Legislative Tools for Science Teachers

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The Oklahoma Legislature begins it’s 55th regular session next week.  Here are some popular links and resources that you might find handy at some point during the next 4 months until adjournment at the end of May:

Aren’t sure who to contact?  Find your House Representative or Senator here:

 http://www.oklegislature.gov/findmylegislature.aspx

The House Common Education Committee is found here:

http://www.okhouse.gov/Committees/CommitteeMembers.aspx?CommID=255&SubCommID=0&clientHeight=633&clientWidth=1220

The Senate Education Committee is found here:

http://www.oksenate.gov/Committees/standingcommittees.aspx

On the legislature website you can track and find the text of bills, find committee members, and even set up automatic notification of action on bills as they progress through the process.

http://www.oklegislature.gov

The process whereby a bill becomes law can be VERY confusing.  A roadmap to the process can be found here:

http://www.okhouse.gov/Information/CourseOfBills.aspx

Another site you might find useful is Legiscan, which tracks legislation and features some interesting search and browse features.

https://legiscan.com/OK

Here is an interesting education-related bill tracking spreadsheet from the OKELA site:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16WdOMCiOr0hPifFJ3BjIOg2U6NesWx-VG385Tbe3WeQ/edit?pli=1

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