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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1133 By: Taylor
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; directing teachers and
other school staff to hav e authority for control and
discipline of students; providing actions teachers
and other instructional staff may take to manage
student behavior; directing teachers and other
instructional staff to perform certain a ctions;
allowing a teacher to send a student to the
principal’s office and recommend certain consequence;
allowing a teacher to remove a student from a
classroom for certain behavior; providing for
placement of a student who has been removed from a
classroom; directing school districts to establi sh
certain placement review committee; providing fo r
membership; providing duties; providing for certain
reports; directing the State Board of Education to
review school district compliance; providing for
promulgation of rules; requiring professional
development for certain teachers; providing for
codification; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codifi ed
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 24-100.9 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
A. Subject to the policies adopted by a school distri ct board
of education, each teacher or other member of staff of any sch ool
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district in this state shall have authority for the control and
discipline of students as may be assigned to him or her by the
principal or his or her designee and shall keep good order in the
classroom and in other places in which he or she is assigne d to be
in charge of students.
B. Within the framework of the school district board of
education’s policy for the discipline of childre n and standards of
conduct adopted pursuant to Section 24 -100.4 of Title 70 of the
Oklahoma Statutes, teachers and other instructional staff shall have
the authority to undertake any of the following actions in managing
student behavior and ensuring the sa fety of all students in their
classes and school and their opportunity to learn in an orderly and
disciplined classroom:
1. Establish classroom rules of conduct;
2. Establish and implement consequences designed to change
behavior for infractions of classroom rules;
3. Have disobedient, disrespectful, violent, abus ive,
uncontrollable, or disruptive students removed from the classroom
for behavior management intervention;
4. Have violent, abusive, uncontrollable, or disruptive
students directed for inform ation or assistance from appropriate
school personnel;
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5. Assist in enforcing school rules on school property during
school-sponsored transportation, and during school-sponsored
activities;
6. Request and receive information as to the disposition of any
referrals to the administration for violation of classroom or school
rules;
7. Request and receive immediate assi stance in classroom
management if a student becomes uncon trollable or in case of an
emergency;
8. Request and receive training and other assi stance to improve
skills in classroom management, violence prevention, conflic t
resolution, and other related areas ;
9. Notify law enforcement of any verbal threat or act of
threatening behavior pursuant to the provisions of Section 24 -100.8
of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes and any documented and verified
acts of bullying which may constitute criminal activity or
reasonably have the potential to endanger school safety pursuant to
the provisions of Section 24 -100.4 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
Statutes; and
10. Use necessary and reasonable force to protect himself or
herself or others from injury as provided for in Sect ion 6-149.7 of
Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes .
C. Teachers and other instructional personnel shall:
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1. Set and enforce reasonable classroom rules that treat all
students equitably;
2. Seek professional develop ment to improve classroom
management skills when data shows that they are not effective in
handling minor classroom disruptions;
3. Maintain an orderly and discip lined classroom with a
positive and effective learning environment that maximizes learning
and minimizes disruption; and
4. Work with parents or legal guardians and other school
personnel to solve discipline problems in classrooms.
D. A teacher may send a student to the principal ’s office to
maintain effective discipline in the classroom and may recommend an
appropriate consequence consistent with the school district board of
education’s policy for the discipline of children and standards of
conduct adopted pursuant to Section 24 -100.4 of Title 70 of the
Oklahoma Statutes. The principal sha ll respond by employing the
teacher’s recommended consequence or a more serious disciplinary
action if the student’s history of disruptive behavior warrants it.
If the principal determines that a lesser disciplinary ac tion is
appropriate, the principal shall co nsult with the teacher prio r to
taking disciplinary action.
E. A teacher may remove from class a stu dent whose behavior the
teacher determines interferes with th e teacher’s ability to
communicate effectively with the students in the class or with the
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ability of the student’s classmates to learn. Each school district
board of education, school district superintendent, and school
principal shall support the authority of teachers to remove
disobedient, violent, ab usive, uncontrollable, or disruptive
students from the classroom.
F. If a teacher removes a student from class pursuant to
subsection E of this s ection, the principal may place the student in
another appropriate classroom, in in-school suspension, or in an
alternative education program as provided fo r in Section 1210.568 of
Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The principal may recommend the
student for out-of-school suspension or expulsion, as appropriate.
The student may be prohibited from attending or partic ipating in
school-sponsored or school-related activities. The principal may
not return the student to the teacher ’s class without the teacher’s
consent unless the placement review committee established pu rsuant
to subsection G of this section determines that such placement is
the best or only available alternative.
G. 1. Each school district shall establish a placement review
committee to determine the placement of a student when a teacher
withholds consent to the return of a student to the teacher’s
classroom. A school principal shall notify each teacher in the
school about the availability, the procedures, and the criteria for
the placement review committee as o utlined in this subsection. The
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placement review committee shall include, at a minimum, the
following:
a. one teacher selected by th e school’s faculty,
b. one teacher selected by the teacher who has removed
the student, and
c. one member from the school’s staff who is selected by
the principal.
2. The teacher who withheld consent for a removed student to
return to the teacher ’s classroom shall not serve on the placement
review committee. The teacher and the placement review committ ee
shall render decisions with in five (5) days after the removal of the
student from the classroom. If the placement review committee’s
decision is contrary to the decision of the teacher to withhold
consent to the return of the removed student to the tea cher’s
classroom, the teacher may appeal the committee’s decision to the
school district superintendent.
3. The principal shall report on a quarterly basis to the
school district superintendent and the school district board of
education each incidence of a teacher’s withholding consent for a
removed student to return t o the teacher’s classroom and the
disposition of the incident. The superintendent shall annually
report this data to the State De partment of Education.
4. The State Board of Education shall annually review each
school district’s compliance with this subsection and success in
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achieving orderly classrooms. The Board shall promulgate rules for
monitoring compliance with this subsecti on and is authorized to
report a school as deficient on the accreditation report for
noncompliance with the prov isions of this subsection.
H. Any teacher who removes twenty -five percent (25%) of his or
her total class enrollment shall be required to compl ete
professional development to improve classroom management skills.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preserv ation
of the public peace, health , or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason wh ereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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