2023 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 70. Schools
§70-24-100.10. Student identification cards - National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Crisis Text Line numbers.
A. Beginning July 1, 2023, school districts and charter schools that serve any students in grades seven through twelve and issue student identification cards shall have printed on either side of the student identification cards the telephone number described in paragraph 1 of this subsection and may have printed on either side of the student identification cards the telephone number described in paragraph 2 of this subsection:
1. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which can be accessed by calling or texting 988; and
2. The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741.
B. It is the intent of the Legislature that beginning July 1, 2023, institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and private institutions of higher education in the state that issue student identification cards may print on either side of the student identification cards the telephone numbers described in paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of this subsection:
1. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which can be accessed by calling or texting 988;
2. The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741; and
3. The campus police or security telephone number or, if the campus does not have a campus police or security telephone number, the local nonemergency telephone number.
C. If a school district or charter school subject to the provisions of subsection A of this section or an institution of higher education subject to the provisions of subsection B of this section has a supply of unissued student identification cards that do not comply with subsections A and B of this section, as applicable, as of July 1, 2023, the school or institution of higher education may issue the non-compliant student identification cards until the supply is depleted.
D. Subsections A and B of this section shall apply to a student identification card issued for the first time to a student and to a student identification card issued to replace a damaged or lost student identification card.
Added by Laws 2022, c. 40, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
