Rep. John Bennett sponsored and passed HB 1940 (PDF), which “guarantees the right of school students to talk about God and other religious subjects at school.”
Since that was already allowed, what was this really about? The text of the bill offers some clues:
To ensure that the school district does not discriminate against a publicly stated voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint by a student, if any, and to eliminate any actual or perceived affirmative school sponsorship or attribution to the district of the expression of a religious viewpoint by a student, if any, a school district shall adopt a policy, which shall include the establishment of a limited public forum for student speakers at all school events at which a student is to publicly speak.
That’s politic-speak for “Christians can proselytize whenever they want.”
It’s almost word-for-word the same text as the Mississippi bill.
A School Prayer Bill in Oklahoma Will Allow for More Student-Led, Administration-Supported Proselytization
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