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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (202 2)
HOUSE BILL 3656 By: Sterling of the House
and
Weaver of the Senate
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; authorizing school
district to offer law enforcement elective course to
juniors and seniors; listing certain information to
be included in course; permitting State Board of
Education to coordinate wi th the Council on Law
Enforcement Education and Training; authorizing Board
to promulgate rules; 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 11-103.15 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. A school district may offer to students in grades eleven and
twelve an elective course in law enforcement.
B. The law enforcement elective course shall include, at a
minimum:
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1. A general introduction to law enforcement training;
2. Critical skills and entry requirements for law enforcement
professionals; and
3. Career opportunities in law enforcement.
C. The State Board of Education may coordinate with the Council
on Law Enforcement Education and Trai ning to develop instructional
materials and curricula for schools to use in the law enforcement
elective course. The Board may promulgate rules to implement the
provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective Novemb er 1, 2022.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON COMMON EDUCATION, dated 02/17/2022
- DO PASS, As Coauthored.