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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 1888 By: Standridge
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to schools; prohibiting c ertain
66	66	schools and school libra ries from maintaining or
67	67	promoting certain books; allowing a parent or legal
68	68	guardian of a student to submit certain request to
69	69	remove certain book; requiring within certain time
70	70	period the removal of the book or submission of
71	71	certain written explanation f or denying a request for
72	72	removal; creating a cause of action for denying a
73	73	request to remove a book ; allowing a court to make
74	74	certain determination and grant certain injunctive
75	75	relief; providing for codification; providing an
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81	81	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
82	82	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
83	83	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 16-130 of Title 70, unless there
84	84	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
85	85	A. No public school district, public charter school, or public
86	86	school library shall maintain in its inventory or promote books that
87	87	make as their primary subject the study of sex, sexual lifestyles,
88	88	or sexual activity, or books that are of a predominantly sexual
89	89	nature that a reasonable parent or legal guardian would want to know
90	90	of or approve of prior to his or her child being exposed to it.
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142	142	B. 1. The parent or legal guardian of a student who believes a
143	143	public school district, public charter school, or public school
144	144	library is maintaining book(s) in violation of subsecti on A of this
145	145	section may submit a written request to the school district
146	146	superintendent or charter school administrator to remove the book(s)
147	147	from the public school district, public charter schoo l, or public
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149	149	2. Within thirty (30) days of receiving a written request to
150	150	remove a book, the school district superintendent or charter school
151	151	administrator shall either remove the book from the public school
152	152	district, public charter sch ool, or public school library or submit
153	153	to the parent or legal guardian a written explanation for denying
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155	155	C. If a written request to remove a book is denied pursuant to
156	156	paragraph 2 of subsection B of this section , a parent or legal
157	157	guardian shall have a cause of action against a public school
158	158	district or public charter school . If a court determines the book
159	159	is of a nature that a reasonable parent or legal guardian would want
160	160	to know of or approve of prior to his or her child being exposed to
161	161	it, the court may grant injunctive relief by ordering the removal of
162	162	the book from the public school dist rict, public charter school, or
163	163	public school library.
164	164	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
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216	216	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
217	217	of the public peace, health , or safety, an emergency is hereby
218	218	declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
219	219	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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