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2025 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
§21-593. Failure to report child abuse and neglect — Superintendent or school administrator.

Universal Citation:
21 OK Stat § 593 (2025)
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A. Any superintendent or school administrator of a private school or public school district who knowingly and willfully fails to promptly report or who interferes with the prompt reporting of child abuse and neglect, as mandated in Section 1210.163 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the Department of Corrections for a term of not less than two (2) years or more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not less than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. In addition, the court shall require the person to complete a term of community service, without compensation, for a period of hours to be determined by the court.

B. As used in this section, "school administrator" means a principal, assistant principal, or any other person who serves in a supervisory or administrative capacity in a private school or public school district.

Added by Laws 2025, c. 260, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2025.

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