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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
3 HOUSE BILL 1998 By: Turner
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7 AS INTRODUCED
8 An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
Section 11-105.1, which relates to sex education;
9 requiring parent permission to administer sex
education to students; 70 O.S. 2021, Section 24-158,
10 as amended by Section 2, Chapter 281, O.S.L. 2022 (70
O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 24-158), which relates to
11 the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey;
requiring parent permission to administer the survey
12 to student; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.
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17 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
18 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 11-105.1, is
19 amended to read as follows:
20 Section 11-105.1. A. All curriculum and materials including
21 supplementary materials which will be used to teach or will be used
22 for or in connection with a sex education class or program which is
23 designed for the exclusive purpose of discussing sexual behavior or
24 attitudes, or any test, survey or questionnaire whose primary
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1 purpose is to elicit responses on sexual behavior or attitudes shall
2 be available through the superintendent or a designee of the school
3 district for inspection by parents and guardians of the student who
4 will be involved with the class, program or test, survey or
5 questionnaire. Such curriculum, materials, classes, programs,
6 tests, surveys or questionnaires shall include information about
7 consent and shall have as one of its primary purposes the teaching
8 of or informing students about the practice of abstinence. For the
9 purposes of this section, "consent" shall have the same meaning as
10 that provided by Section 113 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
11 The superintendent or a designee of the school district shall
12 provide prior written notification to the parents or guardians of
13 the students involved of their right to inspect the curriculum and
14 material and of their obligation to notify the school in writing if
15 they do not want their child to participate in the class, program,
16 test, survey or questionnaire. Each local board of education shall
17 determine the means of providing written notification to the parents
18 and guardian which will ensure effective notice in an efficient and
19 appropriate manner. No student shall be required to participate in
20 a sex education class or program which discusses sexual behavior or
21 attitudes if unless a parent or guardian of the student objects
22 provides permission in writing to such participation. If the type
23 of program referred to in this section is a part of or is taught
24 during a credit course, a student may be required to enroll in the
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1 course but shall not be required to receive instruction in or
2 participate in the program if unless a parent or guardian objects
3 provides permission in writing.
4 B. The superintendent or a designee of a school district in
5 which sex education is taught or a program is offered which is
6 designed for the exclusive purpose of discussing sexual behavior or
7 attitudes shall approve all curriculum and materials which will be
8 used for such education and any test, survey or questionnaire whose
9 primary purpose is to elicit responses on sexual behavior or
10 attitudes used in the school prior to their use in the classroom or
11 school. The teacher involved in the class, program, testing or
12 survey shall submit the curriculum, materials, tests or surveys to
13 the superintendent or a designee for approval prior to their use in
14 the classroom or school. This section shall not apply to those
15 students enrolled in classes, programs, testings or surveys offered
16 through an alternative education program.
17 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 24-158, as
18 amended by Section 2, Chapter 281, O.S.L. 2022 (70 O.S. Supp. 2024,
19 Section 24-158), is amended to read as follows:
20 Section 24-158. A. The "Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment
21 Survey" means the biennial mental health prevention survey of public
22 school students in grades six, eight, ten, and twelve managed by the
23 Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
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1 B. Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, and biennially
2 thereafter, public schools shall administer the Oklahoma Prevention
3 Needs Assessment Survey, or an alternative survey as provided in
4 subsection D of this section, to students who have parent permission
5 to participate, for the purpose of providing direction to schools,
6 school districts, and communities to effectively improve the lives
7 of students regarding a variety of issues with a focus on alcohol,
8 tobacco, other drug use, mental health, academic failure, and
9 violence.
10 C. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
11 shall maintain the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey and
12 shall provide technical assistance for schools in survey
13 administration, reporting, planning, and development of school
14 mental health prevention and intervention strategies informed by the
15 survey results.
16 D. If a school or school district chooses to administer an
17 alternative survey or assessment tool to fulfill the purpose
18 described in subsection B of this section, it may apply for a waiver
19 through the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
20 Services.
21 E. The school district superintendent or his or her designee
22 shall provide prior written notification to the parents or legal
23 guardians of students to be administered of the intent to administer
24 the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey or an alternative
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1 survey or assessment tool adopted pursuant to subsection D of this
2 section. The notification shall include information to parents and
3 legal guardians that they may must opt their student out of in to
4 the survey or assessment tool by providing written notice to the
5 school district, if they wish for their student to participate.
6 F. Prior to the biennial administration of the Oklahoma
7 Prevention Needs Assessment Survey, the Department of Mental Health
8 and Substance Abuse Services shall submit the survey to the
9 President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate, the Speaker of
10 the Oklahoma House of Representatives, the chairs of the committees
11 with responsibility over common education in both houses of the
12 Legislature, and the chairs of the committees with responsibility
13 over public health in both houses of the Legislature.
14 G. The provisions of this section shall be subject to the
15 availability of federal funding. If federal funding is insufficient
16 to provide the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey to public
17 schools on a biennial basis, administration of the survey shall not
18 be required.
19 H. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and
20 the State Board of Education may promulgate rules as necessary to
21 carry out the provisions of this section.
22 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
23 SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
24 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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1 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
2 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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