SB 388 Oklahoma Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Students; authorizing students enrolled in charter and virtual charter schools to participate in certain extracurricular activities under certain circumstances. Effective date. Emergency.

SB 388 allows students enrolled in charter schools or virtual charter schools to participate in public school extracurricular activities, such as sports or clubs, if they meet residency requirements. It requires school associations to update their policies to include these students and amends Oklahoma’s Extracurricular Activities Accountability Act (70 O.S. 27-103) to reflect this change. The bill defines "resident school district" based on student residence and applies to all charter schools, including virtual ones, effective July 1, 2024. This policy change directly affects students in non-traditional schools seeking equal access to campus activities.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 6, 2025

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Introduced → Floor (Senate) · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended on the Senate floor to clarify when charter school students can participate in extracurricular activities, update eligibility rules, and adjust effective dates. The changes add specific conditions for participation, modify how virtual charter school students are treated regarding activities, and correct several dates and section references throughout the text.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed for virtual charter school students regarding extracurricular participation and clarified the geographic boundaries for statewide virtual charter schools.

ELIGIBILITY

Added new conditions requiring extracurricular activities to not be offered by the charter school and to have no associated course requirement before charter school students can participate in resident district activities.

Changed the effective date for virtual charter school extracurricular restrictions from July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2025.

DEFINITION

Added language clarifying that statewide virtual charter schools have geographic boundaries equal to the state borders.

REQUIREMENT

Modified the transfer process for public school students enrolling in virtual charter schools to include pre-enrollment requirements and state department transfer initiation.

TECHNICAL

Corrected various section references, page numbers, and formatting throughout the document to align with Senate floor amendments.

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Committee

Mar 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors