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OK SB792
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends Oklahoma's School Safety and Bullying Prevention Act to recognize students' fundamental right to use reasonable physical force for self-defense when attacked by another student exhibiting bullying or threatening behavior
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Prohibits school districts from disciplining students found through investigation to have "more likely than not" used physical force for self-protection or to protect another person from physical harm
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Requires school district policies to explicitly prohibit zero-tolerance disciplinary policies for bullying victims, defined as policies resulting in automatic suspension or expulsion regardless of circumstances
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Mandates that administrators consider whether violent acts were committed in self-defense as an immediate response to school violence by another student when determining disciplinary action
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Effective date of July 1, 2025, with emergency clause for immediate implementation upon passage and approval
Legislative Description
School Safety and Bullying Prevention Act; requiring certain policy. Effective date. Emergency.
Last Action
Coauthored by Representative Hall (principal House author)
3/13/2025