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Law gives Oklahoma educators additional protection

 
By Bryan Painter | Published: February 6, 2010    Comment on this article Leave a comment

The second session of the 52nd Legislature opened Monday.

Who will push for what, who will author and who might benefit?

Of the 2,510 bills and 88 joint resolutions filed last year, 480 bills and resolutions were sent to Gov. Brad Henry for consideration. Working with a GOP-run Legislature for the first time in his two terms, the Democratic governor vetoed 21 bills.

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One bill signed into law, House Bill 1598, created the School Protection Act, making it a misdemeanor for people 18 years or older to make false accusations against education employees.

Joel Robison, associate executive director of the Oklahoma Education Association, talked about why members of the group felt legislation was needed; Rep. Daniel Sullivan, R-Tulsa, spoke about authoring the bill; and Kevin McDonald, president of the Edmond Association of Classroom Teachers, shared what he thinks it may mean for teachers.

The bill originated out of an ever-increasing occurrence of physical assaults on education employees in our schools, Robison said.

"We believe that education employees are not being adequately protected by school boards and administrators,” he said. "Too many times employees have been assaulted by students and have been out of the classroom longer than the students.

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