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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2388 By: Talley and Rosecrants of
the House
and
Dugger of the Senate
An Act relating to schools; defining term; allowing
social-emotional learning instruction for students;
authorizing the State Department of Education o r
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 b e 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 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 social -emotional learning
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education on the Department's webs ite. 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.
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