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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 2919 By: Pittman
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; permitting Life Skills to
be taught as an elective course in public schools as
funding becomes available; listing areas of
instruction; allowing school district to provide
instruction for certain grades; authorizing district
to determine timing for instruction; permitting
partnership to assist in Life Skills instruction;
providing for integration of instruction in existing
course; authorizing instruction in person, virtually
or both; specifying specialized teaching
certification is not required; requiring certain
standards for implementation; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-103.17 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Subject to the availability of funding and in addition to
personal financial literacy education required by the Passport to
Financial Literacy Act, Life Skills may be taught as an elective
course in the public schools of this state. Life Skills may
include, but is not limited to, the following areas of instruction:
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1. Nutrition programs, including cooking;
2. Automobile maintenance;
3. Household repairs;
4. First aid;
5. Etiquette, social interaction and interpersonal skills;
6. Professional development, including applying and
interviewing for jobs, resume writing, and college readiness;
7. Basic financial skills, including understanding credit
scores and the path to home ownership;
8. Career pathways, including college, trade schools,
vocational programs, and licensing and certificate programs;
9. State and local government;
10. Self-discipline and time management; and
11. Basics of mental health, including stress management
techniques.
B. School districts may provide instruction in Life Skills to
students during grades six through twelve. School districts may
determine when each area of instruction listed in subsection A of
this section may be presented to students. The school district may
partner with the career and technology education system to assist in
teaching Life Skills.
C. The conditions of this section can be accomplished through a
Family and Consumer Science course at the school district. If a
school district does not have a Family and Consumer Science course,
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it may be accomplished through other applicable courses. The
instruction may be offered to students attending school in person,
virtually, or a hybrid of both. Specialized certification shall not
be required for teachers who are providing Life Skills instruction.
D. Schools shall follow life logic standards or workforce
readiness course standards to implement the course.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-12192 SW 01/14/25