Please contact Oklahoma House Common Education Committee members and Oklahoma Senate Education Committee members and urge them to support House Bill 2790 and SB 967 today!
The House Common Education Committee will meet Monday afternoon, February 22nd to hear HB 2790 for a second time. We are still waiting to hear if the bill will be heard in the Senate Education Committee Monday morning as well.
Speaking Points:
Please support HB 2790 | SB 967 aligning the State definition of “Bullying” with the CDC’s Uniform Definition of “Bullying”
- The new language clarifies and strengthens a school’s ability to investigate and assess suspected incidents of bullying regarding power imbalances that are observed or perceived.
- The new language promotes a prevention mindset: when identifying bullying the very first time it happens and assessing the high likelihood of bullying happening again – steps can be taken to prevent future incidents of bullying.
- The new definition aligns with a wide body of existing research and measurement tools that can be applied here to reduce bullying in Oklahoma.
House Common Education Committee Members:
Rep. Coody (405) 557-7398
anncoody@okhouse.gov
Rep. Rogers (405) 557-7362
michael.rogers@okhouse.gov
Rep. Caldwell (405) 557-7317
chad.caldwell@okhouse.gov
Rep. Cannaday (405) 557-7375
ed.cannaday@okhouse.gov
Rep. Condit (405) 557-7376
donnie.condit@okhouse.gov
Rep. Fisher (405) 557-7311
dan.fisher@okhouse.gov
Rep. Henke (405) 557-7361
katie.henke@okhouse.gov
Rep. Jordan (405) 557-7352
jp.jordan@okhouse.gov
Rep. Kern (405) 557-7348
sallykern@okhouse.gov
Rep. McDaniel (405) 557-7334
jeanniemcdaniel@okhouse.gov
Rep. Nelson (405) 557-7335
jason.nelson@okhouse.gov
Rep. Nollan (405) 557-7390
jadine.nollan@okhouse.gov
Rep. Stone (405) 557-7397
shane.stone@okhouse.gov
Rep. Strohm (405) 557-7331
chuck.strohm@okhouse.gov
Rep. Thomsen (405) 557-7336
todd.thomsen@okhouse.gov
Senate Education Committee Members:
Senator Ford (405) 521-5634
fordj@oksenate.gov
Senator Sharp (Bill Author) (405) 521-5539
sharp@oksenate.gov
Senator Brecheen (405) 521-5586
brecheen@oksenate.gov
Senator Dossett (405) 521-5566
dossett@oksenate.gov
Senator Garrison (405) 521-5533
whitep@oksenate.gov
Senator Halligan (405) 521-5572
halligan@oksenate.gov
Senator Jolley (405) 521-5622
jolley@oksenate.gov
Senator Paddack (405) 521-5541
paddack@oksenate.gov
Senator Quinn (405) 521-5555
quinn@oksenate.gov
Senator Shaw (405) 521-5574
shaw@oksenate.gov
Senator Smalley (405) 521-5547
smalley@oksenate.gov
Senator Stanislawski (405) 521-5624
Senator Thompson (405) 521-5588
thompson@oksenate.gov