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OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma lawmaker wants tougher sentences for teachers convicted of sex crimes.

The senator said, many times, the punishment doesn't fit the crime.

“To me, a teacher we entrust to protect our kids, they know that it is wrong, they know that there is a bright line and that they should not be having sex and raping our kids,” said Sen. Kyle Loveless.

Recent cases include former Western Heights High School Teacher Tyrone Nash.

He was convicted of having sex with a 16-year-old student and sentenced to two years in prison and eight years of probation.

Kalyn Darby Thompson, a former Kellyville High school teacher, pleaded guilty to having sex with and 18-year-old student.

She was sentenced to a year in prison and five years of probation.

High school choir teacher Bradley Hart Morris of Tulsa was convicted of four counts of sexual battery and three counts of forcible sodomy.

He was given a seven year sentence.

“We have a terrible record in Oklahoma of protecting our kids once we drop them off at school,” Loveless said.

It’s why he said he’s proposing a bill to require a mandatory minimum sentence for teacher charged with sex crimes.

“We need to have a bright line in the law that says, if you cross it, you are going to go to jail, and you are going to go to jail for a long time,” he said.

His bill proposes a minimum 10-year sentence, which would take the discretion out of the judge's hands.

“There are times when we need to make sure that these people are not in society," Loveless said. "They need to know that they will not engage in this activity with our children."

He said SB 1003 could be heard in committee as early as this week.

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