Oklahoma 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1983 Compare Versions

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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 1983 By: Ranson
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to schools; requiring media literacy
41	41	and cybersecurity to be taught; outlining instruction
42	42	requirements; requiring studen ts in certain grades to
43	43	take the media literacy and cybersecurity course;
44	44	prescribing the length of the course; allowing
45	45	exception for certain transfer students; mandating
46	46	that the State Department of Education adopt
47	47	curriculum standards; directing the Dep artment to
48	48	develop guidelines, material, and resources;
49	49	requiring the Departme nt to report the standards
50	50	created; providing for codification; and providing an
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56	56	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
57	57	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
58	58	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11 -103.17 of Title 70, unless
59	59	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
60	60	A. Media literacy and cybersecurity education shall be taught
61	61	in the public schools of this state. Media literacy and
62	62	cybersecurity educatio n shall include, but is not limited to, the
63	63	following areas of instruction:
64	64	1. Identifying and avoiding online scams such as: phishing,
65	65	catfishing, malware, ransomware, scarewar e, and clickbait;
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92	92	2. Identifying fraudulent emails, websites, and social media
93	93	profiles;
94	94	3. Using passwords and online security;
95	95	4. Protecting personal information;
96	96	5. Identifying fake news, including how to find sources to
97	97	verify information; and
98	98	6. Identifying deepfake images, videos, and audio and
99	99	identifying artificial inte lligence (AI).
100	100	B. Beginning with students entering the sixth grade in the
101	101	2027-2028 school year, students shall fulfill the requirement by
102	102	satisfactorily completing a media lite racy and cybersecurity course
103	103	containing the areas of instruction as provided in subsection A of
104	104	this section during the sixth, seventh, or eighth grade.
105	105	C. Media literacy and cybersecurity instruction shall be
106	106	provided in a one-half (1/2) unit course.
107	107	D. For students who transfer into an Oklahoma school district
108	108	from out of state during or after the eighth grade, school districts
109	109	may make an exception to the requirements for a media literacy and
110	110	cybersecurity course pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-103.6
111	111	of this title. School districts shall still encourage completion of
112	112	instruction in media literacy and cybersecurity.
113	113	E. The State Board of Education shall identify and adopt
114	114	curriculum standards for media literacy and cybersecurity
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142	142	subsection A of this section. The standards shall be incorporated
143	143	into the state academic content standards adopted by the Board
144	144	pursuant to Section 11 -103.6 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
145	145	F. The State Department of Education shall:
146	146	1. Develop guidelines and material designed to enable schools
147	147	to offer media literacy and cybersecurity as a separate course. The
148	148	guidelines shall outline the areas of instruction to be taught based
149	149	on the curriculum stand ards adopted by the Board;
150	150	2. Develop professional development programs that are designed
151	151	to help teachers provide instruction in media literacy and
152	152	cybersecurity. Development programs shall be designed to help
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155	155	3. Provide resources to assist schools in developing a separate
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157	157	4. Provide and identify resources designed to enable students
158	158	identified as English language learne rs and students with specific
159	159	learning disabilities or individual educational needs to understand
160	160	and use the media literacy and cybersecurity information presented .
161	161	G. Within thirty (30) days of completing the media literacy and
162	162	cybersecurity curriculum standards, the State Board of Education
163	163	shall submit to the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
164	164	and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate a report
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192	192	SECTION 2. This act shall become effe ctive November 1, 2025.
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