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OK SB793

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Shane Jett

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • School district boards of education and charter school governing boards must display the Ten Commandments in every classroom by January 1, 2026, on posters or framed documents at least 11 by 14 inches with the text as the central focus in large, readable font

  • Oklahoma State System of Higher Education institutions must also display the Ten Commandments in each classroom by January 1, 2026, following the same minimum size requirements

  • Displays must include a required context statement describing the historical role of the Ten Commandments in American public education, referencing The New England Primer (1688) and McGuffey Readers

  • Schools are prohibited from spending their own funds on displays and must instead accept donated funds or donated displays; the State Department of Education must publish free resources for compliance on its website

  • Schools may also display the Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, and Northwest Ordinance alongside the Ten Commandments

Legislative Description

Education; requiring certain display. 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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