SB1381 Summary

• State Board of Education must adopt social studies curriculum for Oklahoma history courses that incorporates information about the Tulsa Race Riots of 1921.

• State Department of Education may provide program materials and resources about the Tulsa Race Riots from the Oklahoma Historical Society to public schools.

• State Textbook Committee must incorporate Tulsa Race Riots instruction requirements into criteria for evaluating U.S. and Oklahoma history textbooks.

• School districts must ensure information about the Tulsa Race Riots of 1921 is presented in high school U.S. history or Oklahoma history courses.

• Effective date July 1, 2012, with emergency declaration for immediate effect upon passage and approval.