Senate Concurrent Resolution 43 states "while the Oklahoma Legislature is fully supportive of providing a safe and nondiscriminatory environment for and protecting the privacy of all students, the policies, proscriptions and conditions set forth in the letter clearly and unequivocally exceeds the authority of the federal government." It goes on to direct the Oklahoma Attorney General to use any means necessary to defend Oklahoma "against the overreach of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice and the Office for Civil Rights of the United State Department of Education."