HB1275: Social Media Account Limits for Minors
(as introduced, by Representative Chad Caldwell) In a nutshell, this bill is not directly an education bill but it will have some ancillary effects on schools, students, and parents/guardians. It seeks to limit minors under the age of 16 from having a social media account. Minors aged 16 or 17 will have to verify their […]
HB1075: School Employee Suspected Criminal Behaviors
Proposed bill HB1075 will expand the state clearinghouse to include mostly all school employees for reports on certain suspected criminal behaviors
SB142 – Public School Teacher Pay Raise of $3000
Proposed bill as introduced, authored by Senator Carri Hicks What does the proposed bill do? In a nutshell, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, certain certified public school personnel will receive a salary increase of $3000. This bill also removes certain existing language to preserve this increase for only public school certified personnel. More specifically, […]
SB139: Prohibition of Student Cell Phones
Proposed bill as introduced, authored by Senator Ally Seifried. What does the proposed bill do? There are two main parts to this bill, which is proposed to go into effect on July 1, 2025 (ahead of the 2025-2026 school year). First, it directs Public School Boards to adopt a strict policy: Secondly, it directs the […]
3 steps to find filed legislative bills in Oklahoma
Soon, all legislative bills will be filed with their specific language. Obviously, the language will morph and change throughout the legislative session, you can see now what is being proposed. In case you haven’t looked at this before, here are… 3 steps to locate proposed legislative bills You can use this website for other searches, […]
HB1006: Ten Commandments in each classroom
Not even 10 years ago, a Ten Commandments monument that was erected on the grounds of the Oklahoma State Capitol and was soon thereafter removed. With a crane. For $4,700! It was HUGE! Our Oklahoma State Supreme Court (correctly) decided the religious display violated our own state Constitution (Article II, Section 5) – notwithstanding any […]
What new laws are being thought up now?!
Did you know there’s a law that designates that the ribeye is the official state steak of Oklahoma? I remember in 2019 when that was discussed on the House floor and thinking that this can’t possibly be worth our time and resources. Maybe it is. Meat isn’t really my area of law. Want another interesting […]