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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 19 By: Hamilton
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to schools; defining terms; requiring
66	66	each school district and charter school to submit to
67	67	the State Department of Educa tion certain listing
68	68	annually by certain date; allowing submission of
69	69	certain attestation; prohibiting certain materials
70	70	and content from being accessible to certain
71	71	students; requiring school districts and charter
72	72	schools to have certain written policy; p roviding
73	73	certain construction; providing process for reporting
74	74	suspected violations; providing for contents of
75	75	report; requiring certain notifications within
76	76	certain time period; providing for investigation;
77	77	allowing a school district or charter school to
78	78	request certain hearing within certain time period;
79	79	directing the State Board of Education to review
80	80	certain information and vote on certain
81	81	determination; authorizing certain designation of a
82	82	school for certain noncompliance; providing certain
83	83	penalty for noncompliance; providing for promulgation
84	84	of rules; providing for codificati on; providing an
85	85	effective date; and declaring an emergency.
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91	91	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
92	92	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new se ction of law to be codified
93	93	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11 -203 of Title 70, unless there
94	94	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
95	95	A. As used in this section:
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147	147	1. “Library” means a school library, media program, classroom
148	148	library, or any other collection of books or other materials, print
149	149	or digital, that are maintained by a school district or charter
150	150	school or its employees for use by students and that do not qualify
151	151	as textbooks approved by the State Textbook Committee pursuant to
152	152	Sections 16-101 through 16-124 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
153	153	2. “School library” means the library maintained by a school
154	154	district or charter school for use by students;
155	155	3. “Pornographic” means:
156	156	a. depictions or descriptions of sexual conduct whi ch are
157	157	patently offensive as found by the average person
158	158	applying contemporar y community standards, considering
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160	160	material,
161	161	b. materials that, taken as a whole, have as the dominant
162	162	theme an appeal to prurient interest in sex as found
163	163	by the average person applying contemporary community
164	164	standards, and
165	165	c. a reasonable person would find the material, taken as
166	166	a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic,
167	167	educational, political, or scientific purposes or
168	168	values considering the youngest age of students with
169	169	access to the material; and
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221	221	4. “Sexualized content” means material that is not strictly
222	222	pornographic but otherwise contains excessive sexual material in
223	223	light of the educational value of the material and in light o f the
224	224	youngest age of students with access to the material.
225	225	B. By October 1, 2025, and by every October 1 thereafter, each
226	226	school district and charter school shall submit to the State
227	227	Department of Education a complete listing of all books and other
228	228	materials available in its school library. To fulfill the
229	229	requirement of this sub section, a school district or charter school
230	230	superintendent may submit an attestation that the public online
231	231	school library catalog or catalogs contain a complete and accurate
232	232	list of books and other materials accompanied by the website for
233	233	accessing the relevant catalog or catalogs.
234	234	C. A library in a school district or charter school shall be
235	235	prohibited from having any pornographic materials or sexualized
236	236	content accessible to st udents under the age of eighteen (18).
237	237	D. Each school district and charter s chool shall have a written
238	238	policy for reviewing the educational suitability and age -appropriate
239	239	nature of any material in a library and for receiving and responding
240	240	to complaints regarding books and other materials in libraries.
241	241	E. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a student from
242	242	reading, owning, possessing, or discussing any book obtained without
243	243	the assistance or encouragement of a school district or charter
244	244	school, its employees, or its libraries; provided, however, nothing
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296	296	in this section shall be construed to allow a student to bring
297	297	pornographic material or sexualized content on the grounds of a
298	298	school district or charter school.
299	299	F. 1. The parent or legal guardian of a student enrolled in a
300	300	school district or charter school may report suspected violations of
301	301	the provisions of this section to the State Department of Education.
302	302	The report shall include a written complaint summarizing the alleged
303	303	violation including the t ime, date, and location of the alleged
304	304	violation and the identity of any pers on involved. The report shall
305	305	include a copy of any complaint submitted to the school district or
306	306	charter school and any related response.
307	307	2. Within fourteen (14) business days of receiving a report
308	308	pursuant to this subsection, the State Department of Education shall
309	309	notify the school district or charter school of the alleged
310	310	violation and provide an opportunity to respond.
311	311	3. The State Department of Education shall conduct an
312	312	investigation to determine whether a violation occurred. The
313	313	Department shall notify the parent or legal guardian who submitted
314	314	the report and the school district or charter school of the results
315	315	of the investigation.
316	316	4. If the Department determines a vio lation occurred, the
317	317	school district or charter school shall have fourteen (14) business
318	318	days to request a hearing before the State Board of Education. The
319	319	Board shall review the alleged violation, the results of the
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371	371	Department’s investigation, and the re sponse from the school
372	372	district or charter school and vote on whether to upho ld the
373	373	Department’s determination.
374	374	5. If the State Board of Education votes to uphold the State
375	375	Department of Education ’s determination, the Board is authorized to
376	376	report a school district or charter school as deficient on the
377	377	accreditation report for noncompliance with the provisions of this
378	378	section. Upon a finding of noncompliance with the provisions of
379	379	subsections B and C of this section by the State Board of Education,
380	380	the noncompliant school district or charter school shall receive a
381	381	five percent (5%) reduction in state funding for the fiscal year
382	382	following the fiscal year of noncompliance.
383	383	G. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules to
384	384	implement the provisions of this section.
385	385	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
386	386	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
387	387	of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
388	388	declared to exist, by re ason whereof this act shall take effect and
389	389	be in full force from and after i ts passage and approval.
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