SPARTANS AT THE CAPITOL: LEGISLATIVE UPDATE ● ● ●
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Review our 2022 Legislative Night Presentation! At a Glance Summary of education-related legislation. The committee of origin deadline has passed making the list of education-related bills MUCH shorter! Those marked PASSED, are alive and now eligible to be heard on the full floor in their chamber of origin.
Good news: a lot of really damaging bills were not considered and should be dead for this legislative session. Next deadline: March 24th - bills must be passed from the full floor in their chamber of origin 2022 BPS + Bixby PLAC Legislative Goals
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3/8: Committee Meetings & Luncheon 9AM-1PM
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3/22: Committee Meetings & Luncheon 9AM-1PM
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4/13: OKPLAC Day at the Capitol 9AM-1PM
MOVES TO MAKE THIS WEEK ● ● ●
Thank your House Rep for their collective agreement to NOT hear voucher legislation, therefore protecting our per-pupil funding! If you have thoughts on vouchers, please share those with your Senator! Email blocks can be found here!
UPCOMING LOCAL ELECTIONS BIXBY BOARD OF EDUCATION ELECTION: ○ Election Day: April 5th ○ Deadline to Register: March 11th ○ Deadline to Request Absentee Ballot: March 21st ○ Candidates: ● Jacob Rowland ● Amanda Stephens (current BOE President)
Click the photo to RSVP for the Bixby School Board Candidate Forum coming up this Thursday, March 10th!
JUNE PRIMARIES ● ● ● ●
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Election Day: June 28th Deadline to Register: June 3rd Deadline to Request Absentee Ballot: June 13th Oklahoma is a closed primary system: ○ Democrats and Independents may vote in D primaries ○ Republicans may vote in R primaries Deadline to make changes to party: March 31st Races to watch: State Superintendent of Schools, Governor, all House Reps, 50% of Senators Much more to come as the slate of candidates is finalized in mid-April!
Tried & True Resources Spartans at the Capitol Legislative Updates will remain purely factual, not to include information relative to support or opposition of legislation. The goal is to present the possible impact of legislation in our classrooms, both positive and negative. Great Sources for Legislative Alerts: ● If you would like to sign up for updates/action alerts specifically suggesting support/opposition you may want to sign up for one of the following text alerts: ● OSSBA: Text “@ossb” to 81010 ● OK PLAC: sign up for text/email alerts Pages to Follow: ● Bixby PLAC ● Oklahoma PLAC Tips & Tools: ● E-Mail Blocks ● Download the OK Legislature App! ○ Apple ○ Android
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Register to Vote! OK Voter Portal: ○ Update voter information: ■ (address, party, etc.) ○ Confirm your polling place. ○ Request absentee ballots! You can even do so for the entire calendar year! ○ Download sample ballots. Election Calendar with Deadlines