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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 702 By: Deevers
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61	61	AS INTRODUCED
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63	63	An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
64	64	Sections 11-103.12 and 11-103.13, which relate to the
65	65	Health Education Act; updating st atutory references;
66	66	updating statutory language; modifying purpose of
67	67	act; defining terms; modifying topics to be included
68	68	in health education; modifying duties of the State
69	69	Department of Education in implementing the Health
70	70	Education Act; prohibiting heal th education from
71	71	being integrated into existing subjects; directing
72	72	the State Department of Education to review, and the
73	73	State Board of Education to approve , curricula,
74	74	materials, supplementary materials, tests, surveys,
75	75	and questionnaires; requiring scho ol districts to use
76	76	approved curricula, materials, tests, surveys, and
77	77	questionnaires; requiring school district boards of
78	78	education to electronically submit certain annual
79	79	report to the State Department of Education;
80	80	providing for contents of report; dire cting the State
81	81	Board of Education to establish certain process to
82	82	receive written complaints of violations; allowing
83	83	the Board to report certain school district as
84	84	deficient upon finding of violation; amending Section
85	85	1, Chapter 281, O.S.L. 2022 (70 O.S. Supp. 2024,
86	86	Section 24-159), which relates to mental health
87	87	crisis protocols; updating statutory reference;
88	88	removing language providing for certain review of
89	89	protocols and working agreements; repealing 70 O.S.
90	90	2021, Sections 11-103.9b and 24-158, as amended by
91	91	Section 2, Chapter 281, O.S.L. 2022 (70 O.S. Supp.
92	92	2024, Section 24-158), which relate to Maria ’s Law
93	93	and the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey;
94	94	providing an effective date; and declaring an
95	95	emergency.
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151	151	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
152	152	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 11 -103.12,
153	153	is amended to read as follows:
154	154	Section 11-103.12. A. Sections 1 11-103.12 through 3 11-103.14
155	155	of this act title shall be known and may be cited as the “Health
156	156	Education Act”.
157	157	B. The purpose of this act the Health Education Act is to:
158	158	1. Ensure provide students receive instruction in with the
159	159	skills and knowledge in physical health, particularly at an early
160	160	age when habits are formed;
161	161	2. Support the health and well-being of children that have been
162	162	affected by traumatic experiences;
163	163	3. Improve academic outcomes for students; and
164	164	4. Improve the overall health outcomes of Oklahoma ’s population
165	165	exercise, and nutrition they need to be healthy througho ut their
166	166	lives, provide parents and legal guardians with informed consent,
167	167	and provide school districts in this state with health education
168	168	guidance.
169	169	C. As used in the Health Education Act:
170	170	1. “Benchmark” means the identification of what a student will
171	171	know and be able to demonstrate by the end of each grade level;
172	172	2. “Health education” means providing students with knowledge
173	173	and skills they need to be healthy throughout their lives by
174	174	including motivation for students to maintain and improve their
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226	226	health by way of nutrition, physical exercise, and physical
227	227	activities;
228	228	3. “Informed consent” means voluntary written consent from a
229	229	person who received full, accurate, and sufficient information and
230	230	explanation about a student ’s medical condition, medication, and
231	231	treatment to enable the person to make a knowledgeable decision
232	232	without being subjected to deceit or coercion;
233	233	4. “Nutrition” means the total processes involved in the taking
234	234	in and utilization of food substances by which growth, repair, and
235	235	maintenance of the body are accomplished; and
236	236	5. “Standard” means an objective genera l statement that
237	237	identifies what the student is expected to achieve.
238	238	D. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to
239	239	implement the provisions of this act the Health Education Act.
240	240	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 11 -103.13,
241	241	is amended to read as follows:
242	242	Section 11-103.13. A. Health education shall be taught in the
243	243	public schools of this state. Health education shall include but is
244	244	not be limited to physical:
245	245	1. Physical health, mental health, social and emo tional health
246	246	and intellectual health not to include sex education or gender
247	247	theory;
248	248	2. Physical exercise;
249	249	3. Physical activities; and
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301	301	4. Nutrition.
302	302	B. By the 2022-2023 2025-2026 school year, the State Department
303	303	of Education shall:
304	304	1. Develop a micro-credential for teachers who are assigned the
305	305	responsibility of teaching health education; and standards and
306	306	benchmarks for:
307	307	a. physical health, not to include sex education or
308	308	gender theory,
309	309	b. physical exercise,
310	310	c. physical activities, and
311	311	d. nutrition; and
312	312	2. Develop professional development programs that are designed
313	313	to help teachers provide instruction in physical health education
314	314	and incorporate the curriculum into existing coursework and
315	315	instruction where appropriate , physical exercise, physical
316	316	activities, and nutrition . The professional development provided as
317	317	part of this act the Health Education Act shall not be construed to
318	318	be in addition to existing professional deve lopment requirements.
319	319	C. By the 2023-2024 2025-2026 school year, school distr icts
320	320	shall provide instruction addressing all health education subject
321	321	matter standards, as adopted by the State Board of Education
322	322	pursuant to Section 11 -103.6 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes
323	323	this title. Health education may be integrated into one or more
324	324	existing subjects or provided as an addition to existing coursework.
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376	376	D. Teachers assigned to teach health education as a stand-alone
377	377	course shall be certified in physical and health education. The
378	378	State Department of Education is authorized to iss ue a provisional
379	379	certificate, valid for not more than two (2) years, to individuals
380	380	assigned to teach a stand-alone health education course in order to
381	381	afford the individual the opportunity to obtain certification in
382	382	physical and health education.
383	383	E. The State Department of Education shall review, and the
384	384	State Board of Education shall approve, all digital and hard copies
385	385	of curricula, materials, supplementary materials, tests, s urveys,
386	386	and questionnaires related to implementation of the Health Education
387	387	Act. For statewide consistency, transparency, and accountability,
388	388	all public school districts in this state shall use Board -approved
389	389	curricula, materials, supplementary materials , tests, surveys, and
390	390	questionnaires.
391	391	F. The State Textbook Committee shall include a review of
392	392	health and physical education instructional materials as part of its
393	393	textbook review and adoption cycle.
394	394	G. By July 1, 2027, and by each July 1 thereafter, sc hool
395	395	district boards of education in this state shall electronically
396	396	submit a report to the State Department of Education describing the
397	397	implementation of the instruction and curriculum required by the
398	398	Health Education Act during the previous year .
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450	450	H. The State Board of Education shall establish a process by
451	451	which individuals in this state who believe a school district has
452	452	committed a violation of the Health Education Act may submit a
453	453	written complaint to the Board. Upon a finding by the Board that a
454	454	school district has committed a violation of the Health Education
455	455	Act, the Board may report the school district as deficient on its
456	456	accreditation report for the following year.
457	457	SECTION 3. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 281, O.S.L.
458	458	2022 (70 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 24 -159), is amended to read as
459	459	follows:
460	460	Section 24-159. A. Each public school district shall maintain
461	461	a protocol for responding to students in mental health crisis with
462	462	the goal of preventing student suicide, self -harm, and harm to
463	463	others.
464	464	1. The protocol shall be developed, maintained, and implement ed
465	465	in partnership with one or more local mental health treatment
466	466	providers certified by the Department of Mental Health and Substance
467	467	Abuse Services. At least one provider partn er shall have:
468	468	a. the ability to serve all school -aged children
469	469	regardless of insurance status, and
470	470	b. the ability and certification to provide mental health
471	471	crisis services in the region where students attend
472	472	school.
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524	524	2. Any organization certified by the state as a community
525	525	mental health center as defined in Section 3 -302 of Title 43A of the
526	526	Oklahoma Statutes or a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic
527	527	shall serve as a school partner if requested by a school district
528	528	located in its state -designated service area.
529	529	B. The protocol for responding to mental health crises shall,
530	530	at a minimum:
531	531	1. Provide a definition of mental health crisis involving
532	532	potential for harm to self or others;
533	533	2. Document how mental health crises may be identified by
534	534	school administrators, teachers, support employees, and school -based
535	535	mental health professionals;
536	536	3. Outline nonpunitive steps to safeguard student health and
537	537	safety in response to an immediate or potential mental health
538	538	crisis;
539	539	4. Identify local treatment provid ers and resources available
540	540	to support students and families in mental health crisis and ensure
541	541	appropriate referrals to treatment;
542	542	5. Outline a process for ensuring parent and caregiver
543	543	notification and involvement during an actual or potential mental
544	544	health crisis; and
545	545	6. Document how student privacy will be protected in complia nce
546	546	with applicable state and federal laws.
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598	598	C. If a student who is under eighteen (18) years of age is
599	599	identified as being in or at risk of a mental health crisis, the
600	600	school shall inform the parent or legal guardian of the student and
601	601	offer the treatment referral information contained in the protocol.
602	602	Parent or legal guardian consent shall be required for any
603	603	subsequent action taken by the school as part of the protocol except
604	604	in cases of immediate and life -threatening danger to self or others.
605	605	D. All protocols developed by school districts and partner
606	606	organizations shall comply with the Health Insurance Portability and
607	607	Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 and Family Educational Rights and
608	608	Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) privacy requirements.
609	609	E. School administrators, teachers, support employees, and
610	610	school-based mental health providers shall be provided ready access
611	611	to and regular training on the protocol.
612	612	F. A working agreement sh all be signed by the school district
613	613	board of education and each identified me ntal health provider
614	614	partner outlining all obligations of the parties under the
615	615	established protocol and a strategy for regularly reviewing its
616	616	effectiveness using anonymous, non identifiable data.
617	617	G. Not less than every two (2) years, the school district and
618	618	its mental health provider partners shall jointly review the
619	619	protocol and working agreements and consider any updates necessary
620	620	to better meet the needs of students. School districts and mental
621	621	health provider partners shall include in their review pr ocess
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673	673	information gathered from the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment
674	674	Survey or an alternative survey, as provided for in Section 24 -158
675	675	of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
676	676	H. Each school district shall submit the latest protocol and
677	677	working agreements to the State Department of Education, which shall
678	678	share the protocols and agreements with the Department of Mental
679	679	Health and Substance Abuse Services. These agencies may req uire
680	680	revisions to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations,
681	681	and established evidence-based practices.
682	682	I. H. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
683	683	Services and the State Department of Education shall provide
684	684	technical assistance to school districts and their provider partners
685	685	by:
686	686	1. Making available an optional template protocol which
687	687	satisfies the provisions of this section;
688	688	2. Making available an optional template working agreement
689	689	which can be adopted by schools and provider pa rtners;
690	690	3. Providing school districts with lists of local public and
691	691	private treatment providers eligible to serve as partners in the
692	692	development and maintenance of a protocol;
693	693	4. Providing information on any available mental health crisis
694	694	phone line;
695	695	5. Making available information on evidence -based practices for
696	696	meeting the mental health needs of students; and
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748	748	6. Providing ongoing assistance and consultation as requested
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750	750	J. I. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Servi ces
751	751	and the State Board of Education may promulgate rules as necessary
752	752	to ensure compliance with this section.
753	753	K. J. Nothing in this section shall be construed to create,
754	754	establish, expand, reduce, contract, or eliminate any civil
755	755	liability on the part of any school or school employee.
756	756	SECTION 4. REPEALER 70 O.S. 2021, Sections 11 -103.9b and
757	757	24-158, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 281, O.S.L. 2022 (70 O.S.
758	758	Supp. 2024, Section 24 -158), are hereby repealed.
759	759	SECTION 5. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
760	760	SECTION 6. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
761	761	of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
762	762	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect a nd
763	763	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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