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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1214 By: Bergstrom
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; requiring school district
boards of education to adopt certain policy;
requiring boards of education to provide certain
program on sex trafficking and exploitation
prevention and awareness to certain students;
directing the State Department of Education to
develop certain curriculum on human trafficking;
requiring curriculum for certain grades to address
specific topics; directing the Department to develop
certain curriculum on social media; allowing
collaboration to develop curriculum; requiring school
district to post curriculum on district’s website for
public inspection; requiring curriculum to be
provided to students in certain grades in certain
manner; requiring written notification of curriculum;
allowing boards of education to partner with certain
organizations and law enforcement agencies; directing
the Department to develop and make available to the
public certain education video that addresses certain
topics; directing the Department to identify certain
resources and provide certain units or lesson plans;
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 24-100.11 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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A. Each school district board of education in this state shall
adopt a policy regarding sex trafficking and exploitation prevention
and education programs for students.
B. Each school district board of education in this state shall
provide schoolwide education programs to all students in grades six
through twelve and staff addressing sex trafficking and exploitation
prevention and awareness.
C. The State Department of Education shall develop and make
available to every public school that serves sixth through twelfth
grade in this state curriculum that shall be taught as a stand-alone
unit of instruction regarding human trafficking with an emphasis on
sex trafficking. The curriculum shall be age appropriate and shall
include an emphasis on exploitation prevention. For students in
grades nine through twelve, curriculum shall specifically include
the following:
1. Definitions and nature of sex trafficking and exploitation;
2. Current laws on sex trafficking and exploitation in this
state;
3. Facts and statistics of sex trafficking and exploitation in
this state and throughout the United States;
4. How sex traffickers profile victims;
5. The role of online computer activity;
6. How demand is created and the industries that influence sex
trafficking and exploitation;
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7. How to identify a potential victim and what to do when a
person identifies a victim;
8. Understanding force, fraud, and coercion;
9. Understanding how traffickers groom a victim;
10. The differences between prostitution and sex trafficking
and exploitation;
11. The role that pornography plays in sex trafficking and
exploitation;
12. Understanding the complexities of abuse, indoctrination,
and manipulation;
13. Understanding the physiological makeup of a sex trafficking
victim;
14. Rescuing victims of sex trafficking and exploitation; and
15. How to engage in the fight against sex trafficking and
exploitation.
D. The State Department of Education shall develop and make
available to every public school that serves sixth through twelfth
grade in this state curriculum that shall be taught as a stand-alone
unit of instruction regarding social media and how students may best
protect themselves from exploitation when using social media and
internet services including, but not limited to, online gaming, chat
rooms, and email. The curriculum shall be age appropriate and shall
be updated annually to respond to changes in social media.
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E. The State Department of Education may collaborate with
outside organizations including law enforcement agencies to develop
the curriculum required by this section at no cost to the State
Department of Education. The curriculum shall be provided at no
cost to school districts.
F. Curriculum used by a school district pursuant to this
section shall be made available for public inspection on the school
district’s website.
G. The curriculum required in subsections C and D of this
section shall be combined into a single unit.
1. For grades six through eight, the curriculum shall be taught
as a ninety-minute unit divided into forty-five-minute segments over
two (2) days, which may not be consecutive, but each segment shall
be provided no more than one week apart.
2. For grades nine through twelve, the curriculum shall be
taught as a one-hundred-thirty-five-minute unit divided into forty-
five-minute segments over three (3) days, which may not be
consecutive, but each segment shall be provided no more than one
week apart.
H. School districts shall provide parents and legal guardians
of students written notification, which includes an explanation of
the presentation, who the presenter(s) will be, and any organization
with which the presenter is affiliated, at least seven (7) days
prior to presentation of the curriculum. The notification shall
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include information to parents and legal guardians that they may opt
their student out of the curriculum by providing written notice to
the school district.
I. Each school district board of education may partner with
nonprofit organizations and law enforcement agencies that specialize
in outreach and education programs on sex trafficking and
exploitation to make literature that addresses sex trafficking and
exploitation available and to assist in presenting the curriculum to
students. Literature and assistance provided pursuant to this
subsection shall be at no cost to school districts and shall be
limited in scope to the topics and guidance provided in subsections
B, C, and D of this section. Any literature provided pursuant to
this subsection shall be made available for public inspection on the
school district’s website.
J. The State Department of Education shall develop and make
available to the public on its website a ninety-minute education
video that addresses sex trafficking, exploitation prevention, and
social media use. The program shall be divided into segments not to
exceed twenty (20) minutes each. The Department shall also make
available on its website links to materials that complement the
education video and links to nonprofit organizations that specialize
in outreach and education programs on sex trafficking and
exploitation. The education video required by this subsection shall
address the topics outlined in paragraphs 1 through 15 of subsection
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C of this section as well as concrete steps that parents and legal
guardians can take to protect children from exploitation.
K. The State Department of Education shall identify resources
and provide exemplar units or sample lesson plans designed to help
teachers provide instruction on the subject matters outlined in this
section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2027.
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