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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1568 By: Boatman, Randleman,
Phillips, Pae and
Rosecrants of the House
and
Haste of the Senate
[ schools - creating Maria's Law - adding mental
health instruction to health education curriculum -
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 fol lows:
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 schools, as part of any health
education curriculum, include instruction in mental he alth, with an
emphasis on the interrelation of physical and mental well -being.
C. The Board shall collaborate with the Department of Mental
Health and Substance Abuse Service s to adopt standards and approve
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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.
Passed the House of Representatives the 3rd day of March, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate