HB 3026 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Schools; requiring school districts to set different kindergarten age requirements for international military dependents; effective date; emergency.

HB 3026 requires Oklahoma school districts to create a specific policy allowing children of U.S. allied military members stationed at Oklahoma bases (like Fort Sill or Tinker AFB) to enroll in kindergarten if they will turn age 5 during the school year, rather than needing to turn 5 by September 1. This changes the standard age cutoff for kindergarten eligibility for these military dependents. School districts must adopt this policy to accommodate families who may have moved to Oklahoma mid-year due to military assignments. The bill takes effect July 1, 2026, and is designated as an emergency measure.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 2, 2026 Last action Apr 9, 2026

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What changed between versions

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was converted from a House floor version to a Senate floor version, resulting in minor formatting updates and the addition of a co-author. The core policy regarding kindergarten attendance, funding weights, and military dependent eligibility remains substantively unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Added a co-author (Menz) to the list of sponsors.

Updated the header and page footers to reflect the Senate floor version instead of the House floor version.

Added a specific date (April 7, 2026) to the Senate version header.

Floor votes · House Mar 9, 2026

How they voted

98–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 100

Mar 9, 2026

D Democratic18

18 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican82

80 Yea 2

97% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 7, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Introduced

First Reading

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Engrossed, signed, to Senate

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Referred for engrossment

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 97 Nays: 0

lower

Mar 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Committee

Referred to Common Education

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Introduced

First Reading

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors