1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 SENATE BILL 1198 By: Bergstrom
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to schools; requiring school district
7 boards of education to adopt certain policy;
8 requiring boards of education to provide certain
8 program on sex trafficking and exploitation
9 prevention and awareness to certain students;
9 directing the State Department of Education to
10 develop certain curriculum on human trafficking;
10 requiring curriculum for certain grades to address
11 specific topics; directing the Department to develop
11 certain curriculum on social media; allowing
12 collaboration to develop curriculum; requiring school
12 district to post curriculum on district’s website for
13 public inspection; requiring curriculum to be
13 provided to students in certain grades in certain
14 manner; requiring written notification of curriculum;
14 allowing boards of education to partner with certain
15 organizations and law enforcement agencies; directing
15 the Department to develop and make available to the
16 public certain education video that addresses certain
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17 resources and provide certain units or lesson plans;
17 providing for codification; and providing an
18 effective date.
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22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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 1 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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2 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 24-100.11 of Title 70, unless
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3 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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4 A. Each school district board of education in this state shall
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5 adopt a policy regarding sex trafficking and exploitation prevention
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6 and education programs for students.
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7 B. Each school district board of education in this state shall
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8 provide schoolwide education programs to all students in grades six
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9 through twelve and staff addressing sex trafficking and exploitation
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10 prevention and awareness.
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11 C. The State Department of Education shall develop and make
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12 available to every public school that serves sixth through twelfth
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13 grades in this state curriculum that shall be taught as a stand-
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14 alone unit of instruction regarding human trafficking with an
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15 emphasis on sex trafficking. The curriculum shall be age
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16 appropriate and shall include an emphasis on exploitation
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17 prevention. For students in grades nine through twelve, curriculum
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18 shall specifically include the following:
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19 1. Definitions and nature of sex trafficking and exploitation;
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20 2. Current laws of sex trafficking and exploitation in
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21 Oklahoma;
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22 3. Facts and statistics of sex trafficking and exploitation in
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23 Oklahoma and throughout the United States;
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24 4. How sex traffickers profile victims;
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 1 5. The role of online computer activity;
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2 6. How demand is created and the industries that influence sex
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3 trafficking and exploitation;
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4 7. How to identify a potential victim and what to do when a
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5 person identifies a victim;
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6 8. Understanding force, fraud, and coercion;
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7 9. Understanding how traffickers groom a victim;
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8 10. The differences between prostitution and sex trafficking
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9 and exploitation;
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10 11. The role that pornography plays in sex trafficking and
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11 exploitation;
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12 12. Understanding the complexities of abuse, indoctrination,
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13 and manipulation;
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14 13. Understanding the physiological makeup of a sex trafficking
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15 victim;
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16 14. Rescuing victims of sex trafficking and exploitation; and
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17 15. How to engage in the fight against sex trafficking and
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18 exploitation.
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19 D. The State Department of Education shall develop and make
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20 available to every public school that serves sixth through twelfth
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21 grades in this state curriculum that shall be taught as a stand-
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22 alone unit of instruction regarding social media and how students
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23 may best protect themselves from exploitation when using social
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24 media and internet services including, but not limited to, online
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 1 gaming, chat rooms, and email. The curriculum shall be age
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2 appropriate and shall be updated annually to respond to changes in
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3 social media.
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4 E. The State Department of Education may collaborate with
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5 outside organizations including law enforcement agencies to develop
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6 the curriculum required by this section at no cost to the State
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7 Department of Education. The curriculum shall be provided at no
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8 cost to school districts.
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9 F. Curriculum used by a school district pursuant to this
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10 section shall be made available for public inspection on the school
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11 district’s website.
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12 G. The curriculum required in subsections C and D of this
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13 section shall be combined into a single unit.
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14 1. For grades six through eight, the curriculum shall be taught
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15 as a ninety-minute unit divided into forty-five-minute segments over
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16 two (2) days, which may not be consecutive, but each segment shall
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17 be provided no more than one week apart.
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18 2. For grades nine through twelve, the curriculum shall be
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19 taught as a one-hundred-thirty-five-minute unit divided into forty-
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20 five-minute segments over three (3) days, which may not be
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21 consecutive, but each segment shall be provided no more than one
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22 week apart.
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23 H. School districts shall provide parents and legal guardians
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24 of students written notification, which includes an explanation of
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 1 the presentation, who the presenter(s) will be, and any organization
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2 with which the presenter is affiliated, at least seven (7) days
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3 prior to presentation of the curriculum. The notification shall
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4 include information to parents and legal guardians that they may opt
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5 their student out of the curriculum by providing written notice to
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6 the school district.
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7 I. Each school district board of education may partner with
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8 nonprofit organizations and law enforcement agencies that specialize
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9 in outreach and education programs on sex trafficking and
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10 exploitation to make literature that addresses sex trafficking and
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11 exploitation available and to assist in presenting the curriculum to
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12 students. Literature and assistance provided pursuant to this
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13 subsection shall be at no cost to school districts and shall be
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14 limited in scope to the topics and guidance provided in subsections
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15 B, C, and D of this section. Any literature provided pursuant to
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16 this subsection shall be made available for public inspection on the
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17 school district’s website.
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18 J. The State Department of Education shall develop and make
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19 available to the public on its website a ninety-minute education
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20 video that addresses sex trafficking, exploitation prevention, and
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21 social media use. The program shall be divided into segments not to
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22 exceed twenty (20) minutes each. The Department shall also make
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23 available on its website links to materials that complement the
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24 education video and links to nonprofit organizations that specialize
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 1 in outreach and education programs on sex trafficking and
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2 exploitation. The education video required by this subsection shall
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3 address the topics outlined in paragraphs 1 through 15 of subsection
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4 C of this section as well as concrete steps that parents and legal
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5 guardians can take to protect children from exploitation.
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6 K. The State Department of Education shall identify resources
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7 and provide exemplar units or sample lesson plans designed to help
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8 teachers provide instruction on the subject matters outlined in this
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9 section.
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10 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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