1| SENATE FLOOR VERSION | | April 17, 2025 | 2| | | | 3|COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE | |FOR ENGROSSED | 4|HOUSE BILL NO. 1388 By: Hasenbeck of the House | | | 5| and | | | 6| Reinhardt of the Senate | | | 7| | | | 8| | | | 9| [ schools - online safety - programs - technical | | assistance - acceptable-use policy - enforcement - | 10| review of policies and revisions - technology | | protection measure standards and specifications - | 11| social media policy - investigations - notice of | | noncompliance - codification - effective date - | 12| emergency ] | | | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 16| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 17|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-500 of Title 70, unless there | | | 18|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 19| This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Protecting | | | 20|Oklahoma's Children on Social Media Act of 2025". | | | 21| SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 22|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-501 of Title 70, unless there | | | 23|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 24| As used in this act: | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| 1. "Acceptable-use policy" means a policy for Internet use | | | 2|adopted by a public school district board of education or charter | | | 3|school governing body that meets the requirements of this section; | | | 4| 2. "Account holder" means a person who is a resident of this | | | 5|state and has an account or profile to use a social media platform; | | | 6| 3. "Child pornography" means any visual depiction including any | | | 7|live performance, photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or | | | 8|computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by | | | 9|electronic, mechanical, or other means, of sexually explicit conduct | | | 10|when: | | | 11| a. the production of the visual depiction involves a | | | 12| minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct, | | | 13| b. the visual depiction is of a minor engaging in | | | 14| sexually explicit conduct, or | | | 15| c. the visual depiction has been created, adapted, or | | | 16| modified to appear that an identifiable minor is | | | 17| engaging in sexually explicit conduct; | | | 18| 4. "Harmful to minors" means that quality of description or | | | 19|representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual | | | 20|excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse, when: | | | 21| a. taken as a whole, it predominantly appeals to the | | | 22| prurient, shameful, or morbid interest of minors, | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| b. it is patently offensive to prevailing standards in | | | 2| the adult community as a whole with respect to what is | | | 3| suitable material for minors, and | | | 4| c. taken as a whole, it is lacking in serious literary, | | | 5| artistic, political, or scientific value for minors; | | | 6| 5. "Identifiable minor" means a person: | | | 7| a. (1) who was a minor at the time the visual depiction | | | 8| was created, adapted, or modified, or | | | 9| (2) whose image as a minor was used in creating, | | | 10| adapting, or modifying the visual depiction, and | | | 11| b. who is recognizable as an actual person by such | | | 12| person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing | | | 13| physical characteristic or other recognizable physical | | | 14| feature; | | | 15| 6. "Minor" means any individual under the age of eighteen (18) | | | 16|years; | | | 17| 7. "Obscene material" means material which meets the following | | | 18|requirements: | | | 19| a. to the average person, applying contemporary | | | 20| community standards, taken as a whole, the material | | | 21| predominantly appeals or panders to prurient interest | | | 22| in nudity, sex, or excretion, | | | 23| b. the material, taken as a whole, lacks serious | | | 24| | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 3 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| literary, artistic, political, or scientific value, | | | 2| and | | | 3| c. the material depicts or describes in a patently | | | 4| offensive way sexual conduct as follows: | | | 5| (1) acts of sexual intercourse, heterosexual or | | | 6| homosexual, normal or perverted, actual or | | | 7| simulated, | | | 8| (2) acts of masturbation, | | | 9| (3) acts involving excretory functions or lewd | | | 10| exhibition of the genitals, | | | 11| (4) acts of bestiality or the fondling of sex organs | | | 12| of animals, or | | | 13| (5) sexual acts of flagellation, torture, or other | | | 14| violence indicating a sadomasochistic sexual | | | 15| relationship; | | | 16| 8. "Parent" means a natural or adoptive parent, legal guardian, | | | 17|or a person who has legal authority to act on behalf of a minor | | | 18|child; | | | 19| 9. "School equipment" means any computer or computer networking | | | 20|equipment, technology or technology-related device or service, or | | | 21|communication system or service that is operated, owned, leased, and | | | 22|made available to students by a public school district board of | | | 23|education or charter school governing body and that is used for | | | 24| | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 4 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|transmitting, receiving, accessing, viewing, hearing, downloading, | | | 2|recording, or storing electronic communication; | | | 3| 10. "Social media platform" means an online forum that allows | | | 4|an account holder to create a profile, upload posts, view and listen | | | 5|to posts, form mutual connections, and interact publicly and | | | 6|privately with other account holders and users. Such term shall not | | | 7|include an online service, website, or application where the | | | 8|predominant or exclusive function is any of the following: | | | 9| a. email, | | | 10| b. a service that, pursuant to its terms of use, does | | | 11| not permit minors to use the platform and utilizes | | | 12| commercially reasonable age assurance mechanisms to | | | 13| deter minors from becoming account holders, | | | 14| c. a streaming service that provides only licensed media | | | 15| that is not user-generated in a continuous flow from | | | 16| the service, website, or application to the end user | | | 17| and does not obtain a license to the media from a user | | | 18| or account holder by agreement to its terms of | | | 19| service, | | | 20| d. news, sports, entertainment, or other content that is | | | 21| preselected by the provider and not user-generated, | | | 22| and any chat, comment, or interactive functionality | | | 23| that is provided incidental to or directly or | | | 24| indirectly related to such content, | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 5 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| e. online shopping or e-commerce, if the interaction | | | 2| with other users or account holders is generally | | | 3| limited to the ability to upload a post and comment on | | | 4| reviews, the ability to display lists or collections | | | 5| of goods for sale or wish lists, and other functions | | | 6| that are focused on online shopping or e-commerce | | | 7| rather than interaction between users or account | | | 8| holders, | | | 9| f. interactive gaming, virtual gaming, or an online | | | 10| service, website, or application that allows the | | | 11| creation and uploading of content for the purpose of | | | 12| interactive gaming, educational entertainment, or | | | 13| associated entertainment, and communications related | | | 14| to that content, | | | 15| g. photograph editing that has an associated photograph | | | 16| hosting service if the interaction with other users or | | | 17| account holders is generally limited to liking or | | | 18| commenting, | | | 19| h. single-purpose community groups for public safety if | | | 20| the interaction with other users or account holders is | | | 21| limited to that single purpose and the community group | | | 22| has guidelines or policies against illegal content, | | | 23| i. business-to-business software, | | | 24| | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 6 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| j. teleconferencing or videoconferencing services that | | | 2| allow reception and transmission of audio and video | | | 3| signals for real-time communication, | | | 4| k. cloud storage, | | | 5| l. shared document collaboration, | | | 6| m. cloud computing services, which may include cloud | | | 7| storage and shared document collaboration, | | | 8| n. providing access to or interacting with data | | | 9| visualization platforms, libraries, or hubs, | | | 10| o. permitting comments on a digital news website if the | | | 11| news content is posted only by the provider of the | | | 12| digital news website, | | | 13| p. providing or obtaining technical support for a | | | 14| platform, product, or service, | | | 15| q. academic, scholarly, or genealogical research where | | | 16| the majority of the content is created or posted by | | | 17| the provider of the online service, website, or | | | 18| application and the ability to chat, comment, or | | | 19| interact with other users is directly related to the | | | 20| provider's content, | | | 21| r. Internet access and broadband service, | | | 22| s. a classified advertising service in which the | | | 23| provider of the online service, website, or | | | 24| application is limited to all of the following: | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 7 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| (1) permitting only the sale of goods, | | | 2| (2) prohibiting the solicitation of personal | | | 3| services, | | | 4| (3) posting or creating a substantial amount of the | | | 5| content, and | | | 6| (4) providing the ability to chat, comment, or | | | 7| interact with other users only if it is directly | | | 8| related to the provider's content, | | | 9| t. an online service, website, or application that is | | | 10| used by or under the direction of a public school | | | 11| district or charter school in this state including a | | | 12| learning management system, student engagement | | | 13| program, or subject- or skill-specific program where | | | 14| the majority of the content is created or posted by | | | 15| the provider of the online service, website, or | | | 16| application and the ability to chat, comment, or | | | 17| interact with other users is directly related to the | | | 18| provider's content, | | | 19| u. peer-to-peer payments, provided that interactions | | | 20| among users or account holders are generally limited | | | 21| to the ability to send, receive, or request funds; | | | 22| like or comment on such transactions; or other | | | 23| functions related to sending, receiving, requesting, | | | 24| | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 8 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| or settling payments among users or account holders, | | | 2| or | | | 3| v. career development opportunities including | | | 4| professional networking, job skills, learning | | | 5| certifications, and job posting and application | | | 6| services; | | | 7| 11. "Technology protection measure" means a technology that | | | 8|inspects and analyzes unencrypted Internet traffic for malware and | | | 9|that blocks or filters electronic access to obscene materials, child | | | 10|pornography, or material that is harmful to minors; and | | | 11| 12. "User" means a person who has access to view all or some of | | | 12|the posts on a social media platform but who is not an account | | | 13|holder. | | | 14| SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 15|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-502 of Title 70, unless there | | | 16|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 17| A. 1. The State Department of Education shall develop model | | | 18|programs for educating students regarding online safety while using | | | 19|the Internet, taking into consideration educational materials on | | | 20|this topic developed by other states as well as any other materials | | | 21|suggested by education experts, child psychologists, and technology | | | 22|companies that promote child online safety issues. | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 9 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| 2. The model programs provided for in this section shall | | | 2|include one or more model programs for students in grades six | | | 3|through twelve which: | | | 4| a. shall include instruction regarding: | | | 5| (1) the social, emotional, and physical effects of | | | 6| social media on users, | | | 7| (2) the effects of social media on the mental health | | | 8| of users, particularly teenagers, | | | 9| (3) the distribution of disinformation and | | | 10| misinformation on social media, | | | 11| (4) how social media influences thoughts and | | | 12| behaviors, | | | 13| (5) the permanency and risks of sharing materials | | | 14| online, | | | 15| (6) how to maintain personal security and identify | | | 16| cyberbullying, predatory behavior, and human | | | 17| trafficking on the Internet and social media, and | | | 18| (7) how to report suspicious behavior encountered on | | | 19| the Internet and social media to appropriate | | | 20| persons and authorities, and | | | 21| b. may include information regarding the benefits of | | | 22| social media use, such as supporting career readiness | | | 23| for future academic or employment opportunities, | | | 24| | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 10 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| sharing information with familiar family and friends, | | | 2| and safely connecting with other users with similar | | | 3| interests. | | | 4| B. The State Department of Education shall periodically update | | | 5|the model programs provided for in this section to reflect changes | | | 6|in Internet and social media use, emergent technologies, social and | | | 7|psychological research, and information concerning new threats to | | | 8|teenagers and young adults using social media platforms and other | | | 9|online communication technologies. | | | 10| C. The State Department of Education shall publish on its | | | 11|website information relating to the model programs provided for in | | | 12|this section including recommended curricula and instructional | | | 13|materials as updated periodically as provided in this section. The | | | 14|Department shall provide technical assistance in addition to such | | | 15|model programs and recommended curricula and instructional materials | | | 16|to aid any public school district board of education or charter | | | 17|school governing body that may elect to incorporate one or more | | | 18|components of Internet and social media safety into its | | | 19|instructional program. | | | 20| D. Each public school district board of education or charter | | | 21|school governing body may incorporate into its instructional program | | | 22|a component on online Internet safety including social media safety | | | 23|to be taught on a schedule as determined by the public school | | | 24|district board of education or charter school governing body. | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 11 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 2|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-503 of Title 70, unless there | | | 3|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 4| A. No later than October 1, 2025, each public school district | | | 5|board of education or charter school governing body shall adopt an | | | 6|acceptable-use policy. At a minimum, an acceptable-use policy shall | | | 7|contain provisions which are reasonably designed to: | | | 8| 1. Prevent and prohibit any school equipment from being used | | | 9|for accessing, sending, receiving, viewing, or downloading obscene | | | 10|materials, child pornography, or material that is harmful to minors; | | | 11| 2. Establish appropriate measures to be taken by the public | | | 12|school district or charter school in response to: | | | 13| a. students and school employees who intentionally | | | 14| violate the acceptable-use policy, regardless of | | | 15| whether such student or school employee was, at the | | | 16| time of such violation, on school property, on a | | | 17| school bus or other school vehicle, at a | | | 18| school-related function, or elsewhere, provided that | | | 19| such measures include disciplinary measures, and | | | 20| b. any person who is not a student or school employee | | | 21| who violates the acceptable-use policy, regardless of | | | 22| whether such person was, at the time of such | | | 23| violation, on school property, on a school bus or | | | 24| | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 12 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| other school vehicle, at a school-related function, or | | | 2| elsewhere; | | | 3| 3. Provide for administrative procedures to enforce the | | | 4|acceptable-use policy; | | | 5| 4. Provide for administrative procedures to address complaints | | | 6|regarding possible violations of the acceptable-use policy which, at | | | 7|a minimum, require that each complaint is responded to in writing by | | | 8|an appropriate public school district or charter school official; | | | 9|and | | | 10| 5. Provide for expedited review and resolution of a claim that | | | 11|the application of the acceptable-use policy is denying a student or | | | 12|school employee access to material that is not within the | | | 13|prohibitions of the acceptable-use policy. | | | 14| B. The acceptable-use policy provided for in subsection A of | | | 15|this section may include terms, conditions, and requirements deemed | | | 16|appropriate by the public school district board of education or | | | 17|charter school governing body to differentiate acceptable uses among | | | 18|elementary, middle, and high school students and among different age | | | 19|groups; provided, however, that any public school district board of | | | 20|education or charter school governing body that authorizes such | | | 21|differentiation shall articulate in its acceptable-use policy the | | | 22|rationale for each method of differentiation included in such | | | 23|acceptable-use policy. | | | 24| | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 13 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| C. Each public school district board of education or charter | | | 2|school governing body shall provide reasonable opportunities and | | | 3|procedures for parents of current students to confer and collaborate | | | 4|with school administrators and teachers regarding appropriate | | | 5|Internet access for such students. | | | 6| D. Each public school district board of education or charter | | | 7|school governing body and school district superintendent or charter | | | 8|school administrator shall take such steps as are necessary and | | | 9|appropriate to implement and enforce the acceptable-use policy, | | | 10|which shall include, but not be limited to, providing for the | | | 11|adoption, use, and routine upgrading of technology protection | | | 12|measures which meet or exceed compliance standards and | | | 13|specifications established by the State Department of Education. | | | 14| E. Each public school district and charter school shall | | | 15|provide, upon written request of a parent, a copy of the | | | 16|acceptable-use policy adopted pursuant to subsection B of this | | | 17|section and information regarding the administrative procedures in | | | 18|effect to enforce the acceptable-use policy and to address | | | 19|complaints about enforcement. | | | 20| F. By October 15, 2025, and each October 15 thereafter, each | | | 21|public school district board of education or charter school | | | 22|governing body shall electronically submit a copy of its | | | 23|acceptable-use policy to the State Board of Education. The | | | 24|submission shall include the identification of the technology | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 14 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|protection measures being used, if such measures are being used as | | | 2|provided for in Section 5 of this act. | | | 3| G. The State Board of Education shall review each | | | 4|acceptable-use policy and any subsequent revisions submitted | | | 5|pursuant to subsection H of this section. If the Board determines | | | 6|after review that a policy, technology protection measure, or | | | 7|revision is not reasonably designed to achieve the requirements of | | | 8|this section, the Board shall provide written notice to the public | | | 9|school district board of education or charter school governing body | | | 10|explaining the nature of such noncompliance, and the public school | | | 11|district board of education or charter school governing body shall | | | 12|have thirty (30) days from the receipt of written notice to correct | | | 13|such noncompliance. The Board may provide an extension to the | | | 14|thirty-day period on a showing of good cause. | | | 15| H. No revision of an acceptable-use policy submission which has | | | 16|been approved by the State Board of Education pursuant to subsection | | | 17|G of this section shall be implemented until such revision is | | | 18|approved by the Board. If the Board fails to disapprove the | | | 19|revision within sixty (60) days after the submission is received, | | | 20|the public school district board of education or charter school | | | 21|governing body may proceed with the implementation of the revision. | | | 22| SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 23|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-504 of Title 70, unless there | | | 24|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 15 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| A. By April 1, 2026, and by each April 1 thereafter, the State | | | 2|Department of Education shall establish compliance standards and | | | 3|specifications for technology protection measures that may be used | | | 4|by public school districts and charter schools in this state. To | | | 5|the extent practicable, such compliance standards and specifications | | | 6|for technology protection measures shall include measures and | | | 7|controls for parents of current students to supervise and manage | | | 8|appropriate Internet access by such students who are using a | | | 9|school-issued computer or other electronic device while not on | | | 10|school property, not on a school bus or other school vehicle, or not | | | 11|at a school-related function. | | | 12| B. The State Department of Education shall publish on its | | | 13|website a list of technology protection measures that meet the | | | 14|compliance standards and specifications established pursuant to | | | 15|subsection A of this section that public school districts and | | | 16|charter schools may install on each computer or other electronic | | | 17|device issued to students for off-campus use. The Department shall | | | 18|annually require each technology protection measure provider to | | | 19|verify that the measures it provides meet or exceed the standards | | | 20|and specifications established pursuant to subsection A of this | | | 21|section. The Department may provide information to public school | | | 22|districts and charter schools regarding state contracts with | | | 23|technology protection measure providers. The Department shall | | | 24|prioritize the identification of technology protection measure | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 16 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|providers that include parental measures and controls as provided | | | 2|for in this section. | | | 3| C. The Department shall provide guidance and technical | | | 4|assistance to assist public school districts and charter schools in | | | 5|complying with this section. | | | 6| D. By December 1, 2025, the Department shall develop guidelines | | | 7|for the training of public school district and charter school | | | 8|personnel. The training guidelines shall include instruction in: | | | 9| 1. Implementing and complying with acceptable-use policies | | | 10|required by Section 4 of this act; | | | 11| 2. Basic cybersecurity issues pertinent to public school | | | 12|districts and charter schools, students, and educators including, | | | 13|but not limited to, phishing and multifactor authentication; and | | | 14| 3. Other current and emerging issues and topics which address | | | 15|the safe and secure use of technology by students and educators. | | | 16| SECTION 6. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 17|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-505 of Title 70, unless there | | | 18|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 19| A. By April 1, 2026, each public school district board of | | | 20|education or charter school governing body shall adopt a social | | | 21|media policy which shall: | | | 22| 1. a. except as provided in subparagraph b of this | | | 23| paragraph, prohibit students from accessing social | | | 24| media platforms through the use of computer equipment, | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 17 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| communications services, or Internet access that is | | | 2| operated, owned, leased, and made available to | | | 3| students by the public school district or charter | | | 4| school or the public school district board of | | | 5| education or charter school governing body, and | | | 6| b. to the extent authorized by such social media policy, | | | 7| students shall be permitted to access social media | | | 8| platforms only: | | | 9| (1) as directed by school personnel, | | | 10| (2) for the exclusive purpose of accessing and | | | 11| utilizing age-appropriate educational resources, | | | 12| (3) under the supervision of such school personnel, | | | 13| and | | | 14| (4) during the course of a school-related activity; | | | 15| 2. Establish appropriate measures to be taken when a student | | | 16|violates such policy; and | | | 17| 3. Establish procedures for parents to: | | | 18| a. request information from school personnel about what | | | 19| social media platforms have been or are intended to be | | | 20| accessed as provided in subparagraph b of paragraph 1 | | | 21| of this subsection, and | | | 22| b. prohibit their child from accessing one or more | | | 23| social media platforms as provided in subparagraph b | | | 24| of paragraph 1 of this subsection. | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 18 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| B. A public school district board of education or charter | | | 2|school governing body shall take such steps as it deems appropriate | | | 3|to implement and enforce its social media policy, which shall | | | 4|include, but shall not be limited to: | | | 5| 1. Use of software programs and other technologies reasonably | | | 6|designed and intended to block and monitor access to social media | | | 7|platforms; and | | | 8| 2. Selection of online servers that block and monitor access to | | | 9|social media platforms. | | | 10| C. Each public school district and charter school shall publish | | | 11|on its website a copy of the social media policy adopted pursuant to | | | 12|this section and shall provide a paper copy upon written request of | | | 13|a parent of an enrolled student. | | | 14| D. The State Department of Education may consult with and | | | 15|assist a public school district board of education or charter school | | | 16|governing body in developing and implementing a social media policy | | | 17|pursuant to this section. | | | 18| E. By April 15, 2026, each public school district board of | | | 19|education or charter school governing body shall electronically | | | 20|submit a copy of its social media policy to the State Department of | | | 21|Education for compliance review. Such submission shall identify any | | | 22|software program or other technology that is being or will be | | | 23|utilized to block access to social media platforms in accordance | | | 24|with subsection B of this section. | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 19 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| F. The State Department of Education shall review each social | | | 2|media policy and any subsequent revisions electronically submitted | | | 3|pursuant to subsection E of this section. If the Department | | | 4|determines after compliance review that a policy or revision thereof | | | 5|is not reasonably designed to achieve the requirements of this | | | 6|section, it shall provide written notice of noncompliance to the | | | 7|public school district board of education or charter school | | | 8|governing body as provided for in subsection H of this section. | | | 9| G. No revision of a social media policy which has been deemed | | | 10|compliant pursuant to subsection H of this section shall be | | | 11|implemented until such revision is reviewed by the State Department | | | 12|of Education. If the Department fails to provide a notice of | | | 13|noncompliance for the revision within sixty (60) days of its | | | 14|receipt, the public school district board of education or charter | | | 15|school governing body may proceed with the implementation of the | | | 16|revision. | | | 17| H. 1. The State Department of Education shall be responsible | | | 18|for conducting any necessary investigations and making written | | | 19|determinations as to whether a public school district board of | | | 20|education or charter school governing body has failed to comply with | | | 21|the requirements of this section. | | | 22| 2. If the Department determines that a public school district | | | 23|board of education or charter school governing body has failed to | | | 24|comply with the requirements of this section, it shall provide a | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 20 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|written notice of noncompliance to the board of education or charter | | | 2|school governing body and the board or governing body shall have | | | 3|thirty (30) days from the receipt of such notice to correct such | | | 4|noncompliance and to develop a corrective action plan for preventing | | | 5|future recurrences. The Department may extend such thirty-day | | | 6|period upon a showing of good cause by the local governing body. | | | 7| SECTION 7. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025. | | | 8| SECTION 8. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 9|of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 10|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 11|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 12|COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS | |April 17, 2025 - DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15| | | | 16| | | | 17| | | | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | arsid13440637 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1388 SFLR Page 21