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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1495 By: Alvord
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to schools; creating the Age-
7 Appropriate Materials Act; providing short title;
8 stating legislative findings; defining terms;
8 prohibiting public school districts and charter
9 schools from purchasing, housing, distributing, or
9 making available certain materials to students;
10 requiring adoption of policies to ensure certain
10 compliance; requiring school districts and charter
11 schools to audit certain materials and resources by
11 certain date annually and remove certain materials
12 and resources; requiring maintenance of certain
12 inventory; directing the State Board of Education, in
13 certain collaboration, to develop and adopt certain
13 standards; requiring the standards to include certain
14 provisions; allowing certain board of education or
14 governing body to adopt more restrictive policies;
15 establishing process for submission and consideration
15 of a formal challenge regarding violations of
16 standards; providing for codification; and providing
16 an effective date.
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19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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20 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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21 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-200 of Title 70, unless there
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22 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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23 A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Age-
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24 Appropriate Materials Act".
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1 B. The Legislature finds that:
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2 1. Public schools exist to provide a safe learning environment
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3 for children;
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4 2. No child should be exposed to sexually explicit, profane, or
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5 indecent content;
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6 3. Public school administrators, educators, and employees
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7 entrusted with the care of children must be held accountable for
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8 knowingly allowing sexually explicit, profane, or indecent content
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9 to be housed, distributed, or made accessible to students; and
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10 4. The provisions of this act are necessary to protect the
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11 health, safety, and morals of students in this state.
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12 C. As used in this section:
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13 1. "Harmful to minors" has the same meaning as provided in
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14 Section 1040.75 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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15 2. "Library" means a school library or media program, a
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16 classroom library, or any other collection of books or other print
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17 or digital materials that are maintained by a school district or its
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18 employees for use by students and that do not qualify as textbooks
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19 under the authority of the State Textbook Committee;
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20 3. "Nudity" has the same meaning as provided in Section 1040.75
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21 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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22 4. "Obscene" has the same meaning as provided in Section 1024.1
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23 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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1 5. "Sexual conduct" means sexual contact, actual or simulated
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2 sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, rape, sexual
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3 bestiality, masturbation, sado-masochistic abuse, incest,
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4 molestation, necrophilia, or lewd exhibition of the genitals, anus,
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5 or any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola; and
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6 6. "Sexually explicit content" means any communication,
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7 language, or material including a written description, illustration,
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8 photographic image, video image, or audio file that describes,
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9 depicts, or portrays sexual conduct, actual or simulated sexual
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10 intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, rape, sexual bestiality,
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11 masturbation, sado-masochistic abuse, incest, molestation,
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12 necrophilia, or lewd exhibition of the genitals, anus, or any
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13 portion of the female breast below the top of the areola.
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14 D. No public school district or public charter school in this
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15 state shall purchase, house, approve, distribute, or make available
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16 to students any print or nonprint materials or multimedia resources
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17 containing or depicting obscene material, sexual conduct, sexually
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18 explicit content, nudity, or material that is harmful to minors.
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19 E. The board of education of each public school district and
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20 the governing body of each public charter school shall adopt
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21 policies to ensure compliance with the provisions of this act
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22 including, but not limited to, policies that:
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23 1. Provide for the identification and removal of any print or
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24 nonprint materials or multimedia resources currently housed,
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1 displayed, or accessible to students that contain or depict obscene
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2 material, sexual conduct, sexually explicit content, nudity, or
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3 material that is harmful to minors no later than March 1, 2027;
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4 2. Establish procedures to review existing print and nonprint
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5 library materials, multimedia resources, and classroom library
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6 materials prior to acquisition of new materials to prevent the
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7 inclusion of material containing or depicting obscene material,
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8 sexual conduct, sexually explicit content, nudity, or material that
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9 is harmful to minors; and
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10 3. Provide for the maintenance of documentation showing
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11 compliance with the provisions of this act, which shall be made
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12 available to the State Department of Education upon request.
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13 F. By August 15 each year, each public school district and
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14 public charter school in this state shall audit print and nonprint
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15 materials and multimedia resources located in a school library,
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16 classroom library, or elsewhere on the premises of the school
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17 district or charter school and remove any material or resource
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18 containing or depicting obscene material, sexual conduct, sexually
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19 explicit content, nudity, or material that is harmful to minors.
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20 Beginning September 8, 2027, each school district and charter school
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21 shall maintain and make available for public inspection an inventory
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22 of all print and nonprint materials and multimedia resources located
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23 in a school library, classroom library, or elsewhere on the premises
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24 of the school district or charter school.
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1 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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2 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-200.1 of Title 70, unless
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3 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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4 A. The State Board of Education, in collaboration with the
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5 Oklahoma Department of Libraries, shall develop and adopt standards
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6 for public school district and public charter school library media
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7 programs. The standards shall govern the acquisition, cataloging,
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8 display, and availability of print and nonprint materials and
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9 multimedia resources and shall include:
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10 1. A requirement that a school district or charter school
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11 library media specialist or librarian review the standards upon
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12 hiring; and
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13 2. A library collection policy that:
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14 a. prohibits the possession, acquisition, display, or
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15 purchase of print and nonprint materials and
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16 multimedia resources that:
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17 (1) contain or depict obscene material, sexual
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18 conduct, sexually explicit content, nudity, or
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19 material that is harmful to minors, and
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20 (2) refers a person, by printed or digital means, to
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21 a website containing or depicting obscene
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22 material, sexual conduct, nudity, or material
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23 that is harmful to minors,
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1 b. recognizes that obscene material is not protected
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2 under the First Amendment to the United States
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3 Constitution,
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4 c. applies to all library materials available for use or
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5 display including, but not limited to, print and
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6 nonprint materials and multimedia resources contained
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7 in school libraries, classroom libraries, classroom
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8 reading collections, electronic catalogs, mobile
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9 library applications, and any other platform
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10 accessible to students,
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11 d. requires school districts and charter schools to
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12 provide an online library catalog that is accessible
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13 to the general public, and
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14 e. except as provided for in subsection C of this
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15 section, prohibits the removal of a print or nonprint
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16 material or multimedia resource based solely on:
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17 (1) the viewpoint or ideas contained in the material
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18 or resource, or
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19 (2) the personal background or characteristics of the
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20 author or characters within the material or
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21 resource.
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22 B. The board of education of a public school district or the
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23 governing body of a public charter school may adopt policies that
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1 are more restrictive than the standards adopted pursuant to
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2 subsection A of this section.
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3 C. 1. The parent or legal guardian of a student enrolled in a
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4 public school district or public charter school, a resident of a
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5 public school district or a public school district served by a
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6 public charter school, or a taxpayer in this state may submit a
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7 formal challenge regarding suspected violations of the standards
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8 adopted pursuant to subsection A of this section.
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9 2. A formal challenge shall be submitted to the principal of
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10 the school site in which the challenged material or resource is
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11 located. Upon receipt of a formal challenge, the principal shall
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12 immediately remove the material or resource from school premises.
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13 The principal shall notify the superintendent of the school district
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14 or charter school of the challenge and removal within three (3)
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15 business days.
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16 3. The superintendent of the school district or charter school
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17 shall:
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18 a. permanently remove the material or resource if it is
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19 deemed to contain or depict obscene material, sexual
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20 conduct, sexually explicit content, nudity, or
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21 material that is harmful to minors. The
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22 superintendent shall notify the board of education of
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1 charter school within one (1) business day of
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2 permanently removing the material or resource, or
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3 b. deny the formal challenge and notify the board of
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4 education of the school district or the governing body
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5 of the charter school within one (1) business day of
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6 such denial.
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7 4. If the superintendent of the school district or charter
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8 school denies the formal challenge, the board of education of the
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9 school district or the governing body of the charter school shall
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10 hold a public meeting within thirty (30) business days of issuance
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11 of the denial to determine whether to uphold or overturn the denial.
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12 Notice of the public meeting shall be posted five (5) days in
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13 advance of the meeting. The meeting shall allow a minimum of forty-
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14 five (45) minutes for public comment.
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15 5. If the board of education of a school district or the
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16 governing body of a charter school upholds a denial of a formal
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17 challenge pursuant to paragraph 4 of this subsection, a person
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18 aggrieved by such decision may bring a civil action against the
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19 school district or charter school to recover such relief as may be
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20 appropriate.
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21 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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