OK SB1725

Districts utilizing corporal punishment on female students in grade 3 and higher must have the punishment administered by a certified employee of the same gender, with another certified employee present to observe the administration.

Each school district must adopt a policy prohibiting threatening behavior, harassment, intimidation, and bullying by students at school and through electronic communications directed at students or school personnel concerning school-related incidents.

School districts must establish procedures for investigating reported incidents of harassment, intimidation, bullying, or threatening behavior to determine severity and potential for future violence.

School districts may recommend available community mental health care options to students following investigations and may request disclosure of mental health information that indicates explicit threats to student or personnel safety, within privacy law requirements.

The act becomes effective July 1, 2010, with an emergency clause allowing immediate effect upon passage and approval.