SB 382: Schools; requiring a child to be toilet trained prior to enrolling in prekindergarten beginning in certain school year. Effective date. Emergency. - Oklahoma

Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 → Floor (Senate) · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to change its title and format to reflect the Senate Floor version, while retaining the core policy of requiring toilet training before prekindergarten enrollment starting in the 2025-2026 school year. The substantive policy content remains largely unchanged, with the main difference being the removal of the Proposed Policy Committee Substitute header and replacement with the official Senate Floor Version designation.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains the same - it applies to all children in Oklahoma schools with the same age and enrollment requirements, but the document format was changed from a committee substitute to the official Senate Floor version.

TECHNICAL

Changed document title from 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' to 'Senate Floor Version' to reflect the bill's progression through the legislative process.

Removed committee amendment metadata including dates, names, and procedural markings that were present in the committee version.

REQUIREMENT

Core policy requirement remains: children must be toilet trained before enrolling in prekindergarten starting in the 2025-2026 school year.

ELIGIBILITY

Age requirements for kindergarten (age 5) and first grade (age 6) remain the same.

EXEMPTIONS

Exemptions for students with disabilities recognized by IEP or Section 504 plans remain in place.

Engrossed → Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to replace the entire original text with a new version that maintains the core requirements for toilet training before prekindergarten enrollment while updating formatting and committee markup. The substantive policy content regarding age requirements, toilet training mandates, and exemptions for disabilities remains substantially unchanged from the original engrossed version.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; this is primarily a procedural amendment updating the bill text to conform to committee substitute formatting requirements.

TECHNICAL

The entire bill text was replaced with a new version that includes updated committee amendment formatting, speaker and chair designations, and revised page numbering and headers to reflect the proposed policy committee substitute version.

Minor text formatting adjustments were made throughout the document to align with standard legislative markup conventions for committee amendments, including updated section headers and amendment submission details.

Introduced → Engrossed · 4 edits · Mar 27, 2025

MODERATE

SB 382 was amended from its original introduced version to an engrossed version, primarily adding co-sponsorship information and making minor formatting adjustments. The substantive policy content regarding toilet training requirements for prekindergarten enrollment, early childhood program eligibility, and school age requirements remained unchanged in the text provided.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; changes are primarily formatting and procedural (adding co-sponsor information).

TECHNICAL

Added co-sponsorship by Senator Stark of the House to the bill header.

Reformatted page headers and line numbers throughout the document.

Added blank lines between sections for improved readability.

POLICY

All substantive policy provisions regarding toilet training requirements, early childhood program eligibility, kindergarten enrollment age requirements, and related exemptions remained identical to the introduced version.

Schools; requiring a child to be toilet trained prior to enrolling in prekindergarten beginning in certain school year. Effective date. Emergency.

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