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OK SB702

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dusty Deevers

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Oklahoma's Health Education Act to limit health education in public schools to physical health, physical exercise, physical activities, and nutrition, explicitly excluding sex education and gender theory from the curriculum

  • Requires the State Department of Education to develop standards and benchmarks by the 2025-2026 school year, with the State Board of Education approving all curricula, materials, tests, surveys, and questionnaires for statewide use

  • Mandates school districts submit annual reports by July 1, 2027 describing their health education implementation, and establishes a complaint process where violations may result in deficient accreditation reports

  • Removes mental health, social and emotional health, and intellectual health from the required health education topics, and eliminates the requirement for biennial reviews of mental health crisis protocols

  • Repeals Maria's Law (Section 11-103.9b) and the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey (Section 24-158), with an effective date of July 1, 2025 and emergency clause for immediate implementation

Legislative Description

Schools; modifying the Health Education Act; modifying topics to be included in health education; providing for review and approval of curricula and 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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