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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma requires corroborated reports for placing school personnel on administrative leave and updates communication rules
Last action · May 11, 2026: Approved by Governor 05/07/2026Sponsor: Dick Lowe
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What This Bill Does
Oklahoma law now requires a before school personnel can be placed on during an investigation into electronic communication rules, effective July 1, 2026. The legislation removes the prior requirement that unsubstantiated incidents be excluded from employee files, mandating instead that a finding of no misconduct be documented upon reinstatement.
Changes the evidentiary threshold required to suspend public and charter school employees during investigations and mandates specific record-keeping practices for cleared personnel.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
School personnel
Subject to new evidentiary requirements for administrative leave, mandatory training, and documented investigation outcomes in employee files.
Students
Subject to rules governing digital and electronic communications with school staff.
Parents or legal guardians
Must be included in electronic communications between school personnel and students, barring specific exceptions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is required before a school employee can be placed on administrative leave for communication violations?
What happens to an employee's file if an investigation finds no misconduct?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
26 actions- May 11, 2026HouseEnrolledApproved by Governor 05/07/2026
- May 5, 2026HouseSent to Governor
- May 5, 2026SenateEnrolled measure signed, returned to House
- May 5, 2026HouseEnrolled, signed, to Senate
- May 5, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred for enrollment
- May 5, 2026SenateEngrossed measure signed, returned to House
Show 20 earlier actions
- May 5, 2026SenateMeasure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0
- May 5, 2026SenateGeneral Order, Considered
- Apr 23, 2026SenatePlaced on General Order
- Apr 21, 2026SenateFloorReported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed
- Apr 6, 2026SenateRemove as author Senator Green; authored by Senator Howard
- Apr 1, 2026SenateCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Education
- Mar 11, 2026SenateIntroducedFirst Reading
- Mar 11, 2026HouseEngrossed, signed, to Senate
- Mar 10, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred for engrossment
- Mar 10, 2026HouseThird Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 7
- Mar 10, 2026HouseGeneral Order
- Mar 4, 2026HouseAuthored by Senator Green (principal Senate author)
- Mar 4, 2026HouseFloorCR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee
- Feb 17, 2026HouseRemove Representative Sterling as principal House author and substitute with Representative Kannady
- Feb 6, 2025HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Lowe (Dick)
- Feb 6, 2025HouseFloorPolicy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common Education
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Common Education
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Education Oversight
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Sterling
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance60How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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