An Act relating to schools; amending 25 O.S. 2021, Sections 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005, which relate to the Parents’ Bill of Rights; modifying definition; modifying right to access and review certain medical records; expanding right to consent to include making of certain photograph; modifying certain exception regarding withholding of information from a child’s parent; requiring written consent to provide sex education instruction to a child; requiring written consent to provide instruction or presentations regarding sexuality; providing for right to review certain books and materials; requiring boards of education to make available for public inspection certain information; reducing time period allowed for delivery of requested information or a written explanation for denial; requiring boards of education to adopt procedures for notification of parental concerns; providing for contents of procedures; providing process to request parental concern hearing; providing for promulgation of rules; providing for minimum contents of rules; providing for cause of action; requiring boards of education to adopt procedures to provide notification of certain remedies; prohibiting certain employee from performing certain assessments without certain written consent; defining term; requiring boards of education to adopt procedures to provide notification of certain changes in services and changes in certain names or pronouns; updating statutory language; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 11-105.1, which relates to sex education curriculum and materials; requiring written consent from a parent or guardian for a child to participate in certain instruction or activities; updating statutory language; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
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SB 1282 rewrites parts of Oklahoma’s Parents’ Bill of Rights to make sex education and other school instruction or presentations about sexuality opt-in, meaning students are automatically out unless a parent gives written consent.
It also makes districts turn over requested policies and information faster by shortening the response timeline from ten days to seven, and it sets up a formal complaint process that can escalate to a State Board hearing or a lawsuit if the issue is not resolved. On the health side, it tightens consent requirements for school-arranged physical and mental health assessments and related services by requiring written parental permission.
Finally, it requires districts to notify parents before changes in student services tied to a child’s mental or physical well-being and before any change to the name or pronoun used for a student in records or by staff, with misdemeanor penalties for violations.
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