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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 1641 By: Humphrey
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; banning curriculum that
promotes or degrades any race, gender or sexual
orientation; creating liability for school or
institution which promotes, requires or allows
certain contents in the curriculum; prohibiting
censorship of certain social media accounts and
personal affairs; defining terms; 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 1210.901 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. No public school or state educational institution shall
require or offer a curriculum that promotes or degrades a ny race,
gender or sexual orientation.
B. A public school or state educational institution shall be
liable for compensatory and p unitive damages that occ ur to a student
or employee who is harmed as a result of the public school or state
educational institution promoting, requiring or allowing any
political, social or unorthodox views as part of the curriculum.
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C. A public school or state educational insti tution shall be
liable for compensatory and punitive damages that occur as a result
of censoring, monitoring or controlling the social media or personal
affairs of employees, students, or family members of employees or
students.
D. As used in this section :
1. "Public school" shall have the same meaning as provided in
Section 1-106 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
2. "State educational institution " shall have the same meaning
as provided in Section 3102 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
58-1-6485 EK 12/31/20