Bill Text For SB0126 - Conference Committee Substitute

 1|                          STATE OF OKLAHOMA                            |
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 2|             1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)                |
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 3|CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE                                        |
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 4|SENATE BILL 126                      By: Bullard of the Senate         |
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 6|                                         Conley of the House           |
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 9|                   CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE                     |
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10|       An Act relating to students; amending 70 O.S. 2021,             |
  |       Section 5-144, which relates to notification to                 |
11|       school districts; modifying language to direct                  |
  |       notification upon charging of certain employees;                |
12|       requiring an arresting law enforcement agency to                |
  |       notify a superintendent if a student has been                   |
13|       arrested for certain violent crime; directing                   |
  |       notification to be conducted with due regard for                |
14|       certain provisions; directing certain notification              |
  |       and information to be part of a student's permanent             |
15|       records; directing records to be provided to a                  |
  |       receiving district under certain circumstances;                 |
16|       allowing a request to remove certain information if             |
  |       certain conviction or plea is expunged; requiring a             |
17|       parent or legal guardian to disclose to a                       |
  |       superintendent whether a student has been arrested              |
18|       for certain violent crime; providing an effective               |
  |       date; and declaring an emergency.                               |
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21|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:                  |
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22|    SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     70 O.S. 2021, Section 5-144, is      |
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23|amended to read as follows:                                            |
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 1|    Section 5-144.  A.  If in the course of an investigation it is     |
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 2|discovered that a person charged in an information or indictment       |
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 3|with a felony or violent misdemeanor is a student or an employee of    |
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 4|a school district or a public school in the state, or an employee      |
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 5|working on school property for an entity that provides services to a   |
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 6|school district or a public school on school property, with due        |
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 7|regard for the provisions of subsection C of Section 2-6-102 of        |
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 8|Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, the district attorney shall        |
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 9|notify the superintendent of the district of the charges filed         |
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10|against the student or employee.  In addition to notifying the         |
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11|superintendent of the district when charges have been filed against    |
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12|an employee of the school district, the district attorney shall        |
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13|notify the State Board of Education.                                   |
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14|    B.  If in the course of an arrest for a violent crime, as          |
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15|defined by Section 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes, it is     |
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16|discovered that the person being arrested is a student of a school     |
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17|district or public school in this state, the arresting law             |
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18|enforcement agency shall notify the superintendent of the school       |
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19|district or public school in which the student is enrolled.  The       |
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20|notification of the arrest and any information regarding the           |
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21|adjudication of the student shall be conducted with due regard for     |
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22|the provisions of subsection C of Section 2-6-102 of Title 10A of      |
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23|the Oklahoma Statutes.  The notification and related information       |
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24|shall be kept as part of the student's permanent records and shall     |
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 1|only be included in the records provided to a receiving district due   |
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 2|to a student transfer conducted pursuant to the Education Open         |
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 3|Transfer Act if the student is convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo   |
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 4|contendere to a violent crime.  If a student's conviction or plea of   |
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 5|guilty or nolo contendere to a violent crime is expunged pursuant to   |
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 6|Sections 18 and 19 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the student   |
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 7|or his or her parent or legal guardian may request that the            |
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 8|information be removed from the student's permanent records.           |
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 9|    C.  Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, each school          |
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10|district shall include in its student enrollment and transfer          |
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11|documentation a request for information regarding any arrest of a      |
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12|student for a violent crime, as defined by Section 571 of Title 57     |
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13|of the Oklahoma Statutes.  Failure to provide information requested    |
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14|pursuant to this subsection shall not prohibit the enrollment or       |
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15|transfer of a student.                                                 |
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16|    D.  The school district may take any action it deems necessary     |
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17|that is in compliance with the requirements of the Family              |
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18|Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 with regard to such         |
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19|information.                                                           |
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20|    C. E.  When an employee of the school district has been            |
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21|convicted, whether upon a verdict or plea of guilty or nolo            |
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22|contendere, or received a suspended sentence or any probationary       |
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23|term for a crime provided for in subparagraph a of paragraph 6 of      |
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24|Section 3-104 of this title, the district court shall notify the       |
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 1|State Board of Education of said the conviction, if the district       |
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 2|court has discovered during the course of the proceedings that the     |
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 3|person is an employee of a school district.                            |
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 4|    SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.          |
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 5|    SECTION 3.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation    |
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 6|of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby         |
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 7|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and    |
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 8|be in full force from and after its passage and approval.              |
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10|    59-1-2179      EB        5/23/2023 5:25:36 PM                      |
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