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OK HB2721
Bill
Status
2/1/2016
Primary Sponsor
Emily Virgin
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AI Summary
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Amends Oklahoma statute 70 O.S. 2011, Section 11-105.1 to require sex education curriculum to provide medically accurate, factual, age-appropriate information designed to reduce risk factors and behaviors associated with unintended pregnancy
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Removes previous language requiring curriculum to focus on "teaching of or informing students about the practice of" sexual behavior, replacing it with the pregnancy prevention focus
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Maintains requirement that abstinence be included in the curriculum, but abstinence is no longer the exclusive focus
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Preserves parental rights to inspect all sex education materials and opt their children out of participation through written objection
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Effective date of July 1, 2016, with emergency clause for immediate implementation upon passage
Legislative Description
Schools; providing for medically accurate information designed to reduce unintended pregnancy; effective date; emergency.
Last Action
Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget
2/2/2016