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ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 1198 By: Bergstrom and Jett of the
Senate
and
Lepak of the House
[ schools - policy - program - curriculum -
notification - education video - codification -
effective date ]
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 24-100.11 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Each school district board of education in this state shall
adopt a policy regarding sex trafficking and exploitation prevention
and education programs for students.
B. Each school district board of education in this state shall
provide schoolwide education programs to all students i n grades six
through twelve and staff addressing sex trafficking and exploitation
prevention and awareness.
C. The State Department of Education shall develop and make
available to every public school that serves sixth through twelfth
grades in this state curriculum that shall be taught as a stand -
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alone unit of instruction regarding human trafficking with an
emphasis on sex trafficking. The curriculum shall be age
appropriate and shall include an emphasis on ex ploitation
prevention. For students in grade s nine through twelve, c urriculum
shall specifically include the following:
1. Definitions and nature of sex trafficking and exploitation;
2. Current laws of sex trafficking and exploitation in
Oklahoma;
3. Facts and statistics of sex trafficking and ex ploitation in
Oklahoma and throughout the United States;
4. How sex traffickers profile victims;
5. The role of online computer activity;
6. How demand is created and the industries that influence sex
trafficking and exploitation;
7. How to identify a potential victim and what to do when a
person identifies a victim;
8. Understanding force, fraud , and coercion;
9. Understanding how traffickers groom a victim;
10. The differences between prostitution and sex trafficking
and exploitation;
11. The role that pornography plays in sex trafficking and
exploitation;
12. Understanding the complexities of abuse, indoctrination ,
and manipulation;
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13. Understanding the physiological makeup of a sex trafficking
victim;
14. Rescuing victims of sex trafficking a nd exploitation; and
15. How to engage in the fight against sex trafficking and
exploitation.
D. The State Department of Education shall develop and make
available to every public school that serves sixth through twelfth
grades in this state curriculum t hat shall be taught as a stand -
alone unit of instruction regarding social media and how students
may best protect themselves from exploitation when using social
media and internet services including, but not lim ited to, online
gaming, chat rooms, and email . The curriculum shall be age
appropriate and shall be updated annually to respond to changes in
social media.
E. The State Department of Education may collaborate with
outside organizations including law enforcement agencies to develop
the curriculum required by this section at no cost to the State
Department of Education . The curriculum shall be provided at no
cost to school districts.
F. Curriculum used by a school district pursuant to this
section shall be made available for public inspection on the school
district’s website.
G. The curriculum required in subsections C and D of this
section shall be combined into a single unit.
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1. For grades six through eight, the curriculum shall be taught
as a ninety-minute unit divided into forty-five-minute segments over
two (2) days, which may not be consecutive, but each segment shall
be provided no more than one week apart.
2. For grades nine through twelve, the curriculum shall be
taught as a one-hundred-thirty-five-minute unit divided into forty -
five-minute segments over three (3) days, which may not be
consecutive, but each segment shall be provided no more than one
week apart.
H. School districts shall provide p arents and legal guardians
of students written notification , which includes an explanation of
the presentation, who the presenter(s) will be, and any organization
with which the presenter is affiliated, at least seven (7) days
prior to presentation of the curriculum . The notification shall
include information to parents and legal guardians that th ey may opt
their student out of the curriculum by providing written notice to
the school district.
I. Each school district board of education may partner with
nonprofit organizations and law enforcement agencies that specialize
in outreach and education p rograms on sex trafficking and
exploitation to make literature that addresses sex trafficking and
exploitation available and to assist in presenting the curriculum to
students. Literature and assistance provide d pursuant to this
subsection shall be at no cost to school districts and shall be
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limited in scope to the topics and guidance provided in subsections
B, C, and D of this section . Any literature provided pursuant to
this subsection shall be made available for public inspection on the
school district’s website.
J. The State Department of Education shall develop and make
available to the public on its website a ninety-minute education
video that addresses sex trafficking, exploitation prevention, and
social media use. The program shall be divided int o segments not to
exceed twenty (20) minutes each. The Department shall also make
available on its website links to materials that compl ement the
education video and links to nonprofit organizations that specialize
in outreach and education programs on se x trafficking and
exploitation. The education video required by this subsection shall
address the topics outlined in paragraphs 1 through 15 of subsection
C of this section as well as concrete steps that parent s and legal
guardians can take to protect chi ldren from exploitation.
K. The State Department of Education shall identify resources
and provide exemplar units or sample lesson plans designed to help
teachers provide instruction on the subject matters outlined in this
section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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Passed the Senate the 12th day of March, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
2024.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives