Text of OK SB 615 (2021)
Schools; requiring curriculum and materials used in certain meeting with counselor to be available for inspection. Effective date. Emergency.
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 615
By: Bullard
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2011,
Section 11-105.1, as amended by Section 1, Chapter
133, O.S.L. 2019 (70 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 11-
105.1), which relates to sex education curriculum and
materials; requiring curriculum and materials used in
connection to a meeting with a school counselor to be
available for inspection; providing definition;
prohibiting a student from being required to
participate in certain meeting with a school
counselor; requiring a superintendent or designee to
approve all curriculum and materials to be used for
certain meeting with counselor; providing an
effective date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2011, Section 11-105.1, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 133, O.S.L. 2019 (70 O.S. Supp. 2020,
Section 11-105.1), is amended to read as follows:
Section 11-105.1. A. All curriculum and materials including
supplementary materials which will be used to teach or will be used
for or in connection with a sex education class or program which is
designed for the exclusive purpose of discussing sexual behavior or
attitudes, or any test, meeting with a school counselor, survey or
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questionnaire whose primary purpose is to elicit responses on sexual
behavior or attitudes shall be available through the superintendent
or a designee of the school district for inspection by parents and
guardians of the student who will be involved with the class,
program or test, survey or questionnaire. For the purposes of this
section, “sexual behavior or attitudes” shall include but not be
limited to sexual orientation and gender identity. Such curriculum,
materials, classes, programs, tests, meetings with school
counselors, surveys or questionnaires shall include information
about consent and shall have as one of its primary purposes the
teaching of or informing students about the practice of abstinence.
For the purposes of this section, “consent” shall have the same
meaning as that provided by Section 113 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma
Statutes. The superintendent or a designee of the school district
shall provide prior written notification to the parents or guardians
of the students involved of their right to inspect the curriculum
and material and of their obligation to notify the school in writing
if they do not want their child to participate in the class,
program, test, survey or questionnaire. Each local board of
education shall determine the means of providing written
notification to the parents and guardian which will ensure effective
notice in an efficient and appropriate manner. No student shall be
required to participate in a sex education class or program or
participate in a meeting with a school counselor which discusses
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sexual behavior or attitudes if a parent or guardian of the student
objects in writing to such participation. If the type of program
referred to in this section is a part of or is taught during a
credit course, a student may be required to enroll in the course but
shall not be required to receive instruction in or participate in
the program if a parent or guardian objects in writing.
B. The superintendent or a designee of a school district in
which sex education is taught or a program is offered which is
designed for the exclusive purpose of discussing sexual behavior or
attitudes shall approve all curriculum and materials which will be
used for such education and any test, meeting with a school
counselor, survey or questionnaire whose primary purpose is to
elicit responses on sexual behavior or attitudes used in the school
prior to their use in the classroom or school. The teacher or
school counselor involved in the class, program, testing, meeting or
survey shall submit the curriculum, materials, tests or surveys to
the superintendent or a designee for approval prior to their use in
the classroom or school. This section shall not apply to those
students enrolled in classes, programs, testings or surveys offered
through an alternative education program.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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