Oklahoma 2023 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB9 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 11/29/2022

                             
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) 
 
SENATE BILL 9 	By: Bullard 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to school districts; directi ng school 
districts to submit annually to the State Department 
of Education certain expenditure report relating to 
diversity, inclusion, equity, or social justice; 
directing the Department to make the report available 
on certain website; providing for cont ents of report; 
requiring school districts to submit certain 
additional information to the Department; providing 
for promulgation of rules; authorizing certain 
designation of a school fo r certain noncompliance; 
providing for codification; providing an effe ctive 
date; and declaring an e mergency. 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STAT E OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5-201 of Title 70, unless there 
is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows: 
A.  Each school district shall submit to the State Department of 
Education by July 1, 2024, and each July 1 thereafter an itemized 
report of school district expenditures for the previous fiscal year 
related to addressing or improving diversity , inclusion, equity, or 
social justice in the school district.  The State Department of 
Education shall make the expenditure report available on its   
 
 
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Oklahoma Cost Accounting System and School District Financial 
Information website. 
B.  The report required by subsection A of this section shall 
include the following expenditures for each fiscal year : 
1.  The number of employees whose partial or primary job 
function is dedicated to involvement in anti -discrimination, equity, 
inclusion, diversity, anti -racism, or social justice within the 
school district.  The information shall include the salaries of the 
employees, the job descriptions of the employees, the number of 
professional development or training programs performed by the 
employees, and the number of investigations conducted by the 
employees; 
2.  The total amount and itemized expenditures the school 
district has spent by activity related to anti-discrimination, 
equity, inclusion, diversity, anti -racism, or social justice; 
3.  The total number and related expenditures for mandatory and 
voluntary school staff training, professional development, or 
rehabilitative sessions provided relating to anti-discrimination, 
equity, inclusion, diversity, anti -racism, or social justice; 
4.  The total number and itemized expenditures for mandatory and 
voluntary student tr aining sessions, seminars, courses , or classes 
provided relating to anti -discrimination, equity, inclusion, 
diversity, anti-racism, or social justice;   
 
 
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5.  The number of employees subjected to counseling, discipline, 
or any other remedial m easure for violating the school district’s 
anti-discrimination, equity, inclusion, diversity, anti -racism, or 
social justice policy and itemized expenditures disaggregated by 
type of measure including but not lim ited to mandatory or voluntary 
counseling, discipline, suspension, demotion, or other remedial 
measure; and 
6.  The number of students subjected t o counseling, discipline , 
or any other remedial measure for violating the school district’s 
anti-discrimination, equity, inclusion, diversity, anti -racism, or 
social justice policy and itemized expenditures disaggregated by 
type of measure including but not limi ted to mandatory or voluntary 
counseling, discipline, in-school suspension, out-of-school 
suspension, detention , or other remedial measure. 
C.  In addition to the ex penditure report required by subsection 
A of this section, each school district shall submi t to the State 
Department of Education the following: 
1.  A copy of the sc hool district’s anti-discrimination, equi ty, 
inclusion, diversity, anti -racism, or social justice policy adopted 
by the school district board of education; 
2.  Copies of all coursework, homework assignments, classroom 
presentations, and other materials th at were assigned or shown to 
students as part of a school district’s anti-discrimination, equity, 
inclusion, diversity, anti -racism, or social justice policy;   
 
 
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3.  A copy of the school district’s student and employee 
handbooks with the following provisions highlighted if included: 
a. provisions enforcing the district’s anti-
discrimination, equity, inclusion, diversity, anti -
racism, or social justice policy, 
b. the penalties or disciplin e that will be imposed on 
students and staff for failing to comply with th e 
district’s anti-discrimination, equity, inclusion, 
diversity, anti-racism, or social ju stice policy, 
c. provisions explaining the First Amendment rights of 
students and employees , and 
d. the due process procedures for disciplining students 
and employees for violations of the district ’s anti-
discrimination, equity, inclusion, diversity, anti -
racism, or social justice policy; 
4.  A copy of any contract entered into by the school distr ict 
to provide professional development, training, or any related 
coursework to employees or students relating to t he district’s anti-
discrimination, equity, inclusi on, diversity, anti-racism, or social 
justice policy including the amount of the contract; and 
5.  A copy of any contract entered into by the school district 
for the performance of a diversity analysis or equity assessment or 
for the development of an anti-discrimination, equity, inclusion,   
 
 
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diversity, anti-racism, or social justice policy.  The submission 
required by this paragraph shall include: 
a. a copy of any bid or proposal received by the district 
for the purposes set forth in this paragraph, 
b. a copy of any report or work product generated as a 
result of a contract for the purposes set f orth in 
this paragraph, and 
c. the amount the school district expended on e ach 
contract for the purposes set forth in this paragraph. 
D.  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for 
monitoring compliance with th e provisions of this section and is 
authorized to report a school as deficient on the accreditation 
report for noncompliance. 
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. 
SECTION 3.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation 
of the public peace, health , or safety, an emergency is hereby 
declared to exist, by reas on whereof this act shall take effect and 
be in full force from and after its passage and appr oval. 
 
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