Oklahoma § 70-1210.163 - See the following versions:

§ 70-1210.163. See the following versions:

OS 70-1210.163v1 (SB 553, Laws 2025, c. 101, § 6)

OS 70-1210.163v2 (HB 2798, Laws 2025, c. 260, § 3)

§70-1210.163v1. Duty for school employees to report potential

student abuse or neglect.

A. Every school employee having reason to believe that a

student under the age of eighteen (18) years is a victim of abuse or

neglect shall report the matter immediately to the Department of

Human Services and local law enforcement. Reports to the Department

shall be made to the hotline provided for in Section 1-2-101 of

Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes. Any allegation of abuse or

neglect reported in any manner to a county office shall immediately

be referred to the hotline by the Department.

B. Every school employee having reason to believe that a

student age eighteen (18) years or older is a victim of abuse or

neglect shall report the matter immediately to local law

enforcement.

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C. In reports required by subsection A or B of this section,

local law enforcement shall keep confidential and redact any

information identifying the reporting school employee unless

otherwise ordered by the court. A school employee with knowledge of

a report required by subsection A or B of this section shall not

disclose information identifying the reporting school employee

unless otherwise ordered by the court or as part of an investigation

by local law enforcement or the Department.

D. Every school employee shall annually sign an attestation

acknowledging his or her responsibility to report suspected child

abuse or neglect pursuant to this section and Section 1-2-101 of

Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.

E. For the purposes of this section, “child abuse and neglect”

shall include, but not be limited to:

1. Child abuse as defined in Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

2. Sexual abuse or sexual exploitation as defined in Section 11-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. Contributing to the delinquency of a minor, as described in

Section 856 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

4. Trafficking in children as defined in Section 866 of Title

21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

5. Incest, as described in Section 885 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

6. Forcible sodomy, as described in Section 888 of Title 21 of

the Oklahoma Statutes;

7. Maliciously, forcibly or fraudulently taking or enticing a

child away, as described in Section 891 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

8. Soliciting or aiding a minor child to perform or showing,

exhibiting, loaning or distributing obscene material or child sexual

abuse material, as described in Section 1021 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

9. Procuring or causing the participation of any minor child in

any child sexual abuse material or knowingly possessing, procuring

or manufacturing child sexual abuse material, as described in

Section 1021.2 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

10. Permitting or consenting to the participation of a minor

child in any child sexual abuse material, as described in Section

1021.3 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

11. Facilitating, encouraging, offering or soliciting sexual

conduct with a minor, as described in Section 1040.13a of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes;

12. Offering or offering to secure a minor child for the

purposes of prostitution or any other lewd or indecent act, as

described in Section 1087 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

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13. Causing, inducing, persuading or encouraging a minor child

to engage or continue to engage in prostitution, as described in

Section 1088 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

14. Rape or rape by instrumentation, as described in Sections

1111.1 and 1114 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

15. Making any oral, written or electronically or computergenerated lewd or indecent proposals to a minor child under the age

of sixteen (16) as described in Section 1123 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 2018, c. 323, § 2, eff. July 1, 2018. Amended by Laws

2019, c. 415, § 2, eff. July 1, 2019; Laws 2024, c. 59, § 46, eff.

Nov. 1, 2024; Laws 2025, c. 101, § 6, eff. July 1, 2025.

§70-1210.163v2. Duty for school employees to report potential

student abuse or neglect.

A. Every school employee having reason to believe that a

student under the age of eighteen (18) years is a victim of abuse or

neglect shall report the matter immediately to the Department of

Human Services and local law enforcement. Reports to the Department

shall be made to the hotline provided for in Section 1-2-101 of

Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes. Any allegation of abuse or

neglect reported in any manner to a county office shall immediately

be referred to the hotline by the Department.

B. Every school employee having reason to believe that a

student age eighteen (18) years or older is a victim of abuse or

neglect shall report the matter immediately to local law

enforcement.

C. In reports required by subsection A or B of this section,

local law enforcement shall keep confidential and redact any

information identifying the reporting school employee unless

otherwise ordered by the court. A school employee with knowledge of

a report required by subsection A or B of this section shall not

disclose information identifying the reporting school employee

unless otherwise ordered by the court or as part of an investigation

by local law enforcement or the Department.

D. Any superintendent or school administrator of a private

school or public school district who knowingly and willfully fails

to promptly report or interferes with the prompt reporting of abuse

or neglect shall be subject to the penalties provided for in Section

2 of this act. As used in this subsection, "school administrator"

means a principal, assistant principal, or any other person who

serves in a supervisory or administrative capacity in a private

school or public school district.

E. For the purposes of this section, "child abuse and neglect"

shall include, but not be limited to:

1. Child abuse as defined in Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

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2. Sexual abuse or sexual exploitation as defined in Section 11-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. Contributing to the delinquency of a minor as defined in

Section 856 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

4. Trafficking in children, as defined in Section 866 of Title

21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

5. Incest as described in Section 885 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

6. Forcible sodomy, as described in Section 888 of Title 21 of

the Oklahoma Statutes;

7. Maliciously, forcibly or fraudulently taking or enticing a

child away, as described in Section 891 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

8. Soliciting or aiding a minor child to perform or showing,

exhibiting, loaning or distributing obscene material or child sexual

abuse material, as described in Section 1021 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

9. Procuring or causing the participation of any minor child in

any child sexual abuse material or knowingly possessing, procuring

or manufacturing child sexual abuse material, as described in

Section 1021.2 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

10. Permitting or consenting to the participation of a minor

child in any child sexual abuse material, as described in Section

1021.3 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

11. Facilitating, encouraging, offering or soliciting sexual

conduct with a minor, as described in Section 1040.13a of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes;

12. Offering or offering to secure a minor child for the

purposes of prostitution or any other lewd or indecent act, as

described in Section 1087 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

13. Causing, inducing, persuading or encouraging a minor child

to engage or continue to engage in prostitution, as described in

Section 1088 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

14. Rape or rape by instrumentation, as described in Sections

1111.1 and 1114 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

15. Making any oral, written or electronically or computergenerated lewd or indecent proposals to a minor child under the age

of sixteen (16) as described in Section 1123 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes; and

16. Sexual battery, when committed upon a person who is at

least sixteen (16) years of age and is less than twenty (20) years

of age and is a student, or in the legal custody or supervision of

any public or private elementary or secondary school, or technology

center school, by a person who is eighteen (18) years of age or

older and is an employee of a private school or public school

system.

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Added by Laws 2018, c. 323, § 2, eff. July 1, 2018. Amended by Laws

2019, c. 415, § 2, eff. July 1, 2019; Laws 2024, c. 59, § 46, eff.

Nov. 1, 2024; Laws 2025, c. 260, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2025.