center (Teacher must be certified in Biology or Biological Sciences) PLTW Pre-Engineering courses and PLTW BioMed courses (Teacher must be certified in Biology, Biological Sciences, Physics, or Chemistry) Biotechnology courses (Teacher must be certified in Biology or Biological Sciences) Counts for graduation requirement. DOES NOT yet count for OKPromise – Meet process standards for lab science – Above Biology I if taught at tech center It is critical for students planning on attending an Academy to take Biology I as a Freshman.

PLTW Pre-Engineering and PLTW Biomedical courses can count for academic credit on the College Prep/Work Ready curriculum and can count for OKPromise. March 2015 approved by State BOE June 2015 approved by OSRHE Critical Information for CTE Academic Credits/Transcripting

Biotechnology courses can count as a science credit for high school graduation purposes (the teacher must be certified in Biology or Biological Sciences) Important: Biotechnology cannot, at this time, count for OKPromise credit.

Foreign Language or Computer Technology-2 units – approved for college admission requirements, whether taught at a high school or a technology center school, including computer programming, hardware, and business computer applications, such as word processing, databases, spreadsheets, and graphics, excluding keyboarding or typing courses – OKPromise approval applies List of OKPromise approved courses in handouts

1 additional unit from above or CTE - does not have to be approved for college admission – Pre-Engineering courses – (*OKPromise) – BioMed courses – (*OKPromise) – Computer Tech courses – (*OKPromise) BioTech courses CareerTech courses Concurrent courses* AP courses* IB courses*

Senate Bill 497 Beginning with students who enter the 9 th grade in school year, school districts shall report the students performance levels of satisfactory and above on end of instruction tests and any business and industry- recognized endorsements attained on the high school transcript. CTE instructors at the high schools and counselors at technology centers should notify high school counselors when a student passes an approved industry certification exam. An approved list is available at ODCTE. It should then be added to the student’s transcript in the ‘testing’ or ‘notes’ section.

The list of CTE Certifications approved for recording on HS transcripts and for receiving performance points for A-F is located here: and-academic-connections/academics

OCAS Codes – New Instructional Framework in – Program codes will be identified with OCAS numbers – SDE Accreditation then scroll down to subject codes. Student Testing Numbers (STN)

The A-F School Report Card was addressed in House Bill 1823 in It directs the State Board of Education to study the A-F Report Card system and make recommendations to the Legislature on how it can be improved. Until a new plan is approved, report cards will be calculated using the existing A-F system.

50% - student performance, as measured by allocating 1 point for each student who scores proficient or advanced on the assessments and alternative tests divided by the number of students taking the tests 50% - student growth – 25% - whole school growth, as measured by allocating 1 point for each student who improves proficiency levels or improves substantially within a proficiency level on the assessments divided by the number of students taking the tests – 25% - growth in the bottom quartile of students, as measured by allocating 1 point for each student in the bottom quartile who improves proficiency levels or improves substantially within a proficiency level on the assessments divided by the number of students taking the tests Bonus Points

Workforce Oklahoma Academic High School Diploma Recognition Act Beginning in – students who have participated in an approved program of study leading to recognized career and/or post-secondary education pathway: GPA in career pathway: Highest Academic Distinction – Academic Honors – 3.5 or higher Academic Merit – 3.0 or higher

May be indicated on diploma and transcript Approved programs of study leading to a recognized career and/or postsecondary education pathway At least 6 credits within a career pathway and shall include AP courses, CareerTech STEM courses, concurrent enrollment courses or a combination of such courses Rules will be set by SDE

*Oklahoma CTE Academic Guidelines – coming soon

A great resource that has detailed information on these topics and other academic topics and-academic-connections/academics

SB 1380 HB 3218 SB 929 SDE – 2014 A to F Report Card Guide

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