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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1799 By: Boren
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to students; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
66	66	Section 13-116, which relates to corporal punishment;
67	67	requiring certain consent to be provided by all
68	68	parents or legal guardians of certain student;
69	69	requiring consent to be provided during certain
70	70	meeting within certain time period of certain event;
71	71	requiring review of certain alternative disciplinary
72	72	strategies; requiring consent to inclu de certain
73	73	information; providing an effective date; and
74	74	declaring an emergency .
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79	79	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
80	80	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 13 -116, is
81	81	amended to read as follows:
82	82	Section 13-116. A. School district personnel shall be
83	83	prohibited from using corporal punishment on students identified
84	84	with the most significant cognitive disabilities according to
85	85	criteria established by the State Department of Education unless
86	86	addressed in an annual indiv idualized education program (IEP)
87	87	developed in accordance w ith the Individuals with Disabilities
88	88	Education Act (IDEA).
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140	140	B. A waiver to the provisions of subsection A of this section
141	141	shall be granted if all of the parent parents or legal guardian
142	142	guardians of a student provides provide written consent. The
143	143	written consent shall be provided during a meeting of the IEP team
144	144	members that is held no more than three (3) days from the
145	145	disciplinary event that provoked the use of corporal punish ment.
146	146	The IEP team shall review with the student ’s parents or legal
147	147	guardians any evidence-based alternative disciplinary strategies
148	148	that have been attempted or that could be attempted to improve the
149	149	student’s behavior in a school setting. The written co nsent
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151	151	1. Indicate that evidence-based alternative disciplin ary
152	152	strategies reviewed by the IEP team with the student’s parents or
153	153	legal guardians were not succe ssful;
154	154	2. Include the name of the school employee author ized to
155	155	administer corporal punishment;
156	156	3. Indicate if a paddle will be used t o administer corporal
157	157	punishment. If a paddle is to be used, the consent shall include a
158	158	description of the weight, length, and thickness of the paddle to be
159	159	used and how many times the student will be hit with the padd le; and
160	160	4. Indicate if a school employee’s hand will be used to
161	161	administer corporal punishment to hit, spank, slap, or administer
162	162	any other physical force. If a hand is to be used, the consent
163	163	shall include the name of the school employee, his or her size, his
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215	215	or her weight, and how many times the student will be hit with the
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217	217	C. As used in this section, “corporal punishment” means the
218	218	deliberate infliction of physical pain by hitting, paddling,
219	219	spanking, slapping, or any other physical force used as a means of
220	220	discipline.
221	221	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
222	222	SECTION 3. It being immediately nece ssary for the preservation
223	223	of the public peace, he alth, or safety, an emergency is hereby
224	224	declared to exist, by reason whereof th is act shall take effect and
225	225	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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