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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 411 By: Jett
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to school employees; defining term;
66	66	requiring certain notification if an individual
67	67	employed by certain school is being inv estigated for,
68	68	has been arrested in relation to, or has been charged
69	69	with certain offenses; requiring certain board of
70	70	education to suspend the employee pending certain
71	71	outcome; prohibiting employee from submitting
72	72	resignation during suspension term; prohibiting
73	73	suspension from depriving certain employee of certain
74	74	compensation and benefits; prohibiting the employee
75	75	from being on school premises during suspension term;
76	76	providing for extension of suspension under certain
77	77	circumstances; requiring certain supe rintendent to
78	78	provide certain notification; requiring notification
79	79	to include certain statement; providing for
80	80	promulgation of rules; providing for codification;
81	81	providing an effective date; and declaring an
82	82	emergency.
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87	87	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOP LE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
88	88	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
89	89	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5 -144.1 of Title 70, unless
90	90	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
91	91	A. As used in this s ection, “offenses against students ” means
92	92	crimes or attempts to commit crimes provided for in Section 843.5 of
93	93	Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes if the offense involved sexual
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145	145	abuse or sexual exploitation as those terms are defined in Section
146	146	1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, Section 741, 843.1,
147	147	if the offense included sexual abuse or sexual exploitation, 865 et
148	148	seq., 885, 888, 891, 1021, 1021.2, 1021.3, 1040.13a, 1087, 1088,
149	149	1111.1, 1114, or 1123 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
150	150	B. If an individual employed by a public school district,
151	151	public charter school, or public virtual charter school in this
152	152	state:
153	153	1. Is being investigated for or has been arrested in relation
154	154	to offenses against students; or
155	155	2. Has been charged with offenses agai nst students,
156	156	the law enforcement agency involved in the investigation, arrest , or
157	157	charging shall notify the superintendent of the employing school
158	158	district, public charter school, or public virtual charter school
159	159	and the members of the board of education of the employing school
160	160	district or the members of the governing board of the employing
161	161	public charter school or public virtual charter school.
162	162	C. 1. Upon receiving a notification as provided for in
163	163	subsection B of this section, the board of education of the
164	164	employing school district or the governing board of the employing
165	165	public charter school or public virtual charter school shall suspend
166	166	the school employee without notice or hearing pending the outcome of
167	167	the law enforcement investigation. The suspens ion shall not deprive
168	168	the employee of any compensation or other benefits to which he or
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220	220	she is otherwise entitled. The employee shall not be allowed on
221	221	school premises during the term of suspension.
222	222	2. In a case involving a criminal charge or indictment, the
223	223	suspension may extend until the case for the employee is adjudicated
224	224	at trial. The extension shall not include any appeal process.
225	225	3. During the term of suspension, the employee shall be
226	226	prohibited from submitting his or her resignation.
227	227	D. Upon receiving a notification as provided for in subsection
228	228	B of this section, the superintendent of the employing school
229	229	district, public charter school, or public virtual charter school
230	230	shall notify the parents and legal guardians of students enrolled in
231	231	the school district, public charter school, or public virtual
232	232	charter school. The n otification shall include a statement
233	233	explaining that the school employee is presumed innocent until and
234	234	unless proven guilty.
235	235	E. The State Board of Education shall promulgate r ules to
236	236	implement the provisions of this section.
237	237	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
238	238	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
239	239	of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
240	240	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
241	241	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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