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Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-146: Assault, battery, or assault and battery upon school

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employee – Notification by employee and school officials – Report –

Definitions – Liability - Policies.

A. Any school employee, as defined by subsection A of Section

650.7 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, upon whom an assault,

battery, assault and battery, or aggravated battery or aggravated

assault and battery is committed while in the performance of any

duties as a school employee shall notify either the superintendent,

building administrator, or one member of a Safe School Committee of

the school district employing the school employee. The building

administrator or member of the Safe School Committee shall notify

the superintendent of the assault, battery, assault and battery,

aggravated battery or aggravated assault and battery.

B. The superintendent shall notify the State Department of

Education of all incidents described in subsection A of this section

for the previous year on July 1 of each year. The report shall

include a description of the battery or assault and battery, and the

final disposition of each incident.

C. The State Department of Education shall submit a report to

the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, and the Governor on December 1 of each year.

D. For purposes of this section, “assault” shall be defined by

Section 641 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, “battery” shall be

defined by Section 642 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and

“aggravated assault and battery” shall be defined by Section 646 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

E. No school employee shall be subject to any civil liability

for any statement, report, or action taken in reporting or assisting

in reporting a battery or assault and battery which is committed

upon the school employee while in the performance of any duties

unless such report or assistance was made in bad faith or with

malicious purpose.

F. Every school district shall have and deliver to each school

employee a written policy that such employee shall follow if an

assault, battery or assault and battery is committed upon the school

employee while in the performance of any school duties.

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