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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legi slature (2023)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL NO. 100 By: Pemberton, Garvin, Weaver,
Bullard, Pederson, and
Rogers of the Senate
and
Lowe (Dick) of the House
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
[ school security - exemption - Oklahoma School
Security Grant Program Act - effective date
– emergency ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codif ied
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5-148.1 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Except as provided for in subsection B of this section, by
July 1, 2026, each school district in this state shall undergo a
risk and vulnerability assessment conducted by the Oklahoma School
Security Institute or a nationally qualified risk and vulnerability
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assessor. The assessment shall include recommendations to increase
security on school district property.
B. A school district that completed a risk and vulnerability
assessment conducted by the Oklahoma School Security Institute or a
nationally qualified risk and vulnerability assessor in the two (2)
years prior to the effective date of this act shall be exempt from
the provisions of subsection A of this section.
C. After an initial risk and vulnerability assessment is
conducted, school dist ricts shall conduct re-assessments every five
(5) years.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021 , Section 51.2b, as
amended by Section 5, Chapter 302, O.S.L. 2022 (74 O.S. Supp. 2022,
Section 51.2b), is amended to read as f ollows:
Section 51.2b A. This section shall be known and may be cited
as the “Oklahoma School Security Grant Program Act”.
B. The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management shall
solicit proposals for and make gra nts for the enhancement of campus
security at institutions of higher learning, technology center
schools, public schools, and private schools.
C. The goals and objectives of the Oklahoma School Security
Grant Program are to:
1. Increase the awareness of the public and educational
institutions of the risks, threats, and vulnerabilities of school
campuses as well as mitigation strategies;
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2. Incentivize participation in school security training
programs designed to assess campus risks, threats, and
vulnerabilities;
3. Provide assistance to institutions of higher learning,
technology center schools, public schools , and private schools
initiating or implementing school security plans, programs, and
activities; and
4. Build upon the success of the pilot Educ ation Grant Program
established by the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security.
D. The Department shall determine grant pro ject criteria and
establish a process for the consideration of prop osals. The
proposals shall be considered on a statew ide competitive basis among
peer institutions. To be eligible for an Oklahoma School Secu rity
Grant Program award, an institution of higher learning, technology
center school, publi c school, or private scho ol shall:
1. Complete a risk and vulnerability assessment conducted by
the Oklahoma School Sec urity Institute or a nationally qualified
risk and vulnerability assessor ; and
2. Agree to expend grant funds on items recommended by the risk
and vulnerability assessment and/or to provide de-escalation and
behavioral threat assessment and management training to employees.
Recommended items eligible for grant fund expendit ures may include,
but shall not be limi ted to, physical security enhancements such as
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cameras, gates, lighting, locks, doors, windows, security
geofencing, and ballistic storm shelters.
E. On or before January 1, 2010, and each year thereafter, the
Department shall prepare an annual report on the Oklahoma School
Security Grant Program and submit the report to the Governor, the
President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate, and the Speaker
of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The report shall include
a list of the recipients of Oklahoma School Security Grant Program
awards and information on how grant funds were used during the
previous year.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, he alth, 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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