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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2388 By: Talley
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to schools; defining term; allowing
social-emotional learning instruction for stude nts;
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.
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B. Beginning in the 2022 -2023 school year, each school district
in the state may provide age -appropriate instruction of social -
emotional learning at the option of the local school district.
C. The State Department of Education may create or offer
accurate instructional materials for s ocial-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.
58-1-7698 AMM 02/23/21