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