Higher education; Academic Loyalty Oath Ban; prohibition of ideological oaths; right of action; effective date; emergency.
2025 Regular Session
A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 9504 of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. Neither an institution of higher education nor an institutional review board associated with an institution of higher education may: [...] 2. Compel, require, induce, or solicit any applicant, employee, student or contractor to provide a communication, written or oral, relating to: [...] b. the applicant's, employee's, student's, or contractor's views on, experience with, or past or planned contributions to [...] efforts involving diversity, equity, and inclusion, marginalized groups, anti-racism, social justice, intersectionality, or related concepts, or c. the applicant's, employee's, student's, or contractor's views on or experience with race, color, ethnicity, national origin, or other immutable characteristics of students and co-workers;
History
Date | Action |
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2025-02-04 | Second Reading referred to Rules |
2025-02-03 | Authored by Representative Caldwell (Chad) |
2025-02-03 | First Reading |