1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|SENATE BILL 95 By: Standridge | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to schools; prohibiting public school | | districts, public charter schools, and employees | 8| thereof from providing certain material to a student | | without certain written consent; requiring prior | 9| written notification to a parent or legal guardian | | upon receipt of certain request; providing for | 10| contents of notification; establishing minimum time | | period for certain review; creating certain cause of | 11| action; providing for codification; providing an | | effective date; and declaring an emergency. | 12| | | | 13| | | | 14|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 15| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 16|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-203 of Title 70, unless there | | | 17|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 18| A. No public school district, public charter school, or public | | | 19|school district or public charter school employee may provide any | | | 20|sexually explicit material including but not limited to any book or | | | 21|other written medium containing sexually explicit material to a | | | 22|student enrolled in the public school district or public charter | | | 23|school without written consent from the student's parent or legal | | | 24|guardian. | | | Req. No. 246 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| B. Upon receipt of a student's request for a book or other | | | 2|written medium containing sexually explicit material, the public | | | 3|school district or public charter school employee shall provide | | | 4|prior written notification to the student's parent or legal guardian | | | 5|of his or her right to inspect the book or other written medium and | | | 6|his or her right to provide or not provide consent for the student | | | 7|to view the book or other written medium. The prior written | | | 8|notification shall include the name of the public school district or | | | 9|public charter school employee who received the request, the name of | | | 10|the book or other written material containing the sexually explicit | | | 11|material, and a copy of the book or other written material. A | | | 12|student's parent or legal guardian shall have a minimum of ten (10) | | | 13|business days to review the request for written consent. | | | 14| C. The parent or legal guardian of a student who is provided a | | | 15|book or other written medium with sexually explicit material for | | | 16|which written consent was not provided shall have a cause of action | | | 17|against the public school district or public charter school. | | | 18| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | | | 19| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 20|of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 21|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 22|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 23| | | | 24| 59-1-246 EB 12/30/2022 11:11:44 AM | | | Req. No. 246 Page 2