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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1603 By: Gise
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; requiring teaching of
human growth and development curriculum; specifying
curriculum requirements; requiring sc hool districts
to offer human growth and development curriculum in
an age-appropriate manner; allowing district to
choose how to incorporate certain instruction;
requiring certain instruction for graduation;
requiring integration of certain instruction wit h
health or science education; mandating the human
growth and development curr iculum be incorporated in
the state academic content standards; directing the
State Department of Education to develop certain
guidelines and resources for schools and teachers;
providing for codification; providing an effective
date; and declaring an emergency.
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 a s Section 11-203 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numberi ng, reads as follows:
A. Human growth and development curriculum shall be taught in
the public schools of this state. Human growth and development
education shall include, but is not limited to:
1. Human biology related to pregnancy;
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2. Human development inside of a womb;
3. A high-definition ultrasound video, at least three (3)
minutes in duration, showing the development of the brain, heart,
sex organs, and other vital orga ns in early fetal development; and
4. A high-quality, computer-generated rendering or animation
showing the process of fertilization and every stage of fetal
development, highlighting significant markers in cell growth and
organ development until birth.
B. School districts shall provide the curriculum described in
subsection A of this section to students in grades one through six
in an age-appropriate manner. Schools may incorporate the
curriculum into an existing course or courses or develop curriculum
for a separate course .
C. School districts shall provide a continuation of th e
curriculum described in subsection A of this section to students in
grades seven and eight in a developmentally appropriate manner.
Schools may incorporate the curriculum into an existing course or
courses or develop curriculum for a separate course.
D. In order to graduate from a public high school accredited by
the State Board of Education with a standard diploma, students in
grades nine through twelve shall receive human gr owth and
development instruction as described in subsection A of this
section. Such instruction shall be integrated into health or
science education and shall be incorporated into the state academic
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content standards adopted by the State Board of Educatio n pursuant
to Section 11-103.6 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
E. The State Department of Education shall develop guidelines,
material, professional development programs, and resources designed
to enable schools and teachers to infuse human growth a nd
development instruction within any course of study currently offered
by the school district or offer human growth and development as a
separate course.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
60-1-11217 SW 01/11/25