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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 1568 By: Boatman
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; creating Maria 's Law;
adding mental health instruction to health education
curriculum; directing the State B oard of Education to
adopt standards and curriculum lists ; requiring
collaboration with the Department of Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Services; allowing local school
districts to partner with approved nonprofits and
community partners; promulgating rules; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11 -103.9b of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. This section shall be known and may be cited as "Maria's
Law".
B. Beginning with the 2022 -2023 school year, the State Board of
Education shall require that all school s, as part of any health
education curriculum, include instruction in mental health, with an
emphasis on the interrelation of physical and mental well -being.
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C. The Board shall collaborate with the Department of Mental
Health and Substance Abuse Service s to adopt standards and approve
age-appropriate curriculum options for students in grades
kindergarten through twelve. The standards and curriculum lists
shall be available on the website of the State Department of
Education.
D. Local school districts may enter into agreements with
nonprofit entities and other community partners to assist with or to
provide mental health education to students pursuant to this section
if the nonprofits and community partners are approved by the State
Department of Education and the Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services.
E. The Board shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions
of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
58-1-6414 EK 12/11/20