2023 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 70. Schools
§70-2119. Definitions.
As used in Sections 1 through 5 of this act:
1. "Benefit" includes, without limitation:
- a.recognition,
- b.registration,
- c.the use of facilities of the public institution of higher education for meetings or speaking purposes,
- d.the use of channels of communication of the public institution of higher education, and
- e.funding sources that are otherwise available to other student associations in the public institution of higher education;
2. "Exercise of religion" includes without limitation the practice or observance of religion as interpreted under state law or the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, whichever interpretation is broader;
3. "Public institution of higher education" includes any institution that is a member of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education or of a technology center school district;
4. "Substantially burdens" includes without limitation an action by a public institution of higher education which directly or indirectly:
- a.constrains or inhibits conduct or expression that reflects a student's sincerely held religious beliefs,
- b.denies a student an opportunity to engage in religious activities, or
- c.pressures a student either:
- (1)to not engage in conduct or expression motivated by a sincerely held religious belief, or
- (2)to engage in conduct or expression contrary to a sincerely held religious belief;
5. "Student" means a person who is enrolled full-time or part-time in a public institution of higher education; and
6. "Religious student association" means an association of students organized around shared religious beliefs.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 350, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.