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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 646 By: Newhouse
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; requiring written
notification to a parent or legal guardian prior to
administration of any survey to stude nts beginning in
certain school year; providing for contents of
notification; defining term; allowing for development
of certain sample form; 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 24-160 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplica tion in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Beginning in the 2023-2024 school year, prior to the
administration of any survey, a school district, public c harter
school, or virtual charter school shall provide prior wri tten
notification to the parent or legal guardian of students to be
administered the survey. The notification shall i nclude the content
of the survey and information on how a parent or legal guardian can
opt a student out of the survey. For the purposes of this section,
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“survey” means a list of questions to or information collected from
a student, a group of students, or a class.
B. The State Department of Education may develop a sample
notification form that may be used by school districts.
SECTION 2. This act shall become eff ective July 1, 2023.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health , or safety, an emergency is her eby
declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from an d after its passage and approval.
59-1-861 EB 1/18/2023 9:59:23 AM