Oklahoma § 70-27

§ 70-27.

Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 607, art. 20, § 9.

§70-27-101. Short title - Oklahoma Extracurricular Activities

Accountability Act.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma

Extracurricular Activities Accountability Act".

Added by Laws 2014, c. 327, § 1.

§70-27-102. School athletic association.

As used in the Oklahoma Extracurricular Activities

Accountability Act, a "school athletic association" means any

private organization or association which charges the school or

school district a membership fee, retains a portion of revenue

generated by the interscholastic activities or contests of the

member schools, and provides the coordination, supervision and

regulation of the interscholastic activities and contests of the

member schools.

Added by Laws 2014, c. 327, § 2.

§70-27-103. School athletic association written policy.

A public school or school district shall not be a member of any

school athletic association unless that association has adopted a

written policy that requires the following:

1. All records of the association to be made accessible

consistent with the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act;

2. All meetings of the association to be open and conducted in

a manner consistent with the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting

Act, including specifically the notice and agenda, voting and

executive session requirements; and

3. An annual financial audit and a compliance audit of all

funds of the association in accordance with the auditing standards

set forth in the Oklahoma Public School Audit Law. In addition, the

association shall have performance audits conducted of the

operations of the association. A performance audit shall be

conducted no later than December 31, 2014, and by December 31 every

five (5) years thereafter.

Added by Laws 2014, c. 327, § 3.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools

§70-27-104. Short title – Riley's Rule – Emergency Action Plan for

facility and athletic events.

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Riley's Rule".

B. Prior to the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, each

school district board of education shall coordinate with emergency

medical services providers that serve the area in which the school

district is located to develop an Emergency Action Plan for each

facility and athletic practices, events or activities held at school

district facilities.

C. The Emergency Action Plan shall:

1. Include maps and directions with appropriate contact

information for emergency medical services;

2. Assign a medical administrator who is a current school

employee such as a coach, administrator or athletic director;

3. Define responsibilities and personnel on-site, both medical

and school officials;

4. Include a list of medical equipment available and location

of the nearest automated external defibrillator, if available;

5. Be posted in each facility;

6. Be distributed to all school officials involved in athletic

practices, events or activities held at school district facilities;

and

7. Specify documentation actions after any emergency to

evaluate for debriefing purposes and to determine if there are

necessary changes to the Emergency Action Plan.

D. The Emergency Action Plan shall be reviewed, updated and

rehearsed annually with school officials and local emergency medical

services providers, and placed on file with the school district and

the emergency medical services provider. The Emergency Action Plan

shall be updated to reflect any potential significant change that

would affect implementation of the plan.

E. Prior to each athletic event or activity where there are

athletes participating from visiting schools, the Emergency Action

Plan shall be digitally transmitted to the visiting school

administrator or coach or posted on the school's website.

Added by Laws 2020, c. 141, § 1, eff. July 1, 2020. Amended by Laws

2021, c. 470, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.

§70-27-105. Radio, video and telegraphic play-by-play rights for

visiting teams.

A. Notwithstanding any policy of a school athletic association,

as defined by Section 27-102 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

in all regular season high school athletic competitions in this

state, the visiting team shall have the same rights to radio

broadcast, video stream and provide telegraphic play-by-play

accounts as the home team as long as the visiting team has either:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools

1. A valid agreement to broadcast, video stream and/or provide

telegraphic play-by-play accounts between a media organization and

the school's board of education; or

2. The visiting team has a curricular program for students that

typically provides streaming for the team's home games.

B. The provisions of this section shall apply to athletic

competitions beginning in the 2021-2022 school year.

C. The provisions of this section shall apply to contracts for

the rights to radio broadcast, video stream and provide telegraphic

play-by-play accounts entered into or renewed on or after the

effective date of this act.

Added by Laws 2021, c. 234, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021.

§70-27-106. Short title - Save Women's Sports Act – Requirements –

Causes of action.

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Save

Women's Sports Act".

B. As used in this section:

1. "School" means a public school district or public charter

school in this state or an institution within The Oklahoma State

System of Higher Education;

2. "School athletic association" shall have the same meaning as

provided for in Section 27-102 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

and

3. "Intercollegiate association" shall mean a national

association that sets eligibility requirements for participation in

sports at the collegiate level and that provides the coordination,

supervision and regulation of the intercollegiate competitions.

C. Athletic teams that are sponsored by a school or sponsored

by a private school whose students or teams compete against a school

shall be expressly designated as one of the following based on

biological sex:

1. "Males", "men" or "boys";

2. "Females", "women" or "girls"; or

3. "Coed" or "mixed".

D. Prior to the beginning of each school year, the parent or

legal guardian of a student who competes on a school athletic team

shall sign an affidavit acknowledging the biological sex of the

student at birth. If the student is eighteen (18) years of age or

older, the student who competes on a school athletic team shall sign

an affidavit acknowledging his or her biological sex at birth. If

there is any change in the status of the biological sex of the

student, the affiant shall notify the school within thirty (30) days

of such change.

E. 1. Athletic teams designated for "females", "women" or

"girls" shall not be open to students of the male sex.

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2. Any student who is deprived of an athletic opportunity or

suffers any direct or indirect harm as a result of a violation of

paragraph 1 of this subsection shall have a cause of action for

injunctive relief, damages and any other relief available permitted

by law against the school.

3. Any student who is subject to retaliation or other adverse

action by a school, school athletic association or intercollegiate

association as a result of reporting a violation of paragraph 1 of

this subsection to an employee or representative of the school,

school athletic association or intercollegiate association or to any

state or federal agency with oversight of schools in this state

shall have a cause of action for injunctive relief, damages and any

other relief available permitted by law against the school, school

athletic association or intercollegiate association.

F. 1. The State Board of Education, the Oklahoma State Regents

for Higher Education and any school athletic association or

intercollegiate association of which a school is a member shall be

prohibited from entertaining a complaint, opening an investigation

or taking any other adverse action against a school for maintaining

athletic teams or sports for students of the female sex as provided

for in subsection E of this section.

2. Any school that suffers any direct or indirect harm as a

result of a violation of paragraph 1 of this subsection shall have a

cause of action for injunctive relief, damages and any other relief

permitted by law against the State Board of Education, the Oklahoma

State Regents for Higher Education, school athletic association or

intercollegiate association.

G. Causes of action authorized by this section shall be

initiated within two (2) years after the harm occurred. Persons or

associations that prevail on a claim brought pursuant to this

section shall be entitled to monetary damages including for any

psychological, emotional and physical harm suffered, reasonable

attorney fees and costs and any other appropriate relief permitted

by law.

Added by Laws 2022, c. 8, § 1, emerg. eff. March 30, 2022.

§70-27-200. XXX.

A. Schools shall have the right to broadcast all high school

athletic activities in this state in which the school's athletic

team is participating.

B. If the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association

enters into an exclusive broadcast agreement for an athletic

activity, such agreement shall not prohibit a local broadcaster or

school from broadcasting a school's athletic activity in which the

school's athletic team is participating.

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C. The provisions of this section shall apply to contracts

involving the right to broadcast that are entered into or renewed on

or after the effective date of this act.

D. For purposes of this section:

1. "Athletic activity" means any high school athletic preseason, regular season, or playoff game;

2. "Broadcast" means the live or recorded audio or video

transmission over airwaves, streaming, or other transmission of an

athletic activity, play-by-play, or other account of such activity

via radio, television, Internet, or other technologies;

3. "Exclusive broadcast agreement" means an agreement entered

into between the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association

and an organization to broadcast the Oklahoma Secondary School

Activities Association's athletic activities under which such

organization retains sole rights to broadcast such activities or

first right to broadcast such activities;

4. "Local broadcaster" means an organization, located in

Oklahoma, that provides local broadcast services for any activity of

a local school. Local broadcaster includes school-sponsored

organizations that produce student-organized broadcasts such as

educational courses or programs offered by the school; and

5. "Organization" means an individual, public or private

corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association,

joint venture, or any other legal or commercial entity.

Added by Laws 2025, c. 59, § 1, eff. July 1, 2025.