Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-202
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Digital or online library database resources safety
Official statutory text
policies and technology protection measures.
A. A school district, charter school, virtual charter school,
state agency, public library, or institution of higher education
within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education may offer
digital or online library database resources to students in
kindergarten through twelfth grade only if the vendor, person, or
entity providing the resources verifies that all the resources
comply with the provisions of subsection B of this section.
B. Digital or online library database resources offered by
school districts, charter schools, virtual charter schools, state
agencies, public libraries, or universities to students in
kindergarten through twelfth grade shall have safety policies and
technology protection measures that:
1. Prohibit and prevent a user of the resource from sending,
receiving, viewing, or downloading materials that are child sexual
abuse material or obscene materials, as defined in Section 1024.1 of
Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or materials that depict child
sexual exploitation, as defined in Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the
Oklahoma Statutes; and
2. Filter or block access to child sexual abuse material or
obscene materials, as defined in Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the
Oklahoma Statutes, or materials that depict child sexual
exploitation, as defined in Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the
Oklahoma Statutes.
C. Notwithstanding any contract provision to the contrary, if a
provider of digital or online library resources fails to comply with
the requirements of subsection B of this section, the school
district, public charter school, state agency, public library, or
institution of higher education shall withhold further payments, if
any, to the provider pending verification of compliance.
D. If a provider of digital or online library database
resources fails to timely verify that the provider is in compliance
with the safety policies and requirements of subsection B of this
section, the school district, public charter school, state agency,
public library, or institution of higher education shall consider
the provider's act of noncompliance a breach of contract.
E. No later than December 1 of each year, libraries shall
submit to the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and
President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate an aggregate
written report on any issues related to provider compliance with
technology protection measures required by subsection B of this
section.
F. Employees of school districts, charter schools, virtual
charter schools, state agencies, public libraries, and universities
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 601
shall not be exempt from prosecution for willful violations of state
law prohibiting indecent exposure to obscene material or child
sexual abuse material as provided in Section 1021 of Title 21 of the
Oklahoma Statutes.
G. Nothing in this act shall be construed in a manner that
applies to digital or online library database resources offered by
institutions of higher education when the primary purpose of the
resources is for education or research.
A. A school district, charter school, virtual charter school,
state agency, public library, or institution of higher education
within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education may offer
digital or online library database resources to students in
kindergarten through twelfth grade only if the vendor, person, or
entity providing the resources verifies that all the resources
comply with the provisions of subsection B of this section.
B. Digital or online library database resources offered by
school districts, charter schools, virtual charter schools, state
agencies, public libraries, or universities to students in
kindergarten through twelfth grade shall have safety policies and
technology protection measures that:
1. Prohibit and prevent a user of the resource from sending,
receiving, viewing, or downloading materials that are child sexual
abuse material or obscene materials, as defined in Section 1024.1 of
Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or materials that depict child
sexual exploitation, as defined in Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the
Oklahoma Statutes; and
2. Filter or block access to child sexual abuse material or
obscene materials, as defined in Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the
Oklahoma Statutes, or materials that depict child sexual
exploitation, as defined in Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the
Oklahoma Statutes.
C. Notwithstanding any contract provision to the contrary, if a
provider of digital or online library resources fails to comply with
the requirements of subsection B of this section, the school
district, public charter school, state agency, public library, or
institution of higher education shall withhold further payments, if
any, to the provider pending verification of compliance.
D. If a provider of digital or online library database
resources fails to timely verify that the provider is in compliance
with the safety policies and requirements of subsection B of this
section, the school district, public charter school, state agency,
public library, or institution of higher education shall consider
the provider's act of noncompliance a breach of contract.
E. No later than December 1 of each year, libraries shall
submit to the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and
President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate an aggregate
written report on any issues related to provider compliance with
technology protection measures required by subsection B of this
section.
F. Employees of school districts, charter schools, virtual
charter schools, state agencies, public libraries, and universities
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 601
shall not be exempt from prosecution for willful violations of state
law prohibiting indecent exposure to obscene material or child
sexual abuse material as provided in Section 1021 of Title 21 of the
Oklahoma Statutes.
G. Nothing in this act shall be construed in a manner that
applies to digital or online library database resources offered by
institutions of higher education when the primary purpose of the
resources is for education or research.
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