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2|ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 397 By: Hamilton, Burns, Jett, and |
| Bullard of the Senate |
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| Conley of the House |
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7| An Act relating to schools; directing school district |
| boards of education and charter school and public |
8| library governing boards to appoint certain committee |
| by certain date; requiring certain employee to be |
9| included on committee; requiring certain inventory to |
| be completed by certain date; directing designation |
10| of print and nonprint materials and media; directing |
| school districts and charter schools beginning on |
11| certain date to only include certain materials and |
| media with certain designations in certain school |
12| libraries; allowing students access to certain |
| materials and media only with certain written |
13| consent; directing public libraries beginning on |
| certain date to place materials and media with |
14| certain designation in certain section; allowing |
| certain individuals access to certain materials and |
15| media only with certain written consent; prohibiting |
| school district, charter school, and public libraries |
16| beginning on certain date from including materials |
| and media with certain content; providing for |
17| codification; providing an effective date; and |
| declaring an emergency. |
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20|AUTHOR: Add the following House coauthors: Hardin, Olsen, Gann, |
| Humphrey, West (Rick), Maynard, Kane, Banning, and |
21| Crosswhite Hader |
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23|AMENDMENT NO. 1. Page 1, Line 20, delete SECTION 1 in its entirety |
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1| "SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 106, O.S.L. |
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2|2022 (70 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 11-201), is amended to read as |
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3|follows: |
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4| Section 11-201. A. As school library media center resources |
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5|are finite, the library media program shall be reflective of the |
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6|community standards for the population the library media center |
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7|serves when acquiring an age-appropriate collection of print |
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8|materials, nonprint materials, multimedia resources, equipment, and |
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9|supplies adequate in quality and quantity to meet the needs of |
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10|students in all areas of the school library media program. |
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11| B. To ensure appropriate compliance with this section, the |
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12|Oklahoma Department of Libraries shall develop uniform procedures to |
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13|be approved by the Legislature and adopted by school districts for |
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14|the review and acquisition of collection materials. It shall be the |
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15|duty of each school district to enforce the provisions of this |
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16|section. The procedures shall be developed by the Oklahoma |
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17|Department of Libraries and adopted by each school district no later |
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18|than July 1, 2024. |
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19| C. The Oklahoma Department of Libraries shall submit the |
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20|adopted procedures to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, |
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21|or a designee, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or a |
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22|designee, prior to the last thirty (30) days of the legislative |
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23|session. By adoption of a joint resolution, the Legislature shall |
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24|approve the procedures, disapprove the procedures in whole or in |
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1|part, amend the procedures in whole or in part or disapprove the |
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2|procedures in whole or in part with instructions to the Oklahoma |
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3|Department of Libraries, provided that such joint resolution becomes |
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4|law in accordance with Section 11 of Article VI of the Oklahoma |
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5|Constitution. If the joint resolution is vetoed by the Governor in |
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6|accordance with Section 11 of Article VI of the Oklahoma |
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7|Constitution and the veto has not been overridden, the procedures |
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8|shall be deemed approved. If the Legislature fails to adopt a joint |
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9|resolution within thirty (30) legislative days following submission |
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10|of the procedures, the procedures shall be deemed approved. |
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11| D. If the procedures are disapproved in whole or are |
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12|disapproved in whole with instructions as provided for in this |
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13|section, the Oklahoma Department of Libraries may adopt new |
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14|procedures and submit the new procedures for legislative review |
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15|pursuant to this section. If the procedures are amended, approved |
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16|in part or are disapproved in part with instructions, the Oklahoma |
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17|Department of Libraries may revise the procedures in accordance with |
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18|the legislative changes and implement the procedures. |
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19| E. Upon final approval of the procedures, the standards shall |
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20|be considered final agency rules. The Oklahoma Department of |
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21|Libraries shall submit a copy of the procedures to the Secretary of |
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22|State, who shall include the procedures in the publication known as |
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23|the "Oklahoma Administrative Code" in the same manner as agency |
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24|rules are published in the "Code" as provided for in the |
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1|Administrative Procedures Act. All procedures approved and |
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2|published as provided for in this subsection shall have the same |
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3|force and effect of law as agency rules promulgated pursuant to the |
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4|Administrative Procedures Act." |
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5| and renumber subsequent sections |
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6| and amend title to conform |
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7| Passed the House of Representatives the 27th day of April, 2023. |
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10| Presiding Officer of the House of |
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12| Passed the Senate the ____ day of __________, 2023. |
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