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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 749 By: Rader
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to higher education; providing
66	66	legislative findings; creating the Oklahoma Higher
67	67	Education Freedom of Expression and Tran sparency Act;
68	68	providing short title; defining terms; prohibiting an
69	69	institution of higher education from showing bias or
70	70	favoritism in approving or scheduling usage of
71	71	institution property; prohibiting an institution of
72	72	higher education from taking certain actions with
73	73	regard to student groups; allowing an institution to
74	74	restrict or deny use of property for certain reason;
75	75	requiring institutions to publish certain syllabus
76	76	beginning in certain academic year; requiring each
77	77	syllabus to include certain inform ation; directing
78	78	the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to
79	79	promulgate certain rules requiring submission of
80	80	certain information, establishment of certain
81	81	processes, and reporting of certain information;
82	82	providing for noncodification; providing for
83	83	codification; providing an effective date; and
84	84	declaring an emergency .
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89	89	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
90	90	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
91	91	codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as f ollows:
92	92	The Legislature finds that:
93	93	1. Freedom of expression and inquiry at institutions of higher
94	94	education within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education are
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146	146	indispensable to the pursuit of educational excellence and the
147	147	furtherance of the ordered individual liberty established in this
148	148	nation’s founding documents;
149	149	2. Institutions of higher education within The Oklahoma State
150	150	System of Higher Education have a duty to promote and defend freedom
151	151	of expression and inquiry and the societal consensus on the ordered
152	152	individual liberty established in this nation’s founding documents
153	153	that sustain it;
154	154	3. Institutions of higher education within The Oklahoma State
155	155	System of Higher Education should seek and foster intellectual
156	156	diversity among administrators, f aculty, students, and employees;
157	157	4. Positively or negatively incentivizing, i nformally
158	158	pressuring, or otherwise compelling students or employees of
159	159	institutions of higher education within The Oklahoma State System of
160	160	Higher Education to embrace divisive c oncepts is contrary to the
161	161	mutual respect and collegial processes essential to the free
162	162	exchange of ideas;
163	163	5. Measures taken to ensure nondiscrimination cannot be allowed
164	164	to undermine the principles of merit and excellence in the core
165	165	activities of instit utions of higher education within The Oklahoma
166	166	State System of Higher Educatio n; and
167	167	6. Increased institutional transparency and oversight are
168	168	needed to lessen the risk of diminished excellence resulting from
169	169	the imposition or advocacy of divisive concept s.
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221	221	SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
222	222	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3205.15 of Title 70, unless
223	223	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
224	224	A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma
225	225	Higher Education Freedom of Expression and Transparency Act ”.
226	226	B. For the purposes of this section :
227	227	1. “Divisive concept” means a concept that:
228	228	a. one race or sex is inherently superior to another race
229	229	or sex,
230	230	b. an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is
231	231	inherently racist, sexist , or oppressive, whether
232	232	consciously or unconsciously,
233	233	c. an individual should be discriminated against or
234	234	receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of
235	235	his or her race or sex,
236	236	d. members of one race or sex cannot and should not
237	237	attempt to treat others without respect to r ace or
238	238	sex,
239	239	e. an individual’s moral character is necessarily
240	240	determined by his or her race or sex, and
241	241	f. an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex,
242	242	bears responsibility for actions committed in the past
243	243	by other members of the same race or sex; and
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295	295	2. “Institution of higher education ” means institutions of
296	296	higher education within The Oklahoma State System of Higher
297	297	Education.
298	298	C. For purposes of approving or scheduling usage of an
299	299	institution of higher education ’s property, an institution of hig her
300	300	education shall not show bias or favoritism:
301	301	1. Based upon a guest speaker ’s or a guest speaker ’s student-
302	302	sponsoring group’s viewpoint, race, creed, color, religion,
303	303	nonviolent political ideology, or nonviolent political party
304	304	affiliation; or
305	305	2. For a student group that, or a guest speaker who, intends to
306	306	maintain a peaceful campus presence and peaceful use of the
307	307	institution of higher education ’s property because the instit ution
308	308	of higher education receives threatened simple breaches of the peace
309	309	or nondestructive disruptions from groups or individuals who oppose
310	310	the student group’s or guest speaker’s presence on campus.
311	311	D. An institution of higher education shall not:
312	312	1. Require a student group to pay fees or security deposits
313	313	that are not charged to all other student groups; or
314	314	2. Deny a student group access to the institution of higher
315	315	education’s property, if the property is routinely used by other
316	316	student groups.
317	317	E. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection C of this
318	318	section, an institution of higher education may restrict or deny use
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370	370	of the institution of higher education ’s property for public
371	371	displays, organized public gatherings, or public demonstrations if
372	372	the display, gathering, or demonstration would violate Section 1021
373	373	of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
374	374	F. 1. To assess the extent to which a divisive concept may
375	375	have been included or has otherwise affected curriculum, beginning
376	376	with the 2025-2026 academic year, each institution of higher
377	377	education shall publish a current syllabus for each course offered
378	378	in the current semester on the institution of higher education ’s
379	379	website no later than the seventh business day following the first
380	380	day of class for the s emester.
381	381	2. Each syllabus published pursuant to paragraph 1 of this
382	382	subsection shall include , but not be limited to :
383	383	a. the title and catalog description of the course,
384	384	b. the course instructor ’s name,
385	385	c. the course’s required or elective status for relev ant
386	386	majors or general education,
387	387	d. a brief description of each assignment, ex amination,
388	388	lecture, discussion, or other class activity,
389	389	e. the title of each book that is assigned or recommended
390	390	for the course including any textbook or workbook, and
391	391	f. the final grades for the three (3) most recent
392	392	semesters during which the course was offered.
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444	444	G. To assess the extent to which learning outcomes may have
445	445	been affected by the inclusion of a divisive concept in the student
446	446	learning experience, the Oklahoma Stat e Regents for Higher Education
447	447	shall promulgate rules to require institutions of higher education
448	448	to submit data and information requested by the State Regents in a
449	449	standardized format to allow the State Regents to provide an online
450	450	organized data compilat ion that details the following:
451	451	1. The number of students who completed a program at the
452	452	institution of higher education for the three (3) most recent
453	453	academic years, disaggregated by underserved minority students; and
454	454	2. Results for students identified in paragraph 1 of this
455	455	subsection on nationally recognized assessments that as sess a
456	456	student’s readiness for postsecondary education, if available to the
457	457	institution of higher education, and such students ’ final grade
458	458	point average at the institution of hi gher education.
459	459	H. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall
460	460	promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section. The
461	461	rules shall:
462	462	1. Establish a process by which a student enrolled in or an
463	463	employee of an institution of higher educ ation may submit a
464	464	complaint of an alleged violation of the provisions of this section
465	465	to the institution;
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517	517	2. Require each institution of higher education that receives a
518	518	complaint pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection to investigate
519	519	the report;
520	520	3. Create a corrective action plan for an institution of higher
521	521	education that is found to have violated the provisions of this
522	522	section; and
523	523	4. Create a reporting requirement for complaints filed, the
524	524	findings of resulting investigations, and any corrective action
525	525	plans developed pursuant to this subsection.
526	526	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
527	527	SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
528	528	of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergen cy is hereby
529	529	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
530	530	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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