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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1141 By: Standridge
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to higher education; proh ibiting
certain institutions of higher education from
requiring students to enroll in certain courses;
prohibiting certain students from being penalized for
not enrolling in certain courses ; prohibiting certain
institutions of higher education from including as
part of certain course s certain concepts; providing
prohibited concepts; providing exception; allowing
promulgation of rules; 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 codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3251 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. 1. Beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, no
institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Educa tion
shall require students to enroll in a course that is not a core
requirement of their chosen curriculum and that addresses any form
of gender, sexual, or racial d iversity, equality, or inclusion
curriculum.
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2. No student shall be penalized academically or financially
for choosing not to enroll in a course pursuant to the provisions of
this subsection.
B. Beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, no institution
within The Oklahoma State System of Highe r Education shall include
or make part of a course that is a core requirement for a degree
program any concepts related to gender, sexual, or racial diversity,
equality, or inclusion. Prohibited concepts include:
1. One race or sex is inherently superior to another race or
sex;
2. An individual, by vir tue of his or her race or sex, is
inherently racist, sexist , or oppressive, whether consciously or
unconsciously;
3. An individual should be discri minated against or receive
adverse treatment solely or par tly because of his or her race or
sex;
4. Members of one race or sex cannot and should not attempt to
treat others without respect to race or sex ;
5. An individual's moral character is necessarily determined by
his or her race or sex;
6. An individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, bears
responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of
the same race or sex ;
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7. Any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish , or
any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her
race or sex; or
8. Meritocracy or traits su ch as a hard work ethic are racist
or sexist or were created by members of a particular race to oppress
members of another race.
C. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit concept s
related to gender, sexual, or racial diversity, equality, or
inclusion that align to a degree program focused on gende r, sexual,
or racial studies.
D. The Oklahoma State Reg ents for Higher Education may
promulgate rules to implement the provi sions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effe ctive July 1, 2022.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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