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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL 1775 By: Conley of the House
and
Bullard of the Senate
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to schools; prohibiting cer tain
employees from being r equired to engage in certain
training, orientation or therapy that presents any
form of certain stereotyping or blame; prohibiting
certain employees from requiring certain conc epts to
be part of a course; specifying concepts; provi ding
for promulgation of rules; providing for
codification; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be co dified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-103.12 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
A. No teacher, admini strator or other employee of a state
agency, school district, charter school or virtual charter school
shall be required to engage in training, or ientation or therapy that
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presents any form of race or sex stereotyping or blame on the basis
of race or sex.
B. No teacher, admini strator or other employee of a state
agency, school district, charter school or virtual charter school
shall require or make part of a course the following concepts:
1. One race or sex is inherently superior to another race or
sex;
2. An individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, i s
inherently racist, sexist or oppressive, whether consciously or
unconsciously;
3. An individual should be discriminated against or receive
adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her race or
sex;
4. Members of one race or sex cannot and should not attempt to
treat others without r espect to race or sex;
5. An individual’s moral character is necessarily determined by
his or her race or sex;
6. An individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, bears
responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of
the same race or sex;
7. Any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or any
other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race
or sex; or
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8. Meritocracy or traits su ch as a hard work ethic are racist
or sexist or were created by members of a particular race to oppress
members of another race.
C. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to
implement the provisions of this section.
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
declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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