1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) |
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3|SENATE BILL 933 By: Jett |
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6| AS INTRODUCED |
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7| An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021, |
| Section 24-157, which relates to certain prohibited |
8| training and instruction; prohibiting certain schools |
| from compelling certain personnel to adopt certain |
9| concepts; modifying prohibited concepts; prohibiting |
| certain schools from compelling participation in |
10| certain instruction, professional development, or |
| training; prohibiting certain school personnel from |
11| engaging in certain acts; prohibiting certain school |
| personnel from compelling discussion of certain |
12| issues without consent; providing certain |
| construction; prohibiting certain schools found in |
13| noncompliance from receiving certain funds; providing |
| for certain relief; providing an effective date; and |
14| declaring an emergency. |
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17|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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18| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 24-157, is |
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19|amended to read as follows: |
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20| Section 24-157. A. 1. No enrolled student of an institution |
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21|of higher education within The Oklahoma State System of Higher |
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22|Education shall be required to engage in any form of mandatory |
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23|gender or sexual diversity training or counseling; provided, |
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24|voluntary counseling shall not be prohibited. Any orientation or |
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1|requirement that presents any form of race or sex stereotyping or a |
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2|bias on the basis of race or sex shall be prohibited. |
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3| 2. Pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures |
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4|Act, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall |
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5|promulgate rules, subject to approval by the Legislature, to |
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6|implement the provisions of this subsection. |
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7| B. The provisions of this subsection shall not prohibit the |
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8|teaching of concepts that align to the Oklahoma Academic Standards. |
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9| 1. No teacher, administrator, or other employee of a school |
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10|district, charter school, or virtual charter school shall require or |
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11|make part of a course, nor shall a school district, charter school, |
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12|or virtual charter school compel a teacher, administrator, or other |
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13|employee to adopt, adhere to, or profess, the following concepts: |
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14| a. one race, ethnicity, national origin, or sex is |
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15| inherently superior to another race, ethnicity, |
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16| national origin, or sex, |
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17| b. an individual, by virtue of his or her race, |
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18| ethnicity, national origin, or sex, is inherently |
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19| racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or |
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20| unconsciously, |
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21| c. an individual should be discriminated against or |
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22| receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of |
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23| his or her race, ethnicity, national origin, or sex, |
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1| d. members of one race, ethnicity, national origin, or |
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2| sex cannot and should not attempt to treat others |
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3| without respect to race, ethnicity, national origin, |
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4| or sex, |
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5| e. an individual's moral character is necessarily |
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6| determined by his or her race, ethnicity, national |
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7| origin, or sex, |
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8| f. an individual, by virtue of his or her race, |
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9| ethnicity, national origin, or sex, bears |
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10| responsibility for actions committed in the past by |
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11| other members of the same race, ethnicity, national |
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12| origin, or sex, |
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13| g. any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, |
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14| anguish, or any other form of psychological distress |
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15| on account of his or her race, ethnicity, national |
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16| origin, or sex, or |
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17| h. meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are |
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18| racist or, sexist, oppressive, or were created by |
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19| members of a particular race, ethnicity, national |
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20| origin, or sex to oppress members of another race, |
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21| ethnicity, national origin, or sex. |
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22| 2. No teacher, administrator, or other employee of a school |
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23|district, charter school, or virtual charter school shall be |
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24|compelled to participate in instruction, professional development, |
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1|or training on the topics outlined in paragraph 1 of this |
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2|subsection. |
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3| 3. No school district, charter school, or virtual charter |
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4|school employee shall organize, participate in, or carry out any act |
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5|or communication that may violate the provisions of this subsection |
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6|while acting in the course of his or her official duties. |
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7| 4. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules, subject |
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8|to approval by the Legislature, to implement the provisions of this |
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9|subsection. |
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10| C. No school district, charter school, or virtual charter |
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11|school shall make distinctions or classifications of students based |
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12|on race, ethnicity, national origin, or sex. |
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13| D. No school district, charter school, or virtual charter |
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14|school shall compel a student, teacher, administrator, or other |
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15|school employee to discuss public policy issues of the day without |
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16|the consent of the student, teacher, administrator, or other school |
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17|employee or the written consent of the student's parent or legal |
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18|guardian if the student is under age eighteen (18). Provided, |
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19|however, that the provisions of this subsection shall not be |
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20|construed to prohibit students, teachers, administrators, or other |
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21|school employees from discussing public policy issues of the day or |
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22|ideas that individuals may find unwelcome, disagreeable, or |
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23|offensive. |
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1| E. Upon a finding of noncompliance with the provisions of |
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2|subsections B, C, or D of this section by the State Board of |
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3|Education, the noncompliant school district, charter school, or |
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4|virtual charter school shall be ineligible to receive state funding |
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5|for the fiscal years following the year of noncompliance. |
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6| F. School district, charter school, and virtual charter school |
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7|teachers, administrators, other school employees, and students or |
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8|parents or legal guardians of students under the age of eighteen |
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9|(18) enrolled in a school district, charter school, or virtual |
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10|charter school may: |
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11| 1. Seek relief for a violation of this section through the |
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12|United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights; or |
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13| 2. Have a cause of action for injunctive relief, damages, and |
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14|any other relief permitted by law against the school district, |
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15|charter school, or virtual charter school. |
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16| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. |
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17| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation |
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18|of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby |
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19|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and |
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20|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. |
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