Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 210 - State Department of Education
Chapter 15 - Curriculum and Instruction
Subchapter 33 - Celebrate Freedom Week
Section 210:15-33-2 - Celebrate Freedom Week requirements
Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
(a) By December 31, 2007, each public school district in the state will include as a part of a social studies class, during Celebrate Freedom Week, appropriate instruction concerning the intent, meaning, and importance of the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, in their historical contexts.
(b) The religious references in the writings of the founding fathers shall not be censored.
(c) The study of the Declaration of Independence will include the study of the relationship of the ideas expressed in that document to subsequent American history, including the relationship of its ideas to the rich diversity of our people as a nation of immigrants, the American Revolution, the formulation of the United States Constitution, and the abolitionist movement, which led to the Emancipation Proclamation and the women's suffrage movement.
(d) During Celebrate Freedom Week students in grades three through twelve will study and recite the text quoted below:
(e) The Oklahoma State Department of Education will provide a curriculum guide for public schools that identifies different levels of content and rigor for the grade-appropriate subject matter to be covered during Celebrate Freedom Week.
Added at 25 Ok Reg 215, eff 10-2-07 (emergency); Added at 25 Ok Reg 1579, eff 6-12-08; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 53, eff 8-21-08 (emergency); Amended at 26 Ok Reg 1465, eff 6-11-09