OklahomaOklahoma limits access to an older high school diploma pathway
Oklahoma public schools may not let some students use the older graduation pathway, and must tell families when that pathway will end.
What it does
Students who were not already on the older college preparatory/work ready pathway before the 2025–2026 school year cannot use it to earn a diploma.
Eligible students entering eighth grade in 2025–2026 need four math units to earn an alternate diploma; the earlier group needs three.
A school board may waive Oklahoma history for certain military-family students who complete a district-approved project or paper without artificial intelligence.
Argument forA shared review process could help districts offer local courses while giving families and state officials clearer information about course content and rigor.
Argument againstStudents who were not already on the older pathway may have fewer ways to finish under requirements that fit their plans.
More detail
The older college preparatory/work ready pathway is unavailable to some students. This applies to students who were not enrolled in an accredited public high school before the 2025–2026 school year and had not already started this pathway. Students who were already on this pathway before the 2025–2026 school year may continue under its requirements. The pathway is unavailable to those students beginning with the 2025–2026 school year. The state must notify families that it will end in the 2029–2030 school year.
Eligible students entering eighth grade in 2025–2026 need four math units or sets of competencies for an alternate diploma. The four-unit requirement applies to eligible alternate-diploma students entering eighth grade in the 2025–2026 school year. An alternate diploma is for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who take part in the Oklahoma Alternate Assessment Program. The four-unit requirement applies beginning with students entering eighth grade in the 2025–2026 school year.
A district school board may waive the Oklahoma history graduation requirement for certain students who complete an approved project or paper without artificial intelligence. The possible waiver concerns Oklahoma history graduation requirements for qualifying children of military families who transfer from another state. The student must be a child in a military family who transferred from another state and completed a similar history class or a half unit of history or citizenship skills there. The project or paper must show knowledge of Oklahoma history or United States Government, be completed without artificial intelligence, and receive district approval.
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History
- 2026
- May 14Approved by Governor Kevin Stitt 05/19/2026Became Law
- Vote recorded Fourth Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- May 14Sent to GovernorTo Governor
- May 14Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- May 14Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- May 14Referred for enrollment
- May 14Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 40 Nays: 7Major
- May 14CCR adoptedMajor
- May 14CCR read
- May 7To Senate
- Vote recorded Fourth Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- May 7Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 3Major
- May 7CCR adoptedMajor
- May 6CCR submitted
- May 6Conference granted, SCs named Pugh, Paxton, Daniels, Haste, Kirt
- May 6SA's rejected, conference requested, naming Special Conference Committee on HB 3021
- May 6SA's received
- May 6Engrossed to HouseMajor
- May 5Referred for engrossment
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- May 5Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 48 Nays: 0Major
- May 5Title restored
- May 5General Order, Amended
- Apr 23Placed on General Order
- Apr 21Title stricken
- Vote recorded Education. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 21Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filedMinor
- Apr 1Second Reading referred to EducationMinor
- Mar 30First ReadingMinor
- Mar 30Engrossed, signed, to SenatePassed Senate
- Mar 25Referred for engrossment
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 25Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 8Passed House
- Mar 25Amended by floor substitute
- Mar 25General Order
- Mar 4CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight CommitteeMinor
- Vote recorded Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 18Authored by Senator Pugh (principal Senate author)
- Vote recorded Common Education Committee: Do Pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 18Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common EducationMinor
- Feb 3Referred to Common EducationMinor
- Feb 3Second Reading referred to Education OversightMinor
- Feb 2Authored by Representative Lowe (Dick)
- Feb 2First ReadingIntroduced
- May 14Approved by Governor Kevin Stitt 05/19/2026Became Law
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