1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 SENATE BILL 1787 By: Thompson (Kristen)
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Oklahoma Open Records Act;
7 amending 51 O.S. 2021, Section 24A.16, which relates
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8 confidentiality of certain contracts; and declaring
9 an emergency.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2021, Section 24A.16, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 24A.16. A. Except as set forth in subsection B of this
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16 section, public educational institutions and their employees may
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17 keep confidential:
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18 1. Individual student records;
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19 2. Teacher lesson plans, tests and other teaching material; and
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20 3. Personal communications concerning individual students; and
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21 4. Any contract for use of a student athlete’s name, image, or
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22 likeness disclosed to a postsecondary institution pursuant to the
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23 Student Athlete Name, Image and Likeness Rights Act.
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 1 B. If kept, statistical information not identified with a
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2 particular student and directory information shall be open for
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3 inspection and copying. Except as provided in subsection C of this
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4 section, each educational institution may choose to designate
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5 specific information which shall be classified as directory
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6 information for students attending the educational institution. In
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7 accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act,
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8 Section 1232g of Title 20 of the United States Code and Part 99 of
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9 Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, “directory information”
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10 includes a student’s name, address, telephone listing, date and
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11 place of birth, major field of study, participation in officially
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12 recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of
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13 athletic teams, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received,
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14 and the most recent previous educational institution attended by the
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15 student. Any educational agency or institution making public
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16 directory information shall give public notice of the categories of
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17 information which it has designated as directory information with
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18 respect to each student attending the institution or agency and
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19 shall allow a reasonable period of time after the notice has been
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20 given for a parent to inform the institution or agency that any or
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21 all of the information designated should not be released without
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22 prior consent of the parent or guardian or the student if the
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23 student is eighteen (18) years of age or older.
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 1 C. All educational agencies or institutions which are not the
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2 primary custodians of student directory information of students
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3 attending the educational institution, but which are allowed to
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4 access the information for educational purposes, shall be prohibited
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5 from releasing or selling any or all student directory information
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6 unless disclosure is authorized by the Family Educational Rights and
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7 Privacy Act, Section 1232g of Title 20 of the United States Code and
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8 Part 99 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or Section
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9 3-168 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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10 D. A public school district may release individual student
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11 records for the current or previous school year to a school district
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12 at which the student was previously enrolled for purposes of
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13 evaluating educational programs and school effectiveness.
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14 SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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15 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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16 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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17 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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