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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 371 By: Bergstrom
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to schools; defining term; directing
7 school district boards of education to adopt policies
8 prohibiting students from accessing certain
8 platforms, websites, or applications while on school
9 premises; providing for promulgation of rules;
9 providing for codification; providing an effective
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1 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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1 5 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-402 of Title 70, unless there
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1 6 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. As used in this section, "social networking" or "social
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1 8 media" means interaction with external websites or services based
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1 9 upon participant contributions to the content. Types of social
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2 0 media include social and professional networks, blogs, microblogs,
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2 1 video or photo sharing, and social bookmarking.
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22 B. School district boards of education in this state shall
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2 3 adopt policies prohibiting students from using school computers or
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2 4 devices or school-issued computers or devices to access social
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3 C. The State Board of Education may adopt rules to monitor
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5 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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6 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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7 of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
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8 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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9 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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