1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|SENATE BILL 20 By: Burns | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to schools; prohibiting teachers of | | certain courses from being compelled to discuss | 8| certain events or issues; directing teachers of | | certain courses who choose to discuss certain events | 9| or issues to do so with certain perspectives; | | prohibiting public schools from requiring or awarding | 10| certain credit for certain work for or with certain | | organization engaged in certain lobbying; prohibiting | 11| public schools from requiring or awarding certain | | credit for certain lobbying; prohibiting the State | 12| Department of Education and public schools from | | accepting private funding for certain activities in | 13| certain courses; providing for promulgation of rules; | | providing for codification; providing an effective | 14| date; and declaring an emergency. | | | 15| | | | 16| | | | 17|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 18| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 19|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-112 of Title 70, unless there | | | 20|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 21| A. 1. No teacher of history, civics, U.S. government, social | | | 22|studies, or similar subject areas in this state, whether for a | | | 23|course required to meet the graduation requirements as set forth in | | | 24|Section 11-103.6 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes or an advanced | | | Req. No. 335 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|placement course as defined in Section 1210.702 of Title 70 of the | | | 2|Oklahoma Statutes, shall be compelled by a policy of any state | | | 3|agency, school district board of education, or school district | | | 4|administrator to discuss current events or widely debated and | | | 5|currently controversial issues of public policy or social affairs. | | | 6| 2. If a teacher of history, civics, U.S. government, social | | | 7|studies, or similar subject areas in this state chooses to discuss | | | 8|current events or widely debated and currently controversial issues | | | 9|of contemporary public policy or contemporary social affairs, he or | | | 10|she shall explore such issues from diverse and contending | | | 11|perspectives to the best of his or her ability. | | | 12| B. In any course in history, civics, U.S. government, social | | | 13|studies, or similar subject areas in this state, whether for a | | | 14|course required to meet the graduation requirements as set forth in | | | 15|Section 11-103.6 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes or an advanced | | | 16|placement course as defined in Section 1210.702 of Title 70 of the | | | 17|Oklahoma Statutes, no public school in this state shall: | | | 18| 1. Require, make part of, or award course grading or credit for | | | 19|affiliation with or service learning in association with any | | | 20|organization engaged in lobbying for legislation at the local, | | | 21|state, or federal level or in social or public policy advocacy as | | | 22|part of such course; or | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 335 Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| 2. Require, make part of, or award course grading or credit for | | | 2|lobbying for legislation at the local, state, or federal level or | | | 3|any similar activity involving social or public policy advocacy. | | | 4| C. Neither the State Department of Education nor any public | | | 5|school in this state shall accept private funding for curriculum | | | 6|development, purchase or choice of curricular materials, teacher | | | 7|preparation, or professional development pertaining to courses on | | | 8|history, civics, U.S. government, social studies, or similar subject | | | 9|areas in this state, whether for a course required to meet the | | | 10|graduation requirements as set forth in Section 11-103.6 of Title 70 | | | 11|of the Oklahoma Statutes or an advanced placement course as defined | | | 12|in Section 1210.702 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. | | | 13| D. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to | | | 14|implement the provisions of this section. | | | 15| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | | | 16| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 17|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 18|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 19|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 20| | | | 21| 59-1-335 EB 12/9/2022 4:04:20 PM | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 335 Page 3