Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-132.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3-132.1
Creation of Statewide Charter School Board —
Status: in_force

Termination of Statewide Virtual Charter School Board — Transfer to

Statewide Charter School Board.

A. There is hereby created the Statewide Charter School Board.

Beginning July 1, 2024, the Board shall have the sole authority to

sponsor statewide virtual charter schools in this state and may

sponsor charter schools in this state. The Board shall be composed

of nine (9) voting members as follows:

1. Three members appointed by the Governor;

2. Two members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate;

3. Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of

Representatives;

4. The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his or her

designee; and

5. The State Auditor and Inspector or his or her designee.

B. Initial appointments shall be made by October 31, 2023. The

President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of

Representatives shall each appoint one member for one (1) year and

one member for two (2) years. The Governor shall appoint one member

for one (1) year and two members for two (2) years. Members shall

serve until their successors are duly appointed for a term of three

(3) years. Appointments shall be made by and take effect on July 31

of the year in which the appointment is made. Annually by December

30 the Board shall elect from its membership a chair and vice chair.

C. A member may be removed from the Board by the appointing

authority for cause which shall include but not be limited to:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 185

1. Being found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction of a

felony or any offense involving moral turpitude;

2. Being found guilty of malfeasance, misfeasance, or

nonfeasance in relation to Board duties;

3. Being found mentally incompetent by a court of competent

jurisdiction; or

4. Failing to attend three successive meetings of the Board

without just cause, as determined by the Board.

D. Vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority.

E. No member of the Senate or House of Representatives may be

appointed to the Board while serving as a member of the Legislature

or for two (2) full years following the expiration of the term of

office.

F. Members of the Statewide Charter School Board shall not

receive compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary travel

expenses pursuant to the provisions of the State Travel

Reimbursement Act.

G. The Statewide Charter School Board shall meet at the call of

the chair. The first meeting of the Board shall be held no later

than sixty (60) days after the effective date of this act.

H. Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum, and an

affirmative vote of at least five members shall be required for the

Board to take any final action.

I. Beginning July 1, 2024, statewide virtual charter schools

shall be sponsored only by the Statewide Charter School Board

created pursuant to this section. Effective July 1, 2024, the

Statewide Virtual Charter School Board shall be abolished and the

Statewide Charter School Board shall succeed to any contractual

rights and responsibilities and settlement agreements incurred by

the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board in a virtual charter

school sponsorship contract executed prior to July 1, 2024.

1. All powers, duties, responsibilities, policies, personnel,

property, equipment, supplies, records, assets, funds, current and

future liabilities, encumbrances, obligations, and indebtedness of

the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board or associated with a

virtual charter school sponsorship contract entered into by the

Statewide Virtual Charter School Board prior to July 1, 2024, shall

be transferred to the Statewide Charter School Board. No items

shall be expended or used for any purpose other than the performance

of duties and responsibilities as directed and required in this act.

Appropriate conveyances and other documents shall be executed to

effectuate the transfer of property associated with a sponsorship

contract. The Statewide Charter School Board may contract for

additional legal and administrative services as necessary to

effectuate the transfers provided in this subsection.

2. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall coordinate the transfer of funds, allotments,

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purchase orders, and outstanding financial obligations and

encumbrances relating to the regulation of virtual charter schools

as transferred pursuant to the provisions of this act.

3. Upon succession of sponsorship contracts, the Statewide

Charter School Board shall assume sponsorship of the virtual charter

schools for the remainder of the term of the contracts. Prior to

the end of the current term of the contract, the Statewide Charter

School Board shall allow a virtual charter school to apply for

renewal of the sponsorship contract in accordance with the renewal

procedures established pursuant to Section 3-137 of Title 70 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

4. Effective July 1, 2024, all administrative rules promulgated

by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board relating to the

implementation and enforcement of the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act

shall be enforceable by the Statewide Charter School Board. The

rules shall continue in force and effect and the Statewide Charter

School Board shall have authority to amend, repeal, recodify, or

make additions to the rules pursuant to the Administrative

Procedures Act.

J. Effective July 1, 2024, the Statewide Charter School Board

shall succeed to any contractual rights and responsibilities and

settlement agreements incurred by the State Board of Education in a

charter school sponsorship contract executed prior to July 1, 2024.

All property, equipment, supplies, records, assets, funds, current

and future liabilities, encumbrances, obligations, and indebtedness

associated with a charter school sponsorship contract entered into

by the State Board of Education prior to July 1, 2024, shall be

transferred to the Statewide Charter School Board. Appropriate

conveyances and other documents shall be executed to effectuate the

transfer of property associated with a sponsorship contract. Upon

succession of sponsorship contracts, the Statewide Charter School

Board shall assume sponsorship of the charter schools for the

remainder of the term of the contracts. Prior to the end of the

current term of the contract, the Statewide Charter School Board

shall allow a charter school to apply for renewal of the sponsorship

contract in accordance with the renewal procedures established

pursuant to Section 3-137 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

K. Beginning July 1, 2024, at the end of the current term of a

charter school sponsorship contract with a school district, an

accredited comprehensive or regional institution that is a member of

The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, a community college,

or a federally recognized Indian tribe, a charter school may apply

for contract renewal with the Statewide Charter School Board for

sponsorship.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-698 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-698
Professional training institutes
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are

authorized to develop professional training institutes for the

purpose of increasing the available pool of qualified teachers in

subject areas that are in critically short supply in the elementary

and secondary public schools of this state. Said program shall be

in conjunction with Title II of Public Law 98-377, "The U.S.

Education for Economic Security Act of 1984", as amended. The

professional training institutes shall be located at and utilize the

existing facilities of one or more of the Oklahoma public or private

higher education institutions which provide programs of teacher

education. The professional training institutes shall provide

instruction for:

1. Graduates of accredited colleges who hold degrees with

majors in and who wish to become certified in subject areas which

are experiencing a shortage of qualified teachers; and

2. Teachers currently certified in subject areas which are

experiencing an oversupply of qualified teachers and who hold

degrees with majors in and who wish to be certified in subject areas

which are experiencing a shortage of qualified teachers.

Initially, the professional training institutes shall provide

instruction in the subject areas of mathematics, science, computer

learning, and foreign languages and in teacher education in those

subject areas. After three (3) years of operation, the Oklahoma

State Regents for Higher Education shall have authority to

redesignate, based on data supplied by the State Department of

Education, the subject areas which are experiencing a shortage of

qualified teachers and to change the institutes accordingly.

B. Each professional training institute shall offer an

intensive academic credit program in a designated subject area of

need or in teacher education.

C. Upon successful completion of a professional training

institute, a participant shall be eligible to teach full-time in the

subject area of need for one (1) year in the public schools of this

state during the school year following completion of the institute.

D. To the extent that funding permits, it is the intent of the

Oklahoma Legislature that participants not be required to pay for

general enrollment fees, tuition, books, or special fees associated

with a professional training institute. The Legislature further

intends that participants be allowed to utilize campus housing and

food services at the lowest available rate.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-10-102.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-10-102.1
Police as attendance officers
Status: in_force

The board of education of each school district may enter into an

agreement with the municipal police department serving the school

district which provides that some or all of the duties of an

attendance officer for the school district shall be performed by a

certified police officer of the municipality. The agreement may

further provide that the compensation and necessary traveling

expenses of such attendance officer shall be payable from municipal

funds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-9-111 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-9-111
Use of fund
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education through the Director of Finance is

hereby authorized to use the "Special Transportation Revolving Fund"

for the purchase of pupil-transportation equipment suitable for the

transportation of children to and from the common schools and to

make one or more units of such pupil-transportation equipment

available for use by any school district in the State of Oklahoma

which is either required or authorized by statute to provide free

transportation to and from school for children legally residing in

such district or legally transferred thereto and entitled to attend

school therein, but which school district does not have sufficient

funds available, and, because of then existing indebtedness, may not

legally issue its bonds for the purchase of other pupil-

transportation equipment. Provided, such equipment shall be

purchased from the list of approved equipment as provided for in

Section 9-109 and at a price not greater than the price so approved.

Provided, further, the school board or board of education of any

school district desiring to rent such equipment shall select from

the approved list the equipment they desire before the State Board

of Education shall be authorized to purchase transportation

equipment for rental to any district. Provided, further, the State

Board of Education shall not be authorized to act in behalf of any

school district in the purchase of any transportation equipment

except as provided for in this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-132.3 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3-132.3
Statewide Charter School Board Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Statewide Charter School Board to be designated the

“Statewide Charter School Board Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be

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

consist of all monies received by the Statewide Charter School Board

from state appropriations. All monies accruing to the credit of the

fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the

Statewide Charter School Board for the purposes set forth in Section

2 of this act. 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, § 70-3951 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3951
Trustees - Fund principal - Income or investment return -
Status: in_force

Administrative expenses.

A. There is hereby created a trust fund to be known as the

"Oklahoma State Regents' Endowment Trust Fund". The Oklahoma State

Regents for Higher Education shall be the trustees of the Trust

Fund.

B. The State Regents shall utilize the Trust Fund to implement

the provisions of Section 3952 of this title.

C. The Trust Fund principal shall consist of monies the

Legislature appropriates or transfers to the Oklahoma State Regents

for Higher Education for the Trust Fund, the proceeds of any

obligations issued pursuant to Section 4019 of this title and any

monies or assets contributed to the Trust Fund from any other

source, public or private. In making investments, the State Regents

shall exercise the judgment and care, under circumstances then

prevailing, which persons of prudence, discretion and intelligence

exercise in the management of their own affairs, not for

speculation, but with regard to the permanent disposition of their

funds, considering the probable safety of their capital as well as

the probable income to be derived.

D. Notwithstanding other provisions of law, income and

investment return on Trust Fund principal shall accrue to the Trust

Fund for use as provided by authorization of the trustees for the

purposes provided in Section 3951 et seq. of this title. No such

income or investment return shall be used for administrative

expenses; expenses incurred by the State Regents in the

administration of the Trust Fund and of the endowment program

established by Section 3951 et seq. of this title shall be paid from

monies appropriated to the State Regents' coordinating board for

their general operating budget.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.553 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.553
Before-school, after-school, and summer period
Status: in_force

programs – Pilot projects – Implementation contingency –

Verification of expenditure levels.

A. Contingent upon the provision of appropriated funds

designated for such purpose, the State Board of Education may award

one or more competitive grants for providing academically-oriented

programs to students needing or desiring such programs during

before-school, after-school, and summer periods.

B. The State Board of Education shall determine pilot program

criteria and establish a process for the consideration of proposals.

Such proposals for pilot programs shall be considered on a statewide

competitive basis. The State Board of Education is authorized to

promulgate rules for the operation of such programs.

C. Upon implementation of this subsection as provided for in

subsection D of this section, the State Board of Education shall

modify the awards process for the competitive grants so that grants

are awarded to school districts or nonprofit organizations. In

addition, the grants shall be awarded to academically oriented

programs which serve students in at-risk or disadvantaged urban

school districts.

D. Implementation of subsection C of this section shall be

delayed until the current expenditure per pupil in average daily

attendance in public elementary and secondary schools in unadjusted

dollars for the 1998-99 school year or any school year thereafter

for Oklahoma, as reported by the National Center for Education

Statistics annually in the Digest of Education Statistics, reaches

at least ninety percent (90%) of the regional average expenditure

for that same year, and funds are provided. For purposes of this

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subsection, the regional average expenditure shall consist of the

current expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance in public

elementary and secondary schools in unadjusted dollars for each of

the following states: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New

Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, averaged together. By January 1 of

each year, the State Board of Education shall report whether or not

the ninety-percent expenditure level has been reached based on

information reported annually in the Digest of Education Statistics

by the National Center for Education Statistics. Subsection C of

this section shall be implemented on July 1 after the first January

1 report verifies that the ninety-percent expenditure level has been

reached and funds have been provided for the specific purposes of

this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-820.7 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-820.7
Suspension, revocation or refusal to renew registration
Status: in_force

SUSPENSION, REVOCATION OR REFUSAL TO RENEW REGISTRATION.

A. The Secretary of State may limit, suspend, revoke or refuse

to renew a registration of an individual registered under subsection

A of Section 6 of this act for conduct that would have justified

refusal to issue a certificate of registration under subsection B of

Section 6 of this act.

B. The Secretary of State may suspend or revoke the

registration of an individual registered under subsection C of

Section 5 of this act or renewed under subsection E of Section 6 of

this act for any reason for which the Secretary of State could have

refused to grant or renew registration or for conduct that would

justify refusal to issue a certificate of registration under

subsection B of Section 6 of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-13-131 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-13-131
Education Compact for Students in State Care Advisory
Status: in_force

Committee.

A. There is hereby created the Education Compact for Students

in State Care Advisory Committee.

B. The advisory committee shall be comprised of three (3)

members to be appointed as follows:

1. One member representing the State Department of Education to

be appointed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction;

2. One member representing the Office of Juvenile Affairs to be

appointed by the Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile

Affairs; and

3. One member representing the Department of Human Services to

be appointed by the Director of the Department of Human Services.

C. The advisory committee may meet as often as may be required

in order to perform the duties imposed upon it.

D. The meetings of the advisory committee shall be subject to

the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.

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E. Members of the advisory committee shall receive no

compensation or travel reimbursement.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-172 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-172
Renumbered as § 6-183 of this title by Laws 1995, c
Status: in_force

322, § 34, eff. July 1, 1995.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-23-111 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-23-111
Creation of Sinking Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the Oklahoma Educational Television Bond

Sinking Fund in the State Treasury and the State Treasurer is hereby

authorized and directed to transfer revenues accruing to the Public

Building Fund, not otherwise appropriated as of the date this

article becomes effective, to the Oklahoma Educational Television

Bond Sinking Fund to be used solely for the purpose of retiring

bonds issued by the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-23-126 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-23-126
Purchase of television programs
Status: in_force

Purchases made by the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority

from sources other than state-appropriated funds for the acquisition

of television programs shall be excluded from the provisions of

Section 85.7 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The said

Authority is hereby authorized to make such purchases against

special authorization orders submitted to, approved and encumbered

by, the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services. Contracts for the purchase of television programs entered

into by the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority and charged

against a special authorization order as herein provided shall be

maintained as a permanent record of the Authority for a period of

not less than three (3) years after liquidation of the contract.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3404.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3404.2
Cameron University - Transfer of governance,
Status: in_force

supervision, management and control.

Acting pursuant to the power conferred by Section 2 of Article

13A of the Oklahoma Constitution to determine the functions and

courses of study in each of the institutions in the State System,

the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education have determined that

the primary mission of Cameron University is no longer agricultural

and mechanical; therefore the governance, supervision, management

and control of Cameron University is hereby transferred from the

Board of Regents for Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges

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to the Board of Regents for the University of Oklahoma and Cameron

University, and all property, assets and obligations of Cameron

University and any and all obligations of the Board of Regents for

Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges for and on behalf of

Cameron University are hereby transferred to the Board of Regents

for the University of Oklahoma and Cameron University. Obligations

for any and all plans for tenure or retirement of employees of

Cameron University, either through Cameron University or the Board

of Regents for Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges, shall

be assumed by the Board of Regents for the University of Oklahoma

and Cameron University.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3315.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3315.2
Potential areas for inclusion in State Register -
Status: in_force

Characteristics.

Any potential natural area recommended for inclusion in the

State Register shall possess one or more of the following

characteristics:

1. Rare, threatened, or endangered plant or animal species

habitat;

2. Outstanding plant community type which is representative of

the natural diversity of this state;

3. Outstanding geological element which is representative of

the geological history or processes of this state;

4. Outstanding aquatic elements which are representative of the

aquatic diversity of this state; or

5. Unusual natural features, such as vegetation types, virgin

stands, or other unique biological or ecological phenomena.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-129.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3-129.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Empowered

Schools and School Districts Act”.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-15-105 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-15-105
Signatures - Registration - Certificate
Status: in_force

The bonds, the issuance of which is provided in the preceding

sections, shall be signed by the president, attested by the clerk

and registered by the treasurer of the board of education, and shall

have endorsed thereon a certificate signed by the county clerk and

the district attorney of the county wherein such district is

located, stating that said bonds or evidence of debt are issued

pursuant to law and that said issue is within the debt limit.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4103 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4103
Accreditation for private and out-of-state public degree-
Status: in_force

granting institutions.

A. As used in this section:

1. “Degree-granting institution” means an institution that

offers education leading to an associate’s degree or higher;

2. “Non-degree-granting activity” means offering education or

training that does not lead to an associate’s degree or higher; and

3. “State authorization reciprocity agreement” means an

agreement among states, districts, and territories that establishes

comparable standards for providing distance education from their

postsecondary educational institutions to out-of-state students.

B. All private and out-of-state public degree-granting

institutions shall be accredited by an accrediting agency which is

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recognized by the Secretary of the United States Department of

Education as a reliable authority as to the quality of education or

training offered by institutions of higher education for the

purposes of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.

Additionally, for the purposes of consumer protection and to

maintain financial eligibility for Title IV funding as described in

34 CFR Part 600, institutions shall be authorized according to the

policies and procedures established by the Oklahoma State Regents

for Higher Education. These policies and procedures shall be

limited to the minimum necessary to ensure that private and out-of-

state degree-granting institutions that operate in this state by any

modality meet the same standards of academic quality and fiscal

responsibility required for institutions of higher education within

The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. Beginning with the

2023-2024 academic year, the State Regents shall:

1. Establish and collect fees annually from applicants for

authorization as necessary to cover the costs of authorization;

2. Require applicants for authorization to submit payment in an

amount established by the State Regents into the Tuition Recovery

Revolving Fund created in Section 2 of this act, which shall be used

to offset student tuition losses in the event an authorized

institution closes or ceases operations; and

3. Be authorized to deny, not renew, or revoke an institution’s

authorization if it is found to be in violation of the Oklahoma

statutes, it fails to meet the minimum authorization standards

established by the State Regents, or an accrediting agency or other

government entity revokes its approval, which is material to the

continuity of the institution. An institution subject to the

provisions of this paragraph shall be given reasonable notice and an

opportunity to be heard prior to a decision to deny, not renew, or

revoke authorization.

C. The following institutions shall be exempt from this

section:

1. Private institutions participating in the Oklahoma Tuition

Equalization Grant program; and

2. Out-of-state public and private institutions participating

in a state authorization reciprocity agreement that only conduct

activities in Oklahoma that are acceptable under the terms and

conditions of the state authorization reciprocity agreement.

D. Non-exempt institutions engaged in non-degree granting

activities, such as offering certificates and diplomas, shall be

subject to the standards administered by the Oklahoma Board of

Private Vocational Schools.

E. The State Regents shall promulgate rules to implement the

provisions of this section.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-17-116.20 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-17-116.20
Increase in benefits - July 1, 2006
Status: in_force

A. Any person receiving benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement

System of Oklahoma as of June 30, 2005, other than those benefits

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

benefits on or after July 1, 2006, shall receive a two-percent

increase in said benefits beginning in July 2006.

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, 2005, and who continues to receive

benefits on or after July 1, 2006, shall receive a two-percent

increase in said benefits beginning in July 2006.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-820.23 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-820.23
Payments – Postsecondary institution or third-party
Status: in_force

authorizations – Collegiate athletic association restrictions.

A. A student athlete may earn payments for the use of the name,

image, or likeness of the student athlete or as otherwise permitted

by a collegiate athletic association with authority over his or her

postsecondary institution without penalty or resulting limitation on

participation. Such payments shall not affect the student athlete’s

eligibility for athletic grant-in-aid.

B. A postsecondary institution or a third party authorized to

act on behalf of the postsecondary institution may:

1. Provide professional representation and pay or cause payment

to be directed to a current or prospective student athlete as

permitted by the Student Athlete Name, Image and Likeness Rights

Act; provided, however, no postsecondary institution shall use funds

allocated by this state for such payment; and

2. Enter into exclusive or non-exclusive licenses or

endorsement agreements for a student athlete’s name, image, or

likeness, institutional promotion, or other rights.

C. A collegiate athletic association shall not prohibit a

postsecondary institution or a third party authorized to act on

behalf of a postsecondary institution from identifying,

facilitating, enabling, or supporting opportunities for a student

athlete to earn payment for the student athlete’s name, image, or

likeness activities.

D. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to

qualify a student athlete as an employee of a postsecondary

institution or a collegiate athletic association based on the

student athlete’s receipt of any payment or benefit permitted by

this Act or one or more of the following:

1. Participation in intercollegiate athletic competition;

2. Membership on any intercollegiate athletic team; or

3. Imposition of requirements, controls, or restrictions on

student athletes by postsecondary institutions, in connection with

their participation in intercollegiate athletic activities,

practices, and competition.

E. No release of or license to use a student athlete’s name,

image, or likeness rights, or a name, image, or likeness agreement,

shall be required from or with any individual or group of

participants in an intercollegiate athletic competition, contest, or

event, or spectators at a sports game, contest, or event, for audio-

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visual, audio, or visual broadcasts, rebroadcasts, or other

distributions of such event.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-17-205 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-17-205
Designation of one or more companies to provide for
Status: in_force

funding of alternative retirement plan.

Each Board of Regents which establishes an alternate retirement

plan shall designate one or more companies to provide for the

funding of alternate retirement plan benefits through the purchase

of annuity contracts, qualified retirement trusts or custodial

accounts.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-24-134 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-24-134
Renumbered as § 6-101.43 of this title by Laws 1989,
Status: in_force

1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 119, operative July 1, 1990.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-122.4 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-122.4
License for Teach for America Program participant -
Status: in_force

Exemption from residency program.

A. The State Board of Education shall issue a two-year,

nonrenewable license to teach to any person who has been accepted

into the Teach for America Program and has on file with the Board a

current Oklahoma criminal history record from the Oklahoma State

Bureau of Investigation as well as a national criminal history

record check as defined in Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. Upon receipt of the Oklahoma criminal history record, the

Board may issue a temporary license which shall be effective until

receipt of the national fingerprint-based criminal history record.

The person applying for a license shall be responsible for the cost

of the criminal history records.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Board

of Education shall issue a certificate to teach to any individual

who has:

1. Been issued a license pursuant to subsection A of this

section;

2. Completed the coursework requirements established for

participants of the Teach for America Program;

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3. Successfully passed the assessment requirements established

by Teach for America for participants of the Teach for America

Program; and

4. Submitted an application and payment of the certification

fee as prescribed by the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-699 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-699
Financial assistance applicant to prove compliance with
Status: in_force

Military Selective Service Act.

Any student who applies for any type of state-provided financial

assistance, including, but not limited to, grants, loans,

scholarships or other types of aid provided pursuant to the Student

Educational Assistance Fund established pursuant to Section 622 of

this title, the Oklahoma Rural Medical Education Loan and

Scholarship Fund, established pursuant to Section 625.1 of this

title, the Oklahoma Higher Education Tuition Aid Program,

established pursuant to the Oklahoma Higher Education Tuition Aid

Act, the Osteopathy Education Assistance Fund established pursuant

to Section 627.1 of this title, or the Oklahoma Student Loan program

established pursuant to the Oklahoma Student Loan Act, before

receiving such aid, shall prove to the satisfaction of the issuing

agency that such student is in compliance with the provisions of the

Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C.A. App. Sections 451

through 471a.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-13-105 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-13-105
State Board of Education may fix qualifications of
Status: in_force

teachers and support personnel.

A. The State Board of Education is hereby authorized in

accordance with state and federal law to determine and prescribe the

qualifications of all persons who teach children with disabilities,

to define, classify and determine standards of eligibility of all

children with disabilities to receive special education and related

services, to fix minimum requirements for special education and

related services of children with disabilities, and to make such

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 616

rules as it deems necessary for the teaching of children with

disabilities.

B. The State Board of Education shall offer all support

personnel, including but not limited to assistants who work with a

trained paraprofessional or special education teacher for children

with multiple disabilities or deaf-blindness, the same training and

education as the trained paraprofessional is required to complete.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-24-138 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-24-138
Reporting students under influence of certain
Status: in_force

substances - Civil liability - Written policy.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 943

A. Whenever it appears to any public school teacher that a

student may be under the influence of low-point beer as defined in

Section 163.2 of Title 37 of the Oklahoma Statutes, alcoholic

beverages as defined in Section 506 of Title 37 of the Oklahoma

Statutes or a controlled dangerous substance, as defined in Section

2-101 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, that teacher shall

report the matter, upon recognition, to the school principal or his

or her designee. The principal or designee shall immediately notify

the superintendent of schools or designee and a parent or legal

guardian of the student of the matter.

No officer or employee of any public school district or member

of any school board shall be subject to any civil liability for any

statement, report, or action taken in assisting or referring for

assistance to any medical treatment, social service agency or

facility or any substance abuse prevention and treatment program any

student reasonably believed to be abusing or incapacitated by the

use of low-point beer, alcoholic beverages or a controlled dangerous

substance unless such assistance or referral was made in bad faith

or with malicious purpose. No such officer or employee of any

public school district, member of any school board, school or school

district shall be responsible for any treatment costs incurred by a

student as a result of any such assistance or referral to any

medical treatment, social service agency or facility, or substance

abuse prevention and treatment program.

B. Every school district shall have and deliver to each

classroom teacher a written policy that such teachers shall follow

if they have a student who appears to be under the influence of low-

point beer, alcoholic beverages or a controlled dangerous substance

in their classroom. The written policy shall be developed by the

local superintendent of schools and adopted by the local board of

education. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall be

the minimum requirements of such written policy. The written policy

shall be filed with the office of the State Superintendent of Public

Instruction within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this

act. If such filing is not timely made, the public schools in such

school district shall lose their accreditation until the written

policy is filed.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-101.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-11-101.2
Minute of silence in public schools - Intervention by
Status: in_force

Attorney General in legal proceedings.

The board of education of each school district shall ensure that

the public schools within the district observe approximately one

minute of silence each day for the purpose of allowing each student,

in the exercise of his or her individual choice, to reflect,

meditate, pray, or engage in any other silent activity that does not

interfere with, distract, or impede other students in the exercise

of their individual choices.

The Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma is hereby

authorized to intervene in any legal proceeding to enforce the

provisions of this act and shall represent any school district or

employee named as a defendant therein. Any school district or

employee named as a defendant in any proceeding to enforce the

provisions of this act shall within five (5) days of receiving

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 524

service of summons notify the Attorney General of the State of

Oklahoma of the pendency of the action.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-145.5 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3-145.5
Virtual education — District resident status
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning July 1,

2014, no school district shall enter into a virtual charter school

contract with a provider to provide full-time virtual education to

students who do not reside within the school district boundaries.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4412 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4412
State aid for building purposes
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall have

authority to allocate state aid to community junior colleges meeting

the standards and criteria for accreditation by the State Regents,

for capital improvements purposes from funds appropriated by the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1647

State Legislature for this purpose, provided that a long-range

comprehensive plan for the campus development of the junior college

has been prepared by the institution and approved by the State

Regents. After approval of the plan the State Regents may allocate

from any funds available for such purpose not more than forty

percent (40%) of the estimated cost of proposed construction of

buildings and other capital improvements, provided that the

institution shall have furnished assurance to the State Regents that

the remaining sixty percent (60%) of the estimated cost of the

construction project will be provided in the form of federal and/or

local funds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2166 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2166
Televised instruction system - Cooperative agreements -
Status: in_force

Revolving fund - Appropriation.

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education may establish

and maintain as a part of the state system of higher education a

system of televised instruction designed primarily for persons

living in industrial communities remote from campuses of colleges

and universities and for the interchange of classes and teachers

between campuses of the state's public and private colleges and

universities; and may enter into cooperative agreements with federal

agencies, state agencies and public and private educational

institutions and receive, use and administer grants, contributions

and donations of funds and property for such purpose. All such

funds shall be deposited in a revolving fund, which is hereby

created, to be known as the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1351

Education Televised Instruction Revolving Fund, which revolving fund

shall be nonfiscal and be used and expended by the State Regents for

the aforesaid purpose. Up to One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) of

the funds received by or credited to the account of the State

Regents from investments by the State Treasurer from proceeds of

building bonds as provided by Senate Bill No. 349 and Senate Bill

No. 350 of the First Session of the Thirty-Second Legislature, or

similar funds hereafter provided in legislation vitalizing Section

38, Article X, Oklahoma Constitution, may be used and expended by

the State Regents for the purpose of planning and installing the

televised instruction system. There is also hereby appropriated to

the State Regents from any monies in the General Revenue Fund of the

State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of Two Hundred

Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) for the purpose of establishing,

maintaining and operating the televised instruction system, the sum

so appropriated to be nonfiscal and to be subject to encumbrance at

any time within thirty (30) months after the effective date of this

act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.232 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.232
Provision of safe conduct tours of correctional
Status: in_force

institutions.

The Department of Corrections shall provide for the safe conduct

of tours of state correctional institutions that are organized

pursuant to Section 71 of this act. The Department may prohibit,

delay or cancel tours if it finds that a security risk exists at the

scheduled institution.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-13-111 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-13-111
Register of children with disabilities - Plan for
Status: in_force

delivery of related services.

A. The State Board of Education shall:

1. Maintain a federal child count register of children with

disabilities as defined by the Individuals with Disabilities

Education Act (IDEA), P.L. No. 101-476, as may be amended, and the

implementing federal regulations;

2. Monitor efforts of the local public schools to meet the

needs of children with disabilities as provided by each such child's

Individualized Education Program; and

3. Coordinate private and public efforts, including efforts of

agencies of state and local government to meet educational needs of

children with disabilities.

B. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Services, the State Department of Health, the Department of Human

Services, the State Department of Education, and the Oklahoma

Department of Career and Technology Education shall jointly develop

and implement through interagency memoranda of agreement as

authorized in the Interlocal Cooperation Act, Section 1001 of Title

74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a plan for the coordinated delivery of

related services to children with disabilities pursuant to the Act

for Coordination of Special Services to Children and Youth.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-697.23 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-697.23
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oklahoma Hospital Residency Training Program Act:

1. "Eligible hospital" means a hospital which qualifies for new

residency training programs under the rules established by the

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or other federal entities

authorized to establish residency training programs;

2. "Residency training program" means post-medical-school

graduate training programs approved by the Centers for Medicare and

Medicaid Services and accredited by the appropriate governing bodies

of either the osteopathic or allopathic professions in the training

disciplines of family medicine, general internal medicine, general

pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology and emergency medicine; and

3. “Medically underserved areas” means areas having too few

primary care providers, high infant mortality, high poverty, a high

elderly population, and/or a population census of at least fifty

percent (50%) Medicare, Medicaid and uninsured mix.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-117.6 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-117.6
Regulation of dogs running at large
Status: in_force

The board of education of any school district which has property

that lies outside the boundaries of a municipality may regulate or

prohibit dogs from running at large on such property or on public

property within five hundred (500) feet of such property, and cause

the dogs to be impounded and may authorize the humane killing or

disposal of such dogs. The board of education may contract for the

control of such dogs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2-111 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2-111
Definitions
Status: in_force

A. Definitions of terms used in the Technology Center District

and Independent School District Campaign Finance and Financial

Disclosure Act shall be the same as those terms are defined in Rules

of the Ethics Commission promulgated pursuant to Section 3 of

Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution, unless otherwise provided

herein.

B. As used in the Technology Center District and Independent

School District Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act:

1. “Campaign committee” means a committee which may be composed

of one or more persons the purpose of which is to support the

election of a specific candidate to school district office, whose

name as it will appear on the ballot shall appear in the name of the

committee;

2. “School district” means a technology center district or an

independent school district;

3. “School district office” means any elective school district

office for which Declarations of Candidacy are filed with the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 125

secretary of the county election board as required by Section 13A-

105 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

4. “School district political committee” means any committee

composed of one or more persons whose purpose includes the election

or defeat of one or more candidates for school district office but

which is not required to register with the Federal Election

Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-101.4 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-101.4
Power and duties of district superintendent - Exercise
Status: in_force

of in elementary school districts.

The powers and duties set forth in Section 6-101 et seq. of

Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the superintendent of a school

district shall be exercised by the elementary superintendent in

elementary school districts.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.531 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.531
Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program
Status: in_force

A. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability

shall establish an Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program. The

purpose of the Program shall be to develop and implement a system of

measures whereby the performance of public schools and school

districts is assessed and reported without undue reliance upon any

single type of indicator, and whereby the public, including students

and parents, may be made aware of the proper meaning and use of any

tests administered under the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act,

relative accomplishments of the public schools, and of progress

being achieved. The Commission shall involve representatives of

school teachers and of school administrators in the development of

the Program. The Program shall be so designed that use of

standardized definitions and measures and opportunities for

coordination with national reports, including those of the National

Assessment of Educational Progress, are maximized.

B. The Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program shall present

information for comparisons of graduation rates, dropout rates,

pupil-teacher ratios, student enrollment gain and loss rates, and

test results in the contexts of socioeconomic status and the

finances of school districts. Information shall be provided

individually for all public school sites and school districts in a

format that facilitates comparisons. As necessary data become

available, comparisons shall also be provided individually for all

schools and school districts on a historical basis. Reports of all

tests administered pursuant to the Oklahoma School Testing Program

Act shall be a part of the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program

and shall be provided for each grade and each test subject or set of

competencies. Test results for students enrolled in Internet-based

courses, including regularly enrolled and alternative education

students, shall be disaggregated and reported. The Commission for

Educational Quality and Accountability shall seek to develop and

incorporate additional indicators of comparative standing and

accomplishment.

C. Additionally, the Commission for Educational Quality and

Accountability, with the cooperation of the State Department of

Education, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, and the

State Board of Career and Technology Education, shall develop

procedures for obtaining and reporting data to the high schools and

to the general public regarding the performance of each high

school's graduates in Oklahoma's institutions of higher education

and in postsecondary vocational-technical education. The Commission

for Educational Quality and Accountability shall include such data

in the report of the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program.

D. By February 1 of each year the Commission for Educational

Quality and Accountability shall publish:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1255

1. A summary report to the people and Legislature of Oklahoma

of the information provided by the Oklahoma Educational Indicators

Program; and

2. State, district, and site level reports which shall include

the percentage of students who perform at the various levels on the

tests required by the Oklahoma State Testing Program.

Immediately following the publication of the reports required in

this subsection each year, all data gathered pursuant to the

Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program shall be made available for

public inspection at the Office of Educational Quality and

Accountability. The confidentiality of individual student records

shall be preserved as required by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-19-120 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-19-120
Eligibility for driver education allowance
Status: in_force

No reimbursement shall be made to a school district for the

instruction of pupils in driver education unless the school district

has provided such instruction pursuant to state law and has complied

with the rules set forth by the State Board of Education governing

the establishment, conduct, and scope of driver education.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-15-201 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-15-201
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this act:

1. "School bonds" means bonds issued pursuant to the provisions

of Sections 15-101 through 15-109 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

2. "Commissioners" means Commissioners of the Land Office of

the State of Oklahoma; and

3. "Fund" means permanent school fund for the support of common

schools of the State of Oklahoma.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-144 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-144
Filing of information or indictment - Notification of
Status: in_force

superintendent - Notification of State Board of Education.

A. If in the course of an investigation it is discovered that a

person charged in an information or indictment with a felony or

violent misdemeanor is a student or employee of a school district or

a public school in the state, or an employee working on school

property for an entity that provides services to a school district

or a public school on school property, with due regard for the

provisions of subsection C of Section 2-6-102 of Title 10A of the

Oklahoma Statutes, the district attorney shall notify the

superintendent of the district of the charges filed against the

student or employee. In addition to notifying the superintendent of

the district when charges have been filed against an employee of the

school district, the district attorney shall notify the State Board

of Education.

B. The school district may take any action it deems necessary

that is in compliance with the requirements of the Family

Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 with regard to such

information.

C. When an employee of the school district has been convicted,

whether upon a verdict or plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or

received a suspended sentence or any probationary term for a crime

provided for in subparagraph a of paragraph 6 of Section 3-104 of

this title, the district court shall notify the State Board of

Education of said conviction, if the district court has discovered

during the course of the proceedings that the person is an employee

of a school district.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-146 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-146
Assault, battery, or assault and battery upon school
Status: in_force

employee – Notification by employee and school officials – Report –

Definitions – Liability - Policies.

A. Any school employee, as defined by subsection A of Section

650.7 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, upon whom an assault,

battery, assault and battery, or aggravated battery or aggravated

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 314

assault and battery is committed while in the performance of any

duties as a school employee shall notify either the superintendent,

building administrator, or one member of a Safe School Committee of

the school district employing the school employee. The building

administrator or member of the Safe School Committee shall notify

the superintendent of the assault, battery, assault and battery,

aggravated battery or aggravated assault and battery.

B. The superintendent shall notify the State Department of

Education of all incidents described in subsection A of this section

for the previous year on July 1 of each year. The report shall

include a description of the battery or assault and battery, and the

final disposition of each incident.

C. The State Department of Education shall submit a report to

the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, and the Governor on December 1 of each year.

D. For purposes of this section, “assault” shall be defined by

Section 641 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, “battery” shall be

defined by Section 642 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and

“aggravated assault and battery” shall be defined by Section 646 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

E. No school employee shall be subject to any civil liability

for any statement, report, or action taken in reporting or assisting

in reporting a battery or assault and battery which is committed

upon the school employee while in the performance of any duties

unless such report or assistance was made in bad faith or with

malicious purpose.

F. Every school district shall have and deliver to each school

employee a written policy that such employee shall follow if an

assault, battery or assault and battery is committed upon the school

employee while in the performance of any school duties.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-628.10 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-628.10
Cameron College - Library
Status: in_force

The State Regents should provide sufficient funds to Cameron

College for equipping the library with adequate books and materials

as necessary to meet the standards for accreditation by the North

Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools as it operates

to carry out the new function of four-year college education

recently assigned this institution by the State Regents. This

section shall be interpreted to include but not be limited to the

thirty thousand (30,000) volumes purchased from Xavier College,

Silver Springs, Maryland.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3970.6 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3970.6
Financial institutions as depositories and managers
Status: in_force

A. The Board of Trustees of the Oklahoma College Savings Plan

shall implement the program through the use of one or more financial

institutions to act as the depositories and managers. Under the

program, persons may establish accounts through the program at a

depository that has been selected by the Board.

B. The Board shall solicit proposals from financial

institutions to act as the depositories and managers of the program.

Financial institutions that submit proposals shall provide all

information required by the Board which is sufficient to enable the

evaluation of the investment strategies and asset allocations

consistent with the program objectives set by the Board.

C. The Board shall select as program depositories and managers

the financial institution or institutions from among bidding

financial institutions that demonstrate the most advantageous

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1589

combination, both to potential program participants and this state,

of the following factors:

1. Financial stability and integrity;

2. The safety of the investment instruments being offered by

the financial institution, taking into account any insurance

provided with respect to these instruments;

3. The ability of the financial institution to ensure that the

plan it offers tracks requirements of the Internal Revenue Code,

regulations of the Internal Revenue Service, other pertinent federal

and state laws and regulations, and rules and requirements of the

Regents;

4. The ability of the financial institution to track estimated

costs of higher education as provided by the Regents and provided by

the financial institution to the account holder;

5. The ability of the financial institutions, directly or

through a subcontract, to satisfy recordkeeping and reporting

requirements, including those created by Section 529 of the Internal

Revenue Code and Internal Revenue Service regulations;

6. The financial institution's plan for promoting the program

and the investment it is willing to make to promote the program,

including any use of institutions with offices in Oklahoma as plan

marketers and enrollment agents;

7. The fees, if any, proposed to be charged to persons for

maintaining accounts;

8. The minimum initial deposit and minimum contributions that

the financial institution will require and the willingness of the

financial institution to accept contributions through payroll

deduction plans and other deposit plans; and

9. Any other benefits to this state or its residents included

in the proposal, including an account opening fee payable to the

Board by the account owner and an additional fee from the financial

institution for statewide program marketing by the Board.

D. The Board shall enter into a contract with a financial

institution, or institutions provided in subsection E of this

section to serve as program managers and depositories.

E. The Board shall determine a minimum term for contracts

executed between the Board and a financial institution pursuant to

this section and shall establish procedures by which a contract may

be renewed.

F. The Board may select more than one financial institution and

investment for the program if the following conditions exist:

1. The United States Internal Revenue Service has provided

guidance that giving a contributor a choice of more than one

investment instrument under a state plan will not cause the plan to

fail to qualify for favorable tax treatment under Section 529 of the

Internal Revenue Code; and

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2. The Board concludes that the choice of instrument vehicles

is in the best interest of college savers and will not interfere

with the promotion of the program.

G. A program manager shall:

1. Take all action required to keep the program in compliance

with the requirements of this act and shall not take action contrary

to this act or its contract to manage the program so that it is

treated as a qualified tuition plan under Section 529 of the

Internal Revenue Code;

2. Keep adequate records of each account, keep each account

segregated from each other account and provide the Board with the

information necessary to prepare statements required by federal and

state law or regulation or file these statements on behalf of the

Board;

3. Compile and total information contained in statements

required to be prepared under federal and state law and regulation

and provide these compilations to the Board;

4. If there is more than one program manager, the program

managers shall provide the Board with sufficient information to

determine compliance with subsection P of Section 3970.7 of this

title;

5. Provide representatives of the Board, including other

contractors or other state agencies, access to the books and records

of the program manager to the extent needed to determine compliance

with the contract; and

6. Hold all accounts in trust for the benefit of this state and

the account owner.

H. If a contract executed between the Board and a financial

institution pursuant to this section is not renewed, all of the

following conditions apply at the end of the term of the nonrenewed

contract:

1. Accounts previously established and held in investment

instruments at the financial institution shall not be terminated;

2. Additional contributions may be made to the accounts; and

3. No new accounts may be placed with that financial

institution.

I. The Board may terminate a contract with a financial

institution at any time for good cause. If a contract is terminated

pursuant to this section, the Board shall take custody of accounts

held at that financial institution and shall seek to promptly

transfer the accounts to another financial institution that is

selected as a program manager and into investment instruments as

similar to the original investments as possible.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2267 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2267
Postsecondary occupational education
Status: in_force

The State Regents, acting as the designated Section 1202

Commission provided for in P.L. 92-318, should involve

representation from the State Board in developing a comprehensive

statewide plan for postsecondary education, including representation

on the State Advisory Council on Community Colleges to be

established by the State Commission pursuant to Title X - Part A,

and a similar advisory group to be established regarding planning

for development of postsecondary occupational education provided for

in Title X - Part B.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.572 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.572
Purpose of public developmental research schools
Status: in_force

There is established a category of public elementary and

secondary schools to be known as developmental research schools.

The purpose of public developmental research schools is the

improvement of education in high challenge schools by using

resources of higher education, including research, demonstration,

and evaluation regarding management, teaching, and learning.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3203 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3203
State Regents - Oaths - Travel expenses - Recommendations
Status: in_force

for employment prohibited.

(a) Each member of the State Regents shall take and subscribe to

the oaths required of state officials generally.

(b) Each member of the State Regents shall be allowed necessary

travel expenses, as may be approved by the State Regents pursuant to

the State Travel Reimbursement Act.

(c) No member or employee of the State Regents shall directly or

indirectly recommend to any state educational institution, or

official or board of regents thereof, the employment of any person

by such institution. Any violation of this paragraph by any such

member or employee shall constitute a cause for his removal from

office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.45 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.45
Lease, sale, donation, etc. of obsolete, surplus or
Status: in_force

unneeded machinery, equipment or vehicles.

The board of county commissioners of any county or the governing

board of any city or town is hereby authorized, in its discretion

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1165

and upon such terms, conditions and for such consideration as it

deems advisable, to lease, loan, sell or donate any obsolete,

surplus or unneeded machinery, equipment or motor vehicle which it

may have to the board of education of any technology center school

or technology center school district for use in connection with any

training, maintenance or other similar educational program conducted

by such board of education. Such educational programs may include,

but shall not be limited to, the performance of field training

projects in behalf of any county, municipality, school district or

any organization not organized for profit, to provide needed

training experience for the persons enrolled in such training

programs.Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 55
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3980.9 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3980.9
Application for credit rating
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the Board of

Regents of the University of Oklahoma and the Board of Regents for

the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges shall make

application for a credit rating from a nationally recognized rating

agency with expertise in the evaluation of obligations issued by

governmental entities as determined necessary and prudent by the

State Bond Advisor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-10-106.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-10-106.1
Driver license school enrollment requirements -
Status: in_force

Duties and responsibilities of attendance officers.

It shall be the duty of the attendance officer of each school

district to carry out the duties and responsibilities required of

the attendance officers by Section 34 of this act. If the

attendance officer is unable to carry out the duties and

responsibilities, the school district superintendent shall be

charged with such duties and responsibilities. Documentation of

enrollment status shall be provided to a student by the school

district last attended by the student and shall be based upon the

last semester's attendance if the student requires documentation

during a time when school is not in session.Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 18
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3205.14 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3205.14
First Amendment training
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Free Speech Committee shall either develop a First

Amendment training or approve of an outside First Amendment training

that shall be required for all college deans, heads of departments,

and individuals responsible for establishing university free speech

policies or handling free speech complaints. The Committee shall

either revise or reapprove the training every two (2) years. The

training will be required every two (2) years, or upon hire or

promotion to one of the positions described by this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3232 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3232
Oklahoma National Guard Educational Assistance Revolving
Status: in_force

Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to be designated

the "Oklahoma National Guard Educational Assistance 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 State Regents for Higher Education from state

appropriations. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are

hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma

State Regents for Higher Education for the purpose of providing

assistance to eligible Guard members pursuant to the provisions of

Section 1 of this act. 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, § 70-23-110 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-23-110
Sinking Fund
Status: in_force

The principal and interest necessary to retire any bonds issued

by the Authority shall be paid out of the "Oklahoma Educational

Television Bond Sinking Fund" hereinafter established by Section 23-

111 of this article.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.556 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.556
Internet homework tutoring chatrooms – Pilot
Status: in_force

projects.

A. The State Board of Education shall solicit proposals for,

and if funds are available, make grants to local boards of education

for the establishment of pilot projects that would aid in the

development of Internet homework tutoring chatrooms. The proposals

for the Internet chatrooms shall create a mechanism that will allow

students to contact and interact with teachers or other

professionals when they are not at school, when the student needs

assistance with courses or homework. Funding may cover the cost of

equipment, materials, personnel, and any other start-up costs of

developing the Internet chatrooms. Projects may involve entire

districts, combinations of districts, combinations of schools, or

elements of schools individually or in combination.

B. The State Board of Education shall determine pilot project

criteria and establish a process for the consideration of proposals.

Such proposals for pilot projects shall be considered on a statewide

competitive basis. The Board is authorized to promulgate rules for

the operation of such projects.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2291 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2291
William P. Willis Trust Fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created a trust fund to be known as the

"William P. Willis Trust Fund". The Trust Fund shall be managed and

controlled by a Board of Trustees. The Oklahoma State Regents for

Higher Education shall constitute the Board of Trustees of the

William P. Willis Trust Fund.

B. The trust capital shall consist of:

1. any monies the Legislature may appropriate and transfer to

the Trust Fund; and

2. any monies or assets contributed to the Trust Fund from any

other source.

C. The Board of Trustees shall invest the trust capital in a

reasonable and prudent manner which, consistent with any long-term

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investment needs, will produce the greatest trust income over the

term of the investment while preserving the trust capital.

D. All trust income shall be deposited in the William P. Willis

Scholarship Fund to be used for the payment of scholarships awarded

from said Fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-125 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-125
Liability for voting for false claim
Status: in_force

A. Every member of the board of education or board of county

commissioners who shall hereafter vote for the payment of any money

or transfer of any property belonging to the school district in

settlement of any claim known to such member to be fraudulent or

void, or in pursuance of any unauthorized, unlawful or fraudulent

contract or agreement made or attempted to be made, for any school

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district, by any officer or officers thereof, and every person

having notice of the facts with whom such unauthorized, unlawful or

fraudulent contract shall have been made, or to whom, or for whose

benefit such money shall thereafter be paid, or such transfer of

property shall be made, shall be liable in damage to all innocent

persons in any manner injured thereby and shall be liable to the

school district affected for double the amount of all sums of money

so paid, and double the value of property so transferred, as a

penalty to be recovered by civil suit brought by the board of

education of such school district, or by any school district elector

thereof, as provided in Section 5-126 of this title.

B. Any member of a board of education of a school district who

votes for the payment of any money or transfers any property

belonging to the school district in settlement of any claim known to

such member to be fraudulent, void or in pursuance of any

unauthorized, unlawful or fraudulent contract or agreement made or

attempted to be made for any such district shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor. Every person having notice of the facts with whom any

unauthorized, unlawful or fraudulent contract shall have been made

or to whom or for whose benefit such money or property shall have

been or thereafter will be paid shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Upon conviction of a misdemeanor described in this section, the

person shall make full restitution of all monies and/or property

misallocated and be punished by a fine of not less than One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not to

exceed one (1) year, or by both such fine and restitution and

imprisonment and if such person is a member of a board of education,

shall be removed from office pursuant to Section 1181 et seq. of

Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes or Section 91 et seq. of Title 51

of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. Such illegal payment of money shall include, but shall not

be limited to, salaries or any compensation paid to any person for

teaching or performing other services for the district when such

person does not have a written contract required by law or does not

hold a valid certificate as required by law or by rules and

regulations of the State Board of Education for the subjects taught

or services performed and which is valid for the entire time for

which such person has been paid. Any person receiving an illegal

payment knowing or having reasonable cause to believe such payment

to be illegal shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject

to the punishment prescribed in subsection B of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.35 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.35
Penalty - Unauthorized use
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle

bearing a "Driver Education Training" tag or "Private Driver

Education Training" tag as provided for in Section 1210.34 of this

title on any street, road or highway in this state for any purpose

other than instructing pupils or used in the instruction of teachers

in driver education and training; and upon conviction therefor such

person shall be punished by a fine of not more than Fifty Dollars

($50.00). Use of a driver education motor vehicle in a manner

unauthorized herein shall create no liability of any kind upon a

school district or institution of higher learning.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-697.6 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-697.6
Allocation of funds
Status: in_force

Funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of this act shall

be allocated so that no less than forty percent (40%) of all

participating residents and interns in each school year must

participate in a rural program outside the Oklahoma City and Tulsa

metropolitan areas. The Health Care Workforce Training Commission,

in accordance with primary care specialty accreditation standards,

shall promulgate and adopt rules designating the time allocation

spent by the residents and interns participating in this program

outside the Oklahoma City and Tulsa metropolitan areas.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-101 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-11-101
Sectarian or religious doctrines - Forbidden to be
Status: in_force

taught in schools.

No sectarian or religious doctrine shall be taught or inculcated

in any of the public schools of this state, but nothing in this

section shall be construed to prohibit the reading of the Holy

Scriptures.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2607 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2607
Annual report on impact of Oklahoma Higher Learning
Status: in_force

Access Program.

Beginning December 31, 2022, and each December 31 thereafter,

the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall submit to the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of

Representatives an annual report on the impact of the Oklahoma

Higher Learning Access Program, also known as Oklahoma's Promise,

created pursuant to Sections 2601 et seq. of Title 70 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. The report shall include:

A. 1. Year-to-year cohort retention and five-year graduation

rates of all students enrolled in institutions within The Oklahoma

State System of Higher Education compared to the year-to-year cohort

retention and five-year graduation rates of students who receive

Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program awards who are enrolled in

institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education.

The data shall include the degree programs in which the students are

enrolled.

2. Year-to-year cohort retention and five-year graduation rates

of students who receive Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program

awards who are enrolled in private institutions of higher learning

located within this state and accredited pursuant to Section 4103 of

Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The data shall include the

degree programs in which the students are enrolled.

3. Certificate attainment rates of all students enrolled in

technology center schools compared to the certificate attainment

rates of students who receive Oklahoma Higher Learning Access

Program awards who are enrolled in technology center schools. The

data shall include the career areas in which the students are

enrolled.

B. The financial impact and enrollment impact of the Oklahoma

Higher Learning Access Program on two-year and four-year

institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education,

private institutions of higher learning located within this state

and accredited pursuant to Section 4103 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma

Statutes and technology center schools.

C. Data on Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program participants

who graduate from an institution of higher education within The

Oklahoma State System of Higher Education or a private institution

of higher learning located within this state and accredited pursuant

to Section 4103 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes or who attain a

certificate from a technology center school, including:

1. The number of participants who are residents of the state

one year after graduation or certificate attainment; and

2. The industry or career area in which the participant is

employed.

D. Data from surveys completed pursuant to the provisions of

subsection B of Section 2606 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-14-112 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-14-112
Agency for state
Status: in_force

The State Board of Career and Technology Education is hereby

specifically designated as the agency of this state to cooperate and

deal with any officer, board, or authority of the United States

Government which may require or recommend cooperation with any state

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board of vocational and technical education. The Board, unless

otherwise provided specifically by law, shall have no authority to

use or pledge funds of the state for cooperation without approval by

the Governor of the state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-159 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-159
Classification of revenues and expenditures
Status: in_force

Each fund shall be made up of accounts for classifying revenues

and expenditures. Revenues shall be classified separately by

source. Expenditures shall be classified into the dimensions

required by the State Department of Education or, for technology

center schools, the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology

Education.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4201 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4201
Establishment - Programs - Admission of nonresidents
Status: in_force

The Board of Education of any school district in this State may

provide educational facilities and programs above the twelfth grade

in an institution to be known as a Municipal Junior College.

Programs offered may include, but shall not be limited to,

vocational and adult education courses. Persons not residing in the

district may be admitted upon payment of fees established by the

Board of Education.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-101.3 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-101.3
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Section 6-101 et seq. of this title:

1. "Administrator" means a duly certified person who devotes a

majority of time to service as a superintendent, elementary

superintendent, principal, supervisor, vice principal or in any

other administrative or supervisory capacity in the school district;

2. "Dismissal" means the discontinuance of the teaching service

of an administrator or teacher during the term of a written

contract, as provided by law;

3. "Nonreemployment" means the nonrenewal of the contract of an

administrator or teacher upon expiration of the contract;

4. "Career teacher" means a teacher who:

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a. is employed by a school district prior to the 2017-

2018 school year and has completed three (3) or more

consecutive complete school years as a teacher in one

school district under a written continuing or

temporary teaching contract, or

b. is employed for the first time by a school district

under a written continuing or temporary teaching

contract during the 2017-2018 school year and

thereafter:

(1) has completed three (3) consecutive complete

school years as a teacher in one school district

under a written continuing or temporary teaching

contract and has achieved a district evaluation

rating of "superior" as measured pursuant to the

TLE as set forth in Section 6-101.16 of this

title for at least two (2) of the three (3)

school years,

(2) has completed four (4) consecutive complete

school years as a teacher in one school district

under a written continuing or temporary teaching

contract, has averaged a district evaluation

rating of at least "effective" as measured

pursuant to the TLE for the four-year period, and

has received district evaluation ratings of at

least "effective" for the last two (2) years of

the four-year period, or

(3) has completed four (4) or more consecutive

complete school years in one school district

under a written continuing or temporary teaching

contract and has not met the requirements of

subparagraph a or b of this paragraph, only if

the principal of the school at which the teacher

is employed submits a petition to the

superintendent of the school district requesting

that the teacher be granted career status, the

superintendent agrees with the petition, and the

school district board of education approves the

petition. The principal shall specify in the

petition the underlying facts supporting the

granting of career status to the teacher;

5. "Teacher hearing" means the hearing before a school district

board of education after a recommendation for dismissal or

nonreemployment of a teacher has been made but before any final

action is taken on the recommendation, held for the purpose of

affording the teacher all rights guaranteed by the United States

Constitution and the Constitution of Oklahoma under circumstances

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and for enabling the board to determine whether to approve or

disapprove the recommendation;

6. "Probationary teacher" means a teacher who:

a. is employed by a school district prior to the 2017-

2018 school year and has completed fewer than three

(3) consecutive complete school years as a teacher in

one school district under a written teaching contract,

or

b. is employed for the first time by a school district

under a written teaching contract during the 2017-2018

school year and thereafter and has not met the

requirements for career teacher as provided in

paragraph 4 of this section;

7. "Suspension" or "suspended" means the temporary

discontinuance of the services of an administrator or teacher, as

provided by law;

8. "Teacher" means a person defined as a teacher in Section 1-

116 of this title; and

9. "District evaluation rating" means the rating issued based

on the components of the TLE as set forth in subsection B of Section

6-101.16 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3407.4 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3407.4
Transfer of University Center of Southern Oklahoma to
Status: in_force

Murray State College at Ardmore.

A. The facility known as the University Center of Southern

Oklahoma in Ardmore, Oklahoma, is hereby transferred to Murray State

College and shall be known as "Murray State College at Ardmore".

The transfer shall include all real property, buildings, furniture,

equipment, supplies, records, assets, current and future

liabilities, fund balances, encumbrances, obligations, indebtedness,

legal agreements, powers, duties and responsibilities associated

with the University Center of Southern Oklahoma.

B. All monies remaining in any funds or accounts in the name of

the University Center of Southern Oklahoma or maintained for the

benefit of the University Center of Southern Oklahoma shall be

transferred to Murray State College.

C. The title to all buildings, improvements and real property,

as described in subsection A of this section, comprising the

facility known as the University Center of Southern Oklahoma in

Ardmore, Oklahoma, is hereby transferred to Murray State College at

Ardmore.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-820.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-820.1
Short title - Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act
Status: in_force

SHORT TITLE. This act shall be known and may be cited as the

"Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-132 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-132
Students of legal age - Completion of twelfth grade -
Status: in_force

Attendance at adult high school completion program.

A. Any person lawfully present in the United States and who is

of legal age and a resident of this state, over the age of twenty-

one (21) and under the age of thirty (30), and who has not completed

the twelfth grade in school shall be given the same educational

privileges and opportunities provided by law for children over the

age of five (5) and under the age of twenty-one (21), upon

submitting to the board of education of the school district in which

the person resides, or the board's designee, evidence satisfactory

to that board showing that during the time before he or she was age

twenty-one (21) he or she was unable to attend school for a definite

period or periods of time, by reason whereof it was impossible for

him or her to complete the twelfth grade before reaching the age of

twenty-one (21). Provided further, the pupil shall be counted in

the average daily attendance of the district where he or she attends

school during the period of time provided for in this section for

the purpose of calculating State Aid for the district. Provided

that, beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, persons applying for

and approved to attend school in accordance with the provisions of

this subsection shall only be eligible if such district offers a

full-time virtual education program and such persons only utilize

the full-time virtual education program option for the completion of

their high school education.

B. Any resident of the state who is age nineteen (19) or older,

who is not enrolled in any high school program, and who has not

completed the twelfth grade may attend any adult high school

completion program which is established by a school district and

approved by the State Board of Career and Technology Education if

such attendance has the approval of the district offering the

program. Such attendance shall not be counted in the average daily

attendance of the district unless the Legislature appropriates

monies for adult high school completion programs. Such attendance

shall not be counted to meet minimum numbers for accreditation of

the school district involved, and such students shall not attend

classes which are a part of the normal class structure of the

district.

C. A person subject to the provisions of subsection A or B of

this section shall not be required to take the student assessments

required by Section 1210.508 of this title and shall not be included

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in the reports required by Section 1210.545 or 24-120.1 of this

title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-149.4 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-149.4
False accusations of criminal activity against
Status: in_force

education employees - Penalties.

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person

eighteen (18) years of age or older who acts with specific intent in

making a false accusation of criminal activity against an education

employee to law enforcement authorities or school district

officials, or both, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon

conviction, punished by a fine of not more than Two Thousand Dollars

($2,000.00).

B. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any student

between seven (7) years of age and seventeen (17) years of age who

acts with specific intent in making a false accusation of criminal

activity against an education employee to law enforcement

authorities or school district officials, or both, shall, upon

conviction, at the discretion of the court, be subject to any of the

following:

1. Community service of a type and for a period of time to be

determined by the court; or

2. Any other sanction as the court in its discretion may deem

appropriate.

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to statements

regarding individuals elected or appointed to an educational entity.

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D. This section is in addition to and does not limit the civil

or criminal liability of a person who makes false statements

alleging criminal activity by another.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4516 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4516
School calendar
Status: in_force

The board of education of any school district operating pursuant

to the provisions of Section 4511 et seq. of this title shall

establish a school calendar whereby the teaching sessions and

vacation periods during the school year are on a rotating basis.

Each selected school shall be closed for all students and

employees on regular school holidays.

The schools and classes shall be conducted for a total of no

less than one hundred eighty (180) days or no less than one thousand

eighty (1,080) hours during the academic year as provided for in

Section 1-109 of this title.

The provisions of all other laws relating to compulsory full-

time education and the enrollment and attendance of pupils in the

kindergarten, elementary and secondary grades shall be applicable

with respect to the regular school days prescribed for the entire

academic year established for the school at which a program pursuant

to Section 4511 et seq. of this title is conducted, and to the

attendance area established for such school.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.508B — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.508B
Legislative findings — Purpose
Status: in_force

A. The Legislature finds that it is essential for children in

the public schools to read early and well in elementary school. The

Legislature further finds that clear and visible goals, assessments

to determine the reading level at each elementary school, use of a

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scientifically based and researched methodology in reading

instruction in addition to regular and periodic measurements of

elementary school reading improvement, and accountability in each

level of the educational system will result in a significant

increase in the number of children reading at or above grade level.

B. The purpose of the Strong Readers Act is to ensure that

progression from one grade to another is determined, in part, upon

proficiency in reading, that school district board of education

policies facilitate reading instruction and intervention services to

address student reading needs, and that each student and his or her

parent or legal guardian be informed of that student’s reading

progress.

C. Each public school district in this state shall ensure that

all students receive a well-rounded education that is focused on

building deep foundations in reading, writing, and mathematics. The

State Board of Education shall encourage school districts to

integrate the teaching of the other curricular areas in the subject

matter standards adopted by the Board with the instruction of

reading, writing, and mathematics. All teachers of reading in the

public schools in this state in kindergarten through third grade

shall incorporate into instruction the five elements of reading

instruction which are phonological awareness, decoding, fluency,

vocabulary, and comprehension.

D. It is the intent of the Legislature that beginning with the

2025-2026 school year, school districts and charter schools in this

state shall be prohibited from using the three-cueing system model

of teaching students to read. For the purposes of this section, the

“three-cueing system” means any model of teaching students to read

based on meaning, structure, syntax, and visual cues, which may also

be known as meaning, structure, and visual (MSV), balanced literacy,

or whole language.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3953 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3953
Oklahoma State Regents' Academic Scholars Trust Fund -
Status: in_force

Principal - Income and investment return - Administrative expenses.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1578

A. There is hereby created a trust fund to be known as the

"Oklahoma State Regents' Academic Scholars Trust Fund." The

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall be the trustees of

said Trust Fund.

B. The State Regents shall utilize said Trust Fund to implement

the provisions of Sections 4 through 10 of this act.

C. The Trust Fund principal shall consist of monies the

Legislature appropriates or transfers to the Oklahoma State Regents

for Higher Education for the Trust Fund and any monies or assets

contributed to the Trust Fund from any other source, public or

private.

D. Notwithstanding other provisions of law, income and

investment return on Trust Fund principal shall accrue to the Trust

Fund for use as provided by authorization of the trustees for the

purposes provided in Sections 4 through 10 of this act. The State

Regents may also utilize the Trust Fund principal for the purposes

provided in Sections 4 through 10 of this act. No such income or

investment return or principal shall be used for administrative

expenses; expenses incurred by the State Regents in the

administration of the Trust Fund and of the Oklahoma State Regents

Academic Scholarship Program established by this act shall be paid

from monies appropriated to the State Regents coordinating board for

their general operating budget.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1675 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1675
Change of name
Status: in_force

In the event the change is made by the State Regents, as

suggested in the preceding section, the present name of the

institution, "The Oklahoma College for Women," shall be changed to

"Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts."
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-103.6m — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-11-103.6m
Computer science programs rubric
Status: in_force

A. The State Department of Education shall develop by December

31, 2019, a rubric for computer science programs in elementary,

middle and high schools to serve as a guide to schools for

implementing quality computer science programs.

B. The rubric shall include but not be limited to the following

recommendations:

1. No less than one computer science course taught by a teacher

with a computer science certification at each school site, which may

include core content courses where computer science concepts are

integrated; and

2. Allowing all students to have access to career exploration

activities that address how computer science skills are utilized.

C. 1. Beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, all public high

schools and public charter high schools in this state shall offer a

minimum of one computer science course to students.

2. Beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, all public middle

and elementary schools and public charter middle and elementary

schools in this state shall offer instruction aligned to the

Oklahoma Academic Standards for Computer Science. Instruction may

be offered through stand-alone computer science courses or through

integration in other courses.

D. Each course or offering required by subsection C of this

section shall:

1. Be aligned to the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Computer

Science and current research-based instructional practices;

2. Be of high quality, as defined by the State Board of

Education; and

3. Be offered in an in-person setting or as a virtual or

distance course option only when a traditional classroom setting is

not feasible.

E. By June 30, 2025, and by June 30 each year thereafter, the

State Department of Education shall publish on its website a report

regarding computer science courses or content offered at each school

and district during the previous school year. The report shall

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include the names and course codes of computer science courses

offered in each school including a course description, to the extent

such information is available.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-619 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-619
Designation of fund
Status: in_force

The State Auditor and Inspector, Treasurer, Commissioners of the

Land Office, and all other officers of the state, are hereby

directed and required to use the term "Section Thirteen Fund State

Educational Institutions" upon all their records as the proper name

for designating the fund created by virtue of the Enabling Act and

the Constitution.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-102.6 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-102.6
Renumbered as § 6-101.14 of this title by Laws 1989,
Status: in_force

1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 118, operative July 1, 1990.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-108.4 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-11-108.4
Federal funds - Application
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education is authorized to apply for federal

funds for the purpose of establishing a program through which local

school districts may apply for grants to fund local youth community

service programs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3311.16 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3311.16
CLEET authority to conduct Basic Peace Officer
Status: in_force

Certification Academies and other law enforcement related training.

A. 1. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training

(CLEET) is authorized to conduct full-time Basic Peace Officer

Certification Academies and other law enforcement related training

for individuals not commissioned or appointed by a law enforcement

agency under rules established by the Council.

2. CLEET may establish and certify additional law enforcement

and criminal justice programs at state-supported technology center

schools in the State of Oklahoma operating under the State Board of

Career and Technology Education for teaching students between

sixteen (16) and nineteen (19) years of age. The tuition or fees

for law enforcement and criminal justice-related programs shall be

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similar in cost as other vocational and technical education courses

and subjects offered at technology center schools and shall be

determined by the State Board of Career and Technology Education.

B. The tuition or fees for attending the Basic Peace Officer

Certification Academies or other law enforcement related training

will be at a rate established by CLEET and approved by the Council.

Tuition or fees charged under this section shall be deposited in the

Peace Officer Revolving Fund established in Section 3311.7 of this

title.

C. Individuals not commissioned or appointed by a law

enforcement agency who are trained in the Basic Peace Officer

Certification Academies shall be required to meet minimum

requirements established for peace officers as set forth in Section

3311 of this title. Any fees relating to meeting these requirements

shall be the responsibility of the individual. Individuals applying

for the Academies shall be required to submit a fingerprint check to

CLEET prior to acceptance.

D. The Council is authorized to promulgate emergency rules to

effectuate the provisions of this section.

E. Upon successful completion of the Basic Peace Officer

Certification Academy, CLEET certification of the individual shall

become effective upon employment by an Oklahoma law enforcement

agency. Employment and certification must be obtained within two

(2) years of completion of the Basic Peace Officer Certification

Academy.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-103.6l — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-11-103.6l
Workforce Oklahoma Academic High School Diploma
Status: in_force

Recognition Act

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "2016

Workforce Oklahoma Academic High School Diploma Recognition Act".

B. Beginning with the 2020-2021 high school graduating class, a

school district may implement graduation recognitions for students

who have met the curricular requirements set forth in Section 11-

103.6d of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes and who have

participated in an approved program of study leading to a recognized

career and/or postsecondary education pathway. Such students may be

eligible for the following graduation recognitions on their standard

diploma:

1. "Recognition of highest academic distinction" for students

who achieve a cumulative high school grade point average of 3.75 or

higher on a 4.0 scale for all coursework performed in their career

pathway of choice, along with meeting state-recognized college

entrance requirements at the time of graduation;

2. "Recognition of academic honors" for students who achieve a

cumulative high school grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0

scale for all coursework performed in their career pathway of

choice, along with meeting state-recognized college entrance

requirements at the time of graduation; and

3. "Recognition of academic merit" for students who achieve a

cumulative high school grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0

scale for all coursework performed in their career pathway of

choice, along with meeting state-recognized college entrance

requirements at the time of graduation.

C. A graduation recognition awarded pursuant to this section

may be indicated upon the diploma and high school transcript of

those students who qualify for such status.

D. For the purposes of this section "approved programs of

study" shall mean those programs of study identified by the local

school district that shall include an identified sequence of courses

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 546

leading to career entry and/or postsecondary education. Approved

course sequences shall include at least six (6) credits within a

career pathway and shall include advanced placement courses, career

and technical science, technology, engineering and mathematics

(STEM) courses, concurrent enrollment college courses or a

combination of such courses that best prepare students for work or

further study in a career pathway of their choice.

E. The State Board of Education and the State Board of Career

and Technology Education shall promulgate rules necessary to

implement the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-149.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-149.2
Purpose of act
Status: in_force

The purpose of the School Protection Act is to provide teachers,

principals, and other school professionals the tools they need to

undertake reasonable actions to maintain order, discipline, and an

appropriate educational environment.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 405
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-160 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-160
Renumbered as § 6-191 of this title by Laws 1995, c
Status: in_force

322, § 34, eff. July 1, 1995.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-12-101 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-12-101
Program for audiovisual training
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall have authority to formulate,

establish and maintain and cause to be administered a program of

audiovisual education for the public schools of the state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-106 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3-106
Office - Books pertaining to office - Salary of
Status: in_force

Superintendent.

The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall have an

office at the seat of government where all books and papers

pertaining to the office of the Superintendent shall be kept. The

books and papers shall be kept and preserved in the office and

delivered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to a

successor. The Superintendent shall file and carefully preserve in

the office all official reports made to the Superintendent. The

salary of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be as

provided for in Section 250.4 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-820.14 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-820.14
Prohibited conduct
Status: in_force

PROHIBITED CONDUCT.

An athlete agent may not intentionally:

1. Give a student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a

parent or guardian of the athlete materially false or misleading

information or make a materially false promise or representation

with the intent to influence the athlete, parent or guardian to

enter into an agency contract;

2. Furnish a thing of value to the athlete or any other

individual, if to do so may result in the loss of the athlete's

eligibility to participate in the athlete's sport, unless:

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a. the agent notifies the athletic director of the

educational institution at which the athlete is

enrolled or at which the agent has reasonable grounds

to believe the athlete intends to enroll, not later

than seventy-two (72) hours after giving the thing of

value, and

b. the athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or

guardian of the athlete acknowledges to the agent in a

record that receipt of the thing of value may result

in the loss of the athlete's eligibility to

participate in the athlete's sport;

3. Initiate contact, directly or indirectly, with a student

athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the

athlete to recruit or solicit the athlete, parent or guardian to

enter an agency contract unless registered under the Revised Uniform

Athlete Agents Act;

4. Fail to create or retain or to permit inspection of the

records required by Section 13 of this act;

5. Fail to register when required by Section 4 of this act;

6. Provide materially false or misleading information in an

application for registration or renewal of registration;

7. Predate or postdate an agency contract;

8. Fail to notify a student athlete or, if the athlete is a

minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete before the athlete,

parent or guardian signs an agency contract for a particular sport

that the signing may result in the loss of the athlete's eligibility

to participate in the athlete's sport;

9. Encourage another individual to do any of the acts described

in paragraphs 1 through 8 of this section; or

10. Encourage another individual to assist any other individual

in doing any of the acts described in paragraphs 1 through 8 of this

section on behalf of the agent.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-18-153 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-18-153
Development and adoption of four-year capital
Status: in_force

improvement plan.

A. Each local school district shall develop and adopt a four-

year capital improvement plan for the public schools in the

district. Each local school district shall review and update their

plans annually. Capital improvement plans shall be based upon

guidelines developed by the State Department of Education.

B. The State Department of Education shall develop and the

State Board of Education shall adopt a statewide four-year capital

improvement master plan for the public common schools of this state.

The master plan shall be subject to the provisions of Section 308 of

Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-625.9 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-625.9
Administration transferred to Health Care Workforce
Status: in_force

Training Commission - Board of Trustees abolished.

The administration of the Oklahoma Rural Medical Education Loan

and Scholarship Fund is hereby transferred to the Health Care

Workforce Training Commission as established by law. All the

powers, duties, responsibilities, rules and regulations and

functions of the Board of Trustees of the Oklahoma Rural Medical

Education Scholarship Fund are hereby transferred to the Health Care

Workforce Training Commission and the Board of Trustees of the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1053

Oklahoma Rural Medical Education Scholarship Fund is hereby

abolished and terminated.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-108.3 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-11-108.3
Program development - Assistance from State Board of
Status: in_force

Education.

The State Board of Education may assist school districts with

the development of youth community service programs by:

1. Establishing and maintaining a list of acceptable projects

with a description of each project, and providing for projects to be

placed on the list upon proper application by the local district and

evaluation by the State Department of Education;

2. Verifying that community sponsors have filed assurances with

the Department of Education that youth community services students

are not displacing employees or reducing the hours for which any

employee is paid;

3. Assisting school districts in publicizing the youth

community service program and in determining whether there is

sufficient interest in the district to warrant a youth community

service program;

4. Monitoring districts to assure that youth community service

programs are established in districts where interest warrants;

5. Evaluating local youth community service programs;

6. Developing in-service training components to be used by

local districts for preparation of youth community service program

faculty sponsors;

7. Assisting local districts in applying for grants from

private or governmental sources for youth community service

programs; and

8. For the purpose of implementing this act the State Board of

Education shall utilize only grants from private and governmental

sources.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-101.29 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-101.29
Immediate suspension - Compensation and benefits -
Status: in_force

Hearing for dismissal.

Whenever the superintendent of a school district has reason to

believe that cause exists for the dismissal of a teacher and is of

the opinion that the immediate suspension of the teacher would be in

the best interests of the children in the district, the

superintendent or the local board of education upon receiving

recommendation for suspension from the superintendent may suspend

the teacher without notice or hearing. However, the suspension

shall not deprive the teacher of any compensation or other benefits

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 363

to which otherwise entitled. Within ten (10) days' time after the

suspension becomes effective, the local board of education shall

initiate a hearing for dismissal pursuant to law.

However, in a case involving a criminal charge or indictment,

the suspension may extend until the case for the teacher is finally

adjudicated at trial. The extension shall not include any appeal

process.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4002.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4002.2
Construction of communications and telecommunications
Status: in_force

network - Revenue bonds.

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are hereby

authorized to issue revenue bonds in the sum not to exceed Two

Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) for the purpose of planning and

constructing a communications and telecommunications network and the

purchase of necessary equipment for the use of The State System of

Higher Education and state government generally.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-17-122.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-17-122.1
Qualification as retired teachers' organization
Status: in_force

To qualify as a retired teachers’ organization pursuant to

Section 17-122 of this title, the organization shall be primarily

organized for the purpose of representing the interests of retired

teachers in this state and providing member benefits.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3801 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3801
Claremore Junior College - Location
Status: in_force

The state educational institution located at Claremore,

presently known and designated as Claremore Junior College, shall

continue in the same location and its official name hereafter shall

be Rogers State College. Any reference in the statutes to the

Oklahoma Military Academy or Claremore Junior College shall be

deemed a reference to Rogers State College.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-820.6 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-820.6
Certificate of registration - Issuance or denial -
Status: in_force

Renewal.

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION; ISSUANCE OR DENIAL; RENEWAL.

A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this

section, the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of

registration to an applicant for registration who complies with

subsection A of Section 5 of this act.

B. The Secretary of State may refuse to issue a certificate of

registration to an applicant for registration under subsection A of

Section 5 of this act if the Secretary of State determines that the

applicant has engaged in conduct that significantly adversely

reflects on the applicant's fitness to act as an athlete agent. In

making the determination, the Secretary of State may consider

whether the applicant has:

1. Pleaded guilty or no contest to, has been convicted of, or

has charges pending for, a crime that would involve moral turpitude

or be a felony if committed in this state;

2. Made a materially false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent

representation in the application or as an athlete agent;

3. Engaged in conduct that would disqualify the applicant from

serving in a fiduciary capacity;

4. Engaged in conduct prohibited by Section 14 of this act;

5. Had a registration as an athlete agent suspended, revoked or

denied in any state;

6. Been refused renewal of registration as an athlete agent in

any state;

7. Engaged in conduct resulting in imposition of a sanction,

suspension or declaration of ineligibility to participate in an

interscholastic, intercollegiate or professional athletic event on a

student athlete or a sanction on an educational institution; or

8. Engaged in conduct that adversely reflects on the

applicant's credibility, honesty or integrity.

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C. In making a determination under subsection B of this

section, the Secretary of State shall consider:

1. How recently the conduct occurred;

2. The nature of the conduct and the context in which it

occurred; and

3. Other relevant conduct of the applicant.

D. An athlete agent registered under subsection A of this

section may apply to renew the registration by submitting an

application for renewal in a form prescribed by the Secretary of

State. The applicant shall sign the application for renewal under

penalty of perjury and include current information on all matters

required in an original application for registration.

E. An athlete agent registered under subsection C of Section 5

of this act may renew the registration by proceeding under

subsection D of this section or, if the registration in the other

state has been renewed, by submitting to the Secretary of State

copies of the application for renewal in the other state and the

renewed registration from the other state. The Secretary of State

shall renew the registration if the Secretary of State determines:

1. The registration requirements of the other state are

substantially similar to or more restrictive than the Revised

Uniform Athlete Agents Act; and

2. The renewed registration has not been suspended or revoked

and no action involving the individual's conduct as an athlete agent

is pending against the individual or the individual's registration

in any state.

F. A certificate of registration or renewal of registration

under the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act is valid for two (2)

years.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1722 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1722
Purposes of school
Status: in_force

The purposes of the Oklahoma School for the Blind shall be to:

1. Provide academic, vocational, social/emotional, and cultural

instruction as well as independent living skills and transitional

needs for children who are blind or visually impaired; and

2. Serve as a statewide resource center for educational

services for children who are blind or visually impaired.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2631 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2631
Purpose
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the Oklahoma Tuition Equalization Grant

Program. The purpose of this program is to maximize use of existing

educational resources and facilities within this state, both public

and private. To accomplish this purpose, the Oklahoma State Regents

for Higher Education are authorized to award Oklahoma Tuition

Equalization Grants to Oklahoma residents enrolled as undergraduate

students in a private or independent institution of higher education

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that is located in this state and approved by the State Regents

pursuant to this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-7-203.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-7-203.1
Determination of number of districts intending to
Status: in_force

annex or consolidate - Transfer of funds when qualified combined

districts is two or less.

Beginning July 1, 2006, and each year thereafter, the State

Board of Education shall determine the number of districts that

notified the Board of their intent to annex or consolidate by June

30 of the previous fiscal year. If the Board determines the number

of qualified combined districts to be two or less, the Board is

authorized to transfer up to one-half of the funds transferred to

the School Consolidation Assistance Fund for that fiscal year for

allocation to the Financial Support of Public Schools for

distribution to school districts in the State Aid Formula, provided

in Section 18-200.1 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The State

Board of Education is further authorized to transfer up to one-half

of the funds not allocated to school districts for annexation or

consolidation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, for

allocation to the Financial Support of Public Schools.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3970.12 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3970.12
Effective date for opening of accounts
Status: in_force

No account under the Oklahoma College Savings Program shall be

opened prior to January 1, 1999, and until the Board of Trustees of

the Oklahoma College Savings Plan determines it is appropriate.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-122.10 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-122.10
Issuance of two-year provisional certificate to teach
Status: in_force

in the area of severe-profound disabilities.

A. The State Board of Education shall issue a two-year

provisional certificate in the area of severe-profound disabilities

to any individual who has:

1. Obtained a standard certificate in the area of mild-moderate

disabilities;

2. Been recommended for a certificate in the area of severe-

profound disabilities by a school district board of education; and

3. Submitted an application and payment of the required

certification fee.

B. An individual who completes the requirements of subsection A

of this section may be eligible to receive a standard certificate in

the area of severe-profound disabilities upon completion of:

1. A micro-credentialing program in the area of severe-profound

disabilities approved by the State Board of Education. The micro-

credentialing program shall include competencies described in

Section 6-187 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes; or

2. The subject area competency examination required by Section

6-187 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3516 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3516
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Status: in_force

Southwestern State College, located at Weatherford, Oklahoma, is

hereby officially named and shall be designated in all future

references as "Southwestern Oklahoma State University."
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-625.4a — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-625.4a
Health Care Workforce Training Commission Revolving
Status: in_force

Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Health Care Workforce Training Commission to be designated

the "Health Care Workforce Training Commission Revolving Fund". The

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

limitations and shall consist of all payments received by the

Commission pursuant to Sections 625.3 and 625.10a of this title.

All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby

appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Health Care

Workforce Training Commission for any expenses incurred in the

implementation of its duties. 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, § 70-1-125 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1-125
Restrooms in public schools
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section:

1. "Sex" means the physical condition of being male or female

based on genetics and physiology, as identified on the individual’s

original birth certificate;

2. "Multiple occupancy restroom or changing area" means an area

in a public school or public charter school building designed or

designated to be used by more than one individual at a time, where

individuals may be in various stages of undress in the presence of

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other individuals. The term may include but is not limited to a

school restroom, locker room, changing room, or shower room;

3. "Coach" means a person employed by a public school district

or public charter school who is involved in the teaching or training

of students participating in a school-sponsored athletic activity;

and

4. "School-sponsored athletic activity" means a sporting event

that is supported and affiliated with the school such as games,

matches, and tournaments.

B. To ensure privacy and safety, each public school and public

charter school that serves students in prekindergarten through

twelfth grades in this state shall require every multiple occupancy

restroom or changing area designated as follows:

1. For the exclusive use of the male sex; or

2. For the exclusive use of the female sex.

C. Each public school or public charter school in this state

shall provide a reasonable accommodation to any individual who does

not wish to comply with the provisions of subsection B of this

section. A reasonable accommodation shall be access to a single-

occupancy restroom or changing room.

D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to

individuals entering a multiple occupancy restroom or changing area

designated for use by the opposite sex when entering in any of the

following circumstances:

1. For custodial, maintenance, or inspection purposes;

2. To render emergency medical assistance; or

3. If a suitable meeting room or area is not available, a coach

may enter a locker room before, during, or after a school-sponsored

athletic activity, provided:

a. all students present are fully clothed,

b. the coach shall be accompanied by at least one

additional adult at all times, and

c. if the coach is the opposite sex of the students

present, the coach shall be accompanied by at least

one adult of the same sex as the students present.

The adult shall not be a current high school student.

E. 1. Each school district board of education and public

charter school governing board shall adopt a policy to provide

disciplinary action for individuals who refuse to comply with the

provisions of this section.

2. No school district board of education or charter school

governing board shall adopt a policy contrary to the provisions of

this section.

F. Upon a finding of noncompliance with the provisions of

subsections B, C, and D of this section by the State Board of

Education, the noncompliant school district or public charter school

shall receive a five percent (5%) decrease in state funding for the

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school district or public charter school for the fiscal year

following the year of noncompliance.

G. A parent or legal guardian of a student enrolled in and

physically attending a public school district or public charter

school shall have a cause of action against the public school

district or public charter school for noncompliance with the

provisions of subsections B, C, and D of this section.

H. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules to

implement the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-104.5 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3-104.5
Plan of Educational Development and Improvement -
Status: in_force

Submission to State Board of Education - Rules - Approval or

rejection of plan.

A. The board of education of every elementary school district

and independent school district that has not filed notification with

the State Board of Education by November 1, 1990, of intent to annex

or consolidate shall submit a Plan of Educational Development and

Improvement to the State Board of Education by May 1, 1991. Said

plan shall be submitted in compliance with rules which shall be

promulgated by the State Board by April 1, 1990, for the purpose of

obtaining information the State Board will need to determine whether

such district can be expected to make satisfactory progress toward

meeting the requirements of this act with resources available and

reasonably anticipated. To the greatest possible extent, said rules

shall be written to enable districts to make use of materials

prepared for submittal of the districts' four-year plans pursuant to

Section 3-104.2 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes and of other

plans or reports required by statutes or State Board regulations.

Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting subsequent rule

changes made pursuant to the requirements of the Oklahoma

Administrative Procedures Act, Section 250 et seq. of Title 75 of

the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. The State Board shall approve each such plan submitted

within three (3) months of receipt of the plan. If the board

rejects the plan, it shall assist the district in revising its plan

or reconsidering the decision not to file notification of intent to

consolidate or annex. Approval shall mean that the State Board has

no reasonable doubt that the district will achieve and maintain full

compliance with all the provisions of this act on schedule. Plans

approved shall be implemented by the local board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-18-114.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-18-114.2
Tradesmen or technicians - Qualification for
Status: in_force

increment.

To qualify for the yearly One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)

increment as provided by the Oklahoma Statutes a tradesman or

technician not having a college degree who is employed as an

instructor in an approved vocational trade and industrial program

shall complete eight (8) college hours each year until graduation or

such other training courses as may be approved by the Oklahoma State

Board for Vocational Education.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-150 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-150
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "School District

Budget Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-104 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3-104
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 70-3-104v1 (SB 553, Laws 2025, c. 101, § 1)

OS 70-3-104v2 (HB 1277, Laws 2025, c. 445, § 1)
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3242 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3242
Eligibility for enrollment and resident tuition -
Status: in_force

Immigrant status - Scholarships and financial aid.

A. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education may adopt a

policy which allows a student to enroll in an institution within The

Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and allows a student to be

eligible for resident tuition if the student:

1. Graduated from a public or private high school in this

state; and

2. Resided in this state with a parent or legal guardian while

attending classes at a public or private high school in this state

for at least two (2) years prior to graduation.

B. To be eligible for the provisions of subsection A of this

section, an eligible student shall:

1. Satisfy admission standards as determined by the Oklahoma

State Regents for Higher Education for the appropriate type of

institution and have secured admission to, and enrolled in, an

institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education;

and

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2. If the student cannot present to the institution valid

documentation of United States nationality or an immigration status

permitting study at a postsecondary institution:

a. provide to the institution a copy of a true and

correct application or petition filed with the United

States Citizenship and Immigration Services to

legalize the student’s immigration status, or

b. file an affidavit with the institution stating that

the student will file an application to legalize his

or her immigration status at the earliest opportunity

the student is eligible to do so, but in no case later

than:

(1) one (1) year after the date on which the student

enrolls for study at the institution, or

(2) if there is no formal process to permit children

of parents without lawful immigration status to

apply for lawful status without risk of

deportation, one (1) year after the date the

United States Citizenship and Immigration

Services provide such a formal process, and

c. if the student files an affidavit pursuant to

subparagraph b of this paragraph, present to the

institution a copy of a true and correct application

or petition filed with the United States Citizenship

and Immigration Services no later than:

(1) one (1) year after the date on which the student

enrolls for study at the institution, or

(2) if there is no formal process to permit children

of parents without lawful immigration status to

apply for lawful status without risk of

deportation, one (1) year after the date the

United States Citizenship and Immigration

Services provide such a formal process, which

copy shall be maintained in the institution's

records for that student.

C. Any student who completes the required criteria prescribed

in subsection A of this section, paragraph 1 of subsection B of this

section, and subparagraph a of paragraph 2 of subsection B of this

section shall not be disqualified on the basis of the student’s

immigration status from any scholarships or financial aid provided

by this state.

D. The provisions of this section shall not impose any

additional conditions to maintain resident tuition status at a

postsecondary educational institution within The Oklahoma State

System of Higher Education on a student who was enrolled in a degree

program and first received such resident tuition status at that

institution during the 2006-2007 school year or any prior year.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1455
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.306 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.306
Teachers and instructors - Qualifications
Status: in_force

The State Board shall adopt criteria for qualifications for

teachers of gifted and talented children, as well as criteria for

special enrichment program instructors who may be professionals in

fields other than education.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-14-105 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-14-105
Courses of instruction and training - State Career-
Status: in_force

Technology Fund.

The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education may

operate and maintain, or otherwise provide for, courses of

instruction and training in vocational and technical education

courses and subjects, and charge students reasonable tuition fees

for such instruction or training. The fees shall be deposited in a

special fund, which is hereby created, to be known as the State

Career-Technology Fund. The fund may be used to pay expenses

incurred by the Department in operating and maintaining such

classes, and payment therefrom may be upon vouchers signed by a

person or persons designated by the State Board of Career and

Technology Education. The fund may also be used for the operation

of the Multi-State Academic Vocational Curriculum Consortium (MAVCC)

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 643

for the purpose of developing and disseminating curriculum materials

for the member states.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-14-129 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-14-129
Rules
Status: in_force

The State Board of Career and Technology Education shall

promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-14-122 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-14-122
Regulations concerning eligibility for service
Status: in_force

programs.

The superintendent, in consultation with the director of the

service center, shall establish regulations concerning the

eligibility of persons for the job training and other programs of

the multipurpose service center, the level of stipends, if any, for

the job training programs, and such other matters as the

superintendent deems necessary to carry out the purpose of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3315.4 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3315.4
Evaluation of recommended areas - Criteria
Status: in_force

All potential natural areas recommended for inclusion in the

State Register shall be evaluated by the Oklahoma Biological

Survey, as required by Section 3 of this act, according to the

following criteria:

1. The diversity of flora and fauna;

2. The quality and viability of the occurrence of the element

of natural diversity;

3. The absence of damaging land uses and the extent of historic

disturbances;

4. The potential for sustained protection and management of the

element of natural diversity;

5. The presence of additional elements of natural diversity not

adequately represented in other registered natural areas; and

6. The significance of the educational and scientific values of

the element of natural diversity.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-21-105.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-21-105.1
Education and training programs to be considered for
Status: in_force

licensure.

A. The existence of a private school, for the purpose of

requiring a state authorization license to be obtained, shall be

determined by the education or training program that is offered or

proposed to be offered and such other school attributes as

enumerated by the Legislature or the Oklahoma Board of Private

Vocational Schools.

B. Training and education programs to be considered for state

authorization licensure include:

1. Training or education that pertains to a business,

professional, trade or industrial occupation or vocational-technical

field that may result in the receipt of a degree, diploma or

certificate;

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2. Improvement or enhancement of specific or general business

skills that may be used in one or more occupations;

3. Preparing a person to instruct subject matter that might

otherwise not require private school licensing, such as a

recreational, avocational or hobby activity, if the future

instructor's training may result in the future teacher receiving

remuneration for the training he or she will offer; and

4. Providing a program of prelicensing or exam preparation when

not licensed or approved by another state agency.

C. Training or education to be licensed for state authorization

by the Board may include a program that is offered through:

1. Traditional classrooms;

2. Short-term programs such as a seminar or workshop that does

not qualify for an exemption from licensing and offers to improve or

enhance specific or general business skills that may be used in one

or more occupations;

3. Correspondence; and

4. Distance education.

D. An entity shall be treated as a school for purposes of

licensing regardless of whether the entity:

1. Identifies itself as a school or other similar term;

2. Owns, rents or leases a physical facility or has physical

space donated to conduct classes or to host a correspondence or

distance education program;

3. Possesses any specific tax status granted by the Internal

Revenue Service or a state's taxation authority; or

4. Proposes funding that may or may not be limited to receiving

monies or other consideration through the U.S. Department of

Education's Title IV or other federal mechanisms, privately paid

tuition, student loans, grants, scholarships or receipt of other

consideration.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.196.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.196.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Diabetes Management in Schools Act:

1. “Diabetes medical management plan” means a document

developed by the personal health care team of a student that sets

out the health services that may be needed by the student at school

and is signed by the personal health care team and the parent or

guardian of the student;

2. “School” means a public elementary or secondary school. The

term shall not include a charter school established pursuant to

Section 3-132 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. “School nurse” means a certified school nurse as defined in

Section 1-116 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a registered

nurse contracting with the school to provide school health services,

or a public health nurse; and

4. “Volunteer diabetes care assistant” means a school employee

who has volunteered to be a diabetes care assistant and who has

successfully completed the training required by Section 6 of this

act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.273 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.273
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Regional Education Service Center Act, except as

the context may otherwise require:

1. "Regional education service centers" means educational,

administrative, service and evaluation centers, hereinafter referred

to as "centers" or "service centers";

2. "Department" means the State Department of Education;

3. "Board" means the Oklahoma State Board of Education;

4. "IDEA" means the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

(IDEA), P.L. No. 101-476;

5. "Educational screening" means the implementation of accepted

procedures for identification of children who may have special

learning needs and may be eligible for special education and related

services in accordance with the IDEA;

6. "Evaluation" means procedures used in accordance with

federal laws and regulations to determine whether a child has a

disability and the nature and extent of the special education and

related services that the child needs. The term means procedures

used selectively with an individual child and does not include basic

tests administered to or procedures used with all children in a

school, grade, or class. Provided, however, that no child shall be

initially evaluated whose parent or legal guardian has not filed a

written consent for such evaluation with the local board of

education; and

7. "Readiness screening" means the implementation of procedures

for assessing readiness for first grade as provided in Section

1210.282 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.508D — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.508D
Funding
Status: in_force

A. Contingent on the provision of appropriated funds designated

for the Strong Readers Act, school districts may be allocated monies

for each enrolled kindergarten student or first-, second-, and

third-grade student of the current school year who is found to be in

need of remediation or intensive intervention services in reading.

The allocation shall be distributed to each school district upon

approval of the strong readers plan for the school district by the

State Board of Education and the submittal of a child-count report

to the State Department of Education that details the number of

students identified as needing remediation or intensive intervention

services in reading. To determine a per-student allocation amount,

the total amount of funds available for allocation each year shall

be divided by the total number of students in the state identified

as in need of remediation or intensive intervention services in

reading as provided for in Section 1210.508C of this title. Each

school district shall be allocated an amount equal to the per-

student allocation amount multiplied by the number of identified

students enrolled in the school district.

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

receiving more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00)

pursuant to subsection A of this section shall spend no less than

ten percent (10%) to provide professional development for teachers

teaching prekindergarten through grade five. The professional

development shall include training in the science of reading

including how students learn to read; training in providing explicit

and systematic instruction in phonological awareness, decoding,

fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension; implementing reading

strategies that research has shown to be successful in improving

reading among students with reading difficulties; and instructional

materials required for implementation.

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C. By June 30, 2022, the Department shall approve and publish a

list of professional development programs that are evidence-based

and directly address the cognitive science of how students learn to

read for which districts are permitted to use the funds received

under this section.

D. If a teacher attends and completes a professional

development institute in elementary reading approved by the

Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability during the

summer or when school is not in session, the teacher may receive a

stipend equal to the amount of the cost for a substitute teacher,

based on the amount of funds allocated.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-104.8 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-104.8
Paid maternity leave
Status: in_force

A. 1. Full-time employees of a public school district in this

state who have been employed by the school district for at least one

year and have worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250)

hours during the preceding twelve-month period;

2. Persons employed full time as classroom instructional

employees of technology center school districts supervised by the

State Board of Career and Technology Education who have been

employed by the technology center school district for at least one

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year and have worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250)

hours during the preceding twelve-month period;

3. Persons employed as teachers by the State Department of

Rehabilitation Services who have been employed by the State

Department of Rehabilitation Services for at least one year and have

worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) hours during

the preceding twelve-month period;

4. Persons employed full time as correctional teachers or

vocational instructors by the Department of Corrections pursuant to

Section 510.6a of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes who have been

employed by a Department of Corrections facility for at least one

year and have worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250)

hours during the preceding twelve-month period; and

5. Persons employed full time as teachers by the Office of

Juvenile Affairs who have been employed by an Office of Juvenile

Affairs facility for at least one year and have worked at least one

thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) hours during the preceding

twelve-month period,

shall be entitled to six (6) weeks of paid maternity leave following

the birth of the employee's child. The six (6) weeks of paid

maternity leave shall be used immediately following the birth of the

school district employee's child.

B. 1. Paid maternity leave provided pursuant to paragraphs 1,

2, and 3 of subsection A of this section shall be in addition to and

not in place of sick leave due to pregnancy, as authorized by

Section 6-104 of this title.

2. Paid maternity leave provided pursuant to paragraph 4 of

subsection A of this section shall be in addition to and not in

place of sick leave due to pregnancy, as authorized by Section

510.6a of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

3. Paid maternity leave provided pursuant to paragraph 5 of

subsection A of this section shall be in addition to and not in

place of sick leave due to pregnancy, as authorized by Section 2-7-

202 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. 1. Employees described in subsection A of this section

shall have the right to utilize accrued sick leave to extend the

duration of their maternity leave beyond the six (6) weeks provided

by this section. Such sick leave may be used for recovery from

childbirth, bonding with a newborn, or caring for a newborn, and

shall not require additional approval from a school board or

employer, provided the employee has sufficient sick leave to cover

the extended duration. Sick leave used pursuant to this subsection

shall not exceed six (6) weeks, unless a licensed medical

professional provides written certification recommending additional

leave for medical necessity related to the employee's recovery from

child birth, or for the care of the newborn, to achieve a combined

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twelve (12) weeks of FMLA leave in accordance with paragraph 2 of

this subsection.

2. An employee seeking to use sick leave to extend the duration

of their maternity leave shall notify their employer in accordance

with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). FMLA leave

shall run concurrently with the paid sick leave extended duration.

D. An employee who takes maternity leave pursuant to the

provisions of subsection A of this section shall not be deprived of

any compensation or other benefits to which the employee is

otherwise entitled.

E. Each fiscal year, the Legislature shall appropriate adequate

funding to the Public School Paid Maternity Leave Revolving Fund

created in Section 6-104.9 of this title for the purpose of

providing paid maternity leave to eligible school district employees

pursuant to paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section. If the

Legislature does not appropriate adequate funding specifically for

the purpose of providing paid maternity leave to school district

employees, the State Board of Education shall allocate from the

funds appropriated to the State Board of Education for the support

of public school activities an amount to fully fund paid maternity

leave.

F. The State Board of Education, the State Board of Career and

Technology Education, the Commission for Rehabilitation Services,

the State Board of Corrections, and the Board of Juvenile Affairs

may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4101 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4101
Establishment
Status: in_force

Any person or persons, group, or other entity, establishing a

private educational institution shall do so only as a corporation

organized or domesticated under the laws of Oklahoma.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-23-122 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-23-122
Authority must report to Legislature
Status: in_force

The Authority shall make and submit to the Legislature, on or

before December 31 of each year, a full report showing projects

under construction and in operation, planned projects, and the

financial condition of the Authority, and such other information as

the Legislature shall require.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-101.8 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-101.8
Restrictions on attorneys involved in due process
Status: in_force

hearings.

An attorney, representative, or other designee of the school

district who has represented or represents a school district or the

administration of a school district at a hearing held for the

purpose of affording due process rights and requirements for an

administrator as provided for in Section 6-101.13 of Title 70 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, a teacher as provided for in Section 6-101.26 of

Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a support employee as provided

for in Section 6-101.46 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes or who

has been involved or participated in any prehearing actions of the

school district with respect to a recommendation for the termination

of employment or nonreemployment of an administrator, teacher, or

support employee shall not:

1. Conduct or preside as the hearing officer or judge at a due

process hearing or hearings; and

2. Attend, advise at, or in any way influence an executive

session of the school district board of education that is held in

conjunction with a due process hearing or hearings if the attorney,

representative, or other designee of the school district conducted

or presided over the due process hearing or hearings as the hearing

officer or judge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-697.16 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-697.16
Future appointments of personnel to be in unclassified
Status: in_force

service.

All future appointments of personnel to the Health Care

Workforce Training Commission shall be in the unclassified service.

Any classified employee occupying a position on the Commission prior

to July 1, 2022, shall retain the right to remain in the classified

service. However, at the time such position becomes vacant, it

shall be placed in the unclassified service.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.200 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.200
Short title - Availability of automated external
Status: in_force

defibrillators in schools.

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

Eckles and Luke Davis Automated External Defibrillators in Schools

Act”.

B. Contingent upon the availability of federal funding or

donations from private organizations or persons made for this

purpose, each school district shall make automated external

defibrillators, as defined in Section 5A of Title 76 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, available at each school site in the district. The school

district may also make automated external defibrillators available

at each high school athletic practice or competition in the

district.

C. A school district that makes automated external

defibrillators available in schools or on school district property

pursuant to this section shall use the guidelines set by a

nationally recognized, guidelines-based organization focused on

emergency cardiovascular care in determining placement of automated

external defibrillators on school district property and their

routine maintenance needs.

D. Any school district that makes automated external

defibrillators available in schools or on school district property

shall be immune from civil liability for personal injury which

results from the use of the device, except for acts of gross

negligence or willful wanton misconduct in accordance with Section

5A of Title 76 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

E. The State Department of Education shall develop and make

available to school districts a list of private organizations or

persons willing to make donations or that have resources available

to schools for this purpose, federal programs or grants, and any

other source of funding that school districts may use to purchase

automated external defibrillators. The Department shall also

provide public recognition for private organizations or persons that

provide funding to school districts for the purpose of purchasing

automated external defibrillators.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-104.10 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-104.10
Education Employee Paid Maternity Leave Revolving
Status: in_force

Fund.

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

fund for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to be

designated the “Education Employee Paid Maternity Leave Revolving

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 Management and Enterprise Services from state

appropriations. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are

hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Office

of Management and Enterprise Services for the purpose of reimbursing

agencies for expenses related to providing paid maternity leave as

provided for in subsection B of this section. 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. The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education,

State Department of Rehabilitation Services, the Department of

Corrections, and the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall file claims

with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services for reimbursement of expenses related to providing eligible

employees with paid maternity leave as provided for in Section 1 of

this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.212 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.212
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the 24/7 Tobacco-free Schools Act:

1. "Chewing tobacco" means any Cavendish, twist, plug, scrap,

and any other kinds and forms of tobacco suitable for chewing;

2. "Educational facility" shall mean any property, building,

permanent structure, facility, auditorium, stadium, arena or

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recreational facility owned, leased or under the control of a public

school district or private school located in the state. For

purposes of this act, a public school district shall not include a

technology center school district;

3. "School vehicle" means any transportation equipment or

auxiliary transportation equipment as defined in Section 9-104 of

Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

4. "Smoking tobacco" shall mean any granulated, plug cut, crimp

cut, ready rubbed, and any other kinds and forms of tobacco suitable

for smoking in a pipe or cigarette;

5. "Tobacco product" shall mean any bidis, cigars, cheroots,

stogies, smoking tobacco and chewing tobacco, however prepared.

Tobacco products shall include any other articles or products made

of tobacco or any substitute thereof; and

6. "Vapor product" shall mean noncombustible products, that may

or may not contain nicotine, that employ a mechanical heating

element, battery, electronic circuit or other mechanism, regardless

of shape or size, that can be used to produce a vapor in a solution

or other form. "Vapor products" shall include any vapor cartridge

or other container with or without nicotine or other form that is

intended to be used with an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar,

electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe or similar product or device

and any vapor cartridge or other container of a solution, that may

or may not contain nicotine, that is intended to be used with or in

an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo or

electronic device. "Vapor products" do not include any products

regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration under

Chapter V of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3205.12 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3205.12
Committee duties
Status: in_force

The duties of the Oklahoma Free Speech Committee shall be to:

1. Review the free speech policies of Oklahoma public

universities;

2. Review any free speech complaints filed with the Committee

following Section 4 of this act;

3. Review university training on free speech for improvements;

and

4. Make recommendations to the universities on improvements to

free speech policies and training.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3970.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3970.2
Purpose
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this act, given the cost of higher

education, the importance of encouraging savings for tuition, and

the correlation of economic growth and education, to permit

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Oklahomans to benefit from tax benefits for qualified college

savings programs allowed by federal law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-24-100.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-24-100.1
Prevention of violence services
Status: in_force

A. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage and assist

the public schools of this state to address school violence through

an emphasis on prevention. Preventative services shall be

encouraged through greater access to mental health counseling and

social services for students. In order to make licensed

professional counselors and licensed social workers more available

and accessible on site, school districts may:

1. Contract with and allocate space for nonprofit agencies or

other community-based service providers for the appropriate

personnel and services;

2. Seek any available funding, including the use of Medicaid

funds for students who are Medicaid eligible through targeted case

management, and any other funding which may be available for related

services; and

3. Encourage the State Board of Education to allow for the use

of licensed professional counselors and licensed social workers in

addition to academic counselors.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-103.12 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-11-103.12
Short title - Health Education Act
Status: in_force

A. Sections 1 through 3 of this act shall be known and may be

cited as the "Health Education Act".

B. The purpose of this act is to:

1. Ensure students receive instruction in health, particularly

at an early age when habits are formed;

2. Support the health and well-being of children that have been

affected by traumatic experiences;

3. Improve academic outcomes for students; and

4. Improve the overall health outcomes of Oklahoma's

population.

C. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to

implement the provisions of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3218.7 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3218.7
Waiver of tuition for children of peace officers or
Status: in_force

firefighters killed in line of duty.

A. Within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, 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, § 70-4673 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4673
University of Oklahoma/Oklahoma State University Graduate
Status: in_force

Center at Tulsa - Establishment and funding.

A. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall

establish the University of Oklahoma/Oklahoma State University

Graduate Center at Tulsa (OU/OSU Graduate Center at Tulsa). The

Center shall be directly funded by the Oklahoma State Regents for

Higher Education and the Center shall be subject to its direction

for final approval of programs and courses of study. There shall be

a joint admissions committee composed of five faculty members

appointed by the University of Oklahoma and five faculty members

appointed by Oklahoma State University. The president of the

University of Oklahoma shall serve as chair and the president of

Oklahoma State University shall serve as vice-chair for the first

year of operation of the Center. After one year the positions of

chair and vice-chair shall rotate annually between presidents of the

two institutions. The chair shall appoint the provost with the

approval of the vice-chair.

B. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall

appropriate funds to the University of Oklahoma for the operation of

the programs of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and

for the programs designated by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education to be offered in Tulsa by the College. These programs

shall be under the operational control of the University of

Oklahoma.

C. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall

appropriate funds to Oklahoma State University for the operation of

the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and

for any programs designated by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education to be offered in Tulsa by the College. These programs

shall be under the operational control of Oklahoma State University.

D. A joint consortium for research shall be established as a

part of the OU/OSU Graduate Center at Tulsa.

E. Any curricula offered by the University of Oklahoma and

Oklahoma State University at the graduate or professional level may

be offered by the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State

University.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-13-115.3 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-13-115.3
Educational interpreters - Educational and experience
Status: in_force

requirements.

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person who

functions as an educational interpreter in a public school shall

have the interpersonal skills to work effectively and

collaboratively with staff and students within the instructional

setting as well as a comprehensive, general knowledge of academic

subjects and current events, educational processes and organization,

principles and practices of special education, aspects and issues of

deaf culture, and have:

1. Completed an interpreter training program;

2. Attained a bachelor’s degree; or

3. Worked three (3) or more years in an area related to the

field of deaf education.

B. In addition to the requirements of subsection A of this

section, a person who functions as an educational interpreter in a

public school shall attain one or more of the following:

1. Certification by the Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf

(RID);

2. National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Level IV or better;

3. Quality Assurance Screening Test (QAST) Level III or better;

or

4. A comparable level of proficiency.

It shall be desirable for an educational interpreter to hold

either a bachelor’s or associate’s degree.

C. A person who has never worked as an educational interpreter

in any public school, who meets the requirements as provided in

subsection A of this section, who does not meet the requirements of

subsection B of this section, and who has attained the Quality

Assurance Screening Test (QAST) Level I or II, may be employed as an

educational interpreter for up to three (3) years. The person shall

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not be eligible to be employed as an educational interpreter in any

public school of this state after the third year until the person

attains one of the proficiency levels as provided in subsection B of

this section.

D. Any educational interpreter employed by a public school on

the effective date of this act who does not meet the requirements of

subsection B of this section shall be required to attain QAST Level

I or a comparable level of proficiency by July 1, 2004. An

educational interpreter shall have until July 1, 2006, to meet the

requirements of subsections A and B of this section or a comparable

level of proficiency.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-101.45 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-101.45
Reasonable assurance of employment
Status: in_force

A. A school district, no later than ten (10) days after the

effective date of the education appropriation bill or June 1,

whichever is later, shall give reasonable assurance of employment in

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writing to any support employee that the school intends to employ

for the subsequent school year.

B. This section shall not be construed to nullify the

provisions of Sections 24-133 through 24-137 of this title or be

construed to deprive any employee that the district is considering

not employing for the subsequent year of any rights provided in such

sections.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4010 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4010
Borrowing money and issuing notes in anticipation of bond
Status: in_force

issue.

Whenever the board shall have adopted a resolution authorizing

the issuance of any series of bonds hereunder and said bonds have

been sold but prior to the time as of which the bonds can be

delivered the board finds it necessary to borrow money for the

purpose for which the bonds were authorized, the board may, by

appropriate resolutions, authorize the borrowing of money in

anticipation of the issuance of the bonds, and the issuance of the

note or notes of the board to evidence such borrowing. The amount

so borrowed shall not exceed the principal amount of the bonds and

shall not bear interest at a rate exceeding the average interest

rate of the bonds. Such note or notes shall be signed in the manner

prescribed by the board and shall be made payable at such time or

times as the board may prescribe not later than one (1) year from

their respective dates and may be renewed from time to time by the

issuance of new notes hereunder. The proceeds of any loan made

under this section shall be devoted exclusively to the purposes for

which the bonds shall have been authorized and the note or notes and

the interest thereon shall be paid with the proceeds of the bonds

simultaneously with the delivery of the bonds. If for any reason

the bonds shall not be issued, the holder or holders of the notes

shall be entitled to all rights which would have been enjoyed by the

holders of the bonds had they been issued, and the notes shall be

paid from the revenues provided for the payment of the bonds and

shall be entitled to the benefit of all covenants, agreements and

rights appearing in the resolution authorizing the bonds for the

benefit of the bonds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3404.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3404.1
Cameron University
Status: in_force

Cameron College, located at Lawton, Oklahoma, is hereby

officially named and shall be designated in all future references as

"Cameron University."
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.182 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.182
Industrial quality eye protective devices
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1173

Every student and teacher in schools, colleges, universities, or

other educational institutions, participating in or observing any of

the following courses of instruction in:

(A) Vocational, technical, industrial arts, chemical, or

chemical-physical, involving exposure to:

1. Hot molten metals, or other molten materials;

2. Milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, grinding, or

stamping of any solid materials;

3. Heat treatment, tempering, or kiln firing of any metal or

other materials;

4. Gas or electric arc welding, or other forms of welding

processes;

5. Repair or servicing of any vehicle where there is danger of

injury to the eyes;

6. Caustic or explosive materials;

(B) Chemical, physical, or combined chemical-physical

laboratories involving caustic or explosive materials, hot liquids

or solids, injurious radiations, or other hazards not enumerated; is

required to wear appropriate industrial quality eye protective

devices at all times while participating in or observing such

courses of instruction. Such devices may be furnished for all

students and teachers, or made available for a moderate rental fee,

and shall be furnished for all visitors to such shops and

laboratories when entering working areas.

"Industrial quality eye protective devices", as used in this

section means devices meeting the standards of the USA Standard

Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection,

Z87.1-1968, and subsequent revisions thereof, approved by the United

States of America Standards Institute, Inc.

The State Commissioner of Health shall prepare and circulate to

each public and private educational institution in this state

instructions and recommendations for implementing the eye safety

provisions of this law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1-114.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1-114.1
Foreign exchange students - Guidelines for acceptance
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise prohibited by federal law, school districts

may:

1. Only have to accept exchange students on J-1 visas, issued

pursuant to paragraph (a) (15) (J) of Section 1101 of Title 8 of the

United States Code, which hold the sponsoring organization

responsible;

2. Not have to accept exchange students on M-1 visas, issued

pursuant to paragraph (a) (15) (M) of Section 1101 of Title 8 of the

United States Code, which are for vocational or nonacademic students

or F-1 visas, issued pursuant to paragraph (a) (15) (F) of Section

1101 of Title 8 of the United States Code, which hold the school

responsible;

3. Use the governing regulations set by the United States

Information Agency (USIA) for Exchange Visitor Programs as

guidelines and standards for local schools;

4. Have the right to accept or reject any exchange student or

sponsoring organization not adhering to the USIA regulations; and

5. Have the right to reject any exchange student if the

student, legal custodian, or legal guardian is not a resident of the

district.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-697.21b — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-697.21b
Health Care Workforce Development Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury until July 1,

2027, a revolving fund for the Health Care Workforce Training

Commission to be designated the "Health Care Workforce Development

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

to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all available

monies:

1. Received by the state as Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal

Recovery Funds pursuant to Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan

Act of 2021, Pub. L. No. 117-2;

2. Directed to the state by the federal government for the

purpose of recruiting, educating, and stabilizing Oklahoma's health

care workforce;

3. Derived as interest and income from deposits and investments

of fund assets; and

4. Designated for deposit by law.

B. 1. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are

hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Health

Care Workforce Training Commission for authorized purposes as

provided in paragraph 2 of this subsection. 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.

2. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund shall be

utilized for the purpose of recruiting, educating, and stabilizing

Oklahoma's health care workforce, including the costs and expenses

of operating such programs.

3. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund shall be

budgeted or encumbered no later than December 31, 2024, and shall be

expended no later than December 31, 2026.

4. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund shall be

budgeted, expended, and transferred in strict accordance with

applicable state and federal law and guidance providing for and

limiting the utilization of such funds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-108 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-11-108
Oklahoma Youth Community Services Act - Short title
Status: in_force

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

Community Services Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3508 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3508
Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges - Oaths - Travel
Status: in_force

expenses - Attendance at meetings of Board - Employment of former

Board member prohibited.

(a) Each member of the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges

shall take and subscribe to oaths required of State officials

generally.

(b) Each member of the Board shall be allowed necessary travel

expenses, as may be approved by the Board, pursuant to the State

Travel Reimbursement Act.

(c) If any member of the Board fails to attend a meeting of the

Board more than two consecutive meetings, without the consent of a

majority of the Board, the Governor shall declare such member's

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office vacant and shall appoint his successor for the unexpired

term.

(d) No member of the Board shall be eligible to be an officer,

supervisor, president, instructor or employee of any state

educational institution under the supervision, management or control

of the Board within two (2) years from the date of expiration of his

term.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.902 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.902
Allocation of funds — Professional development for
Status: in_force

teachers.

A. Contingent on the provision of appropriated funds designated

for the Oklahoma Math Achievement and Proficiency Act, public school

districts may be allocated monies for each enrolled second-, third-,

fourth-, and fifth-grade student of the current school year who is

found to be in need of remediation or intensive intervention

services in mathematics. The allocation shall be distributed to

each public school district upon approval of the strong math plan

for the school district by the State Board of Education and the

submittal of a child-count report to the State Department of

Education that details the number of students identified as needing

remediation or intensive intervention services in mathematics. To

determine a per-student allocation amount, the total amount of funds

available for allocation each year shall be divided by the total

number of students in the state identified as in need of remediation

or intensive intervention services in mathematics as provided for in

Section 3 of this act. Each public school district shall be

allocated an amount equal to the per-student allocation amount

multiplied by the number of identified students enrolled in the

school district.

B. Public school districts receiving more than Two Thousand

Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) pursuant to subsection A of this

section shall spend no less than ten percent (10%) to provide

professional development for teachers. The professional development

shall include training in scientifically based math research

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including how students learn mathematical concepts; training in

providing explicit and systematic instruction in real-world problem-

solving skills, procedural fluency, conceptual understanding, and

productive dispositions; implementing math strategies that research

has shown to be successful in improving math proficiency among

students with math difficulties; courses leading to a micro-

credential in mathematics; and instructional materials required for

implementation.

C. The State Department of Education shall approve and publish

a list of professional development programs that are evidence-based

and directly address the cognitive science of how students learn

mathematics for which districts are permitted to use the funds

received pursuant to this section.

D. If a teacher attends and completes a professional

development institute in elementary math approved by the Commission

for Educational Quality and Accountability during the summer or when

school is not in session, the teacher may receive a stipend equal to

the amount of the cost for a substitute teacher, based on the amount

of funds allocated.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-27-105 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-27-105
Radio, video and telegraphic play-by-play rights for
Status: in_force

visiting teams.

A. Notwithstanding any policy of a school athletic association,

as defined by Section 27-102 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

in all regular season high school athletic competitions in this

state, the visiting team shall have the same rights to radio

broadcast, video stream and provide telegraphic play-by-play

accounts as the home team as long as the visiting team has either:

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1. A valid agreement to broadcast, video stream and/or provide

telegraphic play-by-play accounts between a media organization and

the school's board of education; or

2. The visiting team has a curricular program for students that

typically provides streaming for the team's home games.

B. The provisions of this section shall apply to athletic

competitions beginning in the 2021-2022 school year.

C. The provisions of this section shall apply to contracts for

the rights to radio broadcast, video stream and provide telegraphic

play-by-play accounts entered into or renewed on or after the

effective date of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-151.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3-151.1
Adjusted cohort graduation rate - Academic performance
Status: in_force

index.

A. For purposes of establishing a uniform and accurate

definition of high school graduation rate for school districts and

secondary schools in this state, the State Board of Education shall

adopt and implement a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate and

an extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate. The Board shall

utilize and report the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate and

the extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate at the secondary

school site, the school district, and the state level, and the

graduation rates shall be reported in the aggregate as well as

disaggregated by subgroups as required in the Elementary and

Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) as reauthorized by P.L. No.

114-95, also known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

B. The Board shall use the four-year adjusted cohort graduation

rate for purposes of determining the high school graduation rate

indicator for the academic performance data calculation beginning

with state and district report cards providing results of

assessments administered in the 2011-2012 school year. The Board

shall use the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate for

establishing the high school graduation rate for measuring alternate

year percentage growth targets as set forth in Section 3-151.2 of

this title beginning with the 2012-2013 school year.

C. The four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate shall be

defined as the number of students who graduate in four (4) years

with a standard high school diploma divided by the number of

students who entered high school four (4) years earlier. Students

who transfer out of the school or emigrate to another country and

deceased students shall not be included in the adjusted cohort

graduation rate. Twelfth-grade students who transfer into a school

after October 1 of any school year shall not be included in the

adjusted cohort graduation rate. Students who graduate in four (4)

years shall include students who earn a standard high school diploma

at the end of their fourth year, before the end of their fourth

year, and during a summer session immediately following their fourth

year. To remove a student from a cohort, a school district shall

confirm in writing or by electronic means that a student has

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transferred out of the school site or school district, has emigrated

to another country, or is deceased. For a student who transfers out

of a school site or school district, the written or electronic

confirmation shall be official and document that the student has

enrolled in another school site or school district or in an

educational program that culminates in a high school diploma

recognized by a state or private higher educational institution

accredited or recognized by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education for purposes of admission to the institution. Students

who are not enrolled in a program which culminates in the award of a

credential recognized by a state or private higher educational

institution for purposes of admissions shall not be included in the

graduation rate calculation as set forth in this subsection as a

student who graduated in four (4) years with a standard high school

diploma but shall be included in the number of students who entered

high school four (4) years earlier.

D. The extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate shall be

defined as the number of students who graduate in four (4) years or

five (5) years with a high school diploma divided by the number of

students who form the adjusted cohort for the four-year graduation

rate as calculated as provided for in subsection C of this section.

The extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate shall be reported

separately from the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4403 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4403
Election - Order - Appointment of governing board -
Status: in_force

Annexation of territory.

(a) If, after considering any such application, the State

Regents determine as result of a survey that there is a need for a

junior college in the community and that a junior college meeting

the criteria and standards fixed by the State Regents can be

maintained in the community, they shall issue a proclamation calling

an election to be held in the community, to allow legal voters

residing in the community to vote on the question of whether a

junior college shall be established and maintained in the community.

The State Election Board shall cause such election to be held in the

same manner as elections on state questions and shall certify the

results to the State Regents; and if a majority of the legal voters

residing in the community, voting on the question, shall have voted

in favor of establishing and maintaining the proposed junior

college, the State Regents shall issue an order authorizing the

junior college, designating the name by which it shall be known and

describing the boundaries of the community in which the junior

college will be established and maintained as set forth in the

application. Thereupon the Governor shall appoint four members of

the governing board of the junior college hereinafter provided for,

by and with the advice and consent of the State Senate, such

appointments to be to Position No. 1, Position No. 2, Position No.

3, and Position No. 4, respectively, which four members so appointed

by the Governor shall appoint three other members of the governing

board, to Position No. 5, Position No. 6, and Position No. 7,

respectively.

(b) The territory comprising a county, municipality or school

district, or any part thereof, may, upon petition of the governing

board of the county, municipality or school district, or upon

petition of not less than ten percent (10%) of the legal voters

residing therein, be annexed to an adjoining community or school

district maintaining or authorized to maintain a community junior

college, if (1) the State Regents determine that the annexation is

feasible, and (2) the annexation is approved by the legal voters in

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the territory proposed to be annexed, as hereinafter provided. The

petition shall be filed with the State Regents, which shall

thereupon cause a study to be made as to the feasibility of the

proposed annexation, and if the State Regents determine that it is

feasible, they shall issue a proclamation calling an election to be

held in such territory, to allow legal voters in the territory to

vote on the question of whether the territory shall be annexed to

such community or school district maintaining or authorized to

maintain a community junior college. The State Election Board shall

cause such election to be held in the same manner as elections on

state questions, and certify the results to the State Regents; and

if a majority of the legal voters residing in such territory, voting

on the question, shall have voted in favor of annexing the territory

to such community or school district, the State Regents shall issue

an order annexing the territory to such community or school district

maintaining or authorized to maintain a community junior college,

and give notice thereof to the board of trustees of the college.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.222 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.222
"Drug" defined
Status: in_force

As used in this act, the term "drug" means articles recognized

in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic

Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary,

or any supplement to any of them; articles intended for use in the

diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in

man or other animals; articles, other than food, intended to affect

the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals;

and articles intended for use as a component of any article

specified in this paragraph; but does not include devices or their

components, parts or accessories. It shall also include alcoholic

and intoxicating liquor and beverages and tobacco.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-24-100b — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-24-100b
Health and wellness information and assistance for
Status: in_force

schools - Assessment and monitoring of programs.

A. In order to assist the Healthy and Fit School Advisory

Committees created pursuant to Section 24-100a of Title 70 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, the State Department of Education in consultation

with the State Department of Health shall make available to schools

information and technical assistance for use in:

1. Establishing healthy school nutrition environments;

2. Reducing childhood obesity;

3. Development of quality physical education and activity

programs;

4. Prevention of diet-related chronic diseases; and

5. Establishing, implementing, and evaluating school wellness

policies.

B. The Healthy and Fit School Advisory Committees are

encouraged to utilize the School Health Index available on the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website or the Oklahoma

Healthy and Fit Schools Scorecard available on the Governor’s

Council on Physical Fitness and Sports website as a program

assessment and monitoring instrument.

C. The Healthy and Fit School Advisory Committees shall be

involved in the monitoring, implementation, and evaluation of

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Section 5-147 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, which limits

access to foods of minimal nutritional value.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.5E — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.5E
Remediation in mathematics – Implementation
Status: in_force

contingency – Verification of expenditure levels.

A. Contingent upon the provision of appropriated funds

designated for such purpose, students who do not perform

satisfactorily on the mathematics portion of either the norm-

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referenced or criterion-referenced tests for grades three through

eight required pursuant to Section 1210.508 of this title shall be

provided remediation. The remediation may include but not be

limited to tutorial instruction after regular school hours, on

Saturdays and during the summer. Such instruction shall not be

counted toward the one-hundred-eighty-day school year required in

Section 1-109 of this title.

B. Implementation of this section shall be delayed until the

current expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance in public

elementary and secondary schools in unadjusted dollars for the 1998-

99 school year or any school year thereafter for Oklahoma, as

reported by the National Center for Education Statistics annually in

the Digest of Education Statistics, reaches at least ninety percent

(90%) of the regional average expenditure for that same year, and

funds are provided. For purposes of this section, the regional

average expenditure shall consist of the current expenditure per

pupil in average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary

schools in unadjusted dollars for each of the following states:

Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and

Texas, averaged together. By January 1 of each year, the State

Board of Education shall report whether or not the ninety-percent

expenditure level has been reached based on information reported

annually in the Digest of Education Statistics by the National

Center for Education Statistics. This section shall be implemented

on July 1 after the first January 1 report verifies that the ninety-

percent expenditure level has been reached and funds have been

provided for the specific purposes of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3205 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3205
State Regents - Quarters - Personnel - Employee benefits
Status: in_force

- Revolving fund - Disbursements.

(a) The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall be

furnished suitable permanent quarters by the Oklahoma Capitol

Improvement Authority for which the State Regents shall pay an

appropriate rental charge and shall appoint and fix the duties and

compensation of such personnel as the State Regents deems necessary

to perform its functions and duties. Until such time as space can

be provided by the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority the Office

of Management and Enterprise Services shall provide quarters for the

State Regents without rental charge. The State Regents may

establish and maintain plans for tenure and retirement of its

employees and for payment of deferred compensation of such

employees, and may provide hospital and medical benefits, accident,

health, and life insurance, and annuity contracts for such

employees, and pay for all or part of the cost thereof, with funds

available for payment of its operating expenses.

(b) Monies received by the State Regents for payment of the

cost of maintaining offices, payment of personnel, and other

operating expenses shall be deposited in a special fund in the State

Treasury, to be known as the "Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education Revolving Fund". Such fund shall be a continuing fund not

subject to appropriation by the Legislature, and shall be subject to

expenditure by and shall be paid out upon the order of the State

Regents at such times and in such amounts as the State Regents may

direct. Disbursements from such revolving fund shall be by state

warrants issued by the State Treasurer.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-103.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-11-103.2
Academic scholar program
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall have authority to develop and

implement a program for the purpose of recognizing academic scholars

in the secondary schools of the state. The State Board of Education

shall determine the requirements which are necessary for a student

to attain academic scholar status. The requirements shall include

but not be limited to the minimum graduation requirements set by the

State Board of Education. Recognition for academic scholar status

shall be indicated upon the diploma of those students who qualify

for such status and in such other manner as the Board may determine.

The State Board of Education shall be authorized to promulgate rules

and regulations in order to implement the provisions of this

section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-186 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-186
Issuance of check, warrant or certificate of
Status: in_force

indebtedness in payment of claim in excess of amounts unexpended and

unencumbered – Signature of board president and clerk.

It shall be unlawful for the governing board of education to

issue any check, warrant or certificate of indebtedness, in any

form, in payment of, or representing or acknowledging any account,

claim, or indebtedness against the school district, or to make any

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contracts for, or incur any indebtedness against the school district

in excess of the amount then unexpended and unencumbered of the sum

appropriated for the specific item of estimated needs for such

purpose theretofore made, submitted, and approved, or authorized for

such purpose by a bond issue. The signature of the board president

and clerk shall be notification to the public that the check or

warrant is for the purpose and within the amount of the

appropriation charged.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-26-105.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-26-105.1
School districts to which act applies
Status: in_force

The provisions of the Larry Dickerson Flexible Benefits

Allowance Act shall apply to school districts participating in the

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Oklahoma State Education and Employees Group Insurance Board plan or

school districts that are self-insured.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-17-112 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-17-112
Audit of funds, accounts and assets
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the State Auditor and Inspector to audit

annually the funds, accounts and assets of the Teachers' Retirement

System.