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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 588 By: Sacchieri
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to schools; requiring certain school
7 district or technology center school to provide
8 certain attestation to a school district or
8 technology center school considering an individual
9 for employment; providing for contents of
9 attestation; requiring attestation to be provided on
10 certain form; requiring certain actions for failure
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11 for codification; providing an effective date; and
11 declaring an emergency.
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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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16 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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17 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-101.25a of Title 70, unless
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18 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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19 A. A school district or technology center school that is
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20 considering an individual for employment shall request from the
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21 individual's current or former employing school district or
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22 districts or technology center school or schools an attestation to
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23 whether allegations of inappropriate behavior between the individual
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1 pending or ongoing investigation of inappropriate behavior between
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2 the individual and a student or students. The attestation shall be
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3 provided on forms prescribed by the State Department of Education or
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4 the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.
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5 B. If a school district or technology center school fails to
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6 request or fails to provide an attestation required by subsection A
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7 of this section:
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8 1. The superintendent of the school district or technology
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9 center school shall be dismissed or not reemployed, subject to the
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10 provisions of the Teacher Due Process Act of 1990; and
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11 2. The board positions of the school district board of
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12 education or technology center school district board of education
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13 shall be declared vacant, and individuals who held such positions
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14 shall be ineligible to serve on a school district board of education
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15 or technology center school district board of education for five (5)
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16 years. The Governor shall appoint board of education members
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17 necessary to constitute a quorum, as provided for in subsection F of
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18 Section 13A-110 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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19 C. If a school district or technology center school fails to
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20 provide an attestation required by subsection A of this section and
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21 a subsequent employing school district or technology center school
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22 is found liable in a civil action or agrees to a settlement of a
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23 civil action, the school district or technology center school that
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24 failed to provide the attestation shall be required to provide fifty
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1 percent (50%) of any monetary damages imposed by a court in the
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2 civil action or fifty percent (50%) of any settlement amount agreed
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4 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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5 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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6 of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
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7 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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8 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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