Bill Text For SB1634 - Introduced

 1|                          STATE OF OKLAHOMA                            |
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 2|             2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)                |
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 3|SENATE BILL 1634                     By: Jett                          |
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 6|                            AS INTRODUCED                              |
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 7|       An Act relating to schools; stating legislative                 |
  |       intent; prohibiting the State Department of Education           |
 8|       from accepting certain funds provided for certain               |
  |       purpose; directing the Department to review certain             |
 9|       contracts and terminate any related to certain health           |
  |       care services or health centers or clinics; directing           |
10|       the Department, in certain consultation, to conduct a           |
  |       review of individualized education programs;                    |
11|       directing removal of certain services from certain              |
  |       plans; directing certain evaluation of certain                  |
12|       students; requiring review of certain school district           |
  |       and charter school contracts; directing termination             |
13|       of contracts related to certain health care services            |
  |       or health centers or clinics; providing for                     |
14|       promulgation of rules; providing for noncodification;           |
  |       providing for codification; providing an effective              |
15|       date; and declaring an emergency.                               |
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18|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:                  |
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19|    SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law not to be          |
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20|codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:                    |
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21|    The Legislature finds and declares the following:                  |
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22|    1.  School-based services provided in accordance with the          |
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23|Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) are intended        |
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24|exclusively for students with disabilities to ensure access to a       |
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 1|free appropriate public education (FAPE) for students with an          |
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 2|individualized education program (IEP);                                |
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 3|    2.  IDEA does not allow state legislators, the Superintendent of   |
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 4|Public Instruction, the State Department of Education, school          |
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 5|districts in this state, or the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to      |
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 6|expand school-based services beyond the scope provided for in          |
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 7|paragraph 1 of this section;                                           |
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 8|    3.  School-based health centers function as primary health care    |
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 9|providers that operate on or off campus or via telehealth and fall     |
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10|outside the professional and academic scope of public education;       |
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11|    4.  School-based health centers grant broad authority to           |
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12|school-based health care providers to conduct medical testing,         |
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13|administer treatment, and make medical decisions based on one-time     |
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14|parental consent without requiring the presence of a parent or legal   |
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15|guardian at the time testing is administered or treatment is           |
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16|provided;                                                              |
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17|    5.  Medical ethics and established health care practices           |
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18|prohibit physicians from treating minors without direct involvement    |
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19|from a parent or legal guardian, ensuring the prevention of power      |
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20|imbalances and safeguarding the rights of a parent or legal            |
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21|guardian; and                                                          |
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22|    6.  The Oklahoma Constitution does not establish a right to        |
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23|school-based health care; however, it explicitly defines the purpose   |
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24|of public schools in this state as academic instruction, independent   |
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 1|of sectarian control, with no provision for state-funded health care   |
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 2|clinics.                                                               |
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 3|    SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified     |
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 4|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-127 of Title 70, unless there    |
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 5|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:               |
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 6|    A.  1.  The State Department of Education shall be prohibited      |
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 7|from accepting federal funds including, but not limited to, block      |
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 8|grants provided for the purpose of expanding school-based health       |
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 9|care services or implementing school-based health centers or           |
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10|clinics.                                                               |
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11|    2.  The State Department of Education shall review all existing    |
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12|contracts entered into by the Department or the State Board of         |
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13|Education and terminate any related to expanding school-based health   |
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14|care services or implementing school-based health centers or           |
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15|clinics.                                                               |
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16|    B.  The State Department of Education, in consultation with        |
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17|school districts in this state, shall conduct a comprehensive          |
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18|compliance review of all individualized education programs (IEPs)      |
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19|developed for students to ensure that any medical services provided    |
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20|in accordance with an IEP are educationally necessary.  If an IEP      |
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21|contains medical services that are not educationally necessary, such   |
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22|services shall be removed and the student shall be evaluated to        |
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23|determine whether a Section 504 Plan developed pursuant to the         |
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24|Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is more appropriate.                        |
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 1|    C.  School district boards of education or charter school          |
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 2|governing boards in this state shall review all existing contracts     |
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 3|and shall terminate any related to expanding school-based health       |
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 4|care services or implementing school-based health centers or           |
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 5|clinics.                                                               |
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 6|    D.  The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to           |
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 7|implement the provisions of this section.                              |
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 8|    SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.          |
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 9|    SECTION 4.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation    |
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10|of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby         |
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11|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and    |
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12|be in full force from and after its passage and approval.              |
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14|    60-2-2301      EB        1/13/2026 6:55:36 PM                      |
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