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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 1634 By: Jett
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to schools; stating legislative
7 intent; prohibiting the State Department of Education
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8 purpose; directing the Department to review certain
9 contracts and terminate any related to certain health
9 care services or health centers or clinics; directing
10 the Department, in certain consultation, to conduct a
10 review of individualized education programs;
11 directing removal of certain services from certain
11 plans; directing certain evaluation of certain
12 students; requiring review of certain school district
12 and charter school contracts; directing termination
13 of contracts related to certain health care services
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14 promulgation of rules; providing for noncodification;
14 providing for codification; providing an effective
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18 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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19 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
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20 codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
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21 The Legislature finds and declares the following:
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22 1. School-based services provided in accordance with the
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23 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) are intended
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24 exclusively for students with disabilities to ensure access to a
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1 free appropriate public education (FAPE) for students with an
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2 individualized education program (IEP);
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3 2. IDEA does not allow state legislators, the Superintendent of
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4 Public Instruction, the State Department of Education, school
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5 districts in this state, or the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to
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6 expand school-based services beyond the scope provided for in
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7 paragraph 1 of this section;
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8 3. School-based health centers function as primary health care
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9 providers that operate on or off campus or via telehealth and fall
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10 outside the professional and academic scope of public education;
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11 4. School-based health centers grant broad authority to school-
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12 based health care providers to conduct medical testing, administer
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13 treatment, and make medical decisions based on one-time parental
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14 consent without requiring the presence of a parent or legal guardian
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15 at the time testing is administered or treatment is provided;
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16 5. Medical ethics and established health care practices
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17 prohibit physicians from treating minors without direct involvement
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18 from a parent or legal guardian, ensuring the prevention of power
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19 imbalances and safeguarding the rights of a parent or legal
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20 guardian; and
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21 6. The Oklahoma Constitution does not establish a right to
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22 school-based health care; however, it explicitly defines the purpose
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23 of public schools in this state as academic instruction, independent
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1 of sectarian control, with no provision for state-funded health care
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2 clinics.
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3 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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4 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-127 of Title 70, unless there
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5 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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6 A. 1. The State Department of Education shall be prohibited
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7 from accepting federal funds including, but not limited to, block
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8 grants provided for the purpose of expanding school-based health
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9 care services or implementing school-based health centers or
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10 clinics.
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11 2. The State Department of Education shall review all existing
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12 contracts entered into by the Department or the State Board of
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13 Education and terminate any related to expanding school-based health
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14 care services or implementing school-based health centers or
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15 clinics.
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16 B. The State Department of Education, in consultation with
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17 school districts in this state, shall conduct a comprehensive
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18 compliance review of all individualized education programs (IEPs)
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19 developed for students to ensure that any medical services provided
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20 in accordance with an IEP are educationally necessary. If an IEP
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21 contains medical services that are not educationally necessary, such
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22 services shall be removed and the student shall be evaluated to
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23 determine whether a Section 504 Plan developed pursuant to the
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24 Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is more appropriate.
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1 C. School district boards of education or charter school
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2 governing boards in this state shall review all existing contracts
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3 and shall terminate any related to expanding school-based health
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4 care services or implementing school-based health centers or
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6 D. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to
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7 implement the provisions of this section.
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8 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
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9 SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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10 of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
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11 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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