Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-18-201.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-18-201.1
Weighted membership calculation for Foundation Aid
Status: in_force

A. Beginning with the 2020-21 school year, and each school year

thereafter, the weighted membership of a school district for

calculation of Foundation Aid purposes pursuant to paragraph 1 of

subsection D of Section 18-200.1 of this title shall be the sum of

the weighted pupil grade level calculation, the weighted pupil

category calculation, the weighted district calculation, and the

weighted teacher experience and degree calculation. The weighted

membership of a school district for calculation of Salary Incentive

Aid purposes pursuant to paragraph 3 of subsection D of Section 18-

200.1 of this title shall be the sum of the weighted pupil grade

level calculation, the weighted pupil category calculation, the

weighted district calculation, and the weighted teacher experience

and degree calculation.

B. Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the weighted

calculations provided for in subsection A of this section shall be

based on the higher weighted average daily membership of the first

nine (9) weeks of the current school year or the preceding school

year of a school district, unless otherwise specified. The higher

of the two (2) weighted average daily memberships shall be used

consistently in all of the calculations; however, the weighted

calculation for a statewide virtual charter school experiencing a

significant decline in membership shall be based on the first nine

(9) weeks of the current school year for the statewide virtual

charter school. For purposes of this subsection, "significant

decline in membership" means equal to or greater than a fifteen

percent (15%) decrease in average daily membership from the

preceding school year to the average daily membership of the first

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nine (9) weeks of the current school year. The average daily

membership data used for all calculations in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and

4 of this subsection shall be the same as used in the calculation of

the State Aid Formula. The weighted calculations provided for in

subsection A of this section shall be determined as follows:

1. The weighted pupil grade level calculation shall be

determined by taking the highest average daily membership and

assigning weights to the pupils according to grade attended as

follows:

GRADE LEVEL WEIGHT

a. Half-day early childhood programs .7

b. Full-day early childhood programs 1.3

c. Half-day kindergarten 1.3

d. Full-day kindergarten 1.5

e. First and second grade 1.351

f. Third grade 1.051

g. Fourth through sixth grade 1.0

h. Seventh through twelfth grade 1.2

i. Out-of-home placement 1.50

Multiply the membership of each subparagraph of this paragraph by

the weight assigned to such subparagraph of this paragraph and add

the totals together to determine the weighted pupil grade level

calculation for a school district. Determination of the pupils

eligible for the early childhood program weight shall be pursuant to

the provisions of Section 1-114 of this title. The pupils eligible

for the out-of-home placement pupil weight shall be students who are

not residents of the school district in which they are receiving

education pursuant to the provisions of subsection D of Section 1-

113 of this title. Such weight may be claimed by the district

providing educational services to such student for the days that

student is enrolled in that district. If claimed, the out-of-home

placement weight shall be in lieu of the pupil grade level and any

pupil category weights for that student. Provided, if a student

resides in a juvenile detention center that is restricted to less

than twelve (12) beds, the out-of-home placement pupil weight for

such students shall be calculated as follows: for a center with six

(6) beds - 3.0; for a center with eight (8) beds - 2.3; and for a

center with ten (10) beds - 1.80.

2. The weighted pupil category calculation shall be determined

by assigning a weight to the pupil category as follows:

CATEGORY WEIGHT

a. Visual Impairment 3.8

b. Specific Learning Disability .4

c. Deafness or Hearing Impairment 2.9

d. Deaf-Blindness 3.8

e. Intellectual Disability 1.3

f. Emotional Disturbance 2.5

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g. Gifted .34

h. Multiple Disabilities 2.4

i. Orthopedic Impairment 1.2

j. Speech or Language Impairment .05

k. Bilingual .25

l. Special Education Summer Program 1.2

m. Economically Disadvantaged .3

n. Optional Extended School Year

Program As determined by

the State Board

of Education

o. Autism 2.4

p. Traumatic Brain Injury 2.4

q. Other Health Impairment 1.2

Except as otherwise provided, multiply the number of pupils approved

in the school year with the highest average daily membership in each

category by the weight assigned to such category and add the totals

together to determine the weighted pupil category calculation for a

school district. For the 1997-98 school year and subsequent school

years, the number to be multiplied by the weight assigned to the

gifted category in subparagraph g of this paragraph shall be the

lesser of (1) the sum of the number of students who scored in the

top three percent (3%) on any national standardized test of

intellectual ability plus the number of students identified as

gifted pursuant to subparagraphs a through d of paragraph 1 of

Section 1210.301 of this title, or (2) the sum of the number of

students who scored in the top three percent (3%) on any national

standardized test of intellectual ability plus eight percent (8%) of

the total average daily membership of the school district for the

first nine (9) weeks of the school year.

3. The weighted district calculation shall be determined by

determining the calculations for each school district for both the

small school district formula and the district sparsity - isolation

formula, applying whichever is the greater of the calculations of

the two formulas and then applying the restrictions pursuant to

subparagraph c of this paragraph.

a. Small school district formula: 750 minus the average

daily membership divided by 750 times .2 times total

average daily membership.

The small school district formula calculation shall apply

only to school districts whose highest average daily

membership is less than 750 pupils. School districts which

are consolidated or annexed after July 1, 2003, pursuant to

the Oklahoma School Voluntary Consolidation and Annexation

Act shall have the weighted district size calculation for

the three (3) school years following the fiscal year in

which such consolidation occurred calculated to be the sum

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of the individual consolidated districts computed as if the

consolidation had not taken place. Thereafter, any such

district which is consolidated pursuant to the Oklahoma

School Voluntary Consolidation and Annexation Act shall not

qualify for the weighted district calculation unless the

district can satisfy the specifications herein. Subject to

the provisions of subparagraph c of this paragraph, the

resulting number shall be counted as additional students

for the purpose of calculating State Aid.

b. District sparsity - isolation formula:

The district sparsity - isolation formula calculation shall

apply only to school districts:

(1) whose total area in square miles is greater than

the average number of square miles for all school

districts in this state; and

(2) whose areal density is less than one-fourth (1/4)

of the state average areal density. Areal

density shall be determined by dividing the

school district's average daily membership by the

school district's total area in square miles.

The district sparsity - isolation formula calculation shall

be calculated as follows:

The school district student cost factor multiplied by

the school district area factor. The resulting

product shall be multiplied by the school district's

average daily membership. Subject to the provisions

of subparagraph c of this paragraph, the resulting

number shall be counted as additional students for the

purpose of calculating State Aid.

The school district student cost factor shall be calculated

as follows:

The school district's average daily membership shall

be categorized into the following grade level groups

and applied to the appropriate formulas as computed

below:

Grade Level Group

Grades K-5 Divide 74 by the sum of the Grade

Level ADM plus 23,

add .85 to the quotient, then

multiply the sum by the Grade

Level ADM.

Grades 6-8 Divide 122 by the sum of the Grade

Level ADM plus 133,

add .85 to the quotient, then

multiply the sum by the Grade

Level ADM.

Grades 9-12 Divide 292 by the sum of the Grade

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Level ADM plus 128,

add .78 to the quotient, then

multiply the sum by the Grade

Level ADM.

The sum of the grade level group's average daily

membership shall be divided by the school district's

average daily membership. The number one (1.0) shall

be subtracted from the resulting quotient.

The school district area cost factor shall be calculated as

follows:

Subtract the state average district area from the

district area, then divide the remainder by the state

average district area;

however, the district area cost factor shall not exceed one

(1.0).

The State Board of Education shall define geographical barriers

whose location in a school district would inhibit the district from

consolidation or annexation. The Board shall make available an

application process, review applications, and for districts the

Board deems necessary allow additional square miles to be used for

the purposes of calculations used for the weighted district sparsity

- isolation formula. Provided, that the additional square miles

allowed for geographical barriers shall not exceed thirty percent

(30%) of the district's actual size.

c. State Aid funds which a district is calculated to

receive as a result of the weighted district

calculation shall be restricted as follows:

If, after the weighted district calculation is

applied, the district's projected per pupil

revenue exceeds one hundred fifty percent (150%)

of the projected state average per pupil revenue,

then the district's State Aid shall be reduced by

an amount that will restrict the district's

projected per pupil revenue to one hundred fifty

percent (150%) of the projected state average per

pupil revenue. Provided, in applying the

restriction provided in this division, the

district's State Aid shall not be reduced by an

amount greater than by the amount of State Aid

which was generated by the weighted district

calculation.

The July calculation of the projected per pupil

revenue shall be determined by dividing the district's

preceding year's average daily membership (ADM) as

weighted by the pupil grade level, the pupil category,

the district and the teacher experience degree index

calculations for projected State Aid into the

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district's projected total revenues including

projected funds for the State Aid Formula for the

preceding year, net assessed valuation for the

preceding calendar year times thirty-nine (39) mills,

county revenues excluding the county four-mills

revenues for the second preceding year, other state

appropriations for the preceding year, and the

collections for the preceding year of state

apportionment, motor vehicle revenue, gross production

tax, and R.E.A. tax.

The December calculation of the projected per pupil

revenue shall be determined by dividing the higher of

the district's first nine (9) weeks of the current

school year or the preceding school year's average

daily membership (ADM) as weighted by the pupil grade

level, the pupil category, the district and the

teacher experience degree index calculations for

projected State Aid into the district's projected

total revenues including funds for the December

calculation of the current year State Aid Formula, net

assessed valuation for the current calendar year times

thirty-nine (39) mills, county revenues excluding the

county four-mills revenue for the preceding year,

other state appropriations for the preceding year, and

the collections for the preceding year of state

apportionment, motor vehicle revenue, gross production

tax, and R.E.A. tax.

The district's projected total revenues for each

calculation shall exclude the following collections

for the second preceding year: federal revenue,

insurance loss payments, reimbursements, recovery of

overpayments and refunds, unused reserves, prior

expenditures recovered, prior year surpluses, and

other local miscellaneous revenues.

4. The weighted teacher experience and degree calculation shall

be determined in accordance with the teacher experience and degree

index. The State Department of Education shall determine an index

for each state teacher by using data supplied in the school

district's teacher personnel reports of the preceding year and

utilizing the index as follows:

TEACHER EXPERIENCE - DEGREE INDEX

EXPERIENCE BACHELOR'S MASTER'S DOCTOR'S

DEGREE DEGREE DEGREE

0 - 2 .7 .9 1.1

3 - 5 .8 1.0 1.2

6 - 8 .9 1.1 1.3

9 - 11 1.0 1.2 1.4

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12 - 15 1.1 1.3 1.5

Over 15 1.2 1.4 1.6

The school district teacher index for each school district shall

be determined by subtracting the weighted average state teacher from

the weighted average district teacher. Multiply the school district

teacher index if greater than zero by .7 and then multiply that

product by the sum of the district's weighted pupil grade level

calculation provided in paragraph 1 of this subsection and the

weighted pupil category calculation provided in subparagraph m of

paragraph 2 of this subsection to determine the weighted teacher

experience and degree calculation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3970.3 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3970.3
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

1. "Account" means an individual trust account or savings

account established as prescribed in this act;

2. "Account owner" means the person or other entity allowable

under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code designated at the

time an account is opened as having the right to withdraw monies

from the account before the account is disbursed to or for the

benefit of the designated beneficiary;

3. "Affinity program" means any supplemental feature to the

Oklahoma College Savings Plan that offers additional value for plan

participants including, but not limited to, rebate contributions

from affiliated credit cards;

4. "Board" means the Board of Trustees of the Oklahoma College

Savings Plan;

5. "Designated beneficiary" means:

a. with respect to an account, the person designated at

the time the account is opened as the person whose

higher education expenses are expected to be paid from

the account,

b. in the case of a change in beneficiaries described in

Section 3970.7 of this title, the individual who is

the new beneficiary, or

c. in the case of an interest in the program created by

this act purchased by the State of Oklahoma or a local

government in this state, or an agency or

instrumentality of such state or local government, or

an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the

Internal Revenue Code and exempt from taxation under

Section 501(a) of that Code as part of a scholarship

program operated by such government or organization,

the individual(s) receiving such interest or

scholarship;

6. "Eligible educational institution" means an institution as

described in Section 481 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20

U.S.C. 1088), and is eligible to participate in a program under

Title IV of that Act;

7. "Financial institution" means any bank, commercial bank,

national bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, credit

union, an insurance company, brokerage firm, or other similar entity

that is authorized to do business in this state;

8. "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of

1986, as amended;

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9. "Member of family" means an individual who bears a

relationship to another individual which is a relationship described

in Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code;

10. "Nonqualified withdrawal" means a withdrawal from an

account other than one of the following:

a. a qualified withdrawal,

b. a withdrawal made as a result of the death or

disability of the designated beneficiary of an

account,

c. withdrawal that is made on the account of a

scholarship or the allowance or payment described in

Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code, received by

the designated beneficiary to the extent the amount of

the refund does not exceed the amount of the

scholarship, allowance, or payment, or

d. a rollover or change of designated beneficiary as

permitted by subsection F of Section 3970.7 of this

title;

11. "Program" means the Oklahoma College Savings Plan

established under this act;

12. "Qualified higher education expenses" means expenses that

meet the definition of qualified higher education expenses under

Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code; and

13. "Qualified withdrawal" means a withdrawal from an account

to pay the qualified higher education expenses of the designated

beneficiary of the account, but only if the withdrawal is made in

accordance with this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2627 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2627
Donation of income tax refund for scholarships
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall include on each state

individual income tax return form for tax years beginning after

December 31, 2002, and each state corporate tax return form for tax

years beginning after December 31, 2002, an opportunity for the

taxpayer to donate from a tax refund for the benefit of scholarships

pursuant to the Tulsa Reconciliation Education and Scholarship Trust

Fund.

B. The monies generated from donations made pursuant to

subsection A of this section shall be used by the board of trustees

of the Trust Fund for purposes set forth by the Tulsa Reconciliation

Education and Scholarship Act.

C. All monies generated pursuant to the provisions of

subsection A of this section shall be paid to the State Treasurer

and placed to the credit of the Tulsa Reconciliation Education and

Scholarship Trust Fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4705 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4705
Educational trust fund - Study
Status: in_force

The State Regents for Higher Education are hereby authorized to

study developing a program to create at least one trust fund whereby

Oklahoma residents will be able to pre-pay all or part of enrollment

fees or tuition to any Oklahoma institution of higher education

recognized by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. This

program shall require that monies paid in shall be held in trust and

used to pay all or part of the enrollment fees for the beneficiaries

designated by the contributor to the trust. The program shall allow

payments to be made either in a lump sum or in installments, with

the amounts of money due being determined based on the age of the

beneficiary. The program shall require the Oklahoma State Regents

for Higher Education to file a report with the Speaker of the House

of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate prior

to January 31 of each year, detailing the activity of the trust in

the previous year. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

are authorized to model the planon the Michigan education trust act.

The Regents shall, prior to January 31, 1988, file a report with the

Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate, outlining the program.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2403v2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2403v2
Eligibility requirements - Enrollment requirements -
Status: in_force

Levels of scholarship awards - Award limits.

A. No person shall be eligible to participate in the Oklahoma

Rising Scholars Award Program unless the person:

1. Has complied with all of the rules promulgated by the

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education pursuant to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Rising Scholars Award Act, Section 2401

et seq. of this title, for the award, regulation, and administration

of scholarships; and

2. Qualifies as one of the following:

a. an Individual Applicant Qualified Student, which shall

mean a student who is a resident of the State of

Oklahoma whose American College Testing Program score

or whose Scholastic Aptitude Test score falls within

the 99.5 to 100.0 percentile levels as administered in

the State of Oklahoma and whose grade point average

and/or class rank is exceptional, as determined by the

State Regents,

b. a Presidential Scholar, which shall mean a student

selected by the Commission on Presidential Scholars

administered by the United States Department of

Education,

c. a National Merit Scholar, which shall mean a student

designated as a National Merit Scholar by the National

Merit Scholarship Corporation,

d. a National Merit Finalist, which shall mean a student

designated as a National Merit Finalist by the

National Merit Scholarship Corporation, or

e. after October 1, 1999, an Institutional Nominee, which

shall mean a student nominated by an institution in

The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education:

(1) whose American College Testing Program or

Scholastic Aptitude Test score falls within the

95.0 to 99.49 percentile levels, or

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(2) who shows exceptional academic achievement as

evidenced by factors, including, but not limited

to, grade point average, class rank, national

awards, scholastic achievements, honors, and who

shows exceptional promise based on documentation

that may include, but not be limited to, teacher

recommendations, extracurricular activities, and

evidence of overcoming economic and social

obstacles as determined by the State Regents.

The State Regents shall ensure that standards of

high academic ability are documented.

Scholarship awards to Institutional Nominees

shall become effective when appropriate

documentation is verified by the State Regents.

B. No person shall be eligible to receive a scholarship

pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Rising Scholars Award

Program unless the person is enrolled as a full-time student at a

public or private accredited institution of higher education in

Oklahoma.

C. For a student who qualifies pursuant to subparagraphs a

through d of paragraph 2 of subsection A of this section and subject

to the availability of funds, the Oklahoma Rising Scholars Award

Program shall provide a scholarship in an amount not to exceed the

costs of all enrollment fees, tuition and other fees, room and

board, and all required textbooks or materials for up to five (5)

years of undergraduate and/or graduate study at an accredited public

or private institution of higher education in Oklahoma. The State

Regents may establish separate scholarship award levels for each

qualifying category.

1. If the student is attending an institution within The

Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, the total funding for the

scholarship provided in this subsection, exclusive of any

internships, shall not exceed the costs for items specified in this

subsection at the institution attended as determined annually by the

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

2. If the student is attending a private institution of higher

education, the total funding for the scholarship provided in this

subsection, exclusive of any internships, shall not exceed the costs

for items specified in this subsection at an institution of The

Oklahoma State System of Higher Education of comparable type which

has the highest general enrollment fees of its type of institution

in The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education as determined

annually by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

D. For a student who qualifies pursuant to subparagraph e of

paragraph 2 of subsection A of this section and subject to the

availability of funds, the Oklahoma Rising Scholars Award Program

shall provide a scholarship in an amount not to exceed the average

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costs of all enrollment fees and other fees, room and board, and all

required textbooks or materials for up to five (5) years of

undergraduate and/or graduate study at an accredited public or

private institution of higher education in Oklahoma. The State

Regents may establish separate scholarship award levels for each

qualifying category.

1. If the student is attending an institution within The

Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, the institution shall

provide a tuition waiver not to exceed the average cost of tuition.

The total funding for the scholarship and waiver provided for

students attending an institution within The Oklahoma State System

of Higher Education as provided in this subsection, exclusive of any

internships, shall not exceed the costs for items specified in this

subsection at the institution attended as determined annually by the

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

2. If the student is attending a private institution of higher

education in Oklahoma, the scholarship shall include an amount not

to exceed the average cost of tuition. The total funding for

scholarships for students attending a private institution as

provided in this subsection, exclusive of any internships, shall not

exceed the costs for items specified in this subsection at an

institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education of

comparable type which has the highest general enrollment fees of its

type of institution in The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education

as determined annually by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education.

E. If a person identifies himself or herself as a student with

a disability and requests consideration for a scholarship under the

Oklahoma Rising Scholars Award Program by means other than standard

testing procedures, the State Regents shall determine what means of

assessment are appropriate and upon the basis of said assessment

results, determine what level of award, if any, shall be made.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-170 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-170
Transfer of unexpended or unencumbered appropriations
Status: in_force

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, the superintendent of

a school district or designee may transfer any unexpended or

unencumbered appropriation in an amount not to exceed twenty-five

percent (25%) of the total appropriation from one account, fund, or

program category to another account, fund, or program category. The

amount to be transferred, together with all previous transfers,

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shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the total

appropriation to the account, fund or program category from which

the transfer is being made. Provided, funds shall not be

transferred between the general fund and building fund of any school

district. The State Department of Education shall be notified in

writing or electronically of all transfers at the time the transfers

are made.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-14-123 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-14-123
Evaluation of programs - Reports
Status: in_force

A. The superintendent shall require the center staff to

evaluate the effectiveness of the job training, placement and

service components of the center. Such evaluation shall include the

number of persons trained, the number of persons placed in

employment, follow-up data on such persons, the number of persons

served by the various service programs and cost effectiveness of the

various components of the center.

B. The superintendent shall compile the evaluation into a

written report for the Legislature to determine the feasibility of

extending the pilot program to other areas of the State of Oklahoma.

The evaluation report shall be filed no later than July 1, 1979.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-112 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-112
Teachers - Gratuities or rewards in connection with
Status: in_force

employment.

It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person, directly

or indirectly, to ask or receive, or promise to receive any gratuity

or reward or promise of a gratuity or reward for employing another

person as a teacher in any public school of this state or for

procuring for another person employment as a teacher in any public

school of this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-144 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3-144
Charter Schools Incentive and Closure Reimbursement
Status: in_force

Fund.

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A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be

designated the “Charter Schools Incentive and Closure Reimbursement

Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal

year limitations, and shall consist of all monies appropriated by

the Legislature, gifts, grants, devises, and donations from any

public or private source, and all monies received by the Statewide

Charter School Board from charter schools pursuant to subsection G

of Section 3-142 of this title. The Statewide Charter School Board

shall administer the fund for the purpose of providing financial

support to charter school and virtual charter school applicants,

charter schools and virtual charter schools for start-up costs,

costs associated with renovating or remodeling existing buildings

and structures for use by a charter school, and for paying

expenditures incurred due to closure of a charter school. The

Statewide Charter School Board is authorized to allocate funds on a

per-pupil basis for purposes of providing matching funds for the

federal State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants Program

created pursuant to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, 20 U.S.C.,

Section 7221d.

B. The Statewide Charter School Board shall adopt rules to

implement the provisions of this section including application and

notification requirements.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4315 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4315
Cause of action against third parties
Status: in_force

Any public or private institution of higher education that is a

member of a governing authority shall have a cause of action against

a third party who engages or conspires with another to engage in

conduct in violation of the rules of the governing authority that

causes the educational institution to incur sanctions by the

governing authority or other economic penalties or losses. The

educational institution may recover damages in the amount of the

sanctions, penalties or economic losses incurred as a result of the

conduct of the third party, and reasonable attorney fees and costs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-118 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3-118
Secretary of Education - Powers, duties and
Status: in_force

responsibilities.

The Secretary of Education shall:

1. Oversee the Office of Educational Quality and

Accountability;

2. Employ necessary personnel according to procedures

established for the employment of personnel by the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services;

3. Monitor the efforts of the public school districts to comply

with the provisions of this act and of Enrolled Senate Bill No. 183

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of the 1st Session of the 42nd Oklahoma Legislature which relate to

common education;

4. Identify districts not making satisfactory progress toward

compliance with the provisions and recommend appropriate corrective

actions to the State Board of Education concerning each district so

identified;

5. Have executive responsibility for the Oklahoma Educational

Indicators Program and the annual report required pursuant to

Section 1210.531 of this title;

6. Review and make periodic public comment on the progress and

effectiveness of the State Board and State Department of Education,

the Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, other

bodies created by this act, and the public schools of this state

concerning the implementation of the provisions of this act and of

Enrolled Senate Bill No. 183 of the 1st Session of the 42nd Oklahoma

Legislature which relate to common education;

7. Analyze the revenues for all systems of education and the

expenditure of common education revenue, giving close attention to

expenditures for administrative expenses relating to the common

schools;

8. Make reports to the public concerning these matters whenever

appropriate; and

9. Submit recommendations regarding funding for education or

statutory changes to the Speaker of the House of Representatives,

the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Governor whenever

appropriate.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-103.9a — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-11-103.9a
Oklahoma Kids Fitness Challenge Act
Status: in_force

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma

Kids Fitness Challenge Act”.

B. The State Board of Education shall establish a physical

activity program for public school students in the fifth grade,

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which each school district may elect to implement for the fifth-

grade students in that district. The program shall incorporate the

fitness challenges adopted by the Presidents Council on Physical

Fitness and Sports and may include the following activities:

1. Twenty-five sit-ups in two (2) minutes a minimum of three

times per week every week during the school year; or

2. Walk a minimum of twenty-five (25) miles per week every week

during the school year.

C. The physical activity program established by the State Board

of Education shall also incorporate a “Walk Across Oklahoma”

activity plan for school districts. The plan shall establish routes

that challenge students to complete virtual walks across the state

and at the same time learn facts, geography, and history about

various locations in the state. The Board shall work with the

Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department and the Oklahoma

Historical Society in developing the activity plan. The Board shall

provide to school districts:

1. Information about public and private resources and options

available to school districts to provide pedometers or step-counters

to students;

2. Resources for teachers, that shall be available on the State

Department of Education web site, which includes, but is not limited

to:

a. information about using a pedometer or step-counters,

b. materials to incorporate the use of pedometers or

step-counters into course curriculum,

c. materials and sources of information relating to

facts, geography, and history of the state,

d. information about recreational areas in the state, and

e. recreation and health education information; and

3. Ideas of ways to involve parents and guardians in the

activity.

D. Each school district shall provide exceptions to the

physical activity program implemented by the district for students

who are unable to comply due to physical limitations.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-135.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-135.2
Reporting financial transactions - Reduction of State
Status: in_force

Aid - Statement of actual income and expenditures.

A. For the 1991-92 school year, school districts shall report

financial transactions for all funds, except for the school activity

fund, using the Oklahoma Cost Accounting System, as adopted by the

State Board of Education pursuant to Section 5-135 of this title.

Costs shall be reported by curricular subject area where applicable.

For the 1992-93 school year and in each subsequent school year,

school districts shall report financial transactions for all funds

using the Oklahoma Cost Accounting System. Costs shall be reported

by curricular subject area where applicable.

B. Beginning July 1, 1991, and in each subsequent school year,

the State Department of Education shall reduce the monthly payment

of a district's State Aid funds if, at the time of such payment, the

district is not operating pursuant to the Oklahoma Cost Accounting

System. The amount of the reduction shall be one percent (1%) for

the first payment, two percent (2%) for the second payment, three

percent (3%) for the third payment, four percent (4%) for the fourth

payment, and five percent (5%) for each subsequent payment. The

reduction may be waived by the State Board of Education if the

district can demonstrate that failure to operate pursuant to such

system was due to circumstances beyond the control of the district

and that every effort is being made by the district to operate

pursuant to such system as quickly as possible.

C. No later than September 1 each year, every district board of

education shall prepare a statement of actual income and

expenditures of the district for the fiscal year that ended on the

preceding June 30. The statement of expenditures shall include

functional categories as defined in rules adopted by the State Board

of Education to implement the Oklahoma Cost Accounting System

pursuant to Section 5-135 of this title.

D. No later than September 1 each year, every school district

shall transmit a copy of the income and expenditures data required

pursuant to subsection C of this section to the State Department of

Education. The Department shall post the income and expenditure

data on the Internet web site for the Department in a form that is

accessible to the public.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-13-123 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-13-123
Children eligible - "Developmentally delayed" defined
Status: in_force

A. The children eligible for entry into early intervention

services in the State of Oklahoma shall be infants and toddlers age

birth through two years (0-36 months) who are developmentally

delayed. As used in this act "developmentally delayed" means

children of the chronological age group specified in this section

who:

1. Exhibit a delay in their developmental age compared to their

chronological age of fifty percent (50%) or score two standard

deviations below the mean in one of the following areas or in a

subdomain of one of the following areas: cognitive, physical,

communication, social and emotional, or adaptive development;

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2. Exhibit a delay in their developmental age compared to their

chronological age of twenty-five percent (25%) or score one and one-

half standard deviations below the mean in two or more of the

following areas or in a subdomain of two or more of the following

areas: cognitive, physical, communication, social and emotional, or

adaptive development; or

3. Have a diagnosed physical or mental condition that has a

high probability of resulting in delay. This includes, but is not

limited to: chromosomal disorders, neurological abnormalities,

inborn errors of metabolism, genetic disorders, congenital

malformation of the brain, congenital infections and sensory

abnormalities and impairments or identified syndromes.

B. The State Board of Education is authorized to modify and

redefine by regulation the eligibility definitions established in

subsection A of this section whenever such modification is required

to receive federal assistance under Part C of the Individuals with

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), as may be amended.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-24-106.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-24-106.1
Classroom display – Motto of the United States of
Status: in_force

America – Classroom use of founding documents.

A. Principals and teachers in each public school in this state

may display in each classroom, school auditorium, and school

cafeteria under their supervision the following motto of the United

States of America: “E PLURIBUS UNUM (Out of Many One)” and "IN GOD

WE TRUST". For purposes of this subsection, "classroom" means any

room of a public school where instruction takes place.

B. Each school district in the state shall permit a principal

or teacher to utilize in a public school building, classroom, or at

any public school event any grade-level-appropriate excerpts or

portions of the documents, writings, speeches, proclamations, or

records relating to the history, heritage, or foundation of the

United States or the State of Oklahoma including, but not limited

to, the:

1. Mayflower Compact;

2. Declaration of Independence;

3. Constitutions of the United States and the State of

Oklahoma;

4. Federalist Papers;

5. Pledge of Allegiance;

6. National anthem;

7. Presidential records and speeches;

8. Acts and published records of Congress; and

9. United States Supreme Court decisions and records.

C. School districts shall not limit or restrain instruction in

American or Oklahoma state history or heritage based on religious

references in documents, writings, speeches, proclamations, or the

materials described in subsection B of this section. These and any

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other materials shall be used for educational purposes only and not

to establish or promote any religion.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-18-110 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-18-110
Adjustments and limitations
Status: in_force

A. If any district, or a part of a district, becomes a part of

another district by consolidation, annexation, or otherwise, the

following procedure shall be followed, except as otherwise provided

by law, in calculating aid to the new district or districts so

formed:

1. If the action occurs after budgets have been approved by the

county excise board and the tax levies approved, the State Aid for

the current year shall be calculated for each district as it existed

prior to the annexation and prorated to the annexing district or

districts on the basis of average daily attendance.

2. If the action occurs prior to approval of the school

district budgets by the county excise board, the annexed district

shall be merged with the annexing district or districts and State

Aid shall be calculated according to the formula provided by this

title.

B. Any school district that does not maintain school for a full

term pursuant to Section 1-109 of this title shall have its State

Aid reduced proportionately unless it has received written approval

to maintain school for less than a full term from the State Board of

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Education. The State Board of Education shall not approve any

request to maintain school for less than a full term unless such

request meets the requirements of Section 1-109 of this title.

C. 1. If a school district operates a school located in a

state institution, as described in subsection E of Section 1-113 of

this title, for the pupils of school age residing in such

institution, the membership of such children shall be included in

the membership of such school district for the purpose of

calculating State Aid of the district.

2. If a school district provides education to children in out-

of-home placements who are not residents of the school district in

which an entity is located pursuant to the provisions of subsections

D and F of Section 1-113 of this title, the membership and out-of-

home placement pupil weight for such student shall be included in

the membership of the district providing the education for the

purposes of calculating State Aid.

D. Upon determination by the Finance Division of the State

Department of Education that a legal residence for a child placed in

an out-of-home placement cannot be identified, the district in which

the placement is located shall be the district of residence and the

average daily membership of such child shall be credited to such

district.

E. If any school district shall fail, neglect or refuse, for

any reason whatsoever, to provide special education and related

services for a child with disabilities, certified as such by

competent authorities and residing in such district, as directed in

Section 13-101 of this title, the following is hereby authorized:

1. Such child shall be entitled, upon petition by the child's

parent or guardian, without consent or approval of the school

district not providing special education and related services, to

transfer to any adjacent or nearby school district which will accept

the child with disabilities and provide the special education and

related services which such child is entitled to receive.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Education Open Transfer Act, a

school district in which a child transferring under this section

resides shall pay to the district receiving and educating such

child, as tuition, a special education transfer fee as provided in

paragraph 2 of this subsection. Provided the average daily

membership of such child shall be credited to the resident district

of such transferee.

2. The special education transfer fee shall be the per capita

cost of the receiving district for current expenditures for the

special education and related services of such child with

disabilities based upon the cost of teachers, equipment, material,

and special costs associated with the special education class.

3. It shall be the duty of the school district from which such

child with disabilities transfers to appropriate and pay such

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special education transfer fee to the district which receives and

educates such child. If a school district owing such special

education transfer fees shall fail, neglect or refuse for any reason

whatsoever to appropriate and pay such special education transfer

fees, then the school district entitled to receive such fees shall

certify such fact to the Finance Division of the State Department of

Education. Upon receipt of such certification, the Finance Division

shall deduct the amount of the special education fee from any State

Foundation Program or Incentive Aid otherwise due the sending

district and transmit such amount to the receiving district.

4. The sending school district shall also be obligated to pay

the special education transfer fee, notwithstanding the provisions

of the Education Open Transfer Act:

a. whenever a student who resides in the district is

transferred to another school district for purposes

other than to acquire special education,

b. the student is subsequently found to require such

special education and related services,

c. the student is determined to be eligible by the

Special Education Division of the State Department of

Education, and

d. the student is placed in an appropriate special

education program by the receiving school district.

For purposes of this paragraph, the special education transfer fee

shall be as provided by paragraph 2 of this subsection, prorated by

the receiving school district according to the number of days the

student has been enrolled in the special education program. The

receiving district shall notify the sending district immediately

upon finding that the student requires special education and related

services and the sending district shall participate in planning the

student's Individualized Education Program (IEP) and in subsequent

reviews of the program in accordance with the Individuals with

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-821.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-821.2
Grant of powers - Public right and public benefit
Status: in_force

Any such independent school district is hereby authorized to

acquire or construct within its corporate boundaries, one or more

stadia, sport arenas or other recreational facilities or to build

additions thereto or additions to existing stadia, sport arenas or

other recreational facilities, including land and equipment

therefor, and to own, maintain and operate, or to own and (in

addition to any and all other uses to which this property may be

placed and disposition which can be made of it) lease to, or cause

to be maintained and operated by, a financially responsible

operating company, corporation, or individual, experienced in

similar types of business, or to own and lease to a responsible

person, firm or corporation who shall construct, finance and operate

one or more stadia, sport arenas or other recreational facilities,

and when operated by the independent school district to charge fees,

rent and tolls for the use of such facilities. Such independent

school district is authorized to prescribe and enforce the fees,

rent and tolls which are to be charged for such facilities by any

lessee or operator thereof, as more fully provided in Section 6, and

in addition to any and all other means to assure prompt payment of

rentals by such lessee or operator, the independent school district

may in the lease or operating contract reserve a lien on the money

collected by the lessee or operator from such fees, tolls and other

charges and revenue until the rental consideration for such current

term of the lease or operating contract shall have been paid to the

independent school district or its nominee. The right of the

independent school district to own, maintain, operate and cause to

be operated such facilities and to fix and collect fees, rent, tolls

and other revenue for the use of such facilities is hereby declared

to be a public right and use and such right and facilities to

constitute a public benefit.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1-108 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1-108
School district - Definition
Status: in_force

A school district is defined as any area or territory comprising

a legal entity, whose primary purpose is that of providing free

school education, whose boundary lines are a matter of public

record, and the area of which constitutes a complete tax unit.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-212 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-212
Micro-credential program
Status: in_force

A. The State Department of Education in coordination with the

Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability shall

establish a micro-credential program within one hundred twenty (120)

days after the effective date of this act for the purpose of

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permitting any teacher candidate or teacher who holds a certificate

to teach to complete additional coursework and earn micro-

credentials in science, technology, engineering and mathematics

(STEM) endorsement areas including computer science.

B. The State Department of Education and the Commission for

Educational Quality and Accountability shall convene a working group

including pertinent education stakeholders to determine how any

micro-credential awarded pursuant to any micro-credential program

established pursuant to subsection A of this section will be used

and such uses shall include:

1. To award add-on endorsements to teachers in STEM endorsement

areas including computer science;

2. In lieu of the subject area competency examination required

by Section 6-187 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

3. To meet the professional development program requirements

established in Section 6-194 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. Any course offered through a micro-credential program

established pursuant to subsection A of this section may be offered

in person, online or in a blended format of in-person and online

instruction.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-105 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-105
School district - Body corporate - Powers
Status: in_force

Every school district shall be a body corporate and shall

possess the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes by the

name and style of "Independent (or Elementary, if it is an

elementary school district) School District Number ________________

(such number as may be designated by the State Board of Education)

of __________________________ (the name of the county in which the

district is located, or if lying in more than one county the name of

the county where supervision is located) County, Oklahoma," and in

that name may sue and be sued and be capable of contracting and

being contracted with and holding such real and personal estate as

it may come into possession of or by will or otherwise and as

authorized by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3230 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3230
Eligibility for tuition waivers
Status: in_force

A. Students who are pursuing studies in this state leading to

an associate or baccalaureate degree or who are pursuing studies in

a postsecondary vocational-technical program or course offered

pursuant to a duly approved cooperative agreement between an area

vocational-technical school and an institution of The Oklahoma State

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System of Higher Education, and who are in good academic standing in

the institution of higher education or vocational-technical school

in which enrolled, shall be eligible for a waiver of:

1. Undergraduate resident tuition at institutions within The

Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. Students shall be

eligible for such waivers up to the age of twenty-six (26) years or

completion of the requirements for a baccalaureate degree, whichever

comes first; and

2. Resident tuition for enrollment in postsecondary programs of

the area vocational-technical districts. Students shall be eligible

for such waivers up to the age of twenty-six (26) years or earn a

program certificate, whichever comes first.

B. To be eligible for a waiver of tuition for the first

semester or other academic unit of postsecondary enrollment, a

student shall:

1. Be an individual who, within the past three (3) years, has

been in the custody of the Department of Human Services for any nine

(9) of the twenty-four (24) months after the individual’s sixteenth

birthday and before the individual’s eighteenth birthday;

2. Be a resident of this state;

3. Have graduated within the previous three (3) years from a

high school accredited by the State Board of Education, the Oklahoma

School of Science and Mathematics, or upon approval of the Oklahoma

State Regents for Higher Education, a public high school in a state

bordering Oklahoma in which the student enrolled with approval of

the State Board of Education as provided in Section 8-103 of Title

70 of the Oklahoma Statutes or have completed General Educational

Development (GED) requirements;

4. Have satisfied admission standards as determined by the

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education for first-time-entering

students for the appropriate type of institution; and

5. Have secured admission to, and enrolled in, an institution

which is a member of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education

or a postsecondary vocational-technical program offered pursuant to

a duly approved cooperative agreement between an area vocational-

technical school and an institution of The Oklahoma State System of

Higher Education.

C. To retain eligibility for a waiver of tuition while pursuing

the program of higher learning in which enrolled, the student shall:

1. Maintain good academic standing and satisfactory academic

progress according to standards of the Oklahoma State Regents for

Higher Education; and

2. Comply with the standards related to maintenance of

eligibility as promulgated by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education.

D. It is the intent of the Legislature that students in the

12th grade for the 1999-2000 school year who are determined to be

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eligible pursuant to this section shall be the first students

eligible for the tuition waiver.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-117.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-117.1
Cooperative contracts
Status: in_force

The board of education of any school district in this state

which is contiguous to any other school district located in an

adjacent state is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with the

board of education of the school district located in the adjacent

state for the purpose of providing better educational opportunities

for students residing in both school districts. Such contracts may

provide for:

1. The transfer of students between the two school districts;

2. The payment and acceptance of transfer fees for students

transferred between the two school districts, the amount of which

will be agreed upon by the boards of education thereof;

3. The use of district-owned school buses to transport students

to and from the schools operated in the school districts; and

4. Such other cooperative agreements as will be necessary to

provide quality education for all students residing or attending

schools in the school districts.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-24-100a — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-24-100a
Healthy and Fit Kids Act of 2004 - Short title
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 921

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Healthy and

Fit Kids Act of 2004”.

B. Beginning September 1, 2004, each public school shall

establish a Healthy and Fit School Advisory Committee, to be

composed of at least six members. The Advisory Committee may be

composed of teachers, administrators, parents of students, health

care professionals and business community representatives.

A public school may combine the Healthy and Fit School Advisory

Committee with its Safe School Committee, established pursuant to

Section 24-100.5 of this title.

C. Each Healthy and Fit School Advisory Committee shall study

and make recommendations to the school principal regarding:

1. Implementation of Sections 1 through 3 of this act;

2. Physical education and physical activity; and

3. Nutrition and health services.

D. The principal shall give consideration to recommendations of

the committee.

E. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for

monitoring compliance with this section and is authorized to report

a school as deficient on the accreditation report for noncompliance

with the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-103.6a-1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-11-103.6a-1
Legislative review of standards – Final approval
Status: in_force

A. All subject matter standards and revisions to the standards

adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 11-

103.6a of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be subject to

legislative review as set forth in this section. The standards

shall not be implemented by the State Board of Education until the

legislative review process is completed as provided for in this

section.

B. Upon adoption of any subject matter standards, the State

Board of Education shall submit the adopted standards to the Speaker

of the House of Representatives or a designee and the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate or a designee prior to the last thirty (30)

days of the legislative session.

C. By adoption of a joint resolution, the Legislature shall

approve the standards, disapprove the standards in whole or in part,

amend the standards in whole or in part or disapprove the standards

in whole or in part with instructions to the State Board of

Education, provided that such joint resolution becomes law in

accordance with Section 11 of Article VI of the Oklahoma

Constitution. If the joint resolution is vetoed by the Governor in

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accordance with Section 11 of Article VI of the Oklahoma

Constitution and the veto has not been overridden, the standards

shall be deemed approved. If the Legislature fails to adopt a joint

resolution within thirty (30) legislative days following submission

of the standards, the standards shall be deemed approved.

D. If the subject matter standards are disapproved in whole or

are disapproved in whole with instructions as provided for in this

section, the State Board of Education may adopt new standards and

submit the new standards for legislative review pursuant to this

section. The State Board of Education shall continue to implement

current standards in place until the new standards have been

reviewed by the Legislature and approved as provided for in this

section. If the subject matter standards are amended, approved in

part or are disapproved in part with instructions, the State Board

of Education may revise the standards in accordance with the

legislative changes and implement the standards.

E. Upon final approval of the standards, the standards shall be

considered final agency rules. The Board shall submit a copy of the

standards to the Secretary of State, who shall include the standards

in the publication known as the "Oklahoma Administrative Code" in

the same manner as agency rules are published in the "Code" as

provided for in the Administrative Procedures Act. All standards

approved and published as provided for in this subsection shall have

the same force and effect of law as agency rules promulgated

pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act.

F. Unless otherwise provided by specific vote of the

Legislature, joint resolutions introduced for purposes of approving,

disapproving, amending or disapproving with instructions any subject

matter standards shall not be subject to regular legislative cutoff

dates, shall be limited to such provisions as may be necessary for

approving, disapproving, amending or disapproving with instructions

any subject matter standards and any such other direction or mandate

regarding the standards deemed necessary by the Legislature. The

joint resolution shall contain no other provisions.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4663 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4663
Oklahoma State University/Tulsa - Board of Trustees
Status: in_force

A. On January 1, 1999, there shall be created the Board of

Trustees for Oklahoma State University/Tulsa which shall consist of

seven members who reside in Tulsa County or contiguous counties, one

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member of the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and

Mechanical Colleges (A&M Board) who shall reside in the First

Congressional District, and one member who shall be appointed by the

chair of the A&M Board. The member of the A&M Board and the member

appointed by the chair of the A&M Board shall serve as voting, ex

officio members. For purposes of serving on the Board of Trustees,

the member of the A&M Board and the member appointed by the chair of

the A&M Board who are appointed to the Board of Trustees shall not

be subject to the dual office holding restrictions in Section 6 of

Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Governor shall appoint the

other members of the Board of Trustees with the advice and consent

of the Senate. The members shall be appointed to numbered positions

with staggered terms to expire as provided in this section.

Successors to the initial board members shall serve seven-year terms

that shall expire on June 30 of the seventh year following

appointment. Vacancies on the Board shall be filled for the

unexpired term by the Governor with the advice and consent of the

Senate. The member of the A&M Board who resides in the First

Congressional District shall hold position number eight. The member

appointed by the chair of the A&M Board shall hold position number

nine. The numbered positions and terms shall be as follows:

1. Position No. 1: The term of office of one member shall

expire on the 30th day of June, 2000, and each seven (7) years

thereafter;

2. Position No. 2: The term of office of one member shall

expire on the 30th day of June, 2001, and each seven (7) years

thereafter;

3. Position No. 3: The term of office of one member shall

expire on the 30th day of June, 2002, and each seven (7) years

thereafter;

4. Position No. 4: The term of office of one member shall

expire on the 30th day of June, 2003, and each seven (7) years

thereafter;

5. Position No. 5: The term of office of one member shall

expire on the 30th day of June, 2004, and each seven (7) years

thereafter;

6. Position No. 6: The term of office of one member shall

expire on the 30th day of June, 2005, and each seven (7) years

thereafter;

7. Position No. 7: The term of office of one member shall

expire on the 30th day of June, 2006, and each seven (7) years

thereafter;

8. Position No. 8: The term of office shall coincide with the

member’s term on the A&M Board; and

9. Position No. 9: The term of office shall be at the

direction of the chair of the A&M Board.

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B. The Board of Trustees shall be a body corporate and shall

adopt and use an official seal. The Board shall elect a chair, vice

chair, and secretary annually, each of whom shall serve for a term

of one fiscal year and until a successor is elected and qualified,

and who shall perform such duties as the Board directs. The Board

shall adopt rules which it deems necessary for the operation of the

Board and the discharge of its duties and shall cause the minutes of

all meetings to be kept. The Board shall comply with the Oklahoma

Open Meeting Act and the Oklahoma Open Records Act.

C. The Board of Trustees for Oklahoma State University/Tulsa

may be authorized by the A&M Board to supervise and manage the

campus of Oklahoma State University/Tulsa and perform other

functions as necessary. The Board of Trustees shall promulgate

rules and enact policies to govern the processes and procedures of

the Board. It is the intent of the Legislature that in the

interests of immediate responsiveness to the needs of students,

employees, and the business community that the decision or approval

process be expedited.

D. On or after January 1, 1999, the A&M Board may assign and

delineate roles and responsibilities for the Board of Trustees for

Oklahoma State University/Tulsa. Such responsibilities may include,

but are not limited to, student services, facility operations,

student financial services, budget preparations, endowed chairs at

Oklahoma State University/Tulsa, and administrative operations as

specified by the A&M Board.

E. The Board of Trustees shall establish the usual and

customary accounts established by higher education institutions

within the Office of Management and Enterprise Services necessary to

carry out its duties.

F. Until July 1, 2001, during the transition and development of

Oklahoma State University/Tulsa, acting on behalf of the Board of

Trustees for Oklahoma State University/Tulsa, Oklahoma State

University is authorized and directed to negotiate contracts with

institutions for courses and degree programs of study approved by

the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, as necessary to

meet the higher education needs for the Tulsa metropolitan area.

The number of degree programs offered by Northeastern State

University and Langston University shall not be diminished or

duplicated.

G. The president of Oklahoma State University/Tulsa shall be

selected by the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and

Mechanical Colleges after completion of a search process as set

forth in this subsection. The A&M Board shall appoint at least two

of its members, one of whom must reside in the First Congressional

District, and the Board of Trustees shall appoint at least two of

its members to a search committee. The president of Oklahoma State

University may appoint other representatives of faculty, staff, and

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students to the search committee. The president of Oklahoma State

University shall recommend a candidate in consultation with the

search committee to the Board of Trustees and the A&M Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-23-123 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-23-123
This article provides alternative methods for things
Status: in_force

authorized hereby.

The foregoing sections of this article shall be deemed to

provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the

things authorized thereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and

additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be

regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing; provided,

however, that the issuance of revenue bonds or revenue refunding

bonds under the provisions of this article need not comply with the

requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-13-114.4 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-13-114.4
Oklahoma Special Education Assistance Fund -
Status: in_force

Distribution of funds - Amount of payments.

A. Funds issued from the Oklahoma Special Education Assistance

Fund shall be distributed to the local school district in a timely

manner as determined by the State Board of Education.

B. The amount of any such payments shall be determined as

follows:

1. Payments made pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection A

of Section 13-114.3 of this title shall be the actual cost of

serving the child as determined by the State Board of Education less

the funding to be received by the district through the State Aid

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Formula, as reduced to include only the number of days the child is

included in the district's average daily membership, and any other

funding received for providing services to the child from another

state agency;

2. For the purposes of this section, the amount to be received

through the State Aid formula shall be the weighted average daily

membership of the child times the sum of the current year Base

Foundation Support Level and the product of the current year

Incentive Aid guarantee times twenty (20).
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3970.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3970.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma

College Savings Plan Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-8-114 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-8-114
Intra-district transfers — School capacity — Enrollment
Status: in_force

preferences.

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section,

beginning July 1, 2024, the transfer of a student from one school

site to another school site within the school district where the

student resides shall be approved at any time in the year, unless

the grade level of the receiving school site has reached capacity.

If the capacity of a grade level is insufficient to enroll all

eligible students, the school district shall select intra-district

transfer students based on the preferences outlined in paragraph 1

of subsection B of this section and then in the order in which the

intra-district transfer applications were received. The school

district board of education shall determine the capacity of a school

site based on its policy adopted pursuant to subsection B of this

section. A student may be granted a one-year intra-district

transfer and shall automatically continue to attend the school site

where the student transferred each school year, unless the school

district denies the continued intra-district transfer for the

reasons outlined in paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection B of this

section. At the end of each school year, a school district may only

deny continued intra-district transfer of the student for the

reasons outlined in paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection B of this

section.

1. Any sibling of a student who transfers intra-district may

attend the school site to which the student transferred if the

school district policy gives preference to sibling transfers

regardless of capacity and the sibling of the transferred student

does not meet a basis for denial as outlined in paragraphs 2 and 3

of subsection B of this section.

2. The child of a school district employee who resides in the

school district but wishes to attend a different school site within

the school district where the student resides may be granted an

intra-district transfer if the school district policy gives

preference to the transfer of children of school district employees

and the student does not meet a basis for denial as outlined in

paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection B of this section.

3. A student who changes residence within a school district and

who wishes to attend the same school site may be granted an intra-

district transfer if the school district policy gives preference to

such transfers and the student does not meet a basis for denial as

outlined in paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection B of this section.

4. Any child in the custody of the Department of Human Services

and living in foster care who resides in the home of another student

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who transfers intra-district may attend the school site to which the

student transferred.

Except for a child in the custody of the Department of Human

Services in foster care, an intra-district transfer student shall

not transfer more than two times per school year to other school

sites within the school district where the student resides, provided

that the student may always reenroll at any time in his or her

school site of residence.

B. Each school district board of education shall adopt a policy

to determine the number of intra-district transfer students the

school district has the capacity to accept in each grade level for

each school site within a school district no later than July 1,

2024. The policy shall be publicly posted on the school district

website. The policy:

1. Shall include an enrollment preference and reserve capacity

for:

a. students who reside in the school site boundary,

b. students who attended the school site the prior school

year,

c. siblings of students who are already enrolled at the

school site,

d. children of school district employees who wish to

attend a different school site within the school

district, and

e. students who change residence within a school district

and who wish to attend the same school site;

2. May include the acts and reasons outlined in Section 24-

101.3 of this title as a basis for denial of an intra-district

transfer; and

3. May include a history of absences as a basis for denial of

an intra-district transfer. For the purposes of this section,

"history of absences" means ten or more absences in one semester

that are not excused for the reasons provided in subsection B of

Section 10-105 of this title or due to illness.

C. By the first day of January, April, July, and October of

each year, the school district board of education shall establish

the number of intra-district transfer students the school district

has the capacity to accept in each grade level for each school site

within the district.

D. After establishing the number of intra-district transfer

students the school district has the capacity to accept in each

grade level for each school site, the board of education shall:

1. Publish in a prominent place on the school district website

the number of intra-district transfer students for each grade level

for each school site within the school district which the district

has the capacity to accept; and

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2. Report to the State Department of Education the number of

intra-district transfer students for each grade level for each

school site within the school district which the district has the

capacity to accept.

E. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, school

districts shall allow students who are the dependent children of a

member of the active uniformed military services of the United

States on full-time active duty status, and students who are the

dependent children of a member of the military reserve on active

duty orders, provisional eligibility for intra-district transfers

regardless of capacity. The number of intra-district transfers

specific to military dependents shall be based on two (2) military

dependents per one hundred (100) enrolled students at the elementary

school level, four (4) military dependents per one hundred (100)

students at the middle school level, and six (6) military dependents

at the high school level. Students shall be eligible under this

subsection as outlined in paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection B of

Section 8-103.1 of this title.

2. For purposes of this subsection:

a. "elementary school" means kindergarten through fifth

grade,

b. "middle school" means sixth grade through eighth

grade, and

c. "high school" means ninth grade through twelfth grade.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-631 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-631
Transfer of fund to Permanent School Fund
Status: in_force

The Commissioners of the Land Office of the State of Oklahoma

are hereby authorized and directed to ascertain the amount of the

Home Loan Fund, created by the Act of March 28, 1919, and now in the

hands of said Commissioners, and to transfer and deposit said amount

into the Permanent School Fund of the State of Oklahoma.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-509.8 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-509.8
Strikes illegal
Status: in_force

The procedure provided for herein for resolving impasses shall

be the exclusive recourse of the organization. It shall be illegal

for the organization to strike or threaten to strike as a means of

resolving differences with the board of education. Any member of an

organization engaging in a strike shall be denied the full amount of

his wages during the period of such violation. If the organization

or its members engage in a strike, then the organization shall cease

to be recognized as representative of the unit and the school

district shall be relieved of the duty to negotiate with such

organization or its representatives.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-181 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-181
Legislative declaration - Interpretation of act
Status: in_force

The Legislature, recognizing its obligation to the children of

this state to ensure their opportunity to receive an excellent

education, and recognizing that the single most important factor

affecting the quality of education is the quality of the individual

teacher in the classroom, hereby calls for the development,

implementation and administration of a new competency-based teacher

preparation system in Oklahoma.

It is the intent of the Legislature that this act shall be in

addition to existing laws governing teachers, and nothing herein

shall be construed as repealing or amending any protection to

teachers prescribed, or as removing or diminishing any existing

power, authority or responsibility of the local boards of education

and the State Board of Education not in conflict with the provisions

of this act. Nondegreed vocational teachers and school nurses

certified under rules promulgated by the State Board of Education

shall be exempt from the provisions of this act, except for those

provisions concerning professional development programs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-16-117 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-16-117
List of names of agents and representatives of
Status: in_force

publishers.

Each person, firm or corporation offering textbooks for sale in

the State of Oklahoma shall list with the secretary of the State

Textbook Committee the names and addresses of its agents or

representatives which shall be a matter of public record in the

office of the secretary of the State Textbook Committee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-21-116 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-21-116
Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools Revolving
Status: in_force

Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools to be

designated the "Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools

Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject

to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received

by the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools from all fees

and penalties collected by the Board pursuant to this act or rules

promulgated and any other funds obtained or received by the Board.

All monies in the fund shall be used exclusively for the purpose of

operations and functions of the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational

Schools. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby

appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Board

of Private Vocational Schools. Expenditures from the fund shall be

made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims

filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.51 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.51
Citation
Status: in_force

This act shall be known as and may be cited as "The Public

School Improvement Act of 1968".
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-820.26 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-820.26
Effective date
Status: in_force

The provisions of the Student Athlete Name, Image and Likeness

Rights Act shall be effective immediately.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-21-105.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-21-105.2
Retention of student records prior to closure
Status: in_force

After a school, seminar or workshop either voluntarily decides

to cease offering all programs of instruction or is required to do

so through proper enforcement of this act or the Oklahoma Board of

Private Vocational Schools' minimum standards, the entity shall,

before closure is complete, provide the Board with its appropriate

arrangement for the permanent retention of students’ records.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3407.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3407.1
Murray State College of Technology - Proclamation
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall make a

study to determine the feasibility of changing the functions of

Murray State College of Agriculture and Applied Science to give

predominant emphasis to technical education while retaining the

normal two-year junior college academic program. If the State

Regents determine that the change should be made, they shall issue a

proclamation declaring the change in the functions of the college

and specifying the effective date. Thereafter, the official name of

the college shall be Murray State College of Technology; there shall

be created a Board of Regents of Murray State College of Technology

as provided in Section 2 of this act; and all governing control of

and property, assets and obligations of the Murray State College of

Agriculture and Applied Science shall be transferred to the Board of

Regents of the Murray State College of Technology. Copies of the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1521

proclamation shall be filed with the Governor, the Secretary of

State, and the Secretary of the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma

Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1733 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1733
Entitlement to free education and dormitory housing –
Status: in_force

Criteria and procedures.

A. Residents of this state for whom deafness or hardness of

hearing is the primary impediment to success in the common schools

of the state, and who are of suitable age and physical and mental

capacity, shall be entitled to an education in the Oklahoma School

for the Deaf without charge.

B. Students admitted to the school who are of suitable

emotional capacity and who are not a threat to themselves or others

shall be entitled to reside at the school free of charge to the

extent that dormitory housing is available.

C. The Department of Rehabilitation Services shall establish

the criteria and procedures for admission to the school.

R.L. 1910, § 6988. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 40, § 1, emerg. eff.

April 5, 1976; Laws 2001, c. 329, § 8, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4671 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4671
Oklahoma State University - Long-range planning and
Status: in_force

development.

No later than November 1, 1998, the president of Oklahoma State

University shall submit to the Legislature a long-range plan for the

development of the Oklahoma State University/Tulsa program.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1-116 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1-116
Positions in school system - Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this title:

1. "Teacher" means any person who is employed to serve as

district superintendent, principal, supervisor, counselor,

librarian, school nurse, athletic trainer, or classroom teacher or

in any other instructional, supervisory or administrative capacity.

The person shall not be deemed qualified unless the person holds a

valid certificate issued by and in accordance with the rules of the

State Board of Education or the rules of the State Board of Career

and Technology Education, to perform the particular services for

which the person is employed;

2. "Superintendent" or "superintendent of schools" means the

executive officer of the board of education and the administrative

head of the school system of a district maintaining an accredited

school, provided the person holds an administrator's certificate

recognized by the State Board of Education;

3. "Principal" means any person other than a district

superintendent of schools having supervisory or administrative

authority over any school or school building having two or more

teachers. A teaching principal shall be a principal who devotes at

least one-half (1/2) the time school is in session to classroom

teaching. Teaching principals shall be required to hold

administrative certificates;

4. "Teachers" means, for purposes of complying with the State

Aid Law and other statutes, but not any other provision of law,

which apportion money on the basis of teaching units or the number

of teachers employed or qualified, all persons holding proper

certificates and connected in any capacity with the instruction of

pupils;

5. "Inductee" means any certified teacher who is employed in a

local school to serve as a classroom teacher under the guidance and

assistance of a mentor teacher or teachers;

6. "Student teacher" means any student who is enrolled in an

institution of higher learning approved by the State Board of

Education for teacher training and who is jointly assigned by the

institution of higher learning and a board of education of a school

district to perform practice teaching under the direction of a

regularly employed and certified teacher. A student teacher, while

serving an internship under the supervision of a certified teacher,

shall be accorded the same protection of the laws as that accorded

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the certified teacher and shall be eligible to receive compensation

beginning on the first day of the internship for up to one full

school year; provided, however, that such compensation shall not be

considered compensation for purposes of teacher retirement or the

minimum salary schedule;

7. "School nurse" means a person employed full time by a board

of education who is a registered nurse licensed by the Oklahoma

State Board of Nurse Registration and Nursing Education and is

certified the same as a teacher by the State Board of Education.

Provided, that any person who is employed as a full-time school

nurse in any school district in Oklahoma who is not registered on

July 2, 1971, may continue to serve in the same capacity; however,

such person shall, under rules adopted by the State Board of

Education, attend classes in nursing and prepare to become

registered. A school nurse employed by a board of education shall

be accorded the same protection of laws and all other benefits as a

certified teacher;

8. "Athletic trainer" means a person employed full time by a

board of education who is a Certified Athletic Trainer with current

certification from the Board of Certification of the National

Athletic Trainers' Association and is also currently licensed to

practice in the state in accordance with the State Board of Medical

Licensure and Supervision. An athletic trainer employed by a board

of education shall be accorded the same protection of laws and all

other benefits as a certified teacher; and

9. "Support employee" means an employee who provides those

services which are not performed by certified teachers, principals,

superintendents or administrators and which are necessary for the

efficient and satisfactory functioning of a school district.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2204 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2204
Agreements or contracts with United States
Status: in_force

The Board may enter into any agreement or contracts with the

United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof

which it may consider advisable or necessary in order to obtain a

grant of funds or other aid to be used in connection with the

proceeds of the bonds in paying the cost of the construction,

furnishing, and equipment of the building.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-24-100d — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-24-100d
School Health Coordinators Pilot Program – Time period
Status: in_force

for program – Responsibilities of health coordinators – Steering

committee – Annual evaluation - Rules.

A. Contingent on the availability of funding, the State

Department of Education shall contract with a statewide nonprofit

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 923

school health program that promotes the health needs of students to

establish a School Health Coordinators Pilot Program. The purpose

of the Pilot Program shall be to assist elementary schools and the

Healthy and Fit School Advisory Committees in elementary schools in

implementing health and wellness programs and providing health and

wellness information to students in the elementary schools. The

State Department of Education shall oversee the Pilot Program. The

Pilot Program contractor shall coordinate the Pilot Program and

provide the required support to schools to allow for participation

in the Pilot Program.

B. The Department shall conduct the Pilot Program for a period

of not less than five (5) years. The Pilot Program contractor shall

employ and provide for the salary and benefits of school health

coordinators, along with training and school support needed to

implement the Pilot Program. The number of school health

coordinators employed in years one and two of the Pilot Program

shall be contingent upon funding and other factors as determined by

the Department in conjunction with the Pilot Program contractor. By

year three of the Pilot Program, not less than six school health

coordinators shall be employed by the Pilot Program contractor with

one school health coordinator assigned to each quadrant of the

state, one assigned to the Tulsa metropolitan area, and one assigned

to the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. A Pilot Program

coordinator, Pilot Program contractor monitor, and additional school

health coordinators may be employed if funds are available. A

person employed as a school health coordinator shall at a minimum

have a baccalaureate degree in health, community health, education,

physical education, or nursing.

C. The school health coordinators shall be responsible for:

1. Facilitating the activities of and providing assistance and

expertise to the Healthy and Fit School Advisory Committees in

elementary schools;

2. Providing professional development opportunities for

teachers;

3. Providing curriculum, materials, and resources to elementary

schools for school health programs, which may include health

education, physical education, health services, nutrition services,

school climate, physical environment, health promotion and wellness,

and youth, family, and community involvement;

4. Assisting elementary schools in completing the School Health

Index;

5. Interacting with parent organizations in public schools in

order to educate parents about health and wellness issues; and

6. Conducting a public health media campaign for students and

their families.

D. The Department and the Pilot Program contractor shall form a

steering committee with representatives from the State Department of

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Health and other entities interested in school health to help

provide expertise, oversight and guidance for the Pilot Program.

E. The Pilot Program contractor in partnership with an

evaluation entity shall conduct an annual evaluation of the

effectiveness and impact of the Pilot Program. A copy of the

evaluation shall be submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the

House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate.

F. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules

necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-697.21a — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-697.21a
Promulgation of rules
Status: in_force

The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall promulgate

rules to enforce the provisions of this act.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1099
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.906 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.906
Statewide Mathematics Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1289

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to be

designated the “Statewide Mathematics Revolving Fund”. The fund

shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations,

and shall consist of all monies received by the State Regents from

state appropriations provided for the purpose of implementing the

provisions of subsection B of this section. All monies accruing to

the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted

and expended by the State Regents for the purpose provided for in

this subsection. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon

warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as

prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services for approval and payment.

B. Subject to the availability of funding, the Oklahoma State

Regents for Higher Education shall utilize the Statewide Mathematics

Revolving Fund created in subsection A of this section to:

1. Implement training for a scientifically research-based math

program in teacher education programs accredited by the Commission

for Educational Quality and Accountability. For the purposes of

this section, training in a scientifically research-based math

program includes providing explicit and systematic instruction in

real-world problem-solving skills, procedural fluency, conceptual

understanding, and productive dispositions, and implementing

instructional strategies that research has shown to be successful in

improving mathematics achievement among students with learning

difficulties in math. Beginning with students entering a teacher

education program accredited by the Commission for Educational

Quality and Accountability in the 2026-2027 academic year,

completion of training required by this paragraph shall lead to a

micro-credential in mathematics, which shall be reflected on

teaching certificates awarded to such individuals; and

2. Support teacher education programs accredited by the

Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability in developing

and implementing a micro-credential in mathematics for certified

teachers employed by school districts and charter schools in this

state. A micro-credential awarded pursuant to this paragraph shall

be reflected on a teacher’s certificate to teach.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1676 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1676
Board of Regents
Status: in_force

At such time as the present Oklahoma College for Women becomes

the Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts, a Board of Regents of the

Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts, composed of seven (7) members,

shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of

the State Senate and with the terms of members to be overlapping and

for seven (7) years' duration. Such Board shall be the successor to

the Board of Regents of the Oklahoma College for Women with the same

powers and duties of said Board as now provided by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3218.7-1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3218.7-1
Waiver of fees and room and board for children of
Status: in_force

persons killed in line of duty.

A. Within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, no

fees nor room and board shall be charged to :

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1. Children of Oklahoma peace officers as defined by Section

648 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes who have given their lives

in the line of duty;

2. Children of Oklahoma firefighters who have given their lives

in the line of duty;

3. Children of commissioned members of the Oklahoma Law

Enforcement Retirement System, who have given their lives in the

line of duty; and

4. Children of Oklahoma emergency medical technicians who have

given their lives in the line of duty.

B. Such waiver of fees and room and board shall be limited to a

period of five (5) years.

C. Such waiver of fees and room and board shall be a service

benefit of a commissioned member of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement

Retirement System.

D. For purposes of this section:

1. "Firefighter" means a volunteer firefighter or a permanent

salaried professional member of any fire department within the State

of Oklahoma; and

2. "Emergency medical technician" means a person volunteering

or employed as an emergency medical technician and who is licensed

as an emergency medical technician pursuant to Section 1-2505 of

Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-7-201 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-7-201
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 7-201 through 7-206 of this title shall be known and

may be cited as the "Oklahoma School Consolidation and Annexation

Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-105.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-11-105.1
Sex education - Approval of curriculum and materials
Status: in_force

A. All curriculum and materials including supplementary

materials which will be used to teach or will be used for or in

connection with a sex education class or program which is designed

for the exclusive purpose of discussing sexual behavior or

attitudes, or any test, survey or questionnaire whose primary

purpose is to elicit responses on sexual behavior or attitudes shall

be available through the superintendent or a designee of the school

district for inspection by parents and guardians of the student who

will be involved with the class, program or test, survey or

questionnaire. Such curriculum, materials, classes, programs,

tests, surveys or questionnaires shall include information about

consent and shall have as one of its primary purposes the teaching

of or informing students about the practice of abstinence. For the

purposes of this section, "consent" shall have the same meaning as

that provided by Section 113 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

The superintendent or a designee of the school district shall

provide prior written notification to the parents or guardians of

the students involved of their right to inspect the curriculum and

material and of their obligation to notify the school in writing if

they do not want their child to participate in the class, program,

test, survey or questionnaire. Each local board of education shall

determine the means of providing written notification to the parents

and guardian which will ensure effective notice in an efficient and

appropriate manner. No student shall be required to participate in

a sex education class or program which discusses sexual behavior or

attitudes if a parent or guardian of the student objects in writing

to such participation. If the type of program referred to in this

section is a part of or is taught during a credit course, a student

may be required to enroll in the course but shall not be required to

receive instruction in or participate in the program if a parent or

guardian objects in writing.

B. The superintendent or a designee of a school district in

which sex education is taught or a program is offered which is

designed for the exclusive purpose of discussing sexual behavior or

attitudes shall approve all curriculum and materials which will be

used for such education and any test, survey or questionnaire whose

primary purpose is to elicit responses on sexual behavior or

attitudes used in the school prior to their use in the classroom or

school. The teacher involved in the class, program, testing or

survey shall submit the curriculum, materials, tests or surveys to

the superintendent or a designee for approval prior to their use in

the classroom or school. This section shall not apply to those

students enrolled in classes, programs, testings or surveys offered

through an alternative education program.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 595
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-14-134 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-14-134
Tuition waivers for children of persons killed in the
Status: in_force

line of duty.

A. Within the system of career technology districts, no

resident tuition or nonresident tuition shall be charged to the:

1. Children of Oklahoma peace officers as defined by Section

648 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes who have given their lives

in the line of duty;

2. Children of Oklahoma firefighters who have given their lives

in the line of duty;

3. Children of members of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement

Retirement System who have given their lives in the line of duty or

whose disability is by means of personal and traumatic injury of a

catastrophic nature, as defined by Section 2-300 of Title 47 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, and occurred in the line of duty; and

4. Children of Oklahoma emergency medical technicians who have

given their lives in the line of duty.

B. Such waiver of resident tuition and nonresident tuition

shall be limited to a period of five (5) years.

C. Such waiver of resident tuition or nonresident tuition to

the children of deceased peace officers and to the children of

deceased firefighters as provided for in this section shall be a

service benefit of each Oklahoma peace officer and Oklahoma

firefighter.

D. For purposes of this section:

1. "Firefighter" means a volunteer firefighter or a permanent

salaried professional member of any fire department within the State

of Oklahoma; and

2. "Emergency medical technician" means a person volunteering

or employed as an emergency medical technician and who is licensed

as an emergency medical technician pursuant to Section 1-2505 of

Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.229-5 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.229-5
State Superintendent of Public Instruction and
Status: in_force

State Department of Education - Coordination with Oklahoma Drug and

Alcohol Abuse Policy Board - Joint duties.

A. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction and State

Department of Education in conjunction with the Oklahoma Drug and

Alcohol Abuse Policy Board shall:

1. Establish objective criteria, guidelines and a comprehensive

integrated curriculum for substance abuse programs and the teaching

of life skills in local schools and school districts;

2. Establish and review annually model policies for alcohol and

drug abuse issues including, but not limited to, policies regarding

disciplinary actions and referral for services;

3. Develop and implement strategies which encourage all schools

to employ guidance counselors trained in substance abuse prevention

and life skills and to develop and begin implementing quality

substance abuse and life skills education programs; and

4. Develop guidelines and criteria to encourage teachers and

administrators to receive in-service training on alcohol and drug

abuse. The training or workshops shall be included in the staff

development point system. The training or workshop shall be

completed the first year a certified teacher is employed by a school

district, and then once every fifth academic year.

B. The State Department of Education shall distribute

information or reports provided by the Oklahoma Drug and Alcohol

Abuse Policy Board, to each school district and, upon request, to

members of the public. Upon request of the chief administrator of a

school or school district, the Department shall provide technical

assistance to schools and school districts to implement policies and

programs pursuant to guidelines provided by the Oklahoma Drug and

Alcohol Abuse Policy Board and shall provide a clearinghouse program

accessible by school districts to provide information about life

skills and drug and alcohol abuse prevention curricula and programs.

C. Final determination of materials to be used, means of

implementation of the curriculum, and ages and times at which

students receive instruction about life skills and drug and alcohol

abuse prevention shall be made by the school district board of

education. The school district, at least one (1) month prior to

giving such instruction to students, shall conduct for parents and

guardians of students involved, during weekend or evening hours, at

least one presentation concerning the plans for instruction and the

materials to be used. No student shall be required to receive

instruction about life skills and drug and alcohol abuse prevention

if a parent or guardian of the student objects in writing.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1193
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-8-113 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-8-113
Transfer to district where parent or legal guardian is
Status: in_force

employed.

A student shall be allowed to transfer to a school district in

which the parent or legal guardian of the student is employed by the

district, if the school district policy on student transfers grants

preference for children of employees, regardless of school district

capacity.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 500
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-626.9 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-626.9
Policies of institutions unaffected
Status: in_force

This act shall not be construed as granting any authority to

control or influence the policies of any educational institution

because it accepts students receiving tuition aid grants, nor to

require any such institution to admit or once admitted to continue

in such institution any tuition aid recipient.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-17-116.21 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-17-116.21
Increase in benefits - July 1, 2008
Status: in_force

A. Any person receiving benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement

System of Oklahoma as of June 30, 2007, other than those benefits

specified in subsection B of this section, who continues to receive

benefits on or after July 1, 2008, shall receive a two-percent

increase in said benefits beginning in July 2008.

B. Any person receiving benefits pursuant to subsection (3) of

Section 17-105 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes whose benefits

commenced prior to July 1, 2007, and who continues to receive

benefits on or after July 1, 2008, shall receive a two-percent

increase in said benefits beginning in July 2008.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.196.9 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.196.9
Glucagon stock
Status: in_force

A. A school district board of education may elect to stock

glucagon to treat a student with diabetes who experiences a

hypoglycemic emergency or if the student’s prescribed glucagon is

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1184

not available on site or has expired. A board of education that

elects to stock glucagon shall adopt a policy that requires:

1. The school district to inform, in writing, the parent or

legal guardian of each student who has a diabetes medical management

plan pursuant to Section 1210.196.3 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma

Statutes that a school nurse, a school employee trained by a health

care professional, or a volunteer diabetes care assistant, as

defined by Section 1210.196.2 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

may administer, with parent or legal guardian written consent but

without a health care provider order, glucagon to a student with

diabetes whom the school nurse, trained employee, or volunteer

diabetes care assistant in good faith believes is having a

hypoglycemic emergency or if the student’s prescribed glucagon is

not available on site or has expired;

2. A waiver of liability executed by a parent or legal guardian

be on file with the school district prior to administration of

glucagon; and

3. The school district to designate the employee responsible

for obtaining the glucagon at each school site.

B. Written consent and a waiver of liability executed pursuant

to subsection A of this section shall be effective for the school

year for which it is granted and shall be renewed each subsequent

school year.

C. A licensed physician who has prescriptive authority may

write a prescription for glucagon to a school district in the name

of the district as a body corporate specified in Section 5-105 of

Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, which shall be maintained at each

school site in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed

as creating or imposing a duty on a school district to maintain

glucagon at a school site or sites.

D. In the event a student is believed to be having a

hypoglycemic emergency, a school employee shall contact 911 and

shall contact the student’s parent or legal guardian as soon as

possible.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-697.9 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-697.9
Community Preceptor Physician Training and Work
Status: in_force

Experience Scholarship Fund

There is hereby created and established the Community Preceptor

Physician Training and Work Experience Scholarship Fund which fund

shall be administered by the Health Care Workforce Training

Commission for the purpose of providing state matching funds

assistance and encouraging the development of a program whereby the

state in conjunction with given communities, hospitals or clinical

training situations funds the stipends and living expenses for

medical students who agree to work in these given communities during

the vacation times during the course of their education in the

University of Oklahoma College of Medicine or the Oklahoma College

of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. The Commission shall develop

procedures for determining the matching funds participation of

communities and of the state for a given student and coordinate with

the physician training institutions in the state for the selection

of students to participate in the program and the selection of

physicians who will supervise students and hospitals and clinical

situations in which the training and experience occurs in the

delivery of primary health care to rural and medically underserved

areas with the purpose of providing medical and osteopathic students

an opportunity to develop relationships with communities and

encourage them to locate their practices in areas of medical need.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3225 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3225
Complaints
Status: in_force

Any student may file a complaint of violation of this act with

the office of president of any publicly supported college or

university in the State of Oklahoma. It shall be the duty of said

president to inquire after such complaint and report said complaints

and disposition to the State Regents annually.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-16-106 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-16-106
Publishers' contracts - Prices - Reduction - Term of
Status: in_force

contract - Braille versions.

A. All contracts with publishers shall be signed by the

chairperson and secretary of the State Textbook Committee on behalf

of the state. Each contract shall stipulate the price at which each

textbook will be sold to the State of Oklahoma, and that all copies

supplied to the State of Oklahoma will be equal to or better than

the official copy filed with the secretary of the Committee. The

State Textbook Committee may approve the substitution of a later

edition in lieu of the textbook originally selected. The publisher

shall stipulate in the contract that:

1. The price for which the textbook is to be furnished will be

the lowest at which the same textbook will be sold or offered for

sale for the purpose of securing a state or local selection or

adoption elsewhere in the United States during the six (6) months

prior to the date of the execution of the contract;

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2. It will reduce the contract price of the textbook, if the

price of the same textbook is reduced below such contract price

elsewhere in the United States, and that it will file with the

secretary of the Committee a sworn statement of such reduction made

elsewhere;

3. If it prepares any supplementary or abridged or special

editions of any of the textbooks, and shall sell such editions

elsewhere at a lower price than that stipulated in the contract, it

will file copies of any and all such editions, together with the

prices thereof, with the secretary of the Committee;

4. It has not entered into any understanding, agreement or

combination to control the prices or restrict competition in the

sale of textbooks;

5. It will furnish the textbooks to the State of Oklahoma

during the term of the contract in such amounts as may be required;

and

6. It will furnish for a like period in lieu of the

corresponding textbooks under contract any other books listed in any

annual statement subsequently filed by it during the term of the

contract to any school district at the lowest new prices contained

in such statement, and that it will maintain said prices uniformly

through the state.

B. Textbooks selected by the State Textbook Committee may be

purchased by school districts at the prices for which contracts have

been awarded, pending the effective dates of the contracts.

C. The chairperson and secretary of the State Textbook

Committee, on the advice and consent of the attorney for the State

Department of Education, may, with the consent of the holders of

state textbook contracts, change any contract to conform with the

provisions of Section 16-102 of this title.

D. As requested by a school district or the Oklahoma School for

the Blind, all publishers who enter into contracts with the State

Textbook Committee shall be required to furnish the Committee with

electronic files in a file format from which Braille and other

accessible versions of the instructional materials can be produced.

The file format in which electronic instructional materials files

are provided to the Committee shall be in a format prescribed by

federal law or regulations promulgated by the United States

Department of Education which requires national standards for

electronic files to be used for production of accessible

instructional materials. In the absence of a federal law or

regulation establishing a national standard, a file format standard

shall be prescribed by the State Department of Rehabilitation

Services.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-104 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-11-104
Military and athletic training - Assistance
Status: in_force

The board of education of any school district is hereby

authorized to provide for military training, athletic training and

physical examination of pupils in such district, and is hereby

authorized to accept assistance from the United States Secretary of

Defense and National Department of Defense or any branch thereof or

from any other federal agency or from the Oklahoma National Guard,

for the purpose of military drill and training.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-182 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-182
Issuance, approval, etc. of check, warrant or
Status: in_force

certificate in excess of approved estimate of expenses.

It shall be unlawful for any school district officer to issue,

approve, sign, or attest any check, warrant or certificate of

indebtedness in any form in excess of the estimate of expenses made

and approved for the current fiscal year or authorized for such a

purpose by a bond issue and any such check, warrant or certificate

of indebtedness issued, approved, or authorized by a bond issue

shall not be a charge against the school district upon which it is

issued, but may be collected by civil action from any officer

issuing, drawing, approving, signing, or attesting the same, or from

either or all of them, or from their bondsmen.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.225 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.225
Implementation
Status: in_force

In administering this act, the State Board of Education and the

State Department of Education shall be governed by the following:

1. Implement in-service education programs for teachers,

administrators and other personnel. Special emphasis shall be

placed on methods and materials necessary for the effective teaching

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1190

of drug abuse education. In-service teacher education materials

which are based on individual performance and designed for use with

a minimum of supervision shall be developed and made available to

all school districts which are participating in this program;

2. Implement provisions of this act in the most expeditious

manner possible, commensurate with the availability of textbooks and

materials, as well as the availability of teaching personnel; and

3. Recommend degree programs and short course seminars for the

preparation of drug education teaching personnel.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-148 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-148
Security drills
Status: in_force

Each district board of education shall ensure that a minimum of

four security drills are conducted at each public school within the

district each school year. No security drill shall be conducted at

the same time of day as a previous security drill conducted in the

same school year, and no more than two security drills shall be

conducted in one semester. One security drill shall be conducted

within the first fifteen (15) days of each semester. Additional

drills may be conducted at the discretion of the district. Security

drills shall be conducted for the purpose of securing school

buildings to prevent or mitigate injuries or deaths that may result

from a threat around or in the school. The drills shall conform to

the written plans and procedures adopted by the district as required

by Section 681 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes. All students

and employees shall participate in the drills, with the extent of

student involvement to be determined by the district.

The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to implement the

provisions of this section.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 317
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-24-119 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-24-119
Ethnic and racial history coverage
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall adopt necessary rules and

regulations providing coverage of the outstanding historical events

which recognize the contributions made by African Americans,

Hispanic Americans, Native Americans and other ethnic groups to

Oklahoma's rich cultural history and heritage.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2119 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2119
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 1 through 5 of this act:

1. "Benefit" includes, without limitation:

a. recognition,

b. registration,

c. the use of facilities of the public institution of

higher education for meetings or speaking purposes,

d. the use of channels of communication of the public

institution of higher education, and

e. funding sources that are otherwise available to other

student associations in the public institution of

higher education;

2. "Exercise of religion" includes without limitation the

practice or observance of religion as interpreted under state law or

the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, whichever

interpretation is broader;

3. "Public institution of higher education" includes any

institution that is a member of The Oklahoma State System of Higher

Education or of a technology center school district;

4. "Substantially burdens" includes without limitation an

action by a public institution of higher education which directly or

indirectly:

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a. constrains or inhibits conduct or expression that

reflects a student's sincerely held religious beliefs,

b. denies a student an opportunity to engage in religious

activities, or

c. pressures a student either:

(1) to not engage in conduct or expression motivated

by a sincerely held religious belief, or

(2) to engage in conduct or expression contrary to a

sincerely held religious belief;

5. "Student" means a person who is enrolled full-time or part-

time in a public institution of higher education; and

6. "Religious student association" means an association of

students organized around shared religious beliefs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4713 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4713
Funds for Excellence Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Office of the State Regents for Higher Education to be

designated the "Funds for Excellence Fund". The fund shall be a

continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall

consist of all monies received by the Office of the State Regents

for Higher Education from all funds appropriated for that purpose by

the Legislature and allocated thereto by the State Regents and all

private contributions, grants, and donations of monies made for the

purposes of Sections 4712 through 4715 of this title. All monies

accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may

be budgeted and expended by the Office of the State Regents for

Higher Education for the purposes specified in Sections 4712 through

4715 of this title and for administering the provisions of Sections

4712 through 4715 of this title; however, such monies expended for

such administrative costs shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the

total amount of monies in said fund. Expenditures from said fund

shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against

claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-151.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3-151.2
Graduation rate growth targets - Failing schools
Status: in_force

A. The State Board of Education shall adopt expected alternate

year percentage growth targets, for all public secondary schools and

school districts, based on high school graduation rates, using the

four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate calculated as provided for

in Section 1 of this act. The minimum percentage growth targets

shall be twenty percent (20%) of the difference between the

graduation rate of the baseline year and the goal of one hundred

percent (100%). The baseline year shall be established in the 2012-

2013 school year. In alternating years new growth targets shall be

established until all secondary schools and school districts have

met the goal of one hundred percent (100%).

B. Public secondary schools and school districts meeting or

exceeding expected growth targets at the end of the initial two (2)

years or in the alternate years as provided for in subsection A of

this section shall be recognized by the state as notable schools and

school districts. Recognition may include, but not be limited to,

citations of congratulations from the State Superintendent of Public

Instruction as the designee of the State Board of Education, the

Governor or designee, the Representative and Senator representing

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 222

the school and or school district, and banners for each school or

school district achieving notable status.

C. Public secondary schools and school districts failing to

meet the expected growth targets at the end of the initial two (2)

years or in the alternate years as provided for in subsection A of

this section shall:

1. Submit a high school graduation improvement plan to their

district board of education at a regularly scheduled meeting prior

to December 31st of the same year; and

2. Contingent upon the availability of funding, participate in

technical assistance and training provided by the State Department

of Education for the purpose of reducing drop-out rates and

improving high school graduation rates. The technical assistance

and training shall include identifying and implementing best

practices, identifying actions the school district and schools

should take to meet target high school graduation goals, and

providing ongoing monitoring to assess school district and school

progress in implementing recommended actions.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3405 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3405
Connors State College
Status: in_force

The state educational institution located at Warner shall

continue at the same location and its official name shall be Connors

State College.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-111 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-111
Gratuities or rewards - Unlawful to give
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to give,

or agree or offer to give, any gratuity or reward in consideration

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 384

that he or any other person shall be employed as a teacher in any

public school of this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4664 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4664
Oklahoma State University/Tulsa - Funding
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall allocate

funds from its consolidated appropriation to Oklahoma State

University/Tulsa in the same manner as allocations are made to other

higher education institutions. The funding for Oklahoma State

University/Tulsa shall be at essentially the same rates based on

program costs as the rates for the Oklahoma State University campus

in Stillwater.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-13-112.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-13-112.1
Parental notification of programs for students with
Status: in_force

an auditory or visual impairment.

A. Each school district shall provide each parent, guardian or

legal custodian of a student with an auditory or visual impairment

with written information during the individual education program

process concerning the availability of programs offered by the

Oklahoma School for the Blind and the Oklahoma School for the Deaf

for which the students of the district may be eligible.

B. School districts providing special education services to

students with auditory or visual impairments shall develop

procedures to ensure that staff assigned to work with students have

effective access to resources and information provided by the

Oklahoma School for the Blind and the Oklahoma School for the Deaf.

C. The Commission for Rehabilitation Services shall adopt rules

prescribing the form and content of information required by this

section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.508-7 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.508-7
Classic Learning Test (CLT)
Status: in_force

A. As used in this title:

1. “Classic Learning Test” or “CLT” means the Classic Learning

Test administered by Classic Learning Initiatives, LLC; and

2. “Testing site” means an independently run testing center

operated by the assessment company and any physical location where

means of education are provided including public school districts,

charter schools, private schools, institutions of higher education

within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, and private

institutions of higher education in this state.

B. Students in this state who take the Classic Learning Test

(CLT) shall only take the test in a brick-and-mortar testing site.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3246 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3246
Teacher education programs - Statewide professional
Status: in_force

educators' association - Equal access to students.

It is the intent of the Legislature that the Oklahoma State

Regents for Higher Education adopt a policy for each institution

within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education which has a

teacher education program that will require equal access for

statewide professional educators’ associations to students enrolled

in the program. The policy shall prohibit teacher education

programs and the faculty and employees of the program from denying a

statewide professional educators’ association equal access to

students enrolled in the program to the same extent that access is

granted to other educators’ associations. The policy shall define

access to include:

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1. Setting up informational tables at the institution or

student meetings;

2. Speaking at student meetings;

3. Distributing information in mail boxes or through the e-mail

system of the institution;

4. Utilizing institution meeting rooms during nonworking hours;

5. Posting information on bulletin boards; and

6. Utilizing printing services for the institution.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-7002 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-7002
CERI or CALT micro-credential
Status: in_force

A. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability

shall promulgate rules establishing a micro-credential for certified

teachers who complete Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT)

certification or Center for Effective Reading Instruction (CERI).

B. The requirements for a CALT micro-credential or a CERI

micro-credential shall include at a minimum:

1. A master’s degree;

2. Completion of a comprehensive therapy-level training;

3. Successful passage of a CALT competency examination or CERI

competency examination; and

4. Twenty-eight (28) days of instruction post the passage of

the applicable competency examination.

C. A certified teacher who earns a CALT micro-credential or a

CERI micro-credential shall be authorized to screen students for and

identify characteristics of dyslexia.

D. A micro-credential awarded pursuant to this section shall be

reflected on a teacher’s certificate to teach.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4669 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4669
Rogers State University - Creation and funding
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1668

A. On January 1, 1999, there shall be created in Claremore,

Oklahoma, and its other regionally accredited sites, as a successor

to the Claremore campus of Rogers University, an institution of

higher education to be known as Rogers State University. Rogers

State University shall programmatically and budgetarily function as

a regional institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher

Education, yet with a community college component. It shall be

authorized to offer no less than the average number of programs and

courses of study at other regional institutions of similar size and

enrollment.

B. Rogers State University shall operate as an institution

within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and shall be

governed by the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma. The

president of Rogers State University shall report directly to the

Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma.

C. It is the intent of the Legislature that Rogers State

University be funded initially at a level consistent with the

average allocation and allotment of the institutions in the regional

funding tier as established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education.

D. The Legislature recognizes the decision of the State

Regents, pursuant to the powers vested in the State Regents by

Section 2 of Article XIII-A of the Oklahoma Constitution, to change

the function of Rogers State University, formerly known as the

Claremore campus of Rogers University, to include a four-year

baccalaureate and graduate degree granting function, as quickly as

that can be done, giving due consideration to the protection of the

institution's regional accreditation status. The State Regents will

provide an annual report on the transition in Rogers State

University function to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,

beginning on January 1, 2000, and continuing until Rogers State

University is regionally accredited as a four-year baccalaureate and

graduate degree granting institution.

E. Rogers State University shall maintain a community college

component within the university and shall maintain admission

standards, academic policies and practices for the community college

component consistent with those approved for associate degree

granting institutions by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education.

F. Rogers State University is hereby authorized to contract

with other regionally accredited institutions of higher education,

specifically including Northeastern State University, for the

delivery of courses and programs at any location where Rogers State

University is authorized to deliver courses or programs. This

authorization shall still remain in force after Rogers State

University gains regional accreditation for upper division programs.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1669
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-22-104 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-22-104
Standards - Qualifications of accountants - Liability
Status: in_force

insurance.

A. 1. The audit of the financial statements and compliance

requirements of each public school district shall be made in

accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United

States as defined by the American Institute of Certified Public

Accountants or its successor organization and shall comply with the

most recent Government Auditing Standards issued by the United

States Government Accountability Office.

2. The auditor’s opinions shall state whether the financial

statements of the school district were prepared in accordance with:

a. accounting principles generally accepted in the United

States, or

b. accounting and financial reporting regulations

prescribed or permitted by the State Department of

Education,

3. The auditor shall also report in accordance with:

a. Government Auditing Standards on the school district’s

internal control over financial reporting and

compliance with certain provisions of laws,

regulations, contracts, grant agreements and other

matters, and

b. the United States Office of Management and Budget

Circular A-133, as required.

B. All firms, as defined by the Oklahoma Accountancy Act,

before entering into audit contracts required pursuant to the

Oklahoma Public School Audit Law, shall satisfy the State Auditor

and Inspector that the registrant, as defined by the Oklahoma

Accountancy Act, has an individual responsible for the audits of

school districts who:

1. Has at least two (2) years of experience auditing public

entities;

2. Has completed a minimum of eight (8) clock hours of

continuing education credit in school district accounting and

auditing as defined by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board

(GASB) and the Office of the Comptroller General during the prior

year; and

3. Is licensed by and is in good standing with the Oklahoma

Accountancy Board.

C. Firms shall submit their application to perform audits of a

school district with their most recent peer review, which must

include the audit of at least one school district, if the firm has

performed such an audit, and any letter of comment for approval or

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 893

disapproval by the State Auditor and Inspector for the current audit

year on or before the first day of January of each calendar year.

D. 1. Until June 30, 2014, all firms entering into audit

contracts required pursuant to the Oklahoma Public School Audit Law

shall carry a minimum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars

($250,000.00) accountants' professional liability insurance or the

total amount of the budget being audited, whichever is less.

2. Beginning July 1, 2014, all firms entering into audit

contracts required pursuant to the Oklahoma Public School Audit Law

shall carry a minimum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00)

accountants’ professional liability insurance or the total amount of

the budget being audited, whichever is less.

3. Proof of such insurance shall be submitted to the State

Auditor and Inspector prior to entering into a contract.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3422 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3422
Education of dependent youths and orphans
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the purposes prescribed by existing law, the

Eastern Oklahoma State College located at Wilburton, Oklahoma, shall

be also maintained as an institution for the care, training and

education of dependent youth and orphans of this state who have

attained the equivalent of a public school educational standing and

who by reason of being dependent, neglected or orphaned may be

unable to be cared for, trained or educated otherwise, and said

institution shall provide necessary or proper care, control,

training and education of all who are granted admission or

enrollment therein as students or wards.

B. In each county of the state, the associate district judge as

chairman, the county superintendent of health, or the medical

director of the county shall constitute a board to determine under

such rules and regulations as may be adopted and prescribed by the

Board of Regents of the said Eastern Oklahoma State College who

shall be eligible to be admitted as students or wards and said board

shall cause proper certificate of eligibility and admission to be

prepared, executed and forwarded to the President of said

institution, and under such rules, regulations and conditions as the

said Board of Regents shall adopt, the said President, as soon

thereafter as provisions can be made and facilities are available

for the acceptance and enrollment of said ward, shall notify the

chairman of said board, whereupon it shall be the duty of the said

associate district judge to cause the said ward to be transported to

said institution and upon arrival said ward shall be received and

entered therein as an educational ward of the state, and the

President of said College, under direction of the Board of Regents,

shall be and remain in control of said ward and shall stand and be

in similar relation and control as a parent. The said ward may, for

breach of rules, be expelled, suspended or transferred to one of the

State Training Schools upon order of the President with the approval

of two members of the Board of Regents.

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Any child a ward of the state in any of its institutions may be

transferred to said institution for care, training or education,

when the Governor of the state shall so order, provided said child

is physically, mentally or morally eligible.

No child, student or ward shall ever be admitted as a student or

ward in said Eastern Oklahoma State College unless and until it is

definitely determined that said student or ward is free from

contagious or other disease that may be communicable in nature, and

a certificate so showing shall be required before entry. Proper

precautions shall at all times be observed to protect and safeguard

the health of all students or wards and for said purpose the

President of said institution shall, with the approval of the Board

of Regents, arrange for medical examination, care and treatment of

wards. No ward shall be admitted to said institution who is

incorrigible or who stands convicted of violating any law of this

state unless and until it has been determined by the Board of

Regents of said institution that said ward has earned or merited

classification as a morally upright and deserving ward whose

presence in said institution as a ward will not tend to corrupt or

improperly influence the moral tendencies of other students or wards

therein.

For these purposes the Board of Regents of said college shall,

with the approval of the Governor of the state, adopt such rules and

regulations as it may deem proper and necessary for the regulation

and control of the admission of students or wards and for their care

and control after admission.

C. In addition to such courses of instruction as have

heretofore or may now be given, the said college may furnish

academic courses in education together with vocational training of

such character as the Board of Regents may determine to be advisable

and necessary for the proper practical education and training of the

students and wards in said college.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.42 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.42
Special license plates
Status: in_force

Each motor vehicle furnished to the board of education of a

technology center school or technology center school district in the

manner and for the purposes provided for in Section 1210.41 of this

title may be operated for such purposes with a special license plate

attached thereto. Such special license plates shall be issued for a

nominal fee of One Dollar ($1.00) in event the vehicle is loaned but

such special license plates may be used only while such motor

vehicle is in the possession or under the control of the board of

education, and it shall not be necessary for the owner of such motor

vehicle to pay the vehicle excise tax thereon during the time same

is in the possession of such board of education and used for

purposes stated in Section 1210.41 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-8-112 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-8-112
Student transfer fees abolished - Other fees unaffected
Status: in_force

- Contract to waive transfer fees prohibited - Transfer forms.

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, on and

after July 1, 1990, no school district shall be required to pay and

no school district shall charge any other school district a fee for

the transfer of a student. Specifically, transfer fees shall not be

permitted for transfers between elementary school districts, for

transfers between independent school districts or for transfers

between independent school districts and elementary school

districts.

B. Nothing herein shall prevent the payment or charging of any

other fee for the transfer of a student as required by law. Except

as otherwise provided for in the Education Open Transfer Act, school

districts shall not be permitted to contract to waive transfer fees

with regard to special education pupil transfers.

C. The State Board of Education shall establish the necessary

and appropriate application forms sufficient to enable school

districts to accomplish transfers and to comply with the provisions

of Sections 8-101 through 8-106 of this title. Upon establishment

of such forms, the State Board of Education shall notify each school

district of the content thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-17-122 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-17-122
Participation in retired teachers' organization
Status: in_force

When a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma

makes an application to retire, the System shall provide to such

member an application to participate in a retired teachers’

organization along with a form allowing the member to elect to have

annual membership dues in a retired teachers’ organization prorated

and authorizing the System to withhold such dues monthly from the

member’s retirement benefits. Any retired teachers’ organization

which wants to participate, pursuant to this section, or to

participate in a general mailing to all retired educators, with the

approval of the Board of Trustees of the Teachers’ Retirement

System, shall provide to the System and pay for the cost, including

postage costs if required by the Teachers’ Retirement System, of

printed materials and of the applications to be a member of the

organization and the forms authorizing the System to withhold

membership dues of the organization. The Board of Trustees shall

approve the format and content of the authorization to make sure it

complies with all relevant legal requirements. The System shall not

be held responsible or liable for not providing the application to

be a member of a participating retired teachers’ organization or the

authorization form if such organization does not timely provide to

the System such materials and applications and approved

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authorization forms in sufficient quantities to meet the retirement

application demands of the retiring members.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.904 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.904
Mathematics competencies for special education teachers — Mathematics training
Status: in_force

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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 67teachers — Mathematics training methods.

A. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability

shall ensure that the mathematics competencies for elementary

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teachers are included in the competencies for special education

teachers.

B. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability,

in collaboration with the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education, shall ensure that all teachers of early childhood

education, elementary education, and special education are provided

quality training in intervention, instruction, and remediation

strategies in mathematics to provide explicit and systematic

instruction in real-world problem-solving skills, procedural

fluency, conceptual understanding, and productive dispositions. The

Commission, in collaboration with the State Regents, shall also

implement mathematical strategies that research has shown to be

successful in improving mathematics understanding among students

with math difficulties. In addition, quality education for

prospective teachers shall be provided in research-based

instructional strategies for teaching, assessing, and intervening in

mathematics development for all students including advanced

learners, typically developing learners, and struggling learners who

face a range of challenges including, but not limited to, English

learners and students with disabilities or learning challenges, such

as dyscalculia. Quality training shall include guidance from

professional resources such as the National Council of Teachers of

Mathematics (NCTM) guidelines, Response to Intervention guidelines,

and professional organizations such as the Council for Exceptional

Children, National Association for the Education of Young Children,

and other relevant professional mathematics education bodies.

C. All institutions of higher education within The Oklahoma

State System of Higher Education that offer elementary, early

childhood education, or special education programs approved by the

Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability shall

incorporate into those programs the requirement that teacher

candidates study key elements of mathematics instruction including

real-world problem-solving skills, procedural fluency, conceptual

understanding, and productive dispositions. Teacher candidates

shall study strategies including, but not limited to, instruction

that is explicitly taught, sequenced, multimodal (visual, auditory,

kinesthetic, etc.), interdisciplinary, and reflective to adapt for

individual learners.

D. Candidates applying for an alternative placement teaching

certificate or an emergency teaching certificate in elementary

education shall complete instruction in a scientifically research-

based math program as determined by the Commission for Educational

Quality and Accountability and the State Board of Education.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-18-113.3 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-18-113.3
Class size - Computation - Number of students teacher
Status: in_force

may instruct during school day - Penalties - Exemptions.

A. Class size, as used in Section 18-113.1 and Section 18-113.2

of this title, shall be determined by the average daily membership

divided by the full-time equivalency of the instructional staff

assigned to each grade level by site. Full-time equivalency of

special education teachers, Chapter 1 teachers, and teachers of

classes not subject to class size limitations and the average daily

membership of self-contained special education classes shall not be

counted in class size computation.

B. As used in this section, self-contained special education

classes are those classes whose students attend the same class for

three (3) or more class periods and who have individualized

education plans.

C. Beginning with the 1996-97 school year and each school year

thereafter, no teacher who is counted in class size count for grades

seven through twelve shall be responsible for the instruction of

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more than one hundred forty (140) students on any given six-hour

school day. Class size count shall be taken during the month of

October of each school year on a date set by the State Board of

Education. If the class size count is in excess of the limits set

forth in this subsection, the school district shall be subject to

the penalties provided for in this section.

D. Students within a class which is not subject to class size

limitations pursuant to subsection D of Section 18-113.1 of this

title shall not be counted for purposes of the limitations set forth

in subsection C of this section.

E. No school district shall be penalized for exceeding class

size limitations set forth in this section if the limitations are

exceeded beginning after the first nine (9) weeks of the school

year.

F. The first year that a school district exceeds the class size

membership limitation as established and computed in subsection C of

this section, the district shall receive as a penalty a reduction in

the State Aid for the district. For each child in excess of the

class size limitation, the reduction in State Aid to the district

shall be determined as follows:

1. Multiply the averaged number of the October class size count

of pupils which is in excess of the class size membership limit as

provided for in subsection C of this section by the grade weight and

by the Base Foundation Support Level for the current school year;

2. Multiply the averaged number of the October class size count

of pupils which is in excess of the class size membership limit as

provided for in subsection C of this section by the grade level

weight and by the Incentive Aid guarantee for the current school

year times twenty (20); and

3. Sum the products of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection.

G. If a school district exceeds the class size membership

limitation as established and computed in subsection C of this

section for two (2) consecutive years, the district shall receive as

a penalty denial of accreditation in accordance with the

requirements of Section 3-104.4 of this title.

H. For the purpose of determining whether a penalty for

exceeding class size limitations shall apply, a federally funded

bilingual assistant shall not qualify as a teacher's assistant.

I. Any school district which at the beginning of the school

year does not have sufficient classrooms to meet the class size

limitation provided for in this section as determined by guidelines

established by the State Board of Education shall not be penalized

for failure to meet the class size limitations provided for in this

section if:

1. The school district has voted indebtedness, at any time

within the five (5) years preceding the year the district exceeds

the class size limitations or during the year the district exceeds

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the class size limitations, through the issuance of bonds or

approval by voters of issuance of new bonds for more than eighty-

five percent (85%) of the maximum allowable pursuant to the

provisions of Section 26 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution

as shown on the school district budget filed with the State

Equalization Board for the current school year and certifications by

the Attorney General prior to February 1 of the current school year;

and

2. On the date of filing of the school district budget with the

State Equalization Board, the school district is voting the maximum

millage allowable for the support, maintenance and construction of

schools as provided for in subsections (a), (c), (d) and (d-1) of

Section 9 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution and Section 10

of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution.

J. Any school district which exceeds the class size limitations

as set forth in this section shall submit a written report to the

State Board of Education, on or before July 1 of each year, setting

forth the procedures that the district will follow in order to

comply with this section.

K. School districts which receive state-appropriated funds

pursuant to the provisions of Section 18-112.2 of this title and do

not comply with the provisions of this section shall be subject to

loss of State Aid for each child in excess of the class size

limitations as specified in this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4312 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4312
General public liability insurance on university
Status: in_force

employees.

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Boards of Regents, institutions and agencies comprising the

Oklahoma State System of Higher Education are hereby authorized to

carry general public liability insurance on their employees limited

to their official assigned duties at said university and to pay the

premiums therefor out of non-state-appropriated funds for the

following kinds of insurance, not to exceed the limits indicated:

1. Bodily injury liability, Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00)

each person, Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) each accident;

2. Property damage liability, Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00)

each accident; and

3. Medical expense, One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

Such insurance shall be on standard policy forms approved by the

Insurance Commissioner with companies authorized to do business in

Oklahoma. To the extent that an insurer has provided indemnity in a

contract of insurance to the Board of Regents, an institution or an

agency to which the act applies, the said insurer may not plead as a

defense in any action involving insurance purchased pursuant to this

act the governmental immunity of either the State of Oklahoma or of

any political subdivision or agency thereof which has purchased

insurance authorized by this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-24-105 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-24-105
Student clubs and organizations – Regulation -
Status: in_force

Notifications.

A. The board of education of each school district shall have

full power and authority to regulate, control or prohibit any

fraternity, sorority, secret society, club or group composed in

whole or in part of students enrolled in the school district if it

deems it advisable and in the best interest of the school program to

do so.

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B. Each board of education shall adopt policies and procedures

to annually notify parents or guardians of students about clubs and

organizations sponsored by or under the direction and control of the

school. The annual notification about clubs and organizations shall

be by means of the student handbook and by posting on the Internet

website for the school district or if the school district does not

have an Internet website by another appropriate method. The annual

notification shall include, but is not limited to, the following

information about each club or organization:

1. Name;

2. Mission or purpose; and

3. Name of the faculty advisor, if known.

C. If clubs or organizations are created or formed after the

annual notification is distributed, the school district shall send

additional notification to the parents or guardians containing

information about the additional clubs or organizations consistent

with the requirements set forth in subsection B of this section.

D. The policy adopted by each board of education shall provide

parents or guardians of students with an opportunity to notify

school administration that the parent or guardian is withholding

permission for a student to join or participate in one or more clubs

or organizations. The policy shall only apply to participation in

clubs and organizations that are extracurricular and shall not apply

to participation in clubs and organizations that are necessary for a

required class of instruction. Parents or guardians shall be

responsible for preventing their student from participating in a

club or organization in which permission is withheld. Parents or

guardians shall also be responsible for retrieving their student

from attendance at a club or organization in which permission is

withheld. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent a club or

organization from meeting when a student who is not authorized to be

in the club or organization is present at such meeting.

E. For purposes of this section:

1. “Clubs and organizations” means a club or organization

comprised of students that is organized and meets for common goals,

objectives, or purposes, and that is directly under the sponsorship,

direction, and control of the school; and

2. “Competitive interscholastic activity or event” means

activities held under the auspices or sponsorship of a school

district that involves students enrolled in that school district

competing against individuals or groups of students representing

other school districts.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-17-116.9 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-17-116.9
Prior teaching service credit - Back contributions
Status: in_force

Any member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma, who

taught kindergarten on public school property prior to the state-

supported kindergarten, and who subsequently taught in the public

schools and has met the necessary qualifications, may receive credit

in the System for such teaching service by, prior to January 1,

1991, making back contributions of ten percent (10%) of salary plus

ten percent (10%) interest to the System as required by the Board of

Trustees. Effective January 1, 1991, to receive the credit in the

System for such teaching service, the member shall pay the amount

determined by the Board of Trustees pursuant to Section 17-116.8 of

this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-110.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-110.2
Records of attendance at continuing education events –
Status: in_force

Requirements not completed – Declaration of vacancy.

The State Board of Education shall maintain records of

attendance by school board members at continuing education events

required pursuant to Sections 5-110 and 5-110.1 of this title.

Prior to the final opportunity for each school board member who has

not completed the continuing education requirements to complete the

same, the Board shall notify the school board member and the school

district superintendent by mail before March 1 of each year of any

final opportunity to complete these requirements and the

consequences of not completing the requirements. Upon determining

that a school board member did not complete the continuing education

requirements of Sections 5-110 or 5-110.1 within the respective

period of time, the Board shall immediately notify by certified mail

the school board member and the school district superintendent and

inform the member of the violation of the continuing education

requirements. The school board member shall have sixty (60) days

after the date of receipt of the certified notice to complete the

requirements. If the school board member does not complete the

requirements by the end of the sixty-day time period, the

school district board of education is required to declare the seat

of that member vacant.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-13-116 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-13-116
Corporal punishment prohibited on certain students
Status: in_force

A. School district personnel shall be prohibited from using

corporal punishment on any student identified with a disability in

accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

(IDEA).

B. As used in this section, “corporal punishment” means the

deliberate infliction of physical pain by hitting, paddling,

spanking, slapping, or any other physical force used as a means of

discipline.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-8003 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-8003
Center for the Study of Literacy - Responsibilities
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that the Center for the

Study of Literacy located at Northeastern State University be

responsible for:

1. Establishment of a clearinghouse for the exchange of

information and sharing of ideas regarding successful literacy

programs and opportunities for funding;

2. In cooperation with the Department of Education and the

Department of Libraries, provision of assistance for the writing of

applications for grants related to literacy;

3. Establishment of a statewide directory of literacy programs

and related services, sorted by county and cross-referenced with

support services, with the Clearinghouse for Literacy responsible

for gathering, maintaining and disseminating the referral directory;

and

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4. Establishment and operation of a toll-free statewide

literacy services referral system, as funds become available.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4715 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4715
Disbursement from Funds for Excellence Fund
Status: in_force

Disbursements may be made from the Funds for Excellence Fund

beginning July 1, 1989, if monies are available in said fund.

Disbursements shall be made to the appropriate institutions of

higher education for the purposes specified in the winning grant

proposals.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-185 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-185
When check or warrant due – Enforcement of liability
Status: in_force

Without regard to the time when funds may be collected and are

available to pay a check or warrant issued by a school district, any

school district check or warrant shall be due one (1) year after the

close of the fiscal year for which the check or warrant was issued

and action may be commenced in any court of competent jurisdiction

to enforce the liability evidenced by the check or warrant. Any

action to enforce the liability evidenced by the check or warrant

shall thereafter be barred, and the lapse of time need not be

asserted as defense in any action for the school district to be

relieved of liability.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-138 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-138
School employees and superintendent - Residence
Status: in_force

No school district board of education shall require any employee

to reside within the boundaries of that school district; however, a

district board may establish a policy that may require the district

superintendent to reside within the boundaries of the district.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-18-112.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-18-112.2
Supplemental State Aid
Status: in_force

A. For the 1987-88 school year and for each school year

thereafter, each school district which, pursuant to the provisions

of Section 18-112 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, received

funding for the 1986-87 school year in excess of the sum of

Foundation Aid, Salary Incentive Aid, and Transportation Supplement

otherwise authorized pursuant to Section 18-109.2 of Title 70 of the

Oklahoma Statutes shall receive a Supplement in State Aid: For the

1987-88 school year, said Supplement shall be equal to sixty-seven

percent (67%) of the amount of said excess funding, less the amount

by which the sum of Foundation Aid, Salary Incentive Aid, and

Transportation Supplement exceeds said sum for the preceding school

year; for the 1988-89 school year and thereafter, the Supplement in

State Aid shall be an amount equal to the previous year's Supplement

less the amount by which the sum of Foundation Aid, Salary Incentive

Aid, and Transportation Supplement for the school year being

considered exceeds said sum for the preceding school year. No

school district shall receive for any school year subsequent to the

1987-88 school year a Supplement in State Aid larger than said

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Supplement received for the year preceding the subsequent year.

Districts must levy thirty-five (35) General Fund mills to receive

this Supplement.

B. Eligibility of a district for a Supplement in State Aid

shall not cause the district to be exempt from penalties required by

the provisions of Section 18-113.1 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. Calculation of the Supplement in State Aid shall be based

on use of unreduced average daily attendance for determination of

the sum of Foundation Aid, Salary Incentive Aid, and Transportation

Supplement. The actual amount of Foundation Aid, Salary Incentive

Aid, and Transportation Supplement to be paid, however, shall be

subject to the provisions of Section 18-113.1 of Title 70 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2256 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2256
Cooperation with industrial development efforts
Status: in_force

It is a responsibility of the State Board to cooperate with the

industrial development efforts of the state by providing special

training programs to support the activity. The State Board will

continue to provide this assistance in the area of initial skill

training for workers to be employed in new industry locations.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-24-114.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-24-114.1
Retention of child in present grade level - Appeal
Status: in_force

Whenever a teacher or teachers recommend that a student be

retained at the present grade level or not passed in a course, the

parent or guardian, if dissatisfied with the recommendation, may

appeal the decision by complying with the district's appeal process.

The decision of the board of education shall be final. The parent

may prepare a written statement to be placed in and become a part of

the permanent record of the student stating the reason(s) for

disagreeing with the decision of the board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3501.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3501.1
University of Central Oklahoma name change
Status: in_force

The state educational institution located at Edmond formerly

known and designated "Central State College at Edmond", also known

as "Central State College", and presently designated as "Central

State University" shall continue at the same location and its

official name shall be the "University of Central Oklahoma".
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.528-1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.528-1
Authority to create AIM programs
Status: in_force

A. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the governing body

of each public, private, magnet, charter or virtual charter school

in this state (the school) is authorized to enter into an agreement

with private or public organizations for the purpose of creating

apprenticeship, internship and mentorship programs.

Apprenticeships, internships and mentorships may be available to

high school sophomores age sixteen (16) or older, juniors and

seniors as permitted by each school. The apprenticeship, internship

or mentorship may fill the requirement of elective courses as the

student's schedule permits. A student may not use the

apprenticeship, internship or mentorship to replace any other state

education requirement, except as provided for in subsection D of

this section.

B. The governing body of each school shall have the authority

to adopt policies regarding the creation of apprenticeships,

internships and mentorships that include the registration and

qualifications for private or public organizations to participate in

the apprenticeship, internship or mentorship program.

C. 1. The governing body of each school may obtain liability

insurance coverage to protect a student who participates in an

apprenticeship, internship or mentorship program authorized by this

section. The coverage authorized by this subsection shall be

obtained from a reliable insurer authorized to do business in this

state and shall not exceed the amount that is deemed reasonably

necessary in the opinion of the governing body of each school.

2. The governing body of a school may not directly or

indirectly charge a student or the student's parent or legal

guardian for the cost of providing insurance coverage pursuant to

this subsection.

3. The failure of a governing body to obtain insurance coverage

authorized by this subsection or to obtain a specific amount of

coverage may not be construed as placing any legal liability on the

governing body of the school.

D. The State Board of Education may develop rules to determine

if apprenticeships, internships and mentorships established pursuant

to this section are eligible for academic credit toward meeting the

graduation requirements set forth in Section 11-103.6 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-104.9 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3-104.9
Report listing wage, salary, benefit, job class
Status: in_force

changes.

Beginning in the 2018-2019 school year, the State Department of

Education shall annually publish on its website within one click of

the homepage a report listing all increases in wages, salaries,

rates of pay or fringe benefits and any changes to job class,

excluding job class changes that did not result in an increase in

pay, for school district employees. The Department shall publish

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the information within sixty (60) days following the submission of

personnel reports certified on July 15.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-9-101 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-9-101
Transportation provided
Status: in_force

A. Any school district may provide transportation for any child

who is participating in any prekindergarten or early childhood

program operated by the school district or any child who is

participating in any Head Start program offered within the school

district.

B. Upon a request for a student transfer pursuant to the

provisions of the Education Open Transfer Act, if the parent of the

student requests that the receiving district provide transportation

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for the student, and if the receiving district grants the transfer,

then the receiving district may provide such transportation.

C. Any school district may provide transportation for each

student who should attend any public elementary or secondary school

when, and only when, transportation is necessary for accomplishment

of one of the following purposes:

1. To provide adequate educational facilities and opportunities

which otherwise would not be available, which shall include those

purposes provided in the Education Open Transfer Act; and

2. To transport students whose homes are more than a reasonable

walking distance, as defined by regulations of the State Board of

Education, from the school attended by such student. Provided, that

no state funds shall be paid for the transportation of a student

whose residence is within one and one-half (1 1/2) miles from the

school attended by such student.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-149.3 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-149.3
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the School Protection Act:

1. "Education employee" means any individual who is an employee

of a school; and

2. "School" means a public school district, governmental entity

that employs teachers as defined in Section 1-116 of Title 70 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, or private kindergarten, elementary, or secondary

school.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-625.14 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-625.14
Internship and residency physician training – Cost-
Status: in_force

sharing programs.

The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall establish

and administer cost-sharing programs for internship and residency

physician training. The Commission shall provide for state

assistance by sharing the cost on a percentage basis, as may be

prescribed by law or as determined by the Commission, of the salary,

fringe benefits, training and program administration of the interns

and residents as may be arranged by contract for reimbursement with

an accredited and approved hospital and accredited clinical programs

throughout the state in cooperation with the University of Oklahoma

College of Medicine and the University of Oklahoma College of

Medicine at Tulsa. Such physician training institutions in the

state shall serve as the administrative agent for internship and

residency programs which are located in hospitals and clinical

training programs throughout the state. Such programs are

affiliated with the institutions and are approved for funding by the

Commission. The Commission shall conduct the planning, coordination

and selection of the training programs to assure the effective and

efficient operation of these programs. Not less than seventy-five

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percent (75%) of the subsidy for these programs shall be used in the

training of primary health care and family practice physicians for

the rural and medically underserved areas of the state. Provided

that such subsidy may be used for the primary purpose of increasing

the total number of residencies funded by this state, wherever

located within the state, during that period in which residency

programs are being established in rural areas; provided further,

that as the residency programs are established and accredited in

rural hospitals, residency positions in such programs shall be first

provided for by the Commission. The Commission shall present a

report to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives

and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate within one (1) month of

the beginning of each regular legislative session on the operation

of the programs including the progress made in accomplishing the

goals of physician training as to type of specialties and workforce

placement of the kind necessary to provide adequate health care to

the people throughout this state. The subsidy to the participating

hospital, clinical situation or training institution per resident or

intern shall not exceed any maximum or minimum amount as may be

prescribed by law or as determined by the Commission. The actual

amount of subsidy for physician training program situations shall be

based upon a determination by the Commission of:

1. The type of primary care residency and internship programs

involved and being conducted;

2. The extent of reimbursement available through third-party

payers and all other sources; and

3. The program and salary costs incurred in the given training

situation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-122.8 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-122.8
Issuance of certificates to teach in the area of mild-
Status: in_force

moderate or severe-profound disabilities or comprehensive special

education.

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Board

of Education shall issue a standard certificate in the area of mild-

moderate disabilities, severe-profound disabilities or comprehensive

special education to any individual who has:

1. Earned a bachelor's level college degree from an accredited

institution of higher education;

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2. Successfully completed the prescribed coursework that may be

required for a master's degree in special education from an

accredited institution of higher education and any examinations

required to obtain a standard certificate in mild-moderate

disabilities, severe-profound disabilities or comprehensive special

education;

3. Successfully completed the appropriate subject area

competency examination as required pursuant to Section 6-187 of this

title;

4. On file with the State Board of Education a national

criminal history record check as required pursuant to Section 5-142

of this title; and

5. Submitted an application and payment of the required

certification fee.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual

who holds a current standard certificate pursuant to subsection A of

this section can satisfy the highly qualified teacher requirement

for early childhood education or elementary education by successful

completion of the early childhood education or elementary education

examinations.

C. To obtain standard certification in early childhood

education or elementary education, the individual shall complete an

appropriate teacher education program approved by the Oklahoma

Commission for Teacher Preparation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-147.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-147.1
Food donations
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section only:

1. "Donate" means to give without requiring anything of

monetary value from the recipient; and

2. "Nonprofit organization" means an incorporated or

unincorporated organization that has been established and is

operating for religious, charitable or educational purposes and that

does not distribute any of its income to its members, directors or

officers.

B. A school district may allow a school site to elect to donate

food to a nonprofit organization through an official oncampus

nonprofit representative or designee who is directly affiliated with

the school site such as a teacher, counselor or Parent-Teacher

Association (PTA) member, and the donated food may be received,

stored and redistributed at the school site at any time. Food

donated by the school site may include surplus food from breakfast,

lunch, snack and dinner meals served at the campus cafeteria subject

to any applicable local, state and federal requirements. Examples

of eligible leftover food include packaged/unpackaged unserved food;

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served/unserved food with packaging in good condition; whole, uncut

produce; wrapped raw produce; and/or fruit which will be peeled such

as bananas or oranges.

C. Food donated under this section to a nonprofit organization

may be redistributed on the school site. School employees may

assist in preparing and distributing the food as volunteers for the

nonprofit organization.

D. A school district that makes or a nonprofit organization

that receives a good-faith donation of food which is at the time of

donation fit for human consumption shall not be liable for damages

in any civil suit or subject to criminal prosecution for any injury

resulting from the nature, age, condition or packaging of the

donated food, unless the injury or death is a direct result of gross

negligence, recklessness or intentional misconduct of the school

district or nonprofit organization.

E. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to

implement the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.271 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.271
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 20 through 31 of this act shall be known and may be

cited as the Regional Education Service Center Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4661 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4661
Higher education in Tulsa - Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that a structured, coherent system of

higher education in the Tulsa metropolitan area offering a whole

range of higher education courses for lower and upper division

undergraduate students, traditional and nontraditional students, and

graduate students would be of great benefit. The Legislature also

finds that the existing resources can be reconfigured and maximized

to offer the citizens of the Tulsa metropolitan area high quality

higher education opportunities at a minimum cost to the State of

Oklahoma. The Legislature intends to afford the citizens of the

Tulsa metropolitan area a coordinated, vertically integrated system

of higher education from freshman through graduate levels.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-15-206 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-15-206
Requirements for districts applying for guarantee
Status: in_force

A. Any district applying to utilize the provisions of this act

for its bonded indebtedness shall:

1. Be certified to be in good standing and be accredited

without probation by the State Board of Education;

2. Verify to the Commissioners that the bond issue involved is

within any limitation provided by law;

3. Comply with such criteria or other requirements deemed

necessary by the Commissioners; and

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4. Fully comply with all provisions of the rules promulgated by

the Commissioners pursuant to this act.

B. No guarantee of bonds shall be effective unless approved by

a majority of the Commissioners.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-15-107 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-15-107
Expenses
Status: in_force

All expenses incident to the issuance of school district bonds,

including the expense of holding the bond election, may be paid from

the proceeds of such bonds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-106 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-106
Salary - Twelve monthly payments
Status: in_force

Boards of education are hereby authorized to contract with and

pay all teachers in their respective districts in twelve (12)

monthly payments or fractional parts of the fiscal year, to be made

on the basis of legal contracts between said board and teachers.

Procedures for paying teachers shall be in accordance with any plan

approved by the State Department of Education.

The aggregate amount of such salary payments in any fiscal year

shall be as agreed upon by the board and the teacher. Under the

terms of a contract for a ten-month school year as defined in

Section 1-109 of this title and made in keeping with the provisions

of this section, no duties shall be expected or required of the

teacher in excess of one hundred ninety (190) days; provided,

nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the making of

contracts for school years of more than ten (10) months. Any

district adopting this plan of payment may make it applicable to any

or all teachers employed therein. Such plan shall be permissive

rather than mandatory and may be discontinued at the close of any

fiscal year.

All salaries paid in twelve (12) installments pursuant to the

provisions of this section shall be for calendar months or

fractional parts thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1-119 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1-119
Sinking fund - Definition
Status: in_force

The sinking fund of any district shall consist of all money

derived from ad valorem taxes or otherwise as provided by law for

the payment of bonds and judgments and interest thereon.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-24-131.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-24-131.2
Orders to leave athletic events
Status: in_force

A. The chief administrative officer or the chief administrative

officer's designee to maintain order at a secondary school shall

have the authority and power to direct any person to leave the

premises of that secondary school, who, during the period of a

sanctioned athletic event, after having been personally and

specifically warned by the officer or the designee to refrain from

such conduct, commits an act which materially and substantially

interferes with the peaceful conduct of a sanctioned athletic event,

including:

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1. Projecting in any manner an object which could cause bodily

harm to another person;

2. Entering the physical boundaries designated for the conduct

of a sanctioned athletic event for the purpose of materially and

substantially disrupting or interfering with the event;

3. Threatening to kill or do bodily harm to any person with

apparent ability to carry out that threat during the period of a

sanctioned athletic event; or

4. Using violent, obscene, indecent, or profane language in a

manner which materially and substantially interferes with the

peaceful conduct of a sanctioned athletic event.

B. Any person who fails to leave the premises of the secondary

school as directed, may, upon application by the secondary school,

be enjoined from entering upon or remaining upon the premises during

the period of a sanctioned athletic event for the remainder of the

school year or for so long as the court may provide. The procedure

governing the application for injunction shall be the procedure for

civil injunctions set forth in Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. Any person who knowingly and willfully fails to obey a

direction to leave the premises of the secondary school shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor.

D. This section shall not apply to competitors in a sanctioned

athletic event, their coaches, or officials, accredited by the

Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association, who are

participating in the event.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-24-131.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-24-131.1
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Section 2 of this act:

1. "Chief administrative officer" shall mean the principal,

superintendent, or other person in charge of the management,

administration, or control of any secondary school;

2. "Period of a sanctioned athletic event" shall mean the time

during which a sanctioned athletic event occurs and a period of two

(2) hours immediately before and after the event;

3. "Premises of the secondary school" shall mean:

a. the real property on which a secondary school is

located, including, but not limited to, school

buildings, playing fields, gymnasiums, auditoriums,

and parking lots owned or leased for use by the

secondary school, and

b. the real property on which a recreational facility

acquired, constructed or leased by an independent

school district or a secondary school is located,

including buildings, playing fields, and parking lots;

4. "Sanctioned athletic event" shall mean an athletic contest

or sporting event sanctioned by the Oklahoma Secondary School

Activities Association; and

5. "Secondary school" shall mean a public or private school

subject to the school laws of Oklahoma engaged in the education of

students for any of grades seven through twelve.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-625.13 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-625.13
Community Match Rural Scholarship Incentive Program
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the "Community Match Rural

Scholarship Incentive Program" which shall be conducted and

administered by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission. The

purpose of this program is to provide for the fair and necessary

distribution of funds allocated to it by the Legislature to provide

monies to the following programs under the Health Care Workforce

Training Commission:

1. The Community Matching Intern/Resident Program;

2. The Oklahoma Rural Medical Education Loan Scholarship

Program;

3. The Family/General Practice Resident Rural Scholarship Loan

Program, created pursuant to this section; and

4. The Family/General Practice Residency Grant Program, created

pursuant to this section.

The Health Care Workforce Training Commission is hereby

authorized to distribute such monies to the funds specified in

Sections 625.1, 625.4a and 697.18 of this title necessary to fund

the programs specified in this section.

B. The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall

establish and administer a Family/General Practice Resident Rural

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Scholarship Loan Program for the purpose of assisting Oklahoma's

rural communities by providing financial assistance through a

scholarship loan forgiveness program to residents enrolled in an

accredited Family Practice or General Practice residency program.

The Commission shall establish the eligibility standards, the amount

of the loan not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per

month, the service obligation of the recipient of the loan, and any

penalties related to the breach of the service contract or failure

to repay such loan plus interest and penalty.

C. The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall establish

and administer a Family/General Practice Residency Grant Program for

the purpose of assisting Oklahoma's rural communities by providing

financial assistance through a grant program to residents enrolled

in an accredited Family Practice or General Practice residency

program. The Commission shall establish the eligibility standards,

the amount of the grant not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars

($5,000.00) per year, up to three (3) years, the program obligations

of the recipient of the grant, and any penalties related to the

breach of the grant obligations or failure to repay the grant plus

interest.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-113 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-113
Renumbered as § 650.7 of Title 21 by Laws 1995, c. 241,
Status: in_force

§ 3, eff. July 1, 1995.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-14-128 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-14-128
Oklahoma Youth Apprenticeship Committee - Members -
Status: in_force

Quorum.

A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Youth Apprenticeship

Committee. The committee shall be appointed by the State Board of

Career and Technology Education within thirty (30) days of the

effective date of this act and shall consist of thirteen (13)

members as follows:

1. The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and

Technology Education or designee who shall also serve as committee

chair;

2. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction or designee;

3. The Chancellor of Higher Education or designee;

4. One superintendent of a technology center school district;

5. One superintendent of an independent school district;

6. One president of a state community or junior college;

7. Two members who represent the interests of labor, including

one who represents the Bureau of Apprenticeship Training of the

United States Department of Labor;

8. Four members who are currently employed in business or

industry; and

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9. One member who represents a city chamber of commerce.

B. Seven members of the committee shall constitute a quorum. A

quorum must be present to transact any business of the committee.

The committee is advisory in nature and shall meet as necessary to

provide recommendations to the State Board of Career and Technology

Education related to the administration of and standards for youth

apprenticeship programs. The members of the committee shall be

reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in performing official

duties in accordance with the provisions of the State Travel

Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-108.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-11-108.2
Secondary educational credit for community service
Status: in_force

School districts may establish as part of the curriculum a youth

community service program for secondary students which includes

youth community service activities integrated with study and

reflection on the experiences gained through youth community service

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activities. A student may receive elective credit for participating

in a youth community service program as long as the outcomes of the

program reflect the competencies outlined in the Oklahoma Learner

Outcomes adopted by the State Board of Education. A student may

perform youth community service activities for educational credit

only under the sponsorship of an organization approved by the State

Department of Education. Youth community service activities shall

not be used to displace any employees or reduce the number of hours

for which any employee is paid.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.304 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.304
Prescriptive teaching materials to be used
Status: in_force

In administering this act, the Department of Education shall

utilize, insofar aspossible, prescriptive teaching materials,

prescribed by appropriate testing and evaluation by the regional

prescriptive teaching centers. Such curriculum material shall be

utilized for as many students as possible, by their regular or

homeroom teachers.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-22-113 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-22-113
State Board of Education to prescribe accounting
Status: in_force

systems and procedures.

All accounting systems and procedures used by the school

districts of the State of Oklahoma shall conform with the accounting

systems and procedures prescribed by the State Board of Education.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1-107.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1-107.1
Technology - Generally defined for educational and
Status: in_force

governmental purposes.

A. Unless otherwise specifically defined, technology is applied

knowledge. For educational and governmental purposes, technology

shall include but not be limited to information technology,

telecommunications technology and implemental technology.

Information technology shall include but not be limited to

computers, computer hardware, scanners, multimedia material,

facsimile, e-mail, computer software, CD ROM material or other

magnetic media, computer simulations, video, the World Wide Web

(WWW) or Internet, Listservs, multiuser domains and other technology

used in distance learning or distance education. Telecommunications

technology shall include but not be limited to local area networks

and wide area networks. Implemental technology shall include but

not be limited to implements, equipment, instruments or devices that

promote the technology education process and are employed in the

science or study of the practical, industrial, or mechanical arts or

applied sciences.

B. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall apply

when related to the expenditure of public funds by educational and

governmental entities.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.308 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.308
Advisory committee for educational programs -
Status: in_force

Members, meetings - Duties.

A. For the purpose of meeting the duty of each school district

as set forth in Section 1210.307 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, each district board of education shall create a local

advisory committee on education for gifted and talented children or

expand the duties of a curriculum advisory committee for the

district to assist the district on gifted and talented programs. If

the district creates a local advisory committee for gifted and

talented children it shall consist of at least three but no more

than eleven members. The district board shall appoint all members,

at least one-third (1/3) of whom shall be selected from a list of

nominations submitted by associations whose purpose is advocacy for

gifted and talented children. The committee shall be broadly

representative of the community. The committee shall be appointed

no later than September 15 of each school year for two-year terms

and shall consist of parents of children identified as gifted and

talented and community members who may be but are not required to be

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parents of students within the district. At the first meeting the

committee shall elect a chair and a vice-chair. If the district

utilizes the curriculum advisory committee it shall appoint at least

one member who is a parent of a child identified as gifted and

talented or is a knowledgeable advocate for gifted and talented

children.

B. A meeting of the local advisory committee or the curriculum

advisory committee shall be called by the district superintendent no

later than October 1 of each year for the purpose of addressing

gifted and talented program issues. The advisory committee or

curriculum advisory committee may meet at other times during the

year as is necessary in meeting space furnished by the district.

The district shall furnish staff for the advisory committee. All

meetings of the committees shall be subject to the provisions of the

Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.

C. The duties of the advisory committee for gifted and talented

children or the curriculum advisory committee shall be to assist in

the formulation of district goals for gifted education, to assist in

development of the district plan for gifted child educational

programs, to assist in preparation of the district report on gifted

child educational programs, and to perform other advisory duties as

may be requested by the board of education.