An act relating to schools, the official text

1                   STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

3 HOUSE BILL 1484                  By: Johns

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6                   AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,

    Section 1210.229-1, which relates to the Oklahoma

8   Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Life Skills

    Education Act; expanding applicability of act;

9   requiring certain instruction on fentanyl abuse

    prevention and drug poisoning awareness; prescribing

10  frequency of and grades for instruction; listing

    information to be included in fentanyl abuse

11  instruction; authorizing organizations and persons to

    provide instruction; directing Governor to designate

12  Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week in schools;

    providing for certain instruction during designated

13  week; providing for codification; providing an

    effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

17  SECTION 1.      AMENDATORY     70 O.S. 2021, Section 1210.229-1,

18 is amended to read as follows:

19  Section 1210.229-1. Sections 1210.229-1 through 1210.229-5 of

20 this title and Section 2 of this act shall be known and may be cited

21 as the "Oklahoma Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Life Skills

22 Education Act".

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1   SECTION 2.      NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified

2 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1210.229-8 of Title 70, unless

3 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

4   A. As part of the comprehensive, integrated curriculum for

5 substance abuse programs provided in Section 1210.229-5 of Title 70

6 of the Oklahoma Statutes, each school district shall annually

7 provide research-based instruction related to fentanyl abuse

8 prevention and drug poisoning awareness to students in grades six

9 through twelve.

10  B. The instruction required by this section shall include:

11  1. Suicide prevention;

12  2. Prevention of the abuse of and addiction to fentanyl;

13  3. Awareness of local school and community resources and how to

14 access those resources; and

15  4. Health education that includes information about substance

16 use and abuse of fentanyl, including youth substance use and abuse

17 of fentanyl.

18  C. The instruction required by this section may be provided by

19 an organization or an employee or agent of an organization that is:

20  1. A public or private institution of higher education;

21  2. A library;

22  3. A community service organization;

23  4. A religious organization;

24  5. A local public health agency; or

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1   6. An organization employing mental health professionals.

2   D. To educate students about the dangers posed by fentanyl and

3 the risks of fentanyl poisoning, including overdose, the Governor

4 shall designate a week to be known as Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness

5 Week in public schools. Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week may

6 include age-appropriate instruction, including instruction on the

7 prevention of the abuse of and addiction to fentanyl, as determined

8 by each school district.

9   SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.

10  SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation

11 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby

12 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and

13 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

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