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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 2388 By: Talley
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; defining term; allowing
social-emotional learning instruction for students of
certain grades; authorizing the State Department of
Education or local school district to create and
offer instructional materials; 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 11-103.7a of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section , "social-emotional learning" is the
process through which children and adults understand and manage
emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for
others, establish and maintain positive relationships and make
responsible decisions.
B. Beginning in the 2022 -2023 school year, each school district
in the state may provide age-appropriate instruction about social-
emotional learning, a t the option of the local school district, a
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minimum of once during the period during grades kindergarten, second
and fourth.
C. The State Department of Education may create or offer
accurate instructional materials for social-emotional learning
education on the Department 's website. A school district may elect
to create or implement its own social-emotional learning education
instructional materials.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
58-1-5155 AMM 12/02/20