---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; modifying calculation of the certain adjusted cohort graduation rates; modifying calculation of Oklahoma School Testing Program annual reports. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Schools; modifying calculation of the certain adjusted cohort graduation rates; modifying calculation of Oklahoma School Testing Program annual reports. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 711"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 711 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johns", "Pugh"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 46
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9d132af-2770-4a19-8e44-2cd24a39732d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB711&session=2600"
source_hash: "cd732646a675cdad38d636b04e12d1a9cf712d01c50a3a98faac21d8f1f55e69"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ok"]
---

# Oklahoma SB 711 (2026) — Schools; modifying calculation of the certain adjusted cohort graduation rates; modifying calculation of Oklahoma School Testing Program annual reports. Effective date. Emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/SB/SB711 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by WEST** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB711 FA1 WESTJO-CC.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB711 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB711 CA1.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB711 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB711 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB711 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB711 SFLR.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB711 HCS.PDF)
10. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB711 POLREC.PDF)
11. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB711 FULLPCS1 RONNY JOHNS-SW.PDF)
12. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB711 POLPCS1 RONNY JOHNS-SW.PDF)
13. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB711 CCS.PDF)

## Votes

- Fourth Reading — **76–5** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **41–5** (pass) · upper
- Common Education Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **87–6** (pass) · lower
- Education — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johns — primary (person)
- Pugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Senator Pugh
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Coauthored by Senator Kern
- **2025-02-11** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Placed on General Order
- **2025-02-17** Coauthored by Representative Johns (principal House author)
- **2025-02-18** Coauthored by Senator Hines
- **2025-02-24** Coauthored by Senator Mann
- **2025-03-24** General Order, Amended
- **2025-03-24** Title stricken
- **2025-03-24** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-25** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Education Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Referred to Common Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-23** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-23** Coauthored by Representative(s) Provenzano
- **2025-04-23** Title restored
- **2025-05-08** General Order
- **2025-05-08** Coauthored by Representative(s) Waldron, Ranson, Deck, Menz
- **2025-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-08** Title stricken
- **2025-05-08** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-12** HAs read
- **2025-05-13** Coauthored by Representative Pogemiller
- **2025-05-14** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-14** SCs named Pugh, Seifried, Rader, Reinhardt, Hines, Hicks
- **2025-05-15** Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Education Oversight
- **2025-05-21** CCR read
- **2025-05-21** Title restored
- **2025-05-22** CCR adopted
- **2025-05-22** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 41 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2025-05-22** CCR submitted
- **2025-05-22** CCR adopted
- **2025-05-22** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 76 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2025-05-22** To Senate
- **2025-05-22** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-05-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/29/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9d132af-2770-4a19-8e44-2cd24a39732d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).