A. Upon the effective date of this act, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall allow, if offered by nonprofit organizations that specialize in outreach and education programs on sex trafficking and exploitation, a series of in-depth prevention and education programs regarding sex trafficking and exploitation to all freshman students enrolled at institutions of higher education within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education.
B. Institutions of higher education shall provide all freshman students the opportunity to attend one of three on-campus, voluntary sex trafficking and exploitation prevention and education programs at any time, including during freshman orientation activities, if offered by nonprofit organizations that specialize in outreach and education programs on sex trafficking and exploitation. The sex trafficking and exploitation prevention and education programs shall specifically provide students the following:
1. Definitions and nature of sex trafficking and exploitation;
2. Current laws of sex trafficking and exploitation in Oklahoma;
3. Facts and statistics of sex trafficking and exploitation in Oklahoma and throughout the United States;
4. How sex traffickers profile victims;
5. The role of online computer activity;
6. How demand is created and the industries that influence sex trafficking and exploitation;
7. How to identify a potential victim and what to do when a person identifies a victim;
8. Understanding force, fraud and coercion;
9. Understanding how traffickers groom a victim;
10. The differences between prostitution, sex trafficking and exploitation;
11. The role that pornography plays in sex trafficking and exploitation;
12. Understanding the complexities of abuse, indoctrination and manipulation;
13. Understanding the physiological makeup of a sex trafficking victim;
14. Rescuing victims of sex trafficking and exploitation; and
15. How to engage in the fight against sex trafficking and exploitation.
C. Program materials related to sex trafficking and exploitation prevention and education programs shall be provided at no cost to participating students and their parents and legal guardians. The program provider shall be solely responsible for incurring all costs associated with implementing prevention and education programs and related program materials.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 458, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.