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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (202 4)
HOUSE BILL 3800 By: Conley
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
Section 24-158, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 281,
O.S.L. 2022 (70 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 24-158),
which relates to the Oklahoma Prevention Needs
Assessment Survey; providing for optional
administration of and part icipation in survey;
including certain information in notification;
providing for written parental permission to
participate; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 24 -158, as
amended by Section 2, Chapter 281, O.S.L. 2022 (70 O.S. Supp. 2023,
Section 24-158), is amended to read as follows:
Section 24-158. A. The "Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment
Survey" means the biennial mental health prevention survey o f public
school students in grades six, eight, ten , and twelve managed by the
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
B. Beginning in the 2022 -2023 school year, and biennial ly
thereafter, public schools shall may administer the Oklahoma
Prevention Needs Assessment Survey, or an alternative survey as
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provided in subsection D of this section, for the purpose of
providing direction to schools, school di stricts, and communities to
effectively improve the lives of students regarding a variety of
issues with a focus on alcohol, tobacco, other drug use, mental
health, academic failure, and violence.
C. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Ser vices
shall maintain the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey and
shall provide technic al assistance for schools in survey
administration, reporting, planning , and development of school
mental health prevention and intervention strategies informed b y the
survey results.
D. If a school or school district chooses to administer an
alternative survey or assessment tool to fulfill the purpose
described in subsection B of this section, it may apply for a waiver
through the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services.
E. The school district superintendent or his or her designee
shall provide prior written notification to the parents or legal
guardians of students to be administered who have the option to
participate in the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey or an
alternative survey or assessment tool adopted pu rsuant to subsection
D of this section. The notification shall include a copy of the
survey or assessment tool and information to parents and legal
guardians that they may opt allow their student out of to
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participate in the survey or assessment tool by providing written
notice permission to the school district.
F. Prior to the biennial administration of the Oklahoma
Prevention Needs Assessment Survey, the Department of Mental H ealth
and Substance Abuse Services shall submit the survey to the
President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate, the Speaker of
the Oklahoma House of Representative s, the chairs of the committees
with responsibility over common ed ucation in both houses of the
Legislature, and the chairs of the committees with responsibility
over public health in both houses of the Legisla ture.
G. The provisions of this section shall be subject to the
availability of federal funding . If federal funding is insufficient
to provide the Oklahoma P revention Needs Assessment Survey to public
schools on a biennial basis, administration of the s urvey shall not
be required.
H. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and
the State Board of Education may promulgate rules as necessary to
carry out the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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