STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 54th Legislature (2014)

SENATE BILL 1470	By:	Newberry

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to schools; creating the Protection of Parental Education Act; providing short title; directing all instructional material related to an advanced placement course to be available for inspection; requiring notice to parents or guardians of certain content; providing for certain consent; providing for noncodification; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law not to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Protection of Parental Education Act".
SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1210.704 of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  All instructional material which will be used in connection with an advanced placement course shall be available for inspection by the parents or guardians of the students enrolled in the course prior to the beginning of the course.
B.  1.  Any advanced placement course taken by a high school student under the age of eighteen (18) that requires the utilization of salacious material, including, but not limited to, sexual situations or content which relates to preferences regarding religion, racial discrimination or sexual orientation, shall be identified as such in a notice to parents or guardians of students enrolled in the course.
2.  The notice to parents and guardians shall include a consent form requiring a signature from a parent or guardian prior to the student participating in the course.
SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2014.
SECTION 4.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

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