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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 700 By: Rader
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to school athletics; defining terms;
66	66	directing the State Department of Education and the
67	67	State Department of Health to joi ntly develop and
68	68	post on certain websites guidelines, policies,
69	69	procedures, and safety standards regarding exertional
70	70	heat-related illness; providing for minimum contents
71	71	of guidelines; directing school district governing
72	72	bodies to develop certain emergenc y action plan;
73	73	allowing school districts to hold informational
74	74	meetings; providing for codification; providing an
75	75	effective date; and declaring an emergency .
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81	81	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
82	82	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
83	83	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 27-107 of Title 70, unless there
84	84	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
85	85	A. As used in this section :
86	86	1. “Acclimatization period” means a specific period of time to
87	87	allow for students’ bodies to adapt and work towards the eliminatio n
88	88	of exertional heat-related illnesses and deaths within secondary
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141	141	2. “Exertional heat-related illness” means a serious medical
142	142	condition that result s from the body’s inability to cool itself in
143	143	extremely hot environments. Exertional heat-related illnesses
144	144	include exertional heatstroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramps, heat
145	145	syncope, heat rash, and muscle breakdown ;
146	146	3. “Athletic trainer” shall have the same meaning as prov ided
147	147	for in Section 1-116 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
148	148	4. “Practice” means the act of school personnel directly or
149	149	indirectly giving individual or team instruction concerning
150	150	fundamentals, conditioning activities , and workouts;
151	151	5. “School district” means a school district or public charter
152	152	school that offers interscholastic secondary school athletics and
153	153	activities;
154	154	6. “Student” means a secondary-school-age individual who is
155	155	participating in an activity or sport which is individual - or team-
156	156	based, outside of school or within school , and competitive or in an
157	157	organized practice; and
158	158	7. “Wet Bulb Globe Temperature” (WBGT) means a measure of how
159	159	much heat stress a person is experiencing in direct sunlight , which
160	160	takes into account atmospheric factor s including temperature,
161	161	humidity, wind speed, sun angle, and cloud cover.
162	162	B. The State Department of Education and the State Department
163	163	of Health shall jointly develop and post on their publicly
164	164	accessible websites guidelines, policies, procedures, and safety
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216	216	standards for the prevention and management of exertional heat-
217	217	related illness in students’ interscholastic athletics and
218	218	activities. The guidelines developed pursuant to this section shall
219	219	include, but not be limited to :
220	220	1. Identification of envir onmental conditions at which a public
221	221	school district that offers athletic s or activities shall limit or
222	222	prohibit practice and play using the acclimatization period for all
223	223	athletics and activities with a specific set of guidelines dedicated
224	224	to football. The guidelines shall include, but not be limited to,
225	225	teams having eighteen (18) days to complete fourteen practices. The
226	226	eighteen days start prior to the team’s first scrimmage, not
227	227	including intrasquad scrimmages; and
228	228	2. Information regarding the accura te measurement of
229	229	environmental heat stress at the site of the athletic s or activities
230	230	including the use of Web Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT ). WBGT
231	231	readings shall be taken on the practice site of athletics or
232	232	activities a minimum of every hour , beginning thirty minutes prior
233	233	to the beginning of practice. All readings shall be recorded. If a
234	234	modification or cancellation to athletics or activities is required,
235	235	documentation using the WBGT Heat Participation Policy Record Chart
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237	237	C. The governing body of each school district shall d evelop a
238	238	venue-specific exertional heat-related illness emergency action
239	239	plan. Each school district shall include guidelines formulated by
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291	291	the WBGT index to assess environmental conditions and heat stress
292	292	prevention for students participating in athletics and activities ,
293	293	criteria for the establishment of cooling zones, hydration
294	294	guidelines, modifications for competitions and scrimmages, and
295	295	evidence-based practices to treat exertional heat-related illnesses
296	296	associated with athletic s and activities.
297	297	D. School districts that offer athletic s and activities may
298	298	hold an informational meeting prior to the start of each athletic
299	299	season for all ages of competitors and their parents and legal
300	300	guardians regarding the warning signs, symptoms, and treatment of
301	301	exertional heat-related illness.
302	302	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
303	303	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
304	304	of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
305	305	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
306	306	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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