HB 1088 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Schools; transfer students; allowing certain students to transfer to adjacent school district; effective date.

HB 1088 allows students in school districts that do not offer their required grade level to automatically transfer to an adjacent district without facing capacity limits. This applies only to one transfer per student, bypassing standard capacity rules that normally restrict transfers. Subsequent transfers would follow existing rules under the Education Open Transfer Act. The bill directly affects students whose home districts lack their grade level, particularly those seeking adjacent district enrollment.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Apr 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended during Senate review to update formatting, add co-sponsorship, and renumber sections. The substantive policy content regarding student transfer rules remained unchanged, though the Senate version includes additional formatting notes and a co-sponsor name.

Scope change

No substantive policy scope changes; the bill's applicability to transfer students remains the same

TECHNICAL

Header changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date

Added co-sponsor 'West (Tammy)' to the bill sponsors list

Bill title and act description renumbered and reformatted for Senate floor presentation

Section numbering adjusted from 1-24 to 1-23 with reorganized subsections

Added formatting notes indicating bold face denotes Committee Amendments

Floor votes · House Mar 10, 2025

How they voted

81–7

Passed · 12 other

Total votes 100

Mar 10, 2025

D Democratic19

14 Yea 5

73% Yea

R Republican81

67 Yea 7 Nay 7

82% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Engrossed, signed, to Senate

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Committee

Referred for engrossment

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 7

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common Education

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Common Education

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors