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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1232 By: West (Kevin)
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to education; permitting school
districts to employ or accept volunteer chaplains;
clarifying certification requirements; pr ohibiting
certain individuals involved in certain cases;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1210.205 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. A school district may employ or accept one or more volunteer
chaplains to provide support, services, and programs for stude nts as
assigned by the governing body of the school. A chaplain employed
or volunteering under this act is not required to be certified by
the State Department of Education.
B. A school district may not employ or accept as a volunteer a
chaplain who has been convicted of or is a defendant for an offense
that requires the defendant to register as a sex offender.
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-10569 SW 12/16/24