Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 27

§70-27-101. Short title - Oklahoma Extracurricular Activities Accountability Act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Extracurricular Activities Accountability Act". Added by Laws 2014, c. 327, § 1.

§70-27-102. School athletic association. As used in the Oklahoma Extracurricular Activities Accountability Act, a "school athletic association" means any private organization or association which charges the school or school district a membership fee, retains a portion of revenue generated by the interscholastic activities or contests of the member schools, and provides the coordination, supervision and regulation of the interscholastic activities and contests of the member schools. Added by Laws 2014, c. 327, § 2.

§70-27-103. School athletic association written policy. A public school or school district shall not be a member of any school athletic association unless that association has adopted a written policy that requires the following: 1. All records of the association to be made accessible consistent with the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act; 2. All meetings of the association to be open and conducted in a manner consistent with the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, including specifically the notice and agenda, voting and executive session requirements; and 3. An annual financial audit and a compliance audit of all funds of the association in accordance with the auditing standards set forth in the Oklahoma Public School Audit Law. In addition, the association shall have performance audits conducted of the operations of the association. A performance audit shall be conducted no later than December 31, 2014, and by December 31 every five (5) years thereafter. Added by Laws 2014, c. 327, § 3.

§70-27-104. Short title – Riley's Rule – Emergency Action Plan for facility and athletic events. A. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Riley's Rule". B. Prior to the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, each school district board of education shall coordinate with emergency medical services providers that serve the area in which the school district is located to develop an Emergency Action Plan for each facility and athletic practices, events or activities held at school district facilities. C. The Emergency Action Plan shall: 1. Include maps and directions with appropriate contact information for emergency medical services; 2. Assign a medical administrator who is a current school employee such as a coach, administrator or athletic director; 3. Define responsibilities and personnel on-site, both medical and school officials; 4. Include a list of medical equipment available and location of the nearest automated external defibrillator, if available; 5. Be posted in each facility; 6. Be distributed to all school officials involved in athletic practices, events or activities held at school district facilities; and 7. Specify documentation actions after any emergency to evaluate for debriefing purposes and to determine if there are necessary changes to the Emergency Action Plan. D. The Emergency Action Plan shall be reviewed, updated and rehearsed annually with school officials and local emergency medical services providers, and placed on file with the school district and the emergency medical services provider. The Emergency Action Plan shall be updated to reflect any potential significant change that would affect implementation of the plan. E. Prior to each athletic event or activity where there are athletes participating from visiting schools, the Emergency Action Plan shall be digitally transmitted to the visiting school administrator or coach or posted on the school's website. Added by Laws 2020, c. 141, § 1, eff. July 1, 2020. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 470, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.

§70-27-105. Radio, video and telegraphic play-by-play rights for visiting teams. A. Notwithstanding any policy of a school athletic association, as defined by Section 27-102 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, in all regular season high school athletic competitions in this state, the visiting team shall have the same rights to radio broadcast, video stream and provide telegraphic play-by-play accounts as the home team as long as the visiting team has either:

1. A valid agreement to broadcast, video stream and/or provide telegraphic play-by-play accounts between a media organization and the school's board of education; or 2. The visiting team has a curricular program for students that typically provides streaming for the team's home games. B. The provisions of this section shall apply to athletic competitions beginning in the 2021-2022 school year. C. The provisions of this section shall apply to contracts for the rights to radio broadcast, video stream and provide telegraphic play-by-play accounts entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of this act. Added by Laws 2021, c. 234, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021.

§70-27-106. Short title - Save Women's Sports Act – Requirements – Causes of action. A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Save Women's Sports Act". B. As used in this section: 1. "School" means a public school district or public charter school in this state or an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education; 2. "School athletic association" shall have the same meaning as provided for in Section 27-102 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and 3. "Intercollegiate association" shall mean a national association that sets eligibility requirements for participation in sports at the collegiate level and that provides the coordination, supervision and regulation of the intercollegiate competitions. C. Athletic teams that are sponsored by a school or sponsored by a private school whose students or teams compete against a school shall be expressly designated as one of the following based on biological sex: 1. "Males", "men" or "boys"; 2. "Females", "women" or "girls"; or 3. "Coed" or "mixed". D. Prior to the beginning of each school year, the parent or legal guardian of a student who competes on a school athletic team shall sign an affidavit acknowledging the biological sex of the student at birth. If the student is eighteen (18) years of age or older, the student who competes on a school athletic team shall sign an affidavit acknowledging his or her biological sex at birth. If there is any change in the status of the biological sex of the student, the affiant shall notify the school within thirty (30) days of such change. E. 1. Athletic teams designated for "females", "women" or "girls" shall not be open to students of the male sex.

2. Any student who is deprived of an athletic opportunity or suffers any direct or indirect harm as a result of a violation of paragraph 1 of this subsection shall have a cause of action for injunctive relief, damages and any other relief available permitted by law against the school. 3. Any student who is subject to retaliation or other adverse action by a school, school athletic association or intercollegiate association as a result of reporting a violation of paragraph 1 of this subsection to an employee or representative of the school, school athletic association or intercollegiate association or to any state or federal agency with oversight of schools in this state shall have a cause of action for injunctive relief, damages and any other relief available permitted by law against the school, school athletic association or intercollegiate association. F. 1. The State Board of Education, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and any school athletic association or intercollegiate association of which a school is a member shall be prohibited from entertaining a complaint, opening an investigation or taking any other adverse action against a school for maintaining athletic teams or sports for students of the female sex as provided for in subsection E of this section. 2. Any school that suffers any direct or indirect harm as a result of a violation of paragraph 1 of this subsection shall have a cause of action for injunctive relief, damages and any other relief permitted by law against the State Board of Education, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, school athletic association or intercollegiate association. G. Causes of action authorized by this section shall be initiated within two (2) years after the harm occurred. Persons or associations that prevail on a claim brought pursuant to this section shall be entitled to monetary damages including for any psychological, emotional and physical harm suffered, reasonable attorney fees and costs and any other appropriate relief permitted by law. Added by Laws 2022, c. 8, § 1, emerg. eff. March 30, 2022.

§70-27-200. XXX. A. Schools shall have the right to broadcast all high school athletic activities in this state in which the school's athletic team is participating. B. If the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association enters into an exclusive broadcast agreement for an athletic activity, such agreement shall not prohibit a local broadcaster or school from broadcasting a school's athletic activity in which the school's athletic team is participating.

C. The provisions of this section shall apply to contracts involving the right to broadcast that are entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of this act. D. For purposes of this section: 1. "Athletic activity" means any high school athletic pre- season, regular season, or playoff game; 2. "Broadcast" means the live or recorded audio or video transmission over airwaves, streaming, or other transmission of an athletic activity, play-by-play, or other account of such activity via radio, television, Internet, or other technologies; 3. "Exclusive broadcast agreement" means an agreement entered into between the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association and an organization to broadcast the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association's athletic activities under which such organization retains sole rights to broadcast such activities or first right to broadcast such activities; 4. "Local broadcaster" means an organization, located in Oklahoma, that provides local broadcast services for any activity of a local school. Local broadcaster includes school-sponsored organizations that produce student-organized broadcasts such as educational courses or programs offered by the school; and 5. "Organization" means an individual, public or private corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, or any other legal or commercial entity. Added by Laws 2025, c. 59, § 1, eff. July 1, 2025.