Okla. Admin. Code § 210:35-3-121.1

Current through Vol. 42, No. 3, October 15, 2024

Section 210:35-3-121.1 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this Part (13), shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Library" means a school library, media program, a classroom library, or any other collection of books or other materials, print or digital, that are maintained by a School district or its employees for use by students and that do not qualify as textbooks within the jurisdiction of the State Textbook Committee under 70 O.S. §§ 16-101-16-124.

"Parent" means the natural or adoptive parent of legal guardian of a minor child.

"Pornographic" means:

(A) depictions or descriptions of sexual conduct which are patently offensive as found by the average person applying contemporary community standards, considering the youngest age of students with access to the material,

(B) materials that, taken as a whole, have as the dominant theme an appeal to prurient interest in sex as found by the average person applying contemporary community standards, and

(C) a reasonable person would find the material or performance taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, educational, political, or scientific purposes or value, considering the youngest age of students with access to the material.

"School district" or "School" means any public school district and public charter school district that serves students in prekindergarten through twelfth grades in this state.

"School library" means the official library maintained by a school for use by students.

"Sexualized content" means material that is not strictly Pornographic but otherwise contains excessive sexual material in light of the educational value of the material and in light of the youngest age of students with access to said material.

Okla. Admin. Code § 210:35-3-121.1

Adopted by Oklahoma Register, Volume 40, Issue 24, September 1, 2023, eff. 9/11/2023