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OK SB348

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Micheal Bergstrom

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • School district boards of education become responsible for content of all instructional materials used in classrooms, classroom libraries, or reading lists, regardless of funding source

  • Districts must adopt publicly accessible policies for parents, legal guardians, and residents to submit objections to specific instructional materials using a State Board of Education-prescribed form

  • Materials objected to for containing obscene, pornographic content, or depicting sexual conduct must be removed within 5 school days and remain unavailable until the objection is resolved

  • Local textbook committees must now include 4 parents or legal guardians of enrolled students (increased from 1 lay member) and expand from 3-9 members to 4-12 members

  • Textbook review teams must exclude materials that use pronouns inconsistent with biological sex or imply collective guilt based on race, color, creed, national origin, gender, religion, disability, socioeconomic status, or occupation

Legislative Description

Schools; directing responsibility for content of all instructional materials; requiring adoption of policy for objections to use of specific materials. Effective date. Emergency.

Last Action

Second Reading referred to Education

2/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Education2/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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