Schools; directing career-readiness assessments and assessment-based credentials to be made available to certain students beginning in certain school year. Effective date. Emergency.

The document title was updated from 'Committee Substitute for Senate Bill' to 'House of Representatives - Floor Version' to indicate the bill has passed the committee stage and is now being debated on the House floor.

The committee report attribution was changed from 'Committee on Education Oversight' dated 04/13/26 to a generic 'Committee Report by: Committee on Education Oversight' dated 04/14/2026, reflecting the new date of the floor version.

Page footers were updated to reflect the new 'SB1632 HFLR' identifier and page numbers, while retaining the instruction that bold face text denotes committee amendments.

The document structure was changed from a clean legislative text to a marked-up format with line numbers and page references, indicating it is a revised version prepared by the House Committee.

A specific school year date was inserted in the text ('2019-2020 2026-2027'), likely reflecting a clerical update or placeholder during the amendment process, though the primary effective date in Section 2 remains July 1, 2026.

The effective date for administering assessments was delayed from the 2019-2020 school year to the 2026-2027 school year.

The Oklahoma Department of Commerce was replaced by the State Department of Education as the agency responsible for approving career-readiness assessments.

New authority was granted to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to promulgate rules allowing colleges to grant credit for assessment-based credentials.

The bill was transitioned from an Engrossed version to an Enrolled final version, including signatures from the Governor and Secretary of State.

The start date for assessments changed from the 2019-2020 school year to the 2026-2027 school year.

A new effective date of July 1, 2026, was added to the legislation.

The requirement that assessments be administered at no cost to students was removed, giving districts discretion over fees.

The list of required skills now explicitly includes critical thinking and leadership collaboration alongside applied mathematics and graphic literacy.

The bill clarifies that the State Department of Education leads the approval process with the Oklahoma Department of Commerce acting in a cooperative capacity.

Authority to approve career-readiness assessments was transferred from the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to the State Department of Education.

The requirement for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to promulgate rules for college credit was changed from mandatory ('shall') to permissive ('may').

The start date for administering assessments was changed from the 2019-2020 school year to the 2026-2027 school year.