1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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3 SENATE BILL 803 By: Jett
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to schools; providing definitions;
7 prohibiting public schools and charter schools from
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8 divisive concepts; allowing a teacher to be dismissed
9 or not reemployed for teaching or training students
9 to believe certain divisive concepts; providing
10 certain construction; providing for promulgation of
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11 effective date; and declaring an emergency.
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-103.12 of Title 70, unless
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17 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 A. As used in this section:
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19 1. “Divisive concepts” means the concepts that:
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20 a. one race or sex is inherently superior to another race
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21 or sex,
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22 b. the United States is fundamentally racist or sexist,
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 1 c. an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is
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2 inherently racist, sexist or oppressive, whether
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3 consciously or unconsciously,
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4 d. an individual should be discriminated against or
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5 receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of
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6 his or her race or sex,
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7 e. members of one race or sex cannot and should not
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8 attempt to treat others without respect to race or
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9 sex,
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10 f. an individual’s moral character is necessarily
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11 determined by his or her race or sex,
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12 g. an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex,
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13 bears responsibility for actions committed in the past
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14 by other members of the same race or sex,
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15 h. any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish
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16 or any other form of psychological distress on account
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17 of his or her race or sex,
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18 i. meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are
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19 racist or sexist or were created by a particular race
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20 to oppress another race, or
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21 j. any other form of race or sex stereotyping or any
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22 other form of race or sex scapegoating;
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 1 2. “Race or sex stereotyping” means ascribing character traits,
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2 values, moral and ethical codes, privileges, status or beliefs to a
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3 race or sex, or an individual because of his or her race or sex; and
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4 3. “Race or sex scapegoating” means assigning fault, blame or
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5 bias to a race or sex or to members of a race or sex because of
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6 their race or sex. It also includes any claim that consciously or
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7 unconsciously and by virtue of his or her race or sex, members of
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8 any race are inherently racist or are inherently inclined to oppress
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9 others, or that members of a sex are inherently sexist or inclined
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10 to oppress others.
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11 B. Public school districts and public charter schools in this
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12 state shall be prohibited from teaching, instructing or training any
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13 student to believe any of the divisive concepts set forth in
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14 subsection A of this section.
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15 C. Subject to the provisions of the Teacher Due Process Act of
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16 1990, a teacher may be dismissed or not reemployed for teaching,
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17 instructing or training any student to believe any of the divisive
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18 concepts set forth in subsection A of this section.
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19 D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit
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20 discussing, as part of a larger course of academic instruction, the
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21 divisive concepts provided for in subsection A of this section in an
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22 objective manner and without endorsement.
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23 E. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to
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24 implement and monitor compliance with the provisions of this act.
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 1 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
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2 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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3 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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4 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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5 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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