1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) |
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3|HOUSE BILL 1780 By: Williams |
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6| AS INTRODUCED |
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7| An Act relating to school curriculum; amending 70 |
| O.S. 2021, Section 11-105.1, which relates to sex |
8| education curriculum and materials; prohibiting sex |
| education classes, programs, tests, surveys, or |
9| questionnaires; and providing an effective date. |
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12|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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13| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 11-105.1, is |
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14|amended to read as follows: |
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15| Section 11-105.1 A. All curriculum and materials including |
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16|supplementary materials which will be used to teach or will be used |
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17|for or in connection with Public schools shall not provide a sex |
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18|education class or, program which is designed for the exclusive |
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19|purpose of discussing sexual behavior or attitudes, or any, test, |
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20|survey, or questionnaire whose primary purpose is to elicit |
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21|responses on sexual behavior or attitudes shall be available through |
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22|the superintendent or a designee of the school district for |
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23|inspection by parents and guardians of the student who will be |
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24|involved with the class, program or test, survey or questionnaire. |
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1|Such curriculum, materials, classes, programs, tests, surveys or |
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2|questionnaires shall include information about consent and shall |
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3|have as one of its primary purposes the teaching of or informing |
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4|students about the practice of abstinence. For the purposes of this |
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5|section, "consent" shall have the same meaning as that provided by |
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6|Section 113 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The |
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7|superintendent or a designee of the school district shall provide |
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8|prior written notification to the parents or guardians of the |
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9|students involved of their right to inspect the curriculum and |
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10|material and of their obligation to notify the school in writing if |
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11|they do not want their child to participate in the class, program, |
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12|test, survey or questionnaire. Each local board of education shall |
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13|determine the means of providing written notification to the parents |
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14|and guardian which will ensure effective notice in an efficient and |
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15|appropriate manner. No student shall be required to participate in |
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16|a sex education class or program which discusses sexual behavior or |
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17|attitudes if a parent or guardian of the student objects in writing |
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18|to such participation. If the type of program referred to in this |
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19|section is a part of or is taught during a credit course, a student |
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20|may be required to enroll in the course but shall not be required to |
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21|receive instruction in or participate in the program if a parent or |
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22|guardian objects in writing. |
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23| B. The superintendent or a designee of a school district in |
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24|which sex education is taught or a program is offered which is |
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1|designed for the exclusive purpose of discussing sexual behavior or |
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2|attitudes shall approve all curriculum and materials which will be |
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3|used for such education and any test, survey or questionnaire whose |
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4|primary purpose is to elicit responses on sexual behavior or |
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5|attitudes used in the school prior to their use in the classroom or |
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6|school. The teacher involved in the class, program, testing or |
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7|survey shall submit the curriculum, materials, tests or surveys to |
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8|the superintendent or a designee for approval prior to their use in |
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9|the classroom or school. This section shall not apply to those |
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10|students enrolled in classes, programs, testings or surveys offered |
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11|through an alternative education program.
