Oklahoma § 70-3250 - Sex trafficking and exploitation – Prevention and

§ 70-3250. Sex trafficking and exploitation – Prevention and

education programs for freshman students.

A. Upon the effective date of this act, the Oklahoma State

Regents for Higher Education shall allow, if offered by nonprofit

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organizations that specialize in outreach and education programs on

sex trafficking and exploitation, a series of in-depth prevention

and education programs regarding sex trafficking and exploitation to

all freshman students enrolled at institutions of higher education

within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education.

B. Institutions of higher education shall provide all freshman

students the opportunity to attend one of three on-campus, voluntary

sex trafficking and exploitation prevention and education programs

at any time, including during freshman orientation activities, if

offered by nonprofit organizations that specialize in outreach and

education programs on sex trafficking and exploitation. The sex

trafficking and exploitation prevention and education programs shall

specifically provide students the following:

1. Definitions and nature of sex trafficking and exploitation;

2. Current laws of sex trafficking and exploitation in

Oklahoma;

3. Facts and statistics of sex trafficking and exploitation in

Oklahoma 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;

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, 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.

C. Program materials related to sex trafficking and

exploitation prevention and education programs shall be provided at

no cost to participating students and their parents and legal

guardians. The program provider shall be solely responsible for

incurring all costs associated with implementing prevention and

education programs and related program materials.

Added by Laws 2021, c. 458, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.