School personnel now required to include parents in student communications

OKLAHOMA CITY - Governor Kevin Stitt recently signed HB 3958 into law as Section 6-401 of Title 70.

This law is intended to include parents in digital communications between teachers and students, and the act went into effect on Monday, July 1.

School personnel that engage in electronic or digital communication with an individual student shall include the student's parent or guardian in any electron…