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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1020 By: Dahm
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to children; creating the Oklah oma
66	66	Learning Pod Protection Act; providin g short title;
67	67	providing purpose; providing definitions; exempting
68	68	learning pods from certain statut es, rules,
69	69	regulations, policies and other regula tory
70	70	provisions; prohibiting certain employees from
71	71	visiting or inspecting learning pods; prohibiting a
72	72	public school district from taking certain action
73	73	against any student or parent based on certain
74	74	participation; prohibiting a state agency, local
75	75	government or school district from requiring certain
76	76	registration or other report; providing certain
77	77	construction; providing for establishment of clear
78	78	and convincing evidence; providing for codification;
79	79	and declaring an emergency .
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85	85	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
86	86	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
87	87	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4-300 of Title 70, unless there
88	88	is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
89	89	A. This act shall be known and may be cited as th e “Oklahoma
90	90	Learning Pod Protection Act”.
91	91	B. The Oklahoma Learning Pod Protection Act is necessary to
92	92	ensure that Oklahoma parents or legal guardians that choose to
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144	144	voluntarily associate to advance the educa tion and care of their
145	145	children in the state shall not be subject to regulation.
146	146	C. As used in this section:
147	147	1. “Parent” means the parent or legal guardian of any chil d
148	148	under the age of eighteen (18) ;
149	149	2. “Learning pod” means a voluntary association of p arents
150	150	choosing to group their children together at various times or places
151	151	to participate in or enhance their children’s education programming
152	152	and care; and
153	153	3. “Operation of a learning pod” means all the parents of the
154	154	children participating in the learning pod and any other individuals
155	155	assisting those parents while engaged in any actions taken to
156	156	organize, facilitate or operate the learning pod and any facility,
157	157	home or other structure utilized by the learning pod.
158	158	D. A learning pod shall be exempt from the following state,
159	159	local or school district statute s, rules, regulations, policies or
160	160	any other regulatory provision s:
161	161	1. All provisions of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
162	162	2. All provisions related to the operation of a child care
163	163	facility, child care center or family child care home including the
164	164	Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act in Title 10 of the
165	165	Oklahoma Statutes;
166	166	3. Any state or local building or fire codes applicable to
167	167	educational or child-care facilities; and
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219	219	4. Any other state or local statute, rule or code which would
220	220	not be applicable to any group, building or facility but for the
221	221	operation of a learning pod.
222	222	E. No Oklahoma state, local or school district employee shall
223	223	visit, inspect or in vestigate the site of a learning pod or initiate
224	224	a site visit, inspection or investigation that would not have been
225	225	initiated or made but for the operation or presence of a learning
226	226	pod.
227	227	F. No Oklahoma state, local or school district employee shall ,
228	228	on the basis of any federal law, rule, policy or any other federal
229	229	authority, visit, inspect or investigate the site of a learning pod
230	230	or initiate a site visit, inspection or investigation that would not
231	231	have been initiated or made but for the operation or prese nce of an
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233	233	G. No Oklahoma school district shall take any action or in any
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235	235	parent on the basis of participation in a learning pod.
236	236	H. No Oklahoma state agency, local gove rnment or school
237	237	district shall require any learning pod to register or otherwise
238	238	report its existence or anything related to the operation of a
239	239	learning pod to the government.
240	240	I. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to
241	241	alter the regulation of any child care facility, child care center
242	242	or family child care home that is not a learning pod.
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294	294	J. Whether any state, local government or school distr ict law,
295	295	regulation, policy or action complies with the provisions of this
296	296	act shall be a judicial question .
297	297	K. The state, local government or school district that is
298	298	alleged to have violated the provisions of this act shall establish
299	299	by clear and convinc ing evidence that the challenged law,
300	300	regulation, policy or action:
301	301	1. Does not unduly impede the freedom of parents to provide
302	302	care and supervision of their children;
303	303	2. Does not single out educational activities while similar
304	304	gatherings of children for recreational or social activities remain
305	305	unregulated; and
306	306	3. Is narrowly tailored to protect the public health and
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308	308	SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
309	309	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
310	310	declared to exist, by reason whereof th is act shall take effect and
311	311	be in full force from and after its passage an d approval.
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