Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2202 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2202
Bonds
Status: in_force

For the purpose of paying all or part of the cost of acquisition

of any such lands, rights-of-way, easements, licenses, and permits,

and the construction, acquisition, equipment, and furnishing of any

such building or buildings, or structure or structures, plants, or

systems, or of any additions, improvements, or extensions thereto,

or any additions to existing buildings, the Board of Education of

the institution for which such buildings, structures, plants, or

systems (all of which lands, rights-of-way, easements, licenses, and

permits, buildings, structures, plants, and systems constructed,

acquired, added to, improved or extended hereunder as a single

project are hereafter referred to as "the building") are to be

constructed, acquired, added to, improved, extended, furnished, or

equipped (which Board of Education or each of them is hereinafter

referred to as "the Board") is authorized to borrow money on the

credit of the income and revenues to be derived from the operation

of the building and, in anticipation of the collection of such

income and revenues, to issue negotiable bonds in such amount as may

in the opinion of the Board be necessary for such purposes, and is

authorized to provide for the payment of such bonds and the rights

of the holders thereof as hereinafter provided. Such bonds may be

issued in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, may

mature at such time or times not exceeding forty (40) years from

their date, may be in such denomination or denominations, may be in

such form, either coupon or registered, may carry such registration

and conversion privileges, may be executed in such manner, may be

payable in such medium of payment at such place or places, may be

subject to such terms of redemption with or without premium, and may

bear such rate or rates of interest, not exceeding five percent (5%)

per annum, as may be provided by resolution or resolutions to be

adopted by the Board. Such bonds may be sold in such manner and at

such price or prices, not less than par plus accrued interest to

date of delivery, as may be considered by the Board to be advisable,

but interest costs to maturity for any bonds issued hereunder shall

not exceed five percent (5%) per annum, computed on the basis of

average maturities according to standard tables of bond values.

Such bonds shall have all of the qualities and incidents of

negotiable paper, and shall not be subject to taxation by the State

of Oklahoma or by any county, municipality, or political subdivision

therein. The Board may in its discretion authorize one issue of

bonds hereunder for the construction, acquisition, adding to,

improving, extending, furnishing, or equipping of more than one

building, as "building" is above defined, and may make one issue of

bonds payable from the combined revenues of all buildings so

constructed, acquired, added to, improved, extended, furnished, or

equipped, in whole or in part, with the proceeds thereof, and where

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bonds are so issued the words "the building" as herein used shall be

construed to refer to all such buildings.

In the event any issue or series of bonds is issued under

authority of this act pursuant to a loan agreement or bond purchase

agreement with any agency of the U.S. Government, then and in that

event, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board may in

any resolution authorizing bonds hereunder provide for the initial

issuance of one or more bonds (in this section called "bond")

aggregating the amount of the entire issue and make such provision

for installment payments of the principal amount of any such bond as

it may consider desirable and may provide for the making of any such

bond, payable to bearer or otherwise, registrable as to principal or

as to both principal and interest, and, where interest accruing

thereon is not represented by interest coupons, for the endorsing of

payments of interest on such bonds. The Board may further make

provision in any such resolution for the manner and circumstances in

and under which any such bond may in the future, at the request of

the holder thereof, be converted into bonds of smaller

denominations, which bonds of smaller denominations may in turn be

either coupon bonds or bonds registrable as to principal or

principal and interest.

In addition to the above authority to borrow money on the credit

of the income and revenues to be derived from the operation of said

buildings, the board may also so borrow on the income and revenue

derived from any existing revenue-producing building or facility, or

facilities.

The Board may issue bonds hereunder for the purpose of refunding

any obligations of the Board payable from the revenues of any

building, as "building" is hereinabove defined, or may authorize and

deliver a single issue of bonds hereunder for the purpose in part of

refunding obligations of the Board payable from the revenues derived

from any building or buildings and in part for making of additions,

improvements, and extensions to such building or buildings, or the

construction or acquisition of additional buildings, and the

furnishing and equipping of such buildings or additions. Where

bonds are issued under this paragraph solely for refunding purposes,

such bonds may either be sold as above provided or delivered in

exchange for the outstanding obligations. If sold, the proceeds may

be either applied to the payment of the obligations refunded or

deposited in escrow for the retirement thereof. Nothing herein

contained shall be construed to authorize the refunding of any

outstanding obligations which are not either maturing, callable for

redemption under their terms, or voluntarily surrendered by their

holder for cancellation, unless the Board covenants that sufficient

funds to pay all remaining interest and principal payments of the

outstanding obligations when due will be placed in escrow for such

purpose in the State Treasury at the time of delivery of and payment

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for the new bonds issued hereunder. All bonds issued under this

paragraph shall in all respects be authorized, issued, and secured

in the manner provided for other bonds issued under this act, and

shall have all of the attributes of such bonds. The Board may

provide that any such refunding bonds shall have the same priority

of lien on the revenues pledged for their payment as was enjoyed by

the obligation refunded thereby.

All proceedings heretofore adopted by said Board of Education

for the issuance of revenue bonds on a parity as to payment with

other existing revenue bonds and/or which provide for the pledging

of revenues from the building to be constructed, improved, and

furnished from the proceeds of revenue bonds and income and revenue

derived from any existing revenue-producing building or facility, or

facilities, and the bonds issued pursuant thereto are hereby

validated, ratified, and confirmed, and such revenue bonds

constitute valid and binding obligations in accordance with the

terms of such proceedings, provided, however, that said proceedings

were not in contravention of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2503 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2503
Financial qualifications and eligibility
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this

section, a student with an intellectual disability shall not be

found to be in financial need for purposes of the Oklahoma Access

and Achievement Act if prior to receiving any scholarship program

award for any year during which the student is enrolled in a CTP

program at a state educational institution, the federal adjusted

gross income of the student’s parents or legal guardians exceeds One

Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) per year. The determination

of financial qualification provided in this subsection shall be

based on the income of the student, not the income of the parents or

legal guardians, if a student is determined to be independent of his

or her parents or legal guardians for federal financial aid

purposes.

B. 1. A student with an intellectual disability who was

adopted between birth and twelve (12) years of age while in the

permanent custody of the Department of Human Services, in the court-

ordered custody of a licensed private nonprofit child-placing

agency, or federally recognized Indian tribe, as defined by the

federal Indian Child Welfare Act, shall not be found to be in

financial need for purposes of the Oklahoma Access and Achievement

Act if, prior to receiving any scholarship program award for any

year during which the student is enrolled in a CTP program at a

state educational institution, the federal adjusted gross income of

the student’s parents exceeds One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars

($150,000.00) per year.

2. A student with an intellectual disability who was adopted

between thirteen (13) and seventeen (17) years of age while in the

permanent custody of the Department of Human Services, in the court-

ordered custody of a licensed private nonprofit child-placing

agency, or federally recognized Indian tribe, as defined by the

federal Indian Child Welfare Act, shall not be found to be in

financial need for purposes of the Oklahoma Access and Achievement

Act if, prior to receiving any scholarship program award for any

year during which the student is enrolled in a CTP program at a

state educational institution, the federal adjusted gross income of

the student’s parents exceeds Two Hundred Thousand Dollars

($200,000.00) per year.

3. The determination of financial qualification provided for in

this subsection shall be based on the income of the student, not the

income of the student’s parents, if the student is determined to be

independent of the student’s parents for federal financial aid

purposes.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-697.10 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-697.10
Contracts - Intern or resident salary and insurance
Status: in_force

liability costs - Intern and Residents Professional Liability

Insurance Fund.

A. The Health Care Workforce Training Commission is authorized

to enter into contractual arrangements with individual hospitals and

clinical programs for the reimbursement of intern or resident salary

cost not to exceed the limits established by Section 697.2 of this

title. Provided, that residency and internship positions created

prior to the spring semester 1975 shall be eligible for

participation in the cost-sharing program for internship and

residency training as established by Sections 697.1 through 697.8 of

this title, only if partial funding of said positions will allow the

creation of additional positions in whole or in part at the

participating hospital or clinical situation. The participating

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hospital or clinical situation shall document in a manner specified

by the Commission the extent to which funding of a previously

created and established position contributes directly to the

creation of additional positions at the participating hospital or

clinical situation.

B. The Commission is authorized, in cooperation with the

Oklahoma Health Care Authority, to enter into contractual

arrangements with the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and

the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine for

the reimbursement of intern and resident professional liability

insurance cost which shall not be subject to the limits established

in Section 697.2 of this title. Any and all intern and resident

positions are eligible for reimbursement of intern and resident

professional liability insurance cost.

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

fund for the Health Care Workforce Training Commission to be

designated the "Intern and Residents Professional Liability

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

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

by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission for reimbursement

of intern and residency professional liability insurance costs. 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 such costs. 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, § 70-18-202.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-18-202.1
Funding of school districts in Superfund sites when children have relocated - Highest
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 29children have relocated - Highest weighted average of last 10 years

used.

For school districts located within the boundaries of federally

designated Superfund sites from which students have been relocated

with the assistance of state funds, the weighted calculations

provided for in subsection A of Section 18-201.1 of Title 70 of the

Oklahoma Statutes shall be based on the highest weighted average

daily membership of the first nine (9) weeks of the current school

year or any of the proceeding years, up to a maximum of ten (10)

years since students within the district first received state

assistance to relocate outside the district.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.44 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.44
Unauthorized use of vehicles
Status: in_force

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

bearing a special license plate as provided for in this act on any

street, road or highway in this state for any purpose other than in

connection with any training or maintenance or other similar

educational program or in administering such program; and upon

conviction therefor such person shall be punished by a fine of not

more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00). Use of a motor vehicle in a

manner unauthorized herein shall create no liability of any kind

upon a technology center school or technology center school

district, or upon the board of education thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-626.7 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-626.7
Awarding of grant - Amount
Status: in_force

A college tuition aid grant may be awarded annually to each

eligible, qualified full-time or part-time undergraduate or graduate

student enrolled in a curriculum leading to a degree or certificate

in an institution of collegiate grade or postsecondary institution

providing a program of training to prepare students for employment

in a recognized occupation in Oklahoma approved or accredited by the

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education or appropriate

postsecondary agency. Eligible programs of training shall include

comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs approved by the

United States Department of Education. College tuition aid grants

shall be awarded in accordance with the following:

1. Eligibility. Each full-time or part-time resident student

shall be eligible to receive a grant in an amount as provided in

paragraph 2 of this section. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education shall determine by rules and regulations the maximum

number of semesters a student may be eligible for grants. No

student shall be eligible for grants unless the student maintains

minimum standards of academic performance as are required by the

institution in which the student is enrolled.

In the event a student for any reason ceases to continue to be

enrolled during the course of an academic year, the student shall

cease to be eligible for tuition aid; and

2. Amount of grant. The amount of tuition aid grant to any

student under the Oklahoma Higher Education Tuition Aid Act for any

semester shall represent a percentage not greater than seventy-five

percent (75%) of the tuition and enrollment fees normally charged to

residents of this state by the institution of attendance. The

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall determine by rules

the annual maximum award amount based on an annual assessment of

funds availability.

Financial assistance received under the Oklahoma Higher

Education Tuition Aid Act shall be considered as part of a student’s

financial aid package.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3704 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3704
Board of Regents of Northern Oklahoma College - Oaths -
Status: in_force

Travel expenses.

(a) Each member of the Board of Regents of the Northern Oklahoma

College shall take and subscribe to the 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.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3519 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3519
Effect of name changes
Status: in_force

The name changes herein prescribed shall not affect in any

manner whatsoever any legal relationships, bonds, contracts,

supervisory authority by the Board of Regents for Oklahoma Colleges

or their title to property, obligations or any other phase or aspect

of the legal status of the named institutions for any purpose,

except that said institutions shall be referred to as "Northeastern

Oklahoma State University," "Southeastern Oklahoma State

University," "East Central Oklahoma State University," Southwestern

Oklahoma State University," "Northwestern Oklahoma State University"

and "Oklahoma Panhandle State University" in all future references

to those institutions.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-14-108.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-14-108.1
Employee health insurance plans
Status: in_force

A. The board of education of each technology center school

district in this state shall provide a health insurance plan for the

employees of the technology center school district. Technology

center school districts may obtain health and dental insurance

coverage as provided for in the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and

Benefits Act or may obtain other health insurance coverage. Any

technology center district that does not participate in the health

and dental insurance plans offered through the Oklahoma Employees

Insurance and Benefits Act shall obtain health insurance coverage

for the employees which provides open enrollment, and provide for

the continuation of health insurance coverage, including

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supplemental Medicare insurance coverage, for those district

employees who retire from said district after September 30, 1991,

with a vested benefit in the Teachers' Retirement System of

Oklahoma. A retired person who begins receiving benefits from the

Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma after September 30, 1991,

who retires from a technology center school district that provides

other health insurance coverage, and who elects to continue said

health insurance coverage shall pay to the technology center school

district the premium rate for the health insurance minus an amount

equal to the premium rate of the Medicare supplement or the amount

determined pursuant to subsection (4) of Section 1316.3 of Title 74

of the Oklahoma Statutes, whichever is less, which shall be paid by

the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma to the technology center

school district. The technology center school district shall remit

to the health insurance coverage provider the total premium due less

any uncollected amounts payable from retired technology center

school district employees or their qualified survivors.

B. A technology center school district that participates in

health insurance coverage other than the health insurance plan

offered by the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act shall

not be required to pay any portion of the premium for the employees

or the dependents of the employees of said school district. Unless

a school district negotiates an agreement with its employees

regarding health insurance pursuant to Sections 509.1 through 509.9

of this title, and to the extent that the agreement provides for the

members of the recognized bargaining unit, a technology center

school district that participates in health insurance coverage other

than the health insurance plan offered by the Oklahoma Employees

Insurance and Benefits Act is prohibited from acquiring additional

or supplemental health or dental insurance for any board member,

superintendent or any other employee which is not available to all

employees of said district, and said technology center school

district shall not pay a greater portion of the employee or

dependent premium for any health or dental insurance plan or plans

provided by said technology center school district on behalf of any

board member, superintendent or employee than that portion paid on

behalf of all participating employees of said district.

C. If a technology center school district obtains health

insurance coverage from a source other than through the Oklahoma

Employees Insurance and Benefits Act, the employees of the

technology center school district who would be eligible to

participate in the health and dental plans may require the board of

education of the technology center school district to call an

election to allow said employees to vote as to whether the

technology center school district shall participate in the health

and dental insurance plans offered through the Oklahoma Employees

Insurance and Benefits Act. Upon the filing with the board of

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education of a petition calling for such an election which is signed

by no less than thirty percent (30%) of the eligible employees of

the technology center school district, the board of education shall

call an election for the purpose of determining whether the

technology center school district shall participate in the health

and dental insurance plans offered through the Oklahoma Employees

Insurance and Benefits Act. The election shall be held within

thirty (30) days of the filing of the petition. If a majority of

those eligible employees voting at the election vote to participate

in the health and dental insurance plans offered through the

Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act, the board of

education of the technology center school district shall apply for

such participation within thirty (30) days of the election.

D. If a technology center school district does not have any

health insurance coverage of the type required by this section, that

technology center school district shall immediately be enrolled in

the health and dental insurance plans offered through the Oklahoma

Employees Insurance and Benefits Act.

E. A carrier providing health insurance coverage for employees

of a technology center school district health insurance group which

replaces a previous carrier for such technology center school

district employees shall provide coverage for each retired employee

who is receiving a benefit or terminates employment with a vested

benefit from the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma and who is

enrolled in the health insurance group by the previous carrier at

the time the previous carrier providing health insurance coverage is

replaced. Notwithstanding any provision in this section to the

contrary, any person who retires pursuant to the provisions of the

Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma prior to May 1, 1993, or

terminates service with a vested benefit, pursuant to the provisions

of the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma prior to May 1, 1993,

may continue to participate in the health and dental plans

authorized by the provisions of the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and

Benefits Act.

F. In the event a technology center school district ceases to

exist, the assets and duties of said technology center school

district are transferred to one or more other technology center

school districts, said other technology center school district or

districts do not agree to employ all of the former employees of the

technology center school district that is ceasing to exist, and said

former employees who are not being reemployed have rights under

federal or state law to continue group insurance coverage, the

annexing technology center school district having the largest

general fund revenue for the most recent preceding fiscal year for

which data is available shall provide group insurance coverage to

said former employees not being retained during the period as

required by law.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-130 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3-130
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 6 through 18 of this act shall be known and may be

cited as the “Oklahoma Charter Schools Act”.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-401 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-401
School personnel electronically or digitally
Status: in_force

communicating with students — Inclusion of parents or guardians.

A. As used in this section:

1. "Electronic or digital communication" includes, but is not

limited to, emails, text messages, instant messages, direct

messages, social media messages, messages sent through software

applications, and any other electronic digital means of

communication; and

2. "School personnel" means teachers, coaches, administrators,

school bus drivers, or any other persons employed full-time or part-

time by a public school or charter school.

B. School personnel engaging in electronic or digital

communication with an individual student shall include the student's

parent or guardian in any electronic or digital communication,

unless such communication is on a school-approved platform and

related to school and academic communications.

C. Exceptions to the requirement in subsection B of this

section may be made in case of an emergency, subject to subsequent

notification to the parent or guardian. School personnel shall make

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reasonable efforts to use school-approved platforms, systems, or

applications that allow automatic inclusion of parents or guardians

in communications with students.

D. Schools shall provide training, developed by the State

Department of Education, for school personnel on the student

communication requirements of this section.

E. Any school personnel who is reported to be in violation of

subsection B of this section shall be put on administrative leave

while the school district investigates the incident and notifies the

board of education. If the investigation finds that no misconduct

occurred, the school personnel shall be reinstated and the incident

shall be noted in the school personnel's employee file. If the

investigation finds misconduct occurred, the school personnel shall

be disciplined according to the school district board of education's

policy, up to and including termination of employment, and the

incident shall be reported to law enforcement pursuant to Section

1210.163 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3952 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3952
Disposition of principal - Endowment accounts -
Status: in_force

Allocation of investment return - Matching requirement.

A. The principal held in the Oklahoma State Regents' Endowment

Trust Fund shall be made available for the establishment of and

allocation to endowment accounts within the Trust Fund for the

benefit of individual public institutions of higher education within

this state.

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B. Investment return on each of the accounts constituting the

principal of the Trust Fund shall be allocated for the benefit of

individual institutions for which the accounts are respectively

designated and shall be remitted to such institutions for the

support of endowed chairs, professorships, lectureships and

positions for artists in residence approved by the Oklahoma State

Regents for Higher Education. The State Regents shall develop,

adopt, and publish the criteria to be used in the evaluation of

proposals for support of endowed chairs, professorships,

lectureships and positions for artists in residence on a competitive

and priority basis according to merit. Such criteria shall be based

on the goal of improving the overall quality of education and

research. The endowed chairs, distinguished professorships,

lectureships and positions for artists in residence should be

established in academic areas which will contribute to the

enhancement of the overall cultural, business, and/or economic

development of Oklahoma. The individually endowed chairs and

professorships should be established in areas for which the

institution has ongoing, approved academic programs. Any trust

income and any investment return on any amount in the Trust Fund not

designated for remittance to an institution as provided in Section

3951 et seq. of this title shall become part of the principal of the

Trust Fund.

C. Trust Fund endowment accounts created pursuant to subsection

A of this section shall be in a minimum amount of Two Hundred Fifty

Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) for the support of endowed chairs, a

minimum amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for the

support of professorships or a minimum amount of Twenty-five

Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) for lectureships and artists in

residence. The number and size of endowment accounts shall be

determined by the amount of matching monies that the institution

commits to endowment accounts. To be initially eligible for an

endowment account within the Trust Fund, an institution shall have

on deposit as provided in subsection F of this section an amount

equal to at least one-half (1/2) of the requested account.

Provided, the regional and special purpose universities and two-year

institutions in The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall

have priority in qualifying for the endowment accounts of Twenty-

five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) for lectureships and positions

for artists in residence.

D. 1. The total matching requirement for monies received prior

to July 1, 2008, shall be equal to the amount of the requested

endowment account in each instance and shall be deposited within a

period to be established by the State Regents. Said period shall

not be greater than three (3) years in length; provided, an

institution may deposit in an endowment account matching monies in

an amount which exceeds the required matching amount.

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2. After July 1, 2008, state matching monies must be used to

complete the state matching requirements for all endowment accounts

in place as of that date, before state matching monies may be used

for any accounts created after that date. After completion of such

requirements no more than a total of Five Million Dollars

($5,000,000.00) of state matching monies may be used each year,

subject to the following provisions:

a. not more than a total of Four Million Dollars

($4,000,000.00) each year may be used for the combined

benefit of comprehensive universities within The

Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, and

b. not more than a total of One Million Dollars

($1,000,000.00) each year may be used for the combined

benefit of other eligible institutions within The

Oklahoma State System of Higher Education.

3. All Trust Fund endowment accounts created after July 1,

2008, shall be subject to the following provisions:

a. Trust Fund endowment accounts with matching monies of

Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) or

less shall be matched with state matching monies

according to a 1:1 ratio, with One Dollar ($1.00) of

state matching monies to be matched with every One

Dollar ($1.00) of matching monies received, and

b. Trust Fund endowment accounts with matching monies of

more than Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars

($250,000.00) shall be matched with state matching

monies according to a 1:4 ratio, with One Dollar

($1.00) of state matching monies to be matched with

every Four Dollars ($4.00) of matching monies

received.

4. Any endowment account for which an institution fails to

provide the full required matching amount within the time

established shall be available to be awarded to another public

institution of higher education. No investment return shall be

remitted to any institution from an endowment account before the

institution has deposited the total required match for the endowment

account as provided in subsection F of this section.

5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no more

than a total of Six Hundred Seventy-one Million Two Hundred Thousand

Dollars ($671,200,000.00) of state matching monies shall be utilized

for the creation of endowment accounts under the provisions of this

section.

E. 1. Monies which an institution provides for matching

purposes must originate from monies contributed to the institution

after July 1, 1988, from private sources, which monies are

specifically designated by the private source to be used for

purposes specified in this act, or from private contributions made

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after July 1, 1988, to a foundation for which the sole beneficiary

is that institution, which monies are specifically designated by the

private contributor to be used for purposes specified in this act,

and may not be drawn from allocations of appropriated funds received

from the State Regents, proceeds of fees or charges authorized by

law, or from federal grants or reimbursements.

2. The State Regents may accept the transfer of endowed chairs

and any associated funds from the MOST Eminent Scholars and Research

Equipment Account created pursuant to the provisions of Section

5060.13 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the purpose of the

establishment as endowed chairs in the Oklahoma State Regents'

Endowment Trust Fund. Such endowed chairs shall be subject to and

administered in accordance with the statutes and regulations

applicable to the Trust Fund; provided, however, the monies provided

by an institution for matching purposes may have originated from

private monies contributed to the institution or a foundation before

or after July 1, 1988.

F. Any institution which provides matching monies shall deposit

the matching monies in one of the following:

1. The Trust Fund;

2. An endowment matching fund of the institution; or

3. A fund of a foundation whose sole beneficiary is that

institution.

All investment return on matching monies which are deposited in a

fund specified in paragraphs 2 or 3 of this subsection shall be

retained in the fund. If such matching monies are not deposited in

the Trust Fund, the institution shall submit a report annually to

the State Regents in which the investments of the matching funds,

earned interest and income, including capital gains and losses, and

expenditures including the costs of managing the investments are

detailed. Diminution of the original matching sum may at the

discretion of the State Regents constitute a forfeiture of the

state-origin monies which the private-origin institutional monies

were to match.

G. An institution may recommend to the State Regents that

monies benefiting the institution in an endowment account pursuant

to the purposes of the Trust Fund be dedicated to an alternative

academic discipline or area. If the State Regents approve such

action, the investment return from the endowment account may be

utilized for such program.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-187C — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-187C
Teaching Certification Scholarship Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability to be

designated the "Teaching Certification Scholarship 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 Educational Quality and Accountability from the Legislature and

any donations, grants and gifts from any public or private source.

All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby

appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Office of

Educational Quality and Accountability for the purpose of

implementing the Teaching Certification Scholarship Program.

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, § 70-6012 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6012
Unauthorized loans and other transfers - Ceiling on
Status: in_force

tuition aid grants.

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

assets of the Trust shall be preserved, invested, and expended

solely pursuant to and for the purposes set forth in the Oklahoma

Tuition Trust Act and shall not be loaned or otherwise transferred

or used by the state for any purpose other than the purposes of the

Oklahoma Tuition Trust Act. This section shall not be construed to

prohibit the Trust from investing in, by purchase or otherwise,

bonds, notes, or other obligations of the state, an agency of the

state, or an instrumentality of the state.

B. Not less than three percent (3%) nor more than ten percent

(10%), as determined by the Regents, of the interest income

generated by the investment of the assets of the Oklahoma College

Tuition Trust Fund shall be used for the purpose of making tuition

aid grants pursuant to the Oklahoma Higher Education Tuition Aid

Act.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1691
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-820.13 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-820.13
Required records
Status: in_force

REQUIRED RECORDS.

A. An athlete agent shall create and retain for five (5) years

records of the following:

1. The name and address of each individual represented by the

agent;

2. Each agency contract entered into by the agent; and

3. The direct costs incurred by the agent in the recruitment or

solicitation of each student athlete to enter into an agency

contract.

B. Records described in subsection A of this section are open

to inspection by the Secretary of State during normal business

hours.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.195 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.195
Dissemination of meningococcal meningitis
Status: in_force

information.

A. At the beginning of each school year, when the board of

education of a school district provides information on

immunizations, infectious disease, medications, or other school

health issues to parents and guardians of students in grades six

through twelve, the board shall include information about

meningococcal meningitis. The information shall include at least

the causes and symptoms of meningococcal meningitis, how it is

spread, sources for additional information about meningococcal

meningitis, and the availability, effectiveness, and risks of

vaccination against the disease.

B. The State Department of Education, in cooperation with the

State Department of Health, shall develop and make available to

school districts information that meets the requirements of

subsection A of this section. The State Department of Education

shall develop and make the information available in the most cost-

effective and programmatically effective manner available as

determined by the Department, which shall at a minimum include

posting the information on the Department’s website.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.172 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.172
Enforcement
Status: in_force

The duties of the school district under the preceding section

shall be enforced by the State Department of Education through

orders issued after a hearing upon due notice to such district.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2115 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2115
Vehicles owned by System of Higher Education - Liability
Status: in_force

limits.

A. Boards of Regents, institutions and agencies comprising The

Oklahoma State System of Higher Education which are authorized to

own and operate vehicles are hereby authorized to carry public

liability insurance on such vehicles and pay the premiums out of

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non-state-appropriated funds for the following kinds of insurance

not to exceed the limits indicated:

1. Bodily injury liability, One Hundred Thousand Dollars

($100,000.00) each person, Three Hundred Thousand Dollars

($300,000.00) each accident;

2. Property damage liability, Twenty Thousand Dollars

($20,000.00) each accident; and

3. Medical expense, Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).

B. If a vehicle is donated to a board of regents of an

institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education as

provided for in Section 4 of this act, the board of regents is

authorized to carry liability insurance in the following limits:

1. Bodily injury liability, Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00)

each person, Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) each accident; and

2. Property damage liability, Five Thousand Dollars

($5,000.00).

C. The liability insurance shall be on standard policy forms

approved by the State Insurance Board with companies authorized to

do business in Oklahoma. To the extent that an insurer has provided

indemnity in a contract of insurance to the Board of Regents, an

institution or an agency to which the act applies, the insurer may

not plead as a defense in any action involving insurance purchased

pursuant to this act, the governmental immunity of either the State

of Oklahoma or of any political subdivision or agency thereof which

has purchased insurance authorized by this act.

D. The use of a motor vehicle for the purposes stated in

Section 4 of this act by an institution of higher education is

declared to be a public governmental function.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-123 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-123
Noncontract expenditures – Limitations
Status: in_force

No expenditure involving an amount greater than Five Hundred

Dollars ($500.00) shall be made by a board of education except in

accordance with the provisions of a written contract or purchase

order.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4415 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4415
Communities as area school districts - Authorization to
Status: in_force

issue bonds and levy taxes.

Any community that has heretofore been or that may hereafter be

authorized to establish a junior college by order of the Oklahoma

State Regents for Higher Education pursuant to Chapter 100, Oklahoma

Session Laws 1967, as amended (70 O.S. Supp. 1968, Sections 4401 -

4409), and that has been or may be declared to be an area school

district by resolution of the Board of Trustees of the junior

college, may, through the Board of Trustees of the community

college, in accordance with Section 9B, Article X, Oklahoma

Constitution, issue general obligation bonds in the same manner as

bonds are issued by independent school districts, and cause taxes to

be levied against all taxable property in the community to meet

payment of principal and interest of the bonds under the procedure

prescribed for bonds of independent school districts; and may make

levies as provided by Sections 9B and 10, Article X, Oklahoma

Constitution, and Section 5 of Chapter 321, Oklahoma Session Laws

1967 (70 O.S. Supp. 1968, Sec. 4-47).
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1-109.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1-109.1
Optional Extended School Year Program
Status: in_force

A. School districts shall have the option of establishing and

offering an extended school year according to the provisions of this

section. The Optional Extended School Year Program provided in

paragraph 15 of subsection A of Section 109 of this act means those

programs which school districts may provide at the district, site or

class level. For the purposes of this program, a school year shall

consist of either eleven (11) or twelve (12) months in which school

is offered in excess of two hundred (200) days of at least six (6)

hours each day. The purpose of the program shall be to improve

academic achievement of students participating in the extended

school year. The program shall be funded by means of the pupil

category weight to be determined by the State Board of Education

based upon an amount of funding specified in the State Board of

Education's annual appropriation and the level of participation.

B. The State Board of Education shall establish criteria for

participation in the program which shall include:

1. A competitive application process based upon requests for

proposals;

2. A plan for determining measurable results in terms of

academic achievement, pupil retention and other indicators of

educational success, including the remediation needs of the

district's students;

3. Diversified participation by school district size and

geographic location and by amount of school district budget. At

least one school district in each of the following categories shall

be included: General Fund of less than One Million Dollars

($1,000,000.00); General Fund of from One Million Dollars

($1,000,000.00) to Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00); General

Fund of from Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) to Ten Million

Dollars ($10,000,000.00); and General Fund of Ten Million Dollars

($10,000,000.00) or more. Provided, participation in one of the

above categories may be disallowed if no district meeting such fund

requirements makes application for the program.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 97
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-189.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-189.2
School psychologist or psychometrist - Certification
Status: in_force

A. Any person seeking certification as a school psychologist or

school psychometrist shall be exempt from the requirement to

successfully complete the professional education portion of the

competency examination required pursuant to Sections 6-187 and 6-190

of this title.

B. Any person certified as a school psychologist or school

psychometrist pursuant to a substitution or exemption as provided in

this section shall be required to complete all portions of the

competency examination as required pursuant to Sections 6-187 and 6-

190 of this title if such person seeks to add certification in

another subject in the future.

C. The Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation shall adopt

rules to implement the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-102 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-11-102
Instruction conducted in English language
Status: in_force

Instruction given in the several branches of learning in the

public schools shall be conducted in the English language except as

is necessary for the teaching of foreign languages.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-21-104 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-21-104
Private school solicitor's permit
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, acting as an agent or

representative of a private school giving classroom, correspondence,

or distance education instruction, whether such private school be

located inside or outside the State of Oklahoma, to canvass or

solicit prospective students in the State of Oklahoma, except on the

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established and legal premises of the school, for the purpose of

selling to such student any scholarship or tuition in the private

school, or to take payment for the same in money, notes or other

evidence of indebtedness, unless the private school has been

licensed under this act, and unless a private school solicitor's

license for such purpose has been issued to such person.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-697.22 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-697.22
Short title
Status: in_force

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

Hospital Residency Training Program Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-13-112 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-13-112
Special education and related services program for
Status: in_force

children with visual impairments.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 619

The State Board of Education is authorized to select school

districts in which to establish a special education and related

services program for children with visual impairments from the first

grade through the ninth grade. The selection of the school

districts, the establishment of the special education program and

the determination of eligible children shall be in accordance with

the provisions of Section 13-101 et seq. of this title, and with the

rules to be adopted for such purpose by the State Board of

Education.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1925 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1925
Announcement or advertisement - Punishment
Status: in_force

Any person that announces or advertises that he will grant

degrees when said institution has not been granted authority under

the provisions of this act to grant degrees shall be deemed guilty

of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished for

each offense by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars

($100.00), or more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by

imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days or more than six (6)

months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3415 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3415
Greenhouse Research Fund - Agricultural Products Fund -
Status: in_force

Pecan research.

(a) The fund now existing in the State Treasury and known as the

Oklahoma State University of Agriculture and Applied Science,

Agricultural Research Greenhouse Fund shall continue in operation

with the same name. Said fund shall continue to consist of all

revenues, gifts, donations and endowments accruing to the credit of

Oklahoma State University of Agriculture and Applied Science from

the wheat and small grains industry or other private endowments.

Revenue deposited in said fund is hereby appropriated and the fund

shall be of a continuing nature and not subject to fiscal year

limitations.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the fund specified

in this section shall be used by Oklahoma State University of

Agriculture and Applied Science for the payment of all necessary

expenses including personal services, purchase of equipment and

other capital outlay necessary in sponsoring, erecting, constructing

and maintaining an agricultural research greenhouse on the farm of

the Oklahoma State University of Agriculture and Applied Science.

(c) Upon certification by the director of said agricultural

experiment station that Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) has been

made available by the wheat and small grains industry of Oklahoma or

by private endowment, the State Budget Director is hereby authorized

to cause to be made a transfer of funds from the General Revenue

Fund to the Oklahoma State University Agricultural Research

Greenhouse Fund created by Section 415(a) of this act.

(d) The fund previously created for the use of the Oklahoma

Agricultural Research Station and known as the Oklahoma Agricultural

Products Research Fund shall continue in operation and shall consist

of any monies appropriated by the Legislature and any funds received

by gift or from the federal government to be used for the purpose

specified herein.

The proceeds of the fund authorized to be appropriated by the

provisions of this act, and any funds received by gift or from the

federal government to be used for the purpose provided in this

section shall be expended by the Oklahoma State University

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Agricultural Experiment Station for research and development of new,

additional, and improved uses for agricultural products. The

experiment station shall have power and authority, within the limits

of the funds available to it, to coordinate and expedite activities

toward research.

The Director of the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station is

hereby authorized and empowered to acquire title on behalf of the

State of Oklahoma to any patent or patents resulting from research

projects conducted with funds of the Oklahoma Agricultural Products

Research Fund, as herein provided.

The Director of the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station,

with the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized and

empowered to grant licenses or otherwise dispose of any patents

resulting from research conducted with funds of the Oklahoma

Agricultural Products Research Fund on a basis deemed by him to be

most favorable to the State of Oklahoma.

Any royalties or other income derived from the licensing, sale,

or use of any patent or patents resulting from research projects

conducted with funds of the Oklahoma Agricultural Products Research

Fund shall be paid into the Oklahoma Agricultural Products Research

Fund to be used for the purposes of the Oklahoma Agricultural

Products Research Fund.

(e) The pecan experiment station previously established in

Lincoln County, Oklahoma, shall continue in operation and be known

by the same name. It shall be devoted to the improvement of the

grade and amount of production of pecans in Oklahoma.

Said experiment station shall continue to be operated under the

direction and supervision of the Oklahoma State University of

Agriculture and Applied Science. Authorization is granted to the

Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical

Colleges for the acquisition or improvement of lands, or the

acquisition of any other property necessary for the station.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.508 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.508
Statewide student assessment system
Status: in_force

A. 1. By no later than December 31, 2016, the State Board of

Education shall adopt a statewide system of student assessments in

compliance with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

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(ESEA), as reauthorized and amended by P.L. No. 114-95, also known

as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

2. The statewide student assessment system adopted by the Board

pursuant to this subsection shall be aligned with the Oklahoma

Academic Standards as adopted by the Board and which prepare

students for college and careers.

B. 1. The Board shall issue a request for proposals for the

selection of assessments to be administered to students in grades

three through twelve as a part of the statewide student assessment

system adopted by the Board pursuant to this section.

2. The Board shall adopt assessments from the selected

proposals that were submitted pursuant to paragraph 1 of this

subsection. The adopted assessments shall be administered by the

Board for a period that is in coordination with the six-year subject

area textbook adoption cycle unless the vendor does not fulfill the

terms of the contract or fails to comply with or violates the terms

of the contract. The Board shall administer the assessments

beginning with the 2017-2018 school year.

C. The statewide student assessment system adopted by the Board

pursuant to this section shall include assessments that:

1. Are aligned with the Oklahoma subject matter standards as

adopted by the Board;

2. Provide a measure of comparability among other states;

3. Yield both norm-referenced scores and criterion-referenced

scores;

4. Have a track record of statistical reliability and accuracy;

and

5. For assessments administered in high school, provide a

measure of future academic performance.

D. For the 2016-2017 school year, the Board shall administer

assessments in:

1. English Language Arts or reading and mathematics in grades

three through eight and at least once in high school, during the

grade span of nine through twelve;

2. Science not less than once during each grade span of three

through five, six through nine, and ten through twelve; and

3. United States History not less than once during the grade

span of nine through twelve.

E. 1. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the statewide

student assessment system shall include assessments in:

a. English Language Arts and mathematics in grades three

through eight and at least once in high school, during

the grade span of nine through twelve,

b. science not less than once during each grade span of

three through five, six through nine, and ten through

twelve, and

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c. United States History, with an emphasis on civics, not

less than once during the grade span of nine through

twelve.

2. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the statewide

student assessment system may include:

a. assessments in reading, writing, and mathematics in

certain grades as determined by the Board, and

b. contingent upon the availability of funds, an

additional nationally recognized college- and career-

readiness assessment or assessments as recommended by

the State Department of Education which will be

administered to students in high school at no cost to

the student.

F. 1. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the

2017-2018 school year, each student shall take the assessment or

assessments included in the statewide student assessment system

adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection A of this section in

order to graduate from a public high school with a standard diploma.

All students shall take the assessment or assessments prior to

graduation, unless otherwise exempt by law.

2. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the

2017-2018 school year, each student, in addition to taking the

assessment or assessments included in the statewide student

assessment system adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection A of

this section, shall meet any other high school graduation

requirements adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled

House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd Session of the 55th Oklahoma

Legislature in order to graduate from a public high school with a

standard diploma.

3. For students who start the ninth grade prior to or during

the 2016-2017 school year, school districts shall adopt a plan that

establishes the assessment or assessments those students are

required to take in order to graduate from a public high school with

a standard diploma. The plan may also include any or all of the

other high school graduation requirements adopted by the Board

pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd

Session of the 55th Oklahoma Legislature that those students will be

required to meet in order to graduate from a public high school with

a standard diploma.

4. The Board shall promulgate rules to ensure that students who

transfer into an Oklahoma school district from out-of-state after

the junior year of high school shall not be denied the opportunity

to be awarded a standard diploma due to differing testing

requirements.

G. In order to provide an indication of the levels of

competency attained by the student in a permanent record for

potential future employers and institutions of higher education,

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school districts shall report on the high school transcript of the

student the highest-achieved score on the assessment or assessments

included in the statewide student assessment system adopted by the

Board pursuant to subsection A of this section and any business- and

industry-recognized endorsements attained.

H. Students who do not perform at a proficiency level on

assessments shall be remediated as established in the assessment

requirements adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled

House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd Session of the 55th Oklahoma

Legislature, subject to the availability of funding.

I. 1. All assessments required by this section shall measure

academic competencies in correlation with the subject matter

standards adopted by the Board pursuant to Sections 11-103.6 and 11-

103.6a of this title and referred to as the Oklahoma Academic

Standards. The State Board of Education shall evaluate the subject

matter standards to ensure the competencies reflect high standards,

are specific, well-defined, measurable, and challenging, and will

prepare elementary students for next-grade-level course work and

secondary students for postsecondary studies at institutions of

higher education or technology center schools without the need for

remediation. All subject matter standards shall reflect the goals

as set forth in Section 11-103.6 of this title and of improving the

state average of college entrance exam scores.

2. The State Department of Education shall annually evaluate

the results of the assessments. The State Board of Education shall

ensure that preliminary results for all statewide assessments are

reported to districts no later than June 20 of each year and are

presented in a manner that yields detailed, diagnostic information

for the purpose of guiding instruction and student remediation. As

improvements are made to the assessments required by this section,

the Board shall seek to increase the depth of knowledge assessed for

each subject. The State Board of Education shall seek to ensure

that data yielded from the assessments required in this section are

utilized at the school district level to inform instruction,

professional development, school improvement, and remediation for

students.

3. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability

shall determine the cut scores for the performance levels on all

statewide assessments. The Commission shall conduct an ongoing

review to compare the statewide assessment content and performance

descriptors with those of other states. Upon receipt of the review,

the Commission may adjust the cut scores as necessary.

4. The State Board of Education, for the purposes of conducting

reliability and validity studies, monitoring contractor adherence to

professionally accepted testing standards, and providing

recommendations for testing program improvement, shall retain the

services of an established, independent agency or organization that

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is nationally recognized for its technical expertise in educational

testing but is not engaged in the development of aptitude or

achievement tests for elementary or secondary level grades. These

national assessment experts shall annually conduct studies of the

reliability and validity of the statewide assessments administered

pursuant to this section. Validity studies shall include studies of

decision validity and concurrent validity.

J. 1. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules

setting the assessment window dates for each statewide assessment so

that the assessments are administered according to recommended

testing protocols and so that the assessment results are reported

back to school districts in a timely manner. The vendor shall

provide a final electronic data file of all school site, school

district, and state results to the State Department of Education and

the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability prior to August

20 of each year. The Department shall forward the final data files

for each school district and each school site in that district to

the school district. The Board shall ensure the contract with the

vendor includes a provision that the vendor report assessment

results directly to the Office of Educational Quality and

Accountability at the same time it is reported to the Board.

2. State, district, and site level results of all assessments

required in this section shall be disaggregated by gender, race,

ethnicity, disability status, migrant status, English proficiency,

and status as economically disadvantaged, except that such

disaggregation shall not be required in a case in which the number

of students in a category is insufficient to yield statistically

reliable information or the results would reveal personally

identifiable information about an individual student. Each school

site shall notify the student’s parents or legal guardians of the

school’s performance levels in the Oklahoma School Testing Program

as reported in the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program at the

end of each school year.

K. The State Board of Education shall be responsible for the

field-testing and validation of the statewide assessment system

required in subsection A of this section.

L. The State Board of Education shall develop, administer, and

incorporate as a part of the Oklahoma School Testing Program other

assessment programs or procedures including appropriate

accommodations for the assessment of students with disabilities as

required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),

20 U.S.C., Section 1400 et seq.

M. For purposes of developing and administering alternate

assessments for students with the most significant cognitive

disabilities, the State Board of Education shall not be subject to

subsections D and E of Section 11-103.6a of this title.

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N. By December 15, 2026, and annually thereafter, the State

Board of Education shall electronically submit a report to the

Legislature containing data collected for the most recently

completed school year on the number and demographics of students who

were eligible for advanced mathematics courses, the number and

demographics of students who were placed in advanced mathematics

courses, the number and demographics of students placed in

mathematics intervention courses, and the number and demographics of

students not placed in advanced mathematic courses or mathematic

intervention courses. The report shall include information on the

type and format of advanced mathematic courses and the type and

format of mathematic intervention courses.

O. The State Board of Education shall provide guidance on how

to best develop programming and courses to ensure all impacted

students receive rigorous, academically appropriate instruction in

mathematics.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-9105 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-9105
Feasibility report
Status: in_force

A. The Commission shall conduct a thorough analysis of the

feasibility of establishing a new NCAA Division II athletic

conference in Oklahoma considering the following factors:

1. Potential member institutions, including public and private

colleges and universities both inside and outside the State of

Oklahoma who voluntarily seek to join the conference;

2. The academic and athletic capabilities of potential member

institutions to support NCAA Division II athletics;

3. Geographic and logistical considerations for scheduling and

travel;

4. Financial impact and sustainability for potential member

institutions;

5. The effects on student-athletes, including opportunities for

academic and athletic growth, recruitment, and competition;

6. Potential community, regional, and economic benefits,

including sponsorships, fan engagement, and media exposure; and

7. Alignment with NCAA Division II regulations, policies, and

goals.

B. The Commission shall consult with a range of stakeholders

including, but not limited to:

1. NCAA Division II representatives and governing bodies;

2. Athletic directors, coaches, and administrators from current

NCAA Division II institutions in the region;

3. Student-athletes and athletic support staff;

4. Local government officials and business leaders; and

5. Academic and athletic organizations that focus on the

interests of Division II athletics.

C. 1. The Commission shall prepare and submit a detailed

feasibility report to the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the

Oklahoma State Senate within twelve (12) months of its first

meeting.

2. The report shall include:

a. a summary of findings from the study and

consultations,

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b. a comprehensive analysis of the benefits, costs, and

risks associated with establishing a new NCAA Division

II athletic conference,

c. a list of potential member institutions, including any

recommendations for institutions that should be

invited to join,

d. a proposed timeline and framework for transitioning

into a new athletic conference, including governance

structures, policies, and membership guidelines, and

e. an assessment of funding and financial models to

support the new conference, including membership fees,

sponsorship, and broadcasting rights.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-21-102.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-21-102.1
Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools -
Status: in_force

Director - Powers and duties.

The Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools is authorized

to:

1. Appoint and fix the compensation of a director who:

a. shall employ and fix the duties and compensation of

such clerical or other assistants as are reasonably

necessary to effectuate the provisions of Section 21-

101 et seq. of this title, and

b. may execute contracts on behalf of the Board;

2. Promulgate rules to include but not be limited to the

implementation of minimum standards for the operation of private

schools and the requirements for application of a school, seminar or

workshop for a license of state authorization;

3. Approve or disapprove:

a. applications for state authorization,

b. other applications for licensing including

applications for sustained licenses,

c. requests for exemption, and

d. requests for a definition exception;

4. Issue a private school license to document state

authorization or other licensing upon determination that such school

meets the standards fixed by the Board;

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5. Prescribe, except as is otherwise provided by law and

subject to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, such

penalties as it may deem proper for the enforcement of Section 21-

101 et seq. of this title, not to exceed One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00);

6. Fix minimum standards through promulgation of rules for

private schools, which shall include standards for:

a. courses of instruction and training,

b. qualifications of instructors,

c. financial stability,

d. advertising practices, and

e. refund of tuition and fees paid by students for

courses of instruction or training not completed;

7. Where possible, to regulate degrees offered by distance

education, make use of the State Regents for Higher Education's

interstate reciprocity agreements to create a more efficient and

cost-effective means of the regulation of private schools;

8. Make use of interstate reciprocity agreements that

reasonably satisfy the Board's minimum standards to approve state

authorization or other license application, if such agreements

become available for other programs the Board approves for state

authorization or other license;

9. Require an entity to repay any fees charged to the Board by

a financial institution or the State Treasurer for a returned check

or other failed form of payment;

10. Develop and present mandatory annual compliance training to

emphasize standards relating to the operation of a school and

relicensing processes, and require attendance by a representative of

each school, seminar or workshop;

11. Develop and present or arrange for the presentation of

optional training for schools to emphasize continuing development of

school personnel and processes and to address emerging issues;

12. Provide all licensing forms free of charge via one or more

electronic means, but shall charge for the pick up or mailing of a

hard-copy licensing application packet to a person requesting

information about private school licensing requirements;

13. Certify an electronic record or the printing of an

electronically stored record as an original, subject to approval by

the Oklahoma Archives and Records Commission and when in accordance

with the record retention and destruction policy of the Board;

14. Conduct announced or unannounced site visits to an

applicant or licensed school or seminar including joint visits with

an accrediting organization or federal or state agency;

15. Invoice a travel fee to conduct site visits to an

applicant, school, seminar or workshop;

16. Collect or require the submission of data, including but

not limited to:

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a. admissions,

b. certification scores or passage rates,

c. complaints or grievances,

d. enrollment,

e. funding,

f. graduation,

g. job longevity or retention,

h. job placement,

i. data required to be reported to the U.S. Department of

Education, any state or federal agency or an

accrediting organization, and

j. other data, as necessary, to carry on the mission or

duties of the Board, or to assist in the state's

workforce development initiatives; and

17. Carry out such other duties as necessary to provide state

authorization for private vocational schools, seminars, and

workshops and such other schools that make offerings of courses or

programs as permitted by Section 21-101 et seq. of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3311.18 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3311.18
CLEET basic peace officer academies and other law
Status: in_force

enforcement training – Tuition and fees.

A. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training

(CLEET) shall be authorized to conduct basic peace officer

certification academies and other law-enforcement-related training

for individuals who are neither commissioned nor appointed by a law

enforcement agency under rules established by CLEET.

B. The tuition or fees for attending the basic peace officer

certification academy and other law-enforcement-related training

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shall be at a rate established and approved by CLEET. The tuition

or fees shall be deposited into the Peace Officer Revolving Fund

established in Section 3311.7 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. Individuals not commissioned or appointed by a law

enforcement agency who are trained in the basic peace officer

certification academy shall be required to meet minimum standards

established for peace officers as set forth in Section 3311 of Title

70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Any fees related to meeting the

minimum standards shall be borne by the individual.

D. CLEET is authorized to promulgate rules to effectuate the

provisions of this section.

E. Upon successful completion of the Basic Peace Officer

Certification Academy, the individual's CLEET certification will

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, § 70-3308.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3308.1
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists program
Status: in_force

The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma is hereby

authorized to establish within the College of Nursing at the

University of Oklahoma a program for the education, training, and

graduation of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists. Such program

shall meet the standards set forth by the Council on Accreditation

of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2606 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2606
Return of funds upon withdrawal from class – Survey on
Status: in_force

reasons for withdrawal.

A. If a student withdraws from a class in which he or she has

received an award from the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program,

the awarded funds shall be returned to the Oklahoma Higher Learning

Access Program. The provisions of this subsection shall only apply

to awarded funds when a student withdraws prior to the end of the

add/drop period for the session in which the student is enrolled.

B. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall

administer a survey to students who receive an Oklahoma Higher

Learning Access Program award and who withdraw from an institution

within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, a private

institution of higher learning located within this state and

accredited pursuant to Section 4103 of this title or a technology

center school before completing a degree or certificate program.

The survey shall gather information on the reasons for withdrawal,

the barriers to completion of a degree or certificate program and

the future plans of the students.

C. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall

promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3603 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3603
Succession to existing Board of Regents
Status: in_force

The Board of Regents created by the preceding section shall be

the successor of, and shall succeed to the ownership and possession

of all property belonging to, and shall be liable for all of the

obligations of, the Board of Regents created by 70 O.S.1961, Section

1691.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-106.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-106.2
“Direct deposit system” and “employee” defined –
Status: in_force

Implementation and administration of direct deposit system.

A. As used in this section:

1. “Direct deposit system” means a method of electronically

transferring a payroll claim for an employee to a financial

institution; and

2. “Employee” means any certified or support employee as

defined in Section 26-103 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes

employed by any school district in this state.

B. A school district board of education may adopt a policy

implementing a direct deposit system for employees of the school

district.

C. No school district which chooses to implement a direct

deposit system may charge any employee of that school district any

fee or assessment as a result of the implementation and

administration of a direct deposit system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-820.3 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-820.3
Secretary of State – Authority - Procedure
Status: in_force

SECRETARY OF STATE; AUTHORITY; PROCEDURE.

A. The Administrative Procedures Act applies to the Revised

Uniform Athlete Agents Act. The Secretary of State may adopt rules

under the Administrative Procedures Act to implement the Revised

Uniform Athlete Agents Act.

B. By acting as an athlete agent in this state, a nonresident

individual appoints the Secretary of State as the individual's agent

for service of process in any civil action in this state related to

the individual acting as an athlete agent in this state.

C. The Secretary of State may issue a subpoena for material

that is relevant to the administration of the Revised Uniform

Athlete Agents Act pursuant to Section 315 of Title 75 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-135.1c — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-135.1c
Reimbursement for expense
Status: in_force

Reimbursement to the county for the expense to such county for

the salary and bond of such deputy of school accounts shall be

accomplished in the following manner; the amount of the annual

salary of such deputy shall be ratably charged to each school

district, dependent and independent, so served, in ratio of the

original local appropriations finally approved in each such district

so served to the sum total of such original local appropriations

finally approved. As soon as any unappropriated surplus shall occur

in the general fund account of any such school district after the

beginning of such fiscal year sufficient for such reimbursement,

before moving such surplus forward to the same fund account for the

next succeeding fiscal year, the County Treasurer shall deduct the

amount of reimbursement so determined as aforesaid, transfer the

same and place it to the credit of the general fund of the county.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-17-102 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-17-102
Establishment of system - Powers and privileges - Name
Status: in_force

A retirement system is hereby established and placed under the

management of the Board of Trustees for the purpose of providing

retirement allowances and other benefits under the provisions of

this act for teachers of the State of Oklahoma.

The Board of Trustees shall have the power and privileges of a

corporation and shall be known as the "Board of Trustees of the

Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma", and by such name all of

its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested, and all

of its cash and securities and other property held in trust for the

purpose for which received.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3311.10 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3311.10
Purchase of passenger automobiles or buses for
Status: in_force

training purposes.

Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, the Council on

Law Enforcement Education and Training is hereby authorized to

purchase passenger automobiles or buses for use as training vehicles

in the same manner as other state agencies authorized by law to

purchase passenger automobiles or buses.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-104.6 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3-104.6
Legislative membership or in Legislative Service
Status: in_force

Bureau as valid experience for renewal of Standard Teaching

Certificate.

The State Board of Education shall recognize full time service

as a member of the staff of the House of Representatives, the

Senate, or the Legislative Service Bureau in an area related to

education as valid experience for renewal of the Standard Teaching

Certificate.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3514 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3514
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1553

Southeastern State College, located at Durant, Oklahoma, is

hereby officially named and shall be designated in all future

references as "Southeastern Oklahoma State University."
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-626.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-626.2
Aid grants created
Status: in_force

There are hereby created state tuition aid grants which shall be

maintained by the state, awarded and administered pursuant to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Higher Education Tuition Aid Act, and

used by the holders thereof for study in nonprofit, accredited

institutions of higher education in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1061
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-24-153 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-24-153
Granting of high school diplomas to certain veterans
Status: in_force

A. In order to recognize and pay tribute to veterans who left

high school prior to graduation to serve in World War II, in the

Korean War, or in the Vietnam War, a board of education of any

independent school district in this state is hereby authorized to

grant a diploma of graduation to any veteran who meets the

requirements as listed in subsection B of this section. School

districts are further encouraged to present such diplomas in

conjunction with appropriate Veterans Day programs.

B. To be eligible for a high school diploma pursuant to this

section, a veteran shall:

1. Have been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the

United States of America;

2. Have served on active duty or have been discharged with a

service-connected disability between the dates of September 16,

1940, and December 31, 1946, or between the dates of June 27, 1950,

and January 31, 1955, or between the dates of May 13, 1961, and

April 29, 1975; and

3. Be a resident of the State of Oklahoma.

C. The State Board of Education shall consult with the

Department of Veterans Affairs in adopting rules to implement the

provisions of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-15-204 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-15-204
Application by school districts for bond guarantee
Status: in_force

program.

A school district seeking the guarantee of eligible bonds shall

apply to the Commissioners on an application which must include:

1. The name of the school district and the principal amount of

the bonds to be issued;

2. The maturity schedule, estimated interest rate and date of

the bonds; and

3. Any other information as deemed necessary and appropriate by

the Commissioners of the Land Office.

The application must be accompanied by a fee set by the

Commissioners in an amount to cover costs of administering the

guarantee program. The Commissioners and the State Bond Advisor

shall enter into an interagency agreement in order to administer

their responsibilities pursuant to the provisions of this act.

From the fees collected, the Commissioners shall enter into a

cooperative agreement with the State Bond Advisor to defray any

administrative costs of his office in carrying out the provisions of

this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1-122 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1-122
Contributions to Public School Classroom Support
Status: in_force

Revolving Fund – Tax forms.

A. Each individual taxpayer required to file a state income tax

return and each corporation required to file a corporate tax return

who desires to contribute to the Public School Classroom Support

Revolving Fund created in Section 1-123 of this title may designate

the contribution on the appropriate income or corporate tax form.

The contribution may not increase or decrease the income or

liability of the taxpayer and may be made by reducing the tax refund

of a taxpayer by the amount designated or by accepting additional

payment from the taxpayer by the amount designated, whichever is

appropriate.

B. 1. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall include on each state

individual income or corporate tax return form for tax years

beginning after December 31, 2011, an opportunity for the taxpayer

to donate for the benefit of the Public School Classroom Support

Revolving Fund. The instructions accompanying the tax form shall be

provided to the Oklahoma Tax Commission by the State Superintendent

of Public Instruction and shall contain a description of the purpose

for which the Public School Classroom Support Revolving Fund was

established and information on the use of monies from the tax

contribution.

2. Taxpayers who are entitled to refunds shall have the refunds

reduced by the amount designated by the taxpayer. The Oklahoma Tax

Commission shall annually determine the total amount designated plus

the amount received in excess payments and shall report the total

amount to the Office of the State Treasurer. The State Treasurer

shall credit the total amount to the Public School Classroom Support

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Revolving Fund created in Section 1-123 of this title at the

earliest possible time.

C. The incremental cost of administration of contributions

shall be paid out of the fund to the Oklahoma Tax Commission from

amounts received pursuant to this section before funds are expended

for the purposes of the fund.

D. Pursuant to Section 2368.18 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, the income tax checkoff contained in this section is

hereby reauthorized effective January 1, 2019.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-628.7 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-628.7
Student Educational Assistance Fund
Status: in_force

The sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) of the

appropriation made by the Legislature in House Bill No. 1124 of the

lst Session of the 33rd Oklahoma Legislature shall be allocated to

the Student Educational Assistance Fund provided for in Sections 1

and 2, Chapter 482, O.S.L. 1965, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 3,

O.S.L. 1967 (70 O.S. Supp. 1970, Sections 622 and 623), and be

utilized in carrying out the provisions of this act as amended, and

the State Regents shall allocate, hold, maintain and administer

funds so appropriated under the same regulations and procedures as

are followed in administering the federally guaranteed Student Loan

Program.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-137 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3-137
Duration of contract - Performance report – Renewal –
Status: in_force

Termination - School closure.

A. An initial contract between a charter school or virtual

charter school and its sponsor approved on or after July 1, 2024,

shall be effective for five (5) years from the first day of

operation. After completing an initial five-year term, a charter

contract may be renewed for up to ten-year terms of duration,

although the sponsor may vary the term based on the performance,

demonstrated capacities, and particular circumstances of each

charter school or virtual charter school. A sponsor may grant

renewal with specific conditions for necessary improvements to a

charter school or virtual charter school.

B. Prior to the beginning of the final year of the contract

term of a charter school or virtual charter school, the sponsor

shall issue a performance report and charter renewal application

guidance to the charter school and its governing board or the

virtual charter school and its governing board. The performance

report shall summarize the performance record to date of the charter

school or virtual charter school based on the data required by the

Oklahoma Charter Schools Act, the annual performance framework

evaluation, a review of the contract with an educational management

organization if the charter school or virtual charter school

contracts with an educational management organization, and the

charter contract. The performance review shall take into

consideration the percentage of at-risk students enrolled in the

charter school or virtual charter school. The performance report

shall provide notice of any weaknesses, concerns, violations, or

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deficiencies perceived by the sponsor concerning the charter school

or virtual charter school that may jeopardize its position in

seeking renewal if not timely rectified. If there are weaknesses,

concerns, violations, or deficiencies the sponsor may require a

charter school or virtual charter school to develop a corrective

action plan and corresponding timeline to remedy any weaknesses,

concerns, violations, or deficiencies. If the sponsor requires a

corrective action plan, the charter school or virtual charter school

shall have forty-five (45) days to respond to the performance report

and submit any corrections or clarifications for the report. If the

charter school or virtual charter school does not substantially

complete the corrective action plan, the sponsor may choose to

revoke or not renew the charter contract pursuant to the

requirements of this section.

C. 1. Prior to the beginning of the final year of a charter

contract term, the charter school or virtual charter school may

apply for renewal of the contract with the sponsor including the

Statewide Charter School Board. The renewal application guidance

shall, at a minimum, provide an opportunity for the charter school

or virtual charter school to:

a. present additional evidence, beyond the data contained

in the performance report, supporting its case for

charter renewal,

b. describe improvements undertaken or planned for the

school, and

c. detail the plan for the next charter term for the

school.

2. The renewal application guidance shall include or refer

explicitly to the criteria that will guide the renewal decisions of

the sponsor, which shall be based on the performance framework set

forth in the charter contract and consistent with the Oklahoma

Charter Schools Act.

D. The sponsor may deny the request for renewal if it

determines the charter school or virtual charter school has failed

to complete the obligations of the contract or comply with the

provisions of the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act. A sponsor shall

give written notice of its intent to deny the request for renewal at

least eight (8) months prior to expiration of the contract. In

making charter renewal decisions, a sponsor shall:

1. Ground decisions on evidence of the performance of the

charter school or virtual charter school over the term of the

charter contract in accordance with the performance framework set

forth in the charter contract and shall take into consideration the

percentage of at-risk students enrolled in the school;

2. Grant renewal to charter schools or virtual charter schools

that have achieved the standards, targets, and performance

expectations as stated in the charter contract and are

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organizationally and fiscally viable and have been faithful to the

terms of the contract and applicable law;

3. Ensure that data used in making renewal decisions are

available to the school and the public; and

4. Provide a public report summarizing the evidence used as the

basis for each decision.

E. If the Statewide Charter School Board denies a request for

renewal, the Board may, if requested by the charter school or

virtual charter school, proceed to binding arbitration as provided

for in subsection G of Section 3-134 of this title.

F. A sponsor may terminate a contract during the term of the

contract for failure to meet the requirements for student

performance contained in the contract and performance framework,

failure to meet the standards of fiscal management, violations of

the law, or other good cause. The sponsor shall give at least

ninety (90) days’ written notice to the governing board of the

charter school or virtual charter school prior to terminating the

contract. The governing board may request, in writing, an informal

hearing before the sponsor within fourteen (14) days of receiving

notice. The sponsor shall conduct an informal hearing before taking

action.

G. Beginning July 1, 2024, and subject to the provisions of

this section, a charter school sponsor authorized by subsection A of

Section 3-132 of this title with a charter contract that includes

more than one charter school site may terminate or not renew a

charter school contract for a specific charter school site.

H. 1. Beginning in the 2016-2017 school year, the State Board

of Education shall identify charter schools and virtual charter

schools in the state that are ranked in the bottom five percent (5%)

of all public schools as determined pursuant to Section 1210.545 of

this title.

2. At the time of its charter renewal, based on an average of

the current year and the two (2) prior operating years, a sponsor

may close a charter school site or virtual charter school identified

as being among the bottom five percent (5%) of public schools in the

state. The average of the current year and two (2) prior operating

years shall be calculated by using the percentage ranking for each

year divided by three, as determined by this subsection.

3. If there is a change to the calculation described in Section

1210.545 of this title that results in a charter school site or

virtual charter school that was not ranked in the bottom five

percent (5%) being ranked in the bottom five percent (5%), then the

sponsor shall use the higher of the two rankings to calculate the

ranking of the charter school site or virtual charter school.

4. a A charter school or virtual charter school that is

closed by its sponsor pursuant to this subsection

shall not be granted a subsequent charter contract.

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5. The requirements of this subsection shall not apply to a

charter school or virtual charter school that has been designated by

the State Department of Education as implementing an alternative

education program.

6. In making a charter school site or virtual charter school

closure decision, the sponsor shall consider the following:

a. enrollment of students with special challenges such as

drug or alcohol addiction, prior withdrawal from

school, prior incarceration, or other special

circumstances,

b. high mobility of the student population resulting from

the specific purpose of the charter school or virtual

charter school,

c. annual improvement in the performance of students

enrolled in the charter school or virtual charter

school compared with the performance of students

enrolled in the charter school or virtual charter

school in the immediately preceding school year, and

d. whether a majority of students attending the charter

school or virtual charter school under consideration

for closure would likely revert to attending public

schools with lower academic achievement, as

demonstrated pursuant to Section 1210.545 of this

title.

7. If at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the charter schools

chartered by one sponsor are closed within a five-year period

pursuant to this subsection, the authority of the sponsor to sponsor

new charter schools may be suspended by the Statewide Charter School

Board until the Board approves the sponsor to sponsor new charter

schools. A determination made pursuant to this paragraph shall

identify the deficiencies that, if corrected, will result in the

approval of the sponsor to sponsor new charter schools.

I. If a sponsor terminates a contract or the charter school or

virtual charter school is closed, the closure shall be conducted in

accordance with the following protocol:

1. Within two (2) calendar weeks of a final closure

determination, the sponsor shall meet with the governing board and

leadership of the charter school or virtual charter school to

establish a transition team composed of school staff, applicant

staff, and others designated by the applicant that will attend to

the closure including the transfer of students, student records, and

school funds;

2. The sponsor and transition team shall communicate regularly

and effectively with families of students enrolled in the charter

school or virtual charter school, as well as with school staff and

other stakeholders, to keep them apprised of key information

regarding the closure of the school and their options and risks;

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3. The sponsor and transition team shall ensure that current

instruction of students enrolled in the charter school or virtual

charter school continues per the charter contract for the remainder

of the school year;

4. The sponsor and transition team shall ensure that all

necessary and prudent notifications are issued to agencies,

employees, insurers, contractors, creditors, debtors, and management

organizations; and

5. The governing board of the charter school or virtual charter

school shall continue to meet as necessary to take actions needed to

wind down school operations, manage school finances, allocate

resources, and facilitate all aspects of closure.

J. A sponsor including the Statewide Charter School Board shall

develop revocation and nonrenewal processes that are consistent with

the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act and that:

1. Provide the charter school or virtual charter school with a

timely notification of the prospect of revocation or nonrenewal and

of the reasons for possible closure;

2. Allow the charter school or virtual charter school a

reasonable amount of time in which to prepare a response;

3. Provide the charter school or virtual charter school with an

opportunity to submit documents and give testimony in a public

hearing challenging the rationale for closure and in support of the

continuation of the school at an orderly proceeding held for that

purpose and prior to taking any final nonrenewal or revocation

decision related to the school;

4. Allow the charter school or virtual charter school access to

representation by counsel to call witnesses on its behalf;

5. Permit the recording of the proceedings; and

6. After a reasonable period for deliberation, require a final

determination be made and conveyed in writing to the charter school

or virtual charter school.

K. If a sponsor revokes or does not renew a charter contract,

the sponsor shall clearly state in a resolution the reasons for the

revocation or nonrenewal. If a charter is revoked or nonrenewed,

the charter school or virtual charter school shall disclose the

revocation or nonrenewal in any subsequent application.

L. If a charter contract is not renewed, the governing board of

the charter school may submit an application to a proposed new

sponsor as provided for in Section 3-134 of this title.

M. If a charter contract is not renewed or is terminated

according to this section, a student who attended the charter school

or virtual charter school may enroll in the resident school district

of the student or may apply for a transfer in accordance with the

Education Open Transfer Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-17-201 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-17-201
Alternate Retirement Plan for Comprehensive
Status: in_force

Universities Act – Short title.

Sections 1 through 8 of this act shall be known and may be cited

as the “Alternate Retirement Plan for Comprehensive Universities

Act”.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-17-116.10 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-17-116.10
Postretirement employment - Eligibility for
Status: in_force

continued benefits.

A. Subject to the requirements of Section 6-101.2 of this title

and any other applicable requirements of law, a member may enter

into postretirement employment with a public school of Oklahoma and

still receive monthly retirement benefits subject to the following

limitations:

1. A retired member is not eligible to be employed by the

public schools of Oklahoma, in any capacity, for sixty (60) calendar

days between the retiree’s last day of preretirement public

education employment and any postretirement public education

employment. For purposes of this section, the term “last day of

preretirement employment” shall mean the last day the employee is

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required to be physically present on the job to complete the terms

of the employment contract or agreement or the member’s effective

retirement date, whichever is later. An employee on paid leave is

still considered to be employed for purposes of this section.

Employment under any conditions during this time, volunteer services

for the purpose of obtaining a paid position at a later date, or

payment at a later time for services performed during this time

period shall cause the forfeiture of all retirement benefits

received during the period;

2. For thirty-six (36) months following a member’s effective

retirement date, the retired member shall be subject to earnings

limitations on allowable earnings. Earnings limits are determined

annually based on a calendar year. For retired members under the

age of sixty-two (62) years, allowed earnings from the public

schools of Oklahoma for employment for the performance of duties

ordinarily performed by classified or nonclassified optional

personnel shall be limited to one-half (1/2) of the member’s final

average salary used in computing retirement benefits or the earnings

limit allowed by the Social Security Administration for those under

Social Security’s normal retirement age, whichever is less. For

retired members sixty-two (62) years of age or older, allowed

earnings from the public schools of Oklahoma for the performance of

duties ordinarily performed by classified or nonclassified personnel

shall be limited to Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) or one-half

(1/2) of the member’s final average salary used in computing

retirement benefits, whichever is less. For purposes of this

paragraph, the following shall apply:

a. earnings shall mean regular annual compensation as

defined in paragraph 23 of Section 17-101 of this

title, and shall include any payment by a public

school for services rendered by a retired member who

is employed for any purpose whatsoever. Supplemental

retirement payments paid by a former public school

employer pursuant to subsection N of Section 17-105 of

this title or other state law shall not be considered

as earnings,

b. the earnings limit for the calendar year in which a

member retires shall be one-twelfth (1/12) of the

annual limit multiplied by the number of months the

member is eligible to work and receive payments from

the public schools of Oklahoma, and

c. earnings in excess of the maximum limit on allowed

earnings from public schools of Oklahoma shall result

in a loss of retirement benefits of One Dollar ($1.00)

for each One Dollar ($1.00) earned over the maximum

allowed earnings amount;

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3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2 of this subsection, for a period

of three (3) years beginning July 1, 2017, members who have retired

as of July 1, 2017, as active classroom teachers, who have been

retired and receiving a benefit for at least one (1) year, and who

have not been employed by any public school during that one-year

period, shall be eligible to be reemployed as an active classroom

teacher in common or career tech school districts, with no

limitations on earnings. For a period of three (3) years beginning

July 1, 2021, members who have retired as of July 1, 2020, who have

been retired and receiving a benefit for at least one (1) year, and

who have not been employed by any public school during that one-year

period, shall be eligible to be reemployed as an active classroom

teacher in common or career tech school districts, with no

limitations on earnings. The one-year period starts with the

retiree’s last day of preretirement public education employment.

Members returning under this section shall not be subject to any

earnings limitations following the end of the three-year periods

described in this paragraph. Members returning under this section

shall only be employed pursuant to a temporary contract; and

4. A member shall be considered to be employed by a school

district to perform the duties ordinarily performed by classified or

nonclassified optional personnel if the member is hired by the

school district in the member’s individual capacity to perform the

duties or if the member performs the duties through employment with

a proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability

company or partnership, or any other business structure that has

agreed or contracted to provide the services to the school district.

B. A public school district that employs a retired member shall

be required to make contributions to the System for the retired

member in an amount as required in Section 17-108.1 and in paragraph

3 of subsection B of Section 17-116.2 of this title.

C. For purposes of this section, postretirement employment of

less than one thousand (1,000) hours per year with the Governor, the

Oklahoma State Senate, the Oklahoma House of Representatives or the

Legislative Service Bureau shall not be considered as postretirement

employment with a public school of Oklahoma.

D. The Board of Trustees of the Teachers’ Retirement System of

Oklahoma shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to implement

the provisions of this section.

E. A member who has entered into postretirement employment with

a participating employer of the Teachers’ Retirement System of

Oklahoma must fully comply with all the provisions of the rules

promulgated by the Board of Trustees pursuant to this section in

order to continue receiving the member’s monthly retirement benefit.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-141.3 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-141.3
Teacher Incentive Pay programs approved prior to
Status: in_force

implementation - Partial reimbursement.

Teacher Incentive Pay programs that have been approved by the

State Board of Education prior to implementation and have been

evaluated by the State Board of Education to have successfully

completed the year according to the approved district plan shall be

eligible for partial reimbursement of incentive pay awards from the

funds appropriated for Teacher Incentive Pilot Programs. Such state

reimbursements shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the amount

awarded to any teacher not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00),

whichever is less. Such reimbursements shall not be provided to

more than fifty percent (50%) of the certified instructional staff

of a school district. Application for reimbursement shall be

submitted to the State Board of Education no later than July 1 of

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 306

the year following the implementation year and reimbursement of

approved claims shall occur no later than September 1.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1-126 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1-126
Use of cell phones and personal electronic devices in
Status: in_force

schools.

A. As used in this section:

1. “Bell to bell” means the time between the first bell ringing

at the start of the school day to begin instructional time until the

dismissal bell at the end of the school day to end instructional

time; and

2. “Personal electronic device” means a personal device capable

of connecting to a smart phone, the Internet, or a cellular or Wi-Fi

network, or directly connecting to another similar device. Personal

electronic devices include, but are not limited to, smart watches,

smart headphones, laptops, tablets, and smart glasses. Personal

electronic devices shall not include school-issued or school-

approved devices that are specifically limited for use in classroom

instruction.

B. 1. For the 2025-2026 school year, each school district

board of education shall adopt a policy prohibiting students from

using cell phones and personal electronic devices while on the

campus of a public school district from bell to bell. The policy

shall include disciplinary procedures for violations.

2. For the 2026-2027 school year and each school year

thereafter, each school district board of education may adopt a

policy prohibiting students from using cell phones and personal

electronic devices while on the campus of a public school district

from bell to bell.

C. The policy adopted pursuant to subsection B of this section

may provide for exceptions including, but not limited to:

1. Emergency use of cell phones or personal electronic devices

by students during the school day; and

2. Use of cell phones or personal electronic devices by

students who use them to monitor health issues.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2602 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2602
Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access

Program. The program shall also be known as "Oklahoma's Promise".

The purpose of the program is to provide an award to students who

meet the criteria set forth in the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access

Act who are pursuing studies in this state leading to an associate

or baccalaureate degree or who are pursuing studies in a

postsecondary career technology program that would meet the

requirements to be eligible for federal student financial aid and is

offered by a technology center school supervised by the State Board

of Career and Technology Education, and who are in good academic

standing in the institution or school in which the student is

enrolled, that will relieve the student of the burden of paying

nonguaranteed resident tuition at institutions of The Oklahoma State

System of Higher Education, paying tuition for enrollment in

postsecondary programs of the technology center districts, or paying

some portion of such fees or tuition, pursuant to the provisions of

the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Act, as may be required of

enrollees at private institutions of higher education which are

accredited pursuant to Section 4103 of this title. The further

purpose of this program is to establish and maintain a variety of

support services whereby a broader range of the general student

population of this state will be prepared for success in

postsecondary endeavors.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-506.3 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-506.3
Bylaws - Filing
Status: in_force

Pursuant to Article III(I) of the Compact, the Commission shall

file a copy of its bylaws and any amendment thereto with the State

Department of Education, with the State Librarian and with the

Secretary of State.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.305 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.305
Funding
Status: in_force

In implementing this act, every effort shall be made to combine

funds appropriated for this purpose with funds available from all

other sources, federal, state, local or private, in order to achieve

maximum benefits for improving education of gifted and talented

children.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.162 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.162
Public schools – Child abuse sign posting
Status: in_force

A. Each public school shall post in a clearly visible location

in a public area of the school that is readily accessible to

students a sign in English and Spanish that contains the toll-free

telephone number operated by the Department of Human Services

pursuant to Section 1-2-101 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes to

receive reports of child abuse or neglect.

B. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules relating

to the size and location of the sign required by subsection A of

this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3244 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3244
Documentation of vaccinations by students - Exemption -
Status: in_force

Exceptions for certain categories of students.

A. 1. Beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, in order to

enroll as a full-time or part-time student in an institution 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, an individual shall provide written documentation of

vaccinations against hepatitis B, measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR).

2. The requirement shall not apply to students enrolling in

courses delivered via the Internet or distance learning in which the

student is not required to attend class on campus.

B. Beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, institutions

shall notify students of the requirements of subsection A of this

section and provide students with educational information on

hepatitis B, measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) upon enrollment.

Such information shall also include the risks and benefits of the

vaccination. Institutions shall not be required to provide or pay

for vaccinations against hepatitis B, measles, mumps, and rubella

(MMR).

C. A written statement from a licensed physician indicating

that a vaccine is medically contraindicated shall exempt a student

from the vaccination. A student shall be exempt from the

vaccination if the student submits a written, signed statement

declaring that the administration of the vaccine conflicts with the

student’s moral or religious tenets or, if the student is a minor,

the student’s parent or guardian provides a written statement that

the administration of the vaccine conflicts with the parent’s or

guardian’s moral or religious tenets.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1457

D. It shall be the responsibility of the governing body or

board of regents for each public or private postsecondary

institution or group of institutions to adopt policies for the

implementation of this section. In adopting these policies the

relevant governing body or board of regents may include exceptions

for certain categories of students at its discretion.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4012 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4012
Renumbered as § 4018 of this title by Laws 2000, c. 309,
Status: in_force

§ 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2000.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-627.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-627.1
Fund established - Administration
Status: in_force

There is hereby established the Osteopathy Education Assistance

Fund which shall be administered by the Oklahoma State Regents for

Higher Education and shall serve the purpose of assisting bona fide

citizens of Oklahoma pursuing the study of osteopathy at approved

schools of osteopathy and making satisfactory progress toward

meeting the requirements for graduation. The State Regents are

authorized and directed to promulgate appropriate rules and

regulations for the administration of this program similarly as the

Dental Education Assistance Program is operated, provided, however

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1064

that the maximum assistance paid to any one student in a calendar

year shall not exceed the amount of the fees and tuition charged

nonresident students at the institutions at which the Oklahoma

students are in attendance.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-10-105.4 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-10-105.4
Pilot early childhood program - Applications from
Status: in_force

private sector - Matching funds.

The State Board of Education shall establish a pilot early

childhood program to consist of private donations and state funds

that will serve at-risk children in at least one urban area and one

rural area of this state to be selected by the Board. The Board

shall solicit applications from the private sector for the program

and require applicants to match state funds on a one and one half-

to-one basis and commit a minimum investment of Ten Million Dollars

($10,000,000.00) in the program.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2292 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2292
William P. Willis Scholarship Fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created and established the William P.

Willis Scholarship Fund to be administered by the Oklahoma State

Regents for Higher Education for the purpose of providing

scholarships to low-income students attending institutions in The

Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. Income to such fund

shall consist of interest accrued from the William P. Willis Trust

created in Section 12 of this act.

B. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall award

scholarships from the William P. Willis Scholarship Fund each fiscal

year, beginning July 1, 1986, to persons recommended by an advisory

committee appointed by the State Regents for that purpose. To be

eligible to receive a scholarship an applicant shall:

1. be a bona fide resident of the State of Oklahoma;

2. be enrolled full time in an undergraduate program at a

member institution of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education;

and

3. meet low-income criteria established by the State Regents.

The scholarships shall be awarded per year, renewable for up to

three (3) additional years, in an amount calculated annually by the

State Regents to fully pay for general enrollment fees, other fees,

books, materials, and services provided by the institution,

including room and board.

C. No more than one scholarship recipient shall attend each

institution in The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education;

provided, one recipient, apart from the others, shall attend

Northeastern Oklahoma State University and major in a program of

history.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-821.9 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-821.9
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

In case any one or more of the sections or provisions of this

act or the application of such sections or provisions to any

situation, circumstance, or person shall for any reason be held to

be unconstitutional, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any

other sections or provisions of this act or the application of such

sections or provisions to any other situation, circumstance or

person, and it is intended that this law shall be construed and

applied as if such section or provision had not been included herein

for any unconstitutional application.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-624 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-624
Revocation or termination of student loans, grants, etc. -
Status: in_force

Grounds

Any student loan, grant, fellowship, teaching fellowship or

other means of financial assistance authorized by and/or under the

control of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, any

operating Board of Regents of Oklahoma Universities or Colleges, or

any employee or employees of any university, college or other

institution of higher learning, whether such loan, grant,

fellowship, teaching fellowship or other means of financial

assistance be financed by state or federal funds, or both, may be

revoked or terminated by the person or persons authorizing and/or

controlling same for any of the following reasons:

1. unlawful participation in a riot as defined by the Penal

Code;

2. unlawful manufacture, preparation, delivery, sale, offering

for sale, barter, furnishing, giving away, possession, control, use

or administering of narcotic drugs, marijuana, barbiturates or

stimulants;

3. willful or unlawful destruction of or damage to state

property;

4. conviction, while enrolled in such university, college or

other institution of higher learning, of a crime involving

conversion of property or moral turpitude.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-9006 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-9006
Precinct boundary map – County election board
Status: in_force

The county election board of the county or counties within which

the proposed higher education funding district is to be located

shall provide a precinct boundary map of the proposed area to the

board of regents which has approved the resolution to call for a

vote to form and organize a higher education funding district.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.557 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.557
School testing assistance Internet web page
Status: in_force

A. By January 1, 2000, the State Board of Education shall, if

funds are available, develop and implement a school testing

assistance Internet web page. The purpose of the web page shall be

to help students prepare for tests required under the Oklahoma

School Testing Program Act and to provide remediation assistance to

those students who do not perform satisfactorily on such tests. The

web page shall contain information, materials, and example questions

which may be used by teachers, students and parents to assist

students in preparing for the required tests. The web page shall

also identify the most difficult concepts incorporated in the tests

and provide specific information, material and example questions

which will assist students in those areas.

B. The Board shall notify schools and take steps to inform

students and parents about the school testing assistance Internet

web page. The Board is authorized to promulgate rules for the

operation of the web page.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.407 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.407
STEM Community or Region designation process
Status: in_force

A. 1. There is hereby created a mechanism for establishing

criteria and a process for designation as a STEM Community or STEM

Region. The STEM Community or STEM Region is one of several

recommendations on improving Oklahoma Science, Technology,

Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in the Governor's

Science and Technology Council's "OneOklahoma" report.

2. The criteria for designation as a STEM Community or STEM

Region shall include a requirement that educators, administrators,

business leaders, students, parents, government officials and

business and industry groups within a community or region create

awareness, promote partnerships with education and industry, develop

and execute action plans for improving STEM education and training,

identify and acquire the needed resources to improve STEM education

and training and identify and accumulate STEM data within the

community or region, including but not limited to kindergarten

through twelfth grade test results, the number of STEM-related

degree holders in the local workforce, the number of STEM-related

degrees conferred and the number of STEM-related certifications or

credentials obtained. The region or community shall also develop a

plan to recognize and promote successes in both student and teacher

accomplishments in the STEM area within the community or region.

The concept of creating a STEM Community or STEM Region is

incorporated in the Department of Education's STEM strategy and will

include and support STEM programs in many of the Department of

Career and Technology Education's technology centers.

3. The process for designation as a STEM Community or STEM

Region shall require that state legislators initiate designation of

a STEM Community or STEM Region through an application process. The

final approval and designation of an Oklahoma STEM Community or STEM

Region shall reside with the Governor.

4. The application process shall be outlined by a subcommittee

of an existing STEM education or workforce committee or board, to be

identified by the Governor. The creation, sustainment and execution

of the subcommittee shall be the responsibility of the Department of

Career and Technology Education. The application process shall be

based on criteria established by the subcommittee.

B. The subcommittee shall also study issues related to the

promotion and growth of STEM education and training in the state and

create specific recommendations to address the current and pending

shortage of highly skilled employees in the energy, agriculture and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1219

biosciences, aerospace and defense, transportation and distribution

and information technology and financial services sectors in

Oklahoma.

C. The subcommittee shall submit a report of its findings and

recommendations to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on an annual

basis.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-132 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3-132
Application of act — Charter schools — Limitation on
Status: in_force

establishment of new schools.

A. The Oklahoma Charter Schools Act shall apply only to charter

schools formed and operated under the provisions of the act.

Charter schools shall be sponsored only as follows:

1. By any school district located in this state, provided such

charter school shall only be located within the geographical

boundaries of the sponsoring district and subject to the

restrictions of Section 3-145.6 of this title;

2. By an accredited comprehensive, regional, or two-year

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

Education or by a private institution of higher learning located

within this state that is accredited pursuant to Section 4103 of

this title;

3. By a federally recognized Indian tribe, operating a high

school under the authority of the Bureau of Indian Affairs as of

November 1, 2010, if the charter school is for the purpose of

demonstrating native language immersion instruction, and is located

within its former reservation or treaty area boundaries. For

purposes of this paragraph, native language immersion instruction

shall require that educational instruction and other activities

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 183

conducted at the school site are primarily conducted in the native

language;

4. Until June 30, 2023, by the State Board of Education and

beginning July 1, 2024, by the Statewide Charter School Board when

the applicant of the charter school is the Office of Juvenile

Affairs or the applicant has a contract with the Office of Juvenile

Affairs and the charter school is for the purpose of providing

education services to youth in the custody or supervision of the

state or county;

5. By a federally recognized Indian tribe only when the charter

school is located within the former reservation or treaty area

boundaries of the tribe on property held in trust by the Bureau of

Indian Affairs of the United States Department of the Interior for

the benefit of the tribe; or

6. By the Statewide Charter School Board. In counties with a

population of fewer than five hundred thousand (500,000), according

to the latest Federal Decennial Census, the Statewide Charter School

Board shall not sponsor more than five new charter schools each

year. Existing charter schools sponsored by the Statewide Charter

School Board shall not apply to the limits prescribed by this

paragraph.

B. An eligible non-school-district sponsor shall give priority

to opening charter schools that serve at-risk student populations or

students from low-performing traditional public schools.

C. An eligible non-school-district sponsor shall give priority

to applicants that have demonstrated a record of operating at least

one school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and

organizational viability and serves student populations similar to

those the proposed charter school seeks to serve. In assessing the

potential for quality replication of a charter school, a sponsor

shall consider the following factors before approving a new site or

school:

1. Evidence of a strong and reliable record of academic success

based primarily on student performance data, as well as other viable

indicators including financial and operational success;

2. A sound, detailed, and well-supported growth plan;

3. Evidence of the ability to transfer successful practices to

a potentially different context that includes reproducing critical

cultural, organizational, and instructional characteristics;

4. Any management organization involved in a potential

replication is fully vetted, and the academic, financial, and

operational records of the schools it operates are found to be

satisfactory;

5. Evidence the program seeking to be replicated has the

capacity to do so successfully without diminishing or putting at

risk its current operations; and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 184

6. A financial structure that ensures that funds attributable

to each charter school within a network and required by law to be

utilized by a school remain with and are used to benefit that

school.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-14-143 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-14-143
Oklahoma National Guard CareerTech Assistance Revolving
Status: in_force

Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the State Board of Career and Technology Education to be

designated the "Oklahoma National Guard CareerTech Assistance

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

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 675

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

by the State Board of Career and Technology Education from state

appropriations provided for the purpose of implementing the

provisions of Sections 18 and 19 of this act. All monies accruing

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

budgeted and expended by the State Board of Career and Technology

Education for the purpose of providing assistance to eligible Guard

members pursuant to the provisions of Section 19 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, § 70-135.1b — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-135.1b
Bond and salary - Appointment - Duties
Status: in_force

Such deputy for school accounts shall be under the same amount

and class of bond, and be paid the same amount of salary out of the

salary appropriations made and approved for the office of such

county treasurer, as that of the head deputy county treasurer in

such county. His appointment shall be by, and he shall serve under

and at the direction of, such county treasurer. Under direction of

the county treasurer, it shall be his duty to devote his time and

attention to the keeping of the accounts of such county treasurer

with the several school districts of the county, of whatever class,

whose funds are in custody of such county treasurer and the

accounting for which such county treasurer is responsible under the

law; he shall keep the school district warrant registers and

ledgers, register and schedule for payment the obligations of such

districts, apportion school revenues, inspect and file duplicate

claims where required by law, record credits and payments and take

trial balance for control proof when required, make all reports to

school boards and other officers as may be required or provided by

law, and do and perform such other duties in relation to such school

accounts, including accounts, statistics, receipts, and reports in

relation to federal tax withholdings and teacher retirement, as the

county treasurer may require and direct.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-697.26 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-697.26
Oklahoma Hospital Residency Training Program Revolving
Status: in_force

Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to be designated the

"Oklahoma Hospital Residency Training Program 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 Health Care Authority from state funds, federal funds,

grants, contracts, and private gifts or bequests dedicated to or for

the Oklahoma Hospital Residency Training Program. All monies

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

be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority for

the purpose of administering the Oklahoma Hospital Residency

Training Program. 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 State Finance

for approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.255 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.255
Implementation
Status: in_force

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

State Department of Education shall be governed by the following:

1. Implement in-service education programs for teachers,

administrators and other personnel. General guidelines are provided

by the Economic Education Curriculum Guide - K-12, published by the

Oklahoma State Department of Education in 1972. Supplementary in-

service teacher education materials which are based on individual

performance and designed for use with a minimum of supervision shall

be developed and made available to all school districts which are

participating in this program;

2. Implement provisions of this act in the most expeditious

manner possible, commensurate with the availability of teaching

personnel;

3. Implement local school system evaluation of the

effectiveness of the economic education program prescribed by this

act in those school districts participating; and

4. Recommend degree programs and short course seminars for the

preparation of economic education teaching personnel.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-104.7 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3-104.7
Day treatment programs - Standards for on-site
Status: in_force

educational services.

A. For purposes of this act, partial hospitalization programs,

day treatment programs and day hospital programs mean nonresidential

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settings in which school-age children are placed for psychiatric or

psychological treatment which precludes their attendance at a

regular public school.

B. No later than August 15, 1994, the State Board of Education

shall establish standards for on-site educational services provided

in partial hospitalization programs, day treatment programs, and day

hospital programs for persons between the ages of three (3) and

twenty-one (21) years of age. For minors who are persons requiring

psychiatric treatment as defined by Title 43A of the Oklahoma

Statutes, on-site educational services shall be provided beginning

on the eleventh day of admission. The standards shall address all

areas of education including teacher certification requirements,

number of hours taught, adequacy of facilities, and educational

plans including plans for transition into regular school setting.

C. No facility listed in subsection A of this section shall be

licensed pursuant to the provisions of this act unless the facility

meets the standards for educational services established by the

State Board of Education.

D. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules to

implement the provisions of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-18-115 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-18-115
Annual budget can include increased aid
Status: in_force

In the preparation of their budgets and estimates of income for

the school years 1971-1972 and thereafter, the school districts of

this state may include the increased amounts of state aid provided

by this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-142 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-142
National criminal history record check - Employment with
Status: in_force

a school.

A. Except as otherwise provided for in subsection F of this

section, for purposes of employment, a board of education may

request in writing to the State Board of Education that a national

criminal history record check be conducted of any employee of the

school and shall request such information for any person seeking

employment with the school; provided, that a board of education

shall not be required to obtain a new criminal history record check

for an individual who has obtained certification from the State

Department of Education within the previous twelve (12) months. The

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) shall obtain

fingerprints of the employee or prospective employee and require

that the person pay a search fee not to exceed Fifty Dollars

($50.00) or the cost of the search, whichever is the lesser amount.

The fee shall be deposited in the OSBI Revolving Fund. School

districts may reimburse employees for the cost of the search. The

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State Board of Education shall contact the OSBI for any national

criminal history record of the person within fourteen (14) working

days of receiving a written request from the board of education.

B. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall provide the

national criminal history record check requested by the State Board

of Education within fourteen (14) working days from the receipt of

the request. The Bureau may contact the Federal Bureau of

Investigation to obtain the information requested.

C. The State Board of Education shall provide the information

received from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to the

board of education within fourteen (14) days from the receipt of the

information. The State Board of Education shall provide any follow-

up information received from the OSBI concerning a person for whom a

national criminal history record check was requested to the

employing board of education.

D. For the purpose of this section:

1. “Board of education” includes both public and private boards

of education within or outside this state;

2. “Employing agency” means a political subdivision or law

enforcement agency in this state;

3. “Law enforcement officer” means a peace or police officer

who is certified by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and

Training;

4. “National criminal history record check” means a national

criminal history record check as defined in Section 150.9 of Title

74 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

5. “Prospective employee” means an individual who has received

an offer of temporary employment from a school district pending the

results of the national criminal history record check.

E. Each public board of education within this state shall

promulgate a statement regarding the felony record search policy for

that school district. The policy may permit temporary employment of

prospective employees for a maximum of sixty (60) days pending

receipt of results of national criminal history record check

requests. The temporary employment of the prospective employee

shall terminate after sixty (60) days unless the school district

receives the results of the national criminal history record check.

The sixty-day temporary employment period shall begin on the first

day the prospective employee reports for duty at the employing

school district. Prospective employees shall be notified of the

requirement, the fee, and the reimbursement policy when first

interviewed concerning employment. The school district’s

reimbursement policy shall provide, at a minimum, that employees

shall be promptly reimbursed in full for the fee if employed by the

district at the time the national criminal history record check

request is made unless the person was employed pending receipt of

results.

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F. 1. Any person who has been employed as a full-time teacher

by a school district in this state and applies for employment as a

full-time teacher in a school district in this state may not be

required to have a national criminal history record check if the

teacher produces a copy of a national criminal history record check

completed within the preceding five (5) years and a letter from the

school district in which the teacher was employed stating the

teacher left in good standing and whether the teacher was the

subject of any allegation of inappropriate behavior with a student.

2. For any person applying for employment as a substitute

teacher, a national criminal history record check shall be required

for the school year; provided, however, a board of education may

choose whether to require a national criminal history record check

from a prospective substitute teacher who has been employed by the

school district in the last year. Any person applying for

employment as a substitute teacher in more than one school district

shall only be required to have one national criminal history record

check, and, upon the request of the substitute teacher, that record

check shall be sent to all other school districts in which the

substitute teacher is applying to teach.

3. Any person employed as a full-time teacher by a school

district in this state in the five (5) years immediately preceding

an application for employment as a substitute teacher may not be

required to have a national criminal history record check, if the

teacher produces a copy of a national criminal history record check

completed within the preceding five (5) years and a letter from the

school district in which the teacher was last employed stating the

teacher left in good standing and whether the teacher was the

subject of any allegation of inappropriate behavior with a student.

4. Any person employed as a substitute teacher by a school

district in this state for a minimum of five (5) years immediately

preceding an application for employment as a full-time teacher in a

school district in this state may not be required to have a national

criminal history record check if the teacher produces a copy of a

national criminal history record check completed within the

preceding five (5) years and a letter from the school district in

which the teacher was employed as a substitute teacher stating the

teacher left in good standing and whether the teacher was the

subject of any allegation of inappropriate behavior with a student.

5. Any person employed as a full-time teacher by a school

district in this state for ten (10) or more consecutive years

immediately preceding an application for employment as a substitute

teacher in the same school district may not be required to have a

national criminal history record check for as long as the person

remains employed for consecutive years by that school district as a

substitute teacher, if the teacher left full-time employment in good

standing. If the teacher applies for employment as a substitute

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teacher in another school district, a national criminal history

record check shall be required.

G. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, any

teacher employed by an Oklahoma school district prior to May 19,

2020, who does not have an Oklahoma criminal history record check

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, on file with his or her

employing district as required by this section shall complete the

criminal history record checks upon the next renewal of his or her

standard teaching certificate as required by Section 6-154.1 of this

title or State Board of Education administrative rules promulgated

thereto.

2. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, any other

person employed by an Oklahoma school district prior to May 19,

2020, who does not have an Oklahoma criminal history record check

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, on file with his or her

employing district as required by this section shall have until July

1, 2022, to complete the criminal history record checks.

3. Any teacher eligible to retire from the Teachers’ Retirement

System of Oklahoma who does not have an Oklahoma criminal history

record check 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, on file with his or her

employing district as required by this section shall complete the

criminal history record checks by the earlier of the following

dates:

a. July 1, 2022, or

b. at the next renewal of his or her standard teaching

certificate as required by Section 6-154.1 of this

title or State Board of Education administrative rules

promulgated thereto.

H. The provisions of this section shall not apply to technology

center employees hired on a part-time or temporary basis for the

instruction of adult students only.

I. The provisions of this section shall not apply to law

enforcement officers who are employed by an employing agency at the

time of application for employment at a public school district.

J. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose

liability on school districts, except in negligence, for employing

prospective employees within the sixty-day temporary employment

window pending the results of the national criminal history record

check.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-116.3 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3-116.3
Technical corrections - References in statutes
Status: in_force

A. As of July 1, 2013, all references to the Education

Oversight Board shall mean the Commission for Educational Quality

and Accountability.

B. As of July 1, 2013, all references to the Office of

Accountability shall mean the Office of Educational Quality and

Accountability.

C. As of July 1, 2014, all references to the Oklahoma

Commission for Teacher Preparation shall mean the Commission for

Educational Quality and Accountability.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-24-120 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-24-120
Truancy - Reports to Department of Human Services - Withholding of assistance
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 32Withholding of assistance payments.

A. At the close of each attendance period of the school term,

the board of education of each school district shall notify in

writing the Department of Human Services of the name of any child

who has not been present for instruction at least eighty percent

(80%) of the time without valid excuse as defined in Section 10-105

of this title.

B. Upon the receipt of such information from the school

district, the Director of the Department of Human Services is

authorized to withhold assistance payments to the payee of such

child and to instigate an investigation for the purpose of improving

the school attendance of such child. After such investigation, if

the attendance record of the child investigated is satisfactory,

such withheld payments may be released. In the event the

investigation results in a change in custody and care of such child,

payments to the payee shall be canceled or shall be made to the

person qualified to receive benefits on behalf of the child.

C. For purposes of the pilot project, the Department of Human

Services and the State Board of Education shall establish a

procedure to provide for the exchange of information required by

this section concerning students subject to the provisions of this

section. Any procedure thus established shall, if applicable,

comply with the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and

Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. Section 1232g et seq., and any other

applicable federal law.

D. The district attorney shall file with the Department of

Human Services a report identifying any child who has been convicted

of truancy within thirty (30) days of such conviction.

E. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, district attorneys

shall submit to the Office of Child Abuse Prevention annual reports

detailing the instances in which students were convicted of truancy

pursuant to the provisions of this section. The reports shall

comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974

(FERPA).

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Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-101.3 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-11-101.3
Released time course — Policy — Requirements
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section, “released time course” means a

period of time during which a student is excused from school to

attend a course in religious or moral instruction taught by an

independent entity off school property.

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

that excuses a student from school to attend a released time course

for no more than three class periods per week or a maximum of one

hundred twenty-five class periods per school year; provided, that:

1. The student’s parent or legal guardian provides written

consent prior to the student’s participation in the released time

course;

2. No school district funds other than de minimis

administrative costs are expended and no school district personnel,

equipment, or resources are involved in providing the instruction;

3. The independent entity maintains attendance records and

makes them available to the school district and its board of

education;

4. Any transportation provided to and from the place of

instruction is the sole responsibility of the independent entity,

the student, or the student’s parent or legal guardian;

5. The independent entity or the student’s parent or legal

guardian indemnifies the school district and holds it harmless with

regard to any liability arising from conduct that does not occur on

school property under the control or supervision of the school

district, and the independent entity maintains adequate insurance

for that purpose;

6. The student assumes responsibility for any missed school

work; and

7. The school district superintendent, the principal for the

school site in which the student is enrolled, or their designees

have reasonable discretion over the scheduling and timing of

released time courses; provided, the student may not be excused to

participate in a released time course during any class in which the

subject matter being taught is subject to the assessment

requirements of Section 1210.508 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.

C. The school district, its board of education, and the state

shall not be liable for the student who participates in a released

time course when the student is not under the control or supervision

of the school district.

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D. Instructors hired by an independent entity to provide a

released time course shall not be required to be licensed or

certified teachers.

E. A student who attends a released time course shall be

considered in attendance in the school district, and the time shall

be calculated as part of the school day.

F. A school district board of education shall award a student

credit for work completed in a released time course that is

substantiated by a transcript from the independent entity providing

the course. A student shall be awarded elective credit for the

completion of each released time course. To determine whether

elective credit may be awarded as provided for in this subsection,

the board of education shall evaluate the course in a neutral and

secular manner that does not involve any test for religious content

or denominational affiliation. For purposes of this subsection, the

secular criteria used to evaluate a released time course may

include:

1. The amount of classroom instruction time;

2. The course syllabus, which reflects the course requirements

and any materials used in the course;

3. Methods of assessment used in the course; and

4. The qualifications of the course instructor.

G. The provisions of this section shall not apply to charter

schools established pursuant to Section 3-132 of Title 70 of the

Oklahoma Statutes or charter schools or virtual charter schools

established pursuant to Section 3-134 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-22-106 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-22-106
Preparation of budgets and financial statements
Status: in_force

The board of education may employ persons other than those

enumerated in Section 22-102 of this article for the preparation of

the estimate of needs and financial statement for presentation to

the county excise board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1-104 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1-104
Act not to repeal or modify tax laws unless specifically
Status: in_force

provided.

Nothing in the Oklahoma School Code shall be interpreted as

repealing or modifying any law in effect in the State of Oklahoma

relative to the collection of any taxes unless specifically provided

for herein, and all appropriations existing at the time this Code

becomes effective shall be subject to all provisions of said

appropriations at the time of their enactment and no omission of or

reference to any appropriations shall be construed as repealing any

such appropriation or part thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3906 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3906
Standard guidelines and criteria for accounts, funds and
Status: in_force

expenditures - Accrual of interest income.

A. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Oklahoma State

Regents for Higher Education establish uniform standard guidelines

and criteria for all institutions of The Oklahoma State System of

Higher Education for all special accounts, special agency accounts,

or any other funds and for expenditures from such funds and

accounts.

B. Interest income from investments of monies in special

accounts and special agency accounts made through the Office of the

State Treasurer shall accrue to the fund from which the investment

was made.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-15-207 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-15-207
Inability to pay on guaranteed bond - Notice
Status: in_force

Immediately following a determination that a school district

will be or is unable to pay maturing or matured principal or

interest on a guaranteed bond, but not later than the fifth business

day before the maturity date, the district shall notify the State

Bond Advisor and the Commissioners of the Land Office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.517 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.517
Dyslexia and dysgraphia handbook
Status: in_force

A. The State Department of Education shall maintain the

dyslexia handbook created by the Dyslexia and Education Task Force

pursuant to Section 1, Chapter 261, O.S.L. 2017 that includes

guidance, technical assistance and training to assist all local

school systems, students and families in the implementation of

evidence-based practices for instructing students with

characteristics of dyslexia and dysgraphia. Beginning January 1,

2024, the dyslexia handbook shall be known as the dyslexia and

dysgraphia handbook.

B. The Department shall review the handbook and make revisions,

as necessary, but at a minimum of every three (3) years, with

stakeholders, including, but not limited to, previous members of the

Dyslexia and Education Task Force, a speech-language pathologist, an

occupational therapist, and the State Advisory Panel created

pursuant to Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education

Act. Previous members of the Task Force shall be consulted when

making revisions to the handbook. Each member of the Task Force not

available for the review shall be replaced by an individual meeting

the criteria of the original appointment in order to maintain the

original composition of the Task Force.

As part of the review, members shall:

1. Study how to effectively identify students who have

dysgraphia identified through possible reading and broad written

language scores;

2. Study the response-to-intervention process (RTI), as well as

other effective research-based approaches in writing, reading, and

literacy to identify the appropriate measures for assisting students

with dysgraphia; and

3. Make recommendations for appropriate resources and

interventions for students with reading or writing difficulties,

including dysgraphia and broad written language disorder, in order

to make schools aware of the significance of dysgraphia.

C. Any revisions to the handbook shall include, but not be

limited to, the following information for school districts screening

students in kindergarten and grades one through three who have been

identified through the response-to-intervention process as having

characteristics of dyslexia or dysgraphia:

1. Evidence-based practices designed specifically for students

with characteristics of dyslexia or dysgraphia;

2. Characteristics of targeted instruction for dyslexia and

dysgraphia;

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3. Guidance on developing instructional plans for students with

characteristics of dyslexia or dysgraphia;

4. Best practices for reading and writing instruction aligned

with the science of reading;

5. Guidance for selecting instructional materials that address

dyslexia, dysgraphia and other reading or writing difficulties;

6. Suggested training programs; and

7. Guidance on dyscalculia.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4405 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4405
Powers and duties of board
Status: in_force

The governing board of a community junior college shall have the

supervision, management, and control of the community junior

college, and shall have the following additional specific powers and

duties:

a. Adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to

govern the community junior college.

b. Employ and fix the compensation and duties of such personnel

as it deems necessary for the operation of the community junior

college; and establish appropriate policies for retirement, group

insurance, and other staff benefits as provided for employees of

other public colleges in Oklahoma.

c. Purchase, construct, or rent such buildings as it deems

necessary for the operation of the community junior college.

d. Enter into contracts, purchase supplies, materials, and

equipment, and incur such other expenses as may be necessary to make

any of its powers effective.

e. Receive and make disposition of monies, grants, and property

from Federal agencies and the State, and administer the same in

accordance with Federal and State requirements.

f. Accept gifts of real and personal property, money, and other

things, and to use or dispose of the same in accordance with the

direction of the donors or grantors thereof.

g. Establish a schedule of student fees to pay all or part of

the cost of operation of the college, which schedule of fees must

bear the approval of the State Regents.

h. Do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the

powers expressly granted to it, or to make the community junior

college effective for the purposes for which it is maintained or

operated.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-625.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-625.2
Scholarships - Power to grant
Status: in_force

The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall be

authorized and empowered to grant scholarships to qualified students

who are bona fide residents of the State of Oklahoma and who would

not otherwise have funds necessary to finance the cost of a program

of study leading to the Degree of Doctor of Medicine, or to the

Degree of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, to be granted by an

accredited and recognized college of medicine or college of

osteopathic medicine.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2270 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2270
Purpose of Resolution
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this Resolution to, by legislative

expression, validate the Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement

subscribed to by these two state agencies and signed by the

Chancellor of the State Regents and the Director of the State Board

under date of March 5, 1973, and ratified by the Chairman of the

State Regents and the Chairman of the State Board under date of

March 29, 1973, which provides that the conduct of the state's

education business of a common responsibility will be carried out on

a board-to-board contract basis and an office-to-office

administrative relationship in order to avoid overlap, duplication,

confusion and inefficiency in the planning, development and

operation of programs of technical and occupational education.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-103.6a — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-11-103.6a
Review of adopted subject matter standards –
Status: repealed

College- and career-ready English Language Arts and Mathematics

standards – Student assessments.

A. Beginning with the 2014-15 school year, each area of subject

matter standards, except for standards for career and technology

education adopted pursuant to Section 14-103 of this title, shall be

adopted by the State Board of Education and shall be subject to

legislative review and approval as provided for in Section 4 of this

act. The subject matter standards shall be implemented statewide by

every public school district in this state. The subject matter

standards shall be thoroughly reviewed by the State Board every six

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(6) years according to and in coordination with the existing subject

area textbook adoption cycle. After review, the State Board shall

adopt any revisions in such subject matter standards deemed

necessary to achieve further improvements in the quality of

education for the students of this state. Any revisions adopted by

the State Board of Education shall be subject to review and approval

as provided for in Section 4 of this act. The adoption of subject

matter standards or revisions to the standards by the State Board of

Education pursuant to this section shall not be promulgated as rules

and shall not be subject to Article I of the Administrative

Procedures Act.

B. 1. In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection

A of this section, on or before August 1, 2016, the State Board of

Education, in consultation with the State Regents for Higher

Education, the State Board of Career and Technology Education and

the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, shall adopt subject matter

standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics which are

college- and career-ready and will replace current standards. To be

considered college- and career-ready, the standards shall be

evaluated by the State Department of Education, the State Regents

for Higher Education, the State Board of Career and Technology

Education and the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and be determined

to be such that the standards will address the goals of reducing the

need for remedial coursework at the postsecondary level and

increasing successful completion of postsecondary education. The

subject matter standards and corresponding student assessments for

English Language Arts and Mathematics shall be solely approved and

controlled by the state through the State Board of Education.

2. Upon the effective date of this act, the State Board of

Education shall begin the process of adopting the English Language

Arts and Mathematics standards and shall provide reasonable

opportunity, consistent with best practices, for public comment on

the revision of the standards, including but not limited to comments

from students, parents, educators, organizations representing

students with disabilities and English language learners, higher

education representatives, career technology education

representatives, subject matter experts, community-based

organizations, Native American tribal representatives and business

community representatives.

3. Until the statewide student assessments for English Language

Arts and Mathematics are implemented as provided for in paragraph 1

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

implement the subject matter standards for English Language Arts and

Mathematics which were in place prior to the revisions adopted by

the Board in June 2010.

4. Upon the effective date of this act, the State Board of

Education shall seek certification from the State Regents for Higher

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Education that the subject matter standards for English Language

Arts and Mathematics which were in place prior to the revisions

adopted by the Board in June 2010 are college- and career-ready as

defined in the Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

Flexibility document issued by the United States Department of

Education and referenced in Option B of Principle 1: College and

Career-Ready Expectations for All Students. The State Regents shall

provide the Board a detailed description of the certification

process and results, including a list of deficiencies if the State

Regents conclude that the standards are not college- and career-

ready. The Board shall post all documents, materials, reports,

descriptions and correspondence produced by the State Regents or

used by the State Regents in the certification process on the

website for the State Department of Education.

C. 1. On or before the 2017-18 school year, the State Board of

Education, in consultation with the State Regents for Higher

Education, the State Board of Career and Technology Education and

the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, shall direct the process of the

development of annual high-quality statewide student assessments for

English Language Arts and Mathematics as provided for in Section

1210.508 of this title that align with the college- and career-ready

subject matter standards developed pursuant to subsection B of this

section.

2. The statewide student assessments for English Language Arts

and Mathematics shall continue to assess standards and objectives

found in the subject matter standards for English Language Arts and

Mathematics which were in place prior to the revisions adopted by

the Board in June 2010 and the test blueprints shall continue to

align to the standards and objectives found in such subject matter

standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics until the new

assessments are implemented as provided for in paragraph 1 of this

subsection.

D. 1. The State Board of Education shall not enter into any

agreement, memorandum of understanding or contract with any federal

agency or private entity which in any way cedes or limits state

discretion or control over the process of development, adoption or

revision of subject matter standards and corresponding student

assessments in the public school system, including, but not limited

to, agreements, memoranda of understanding and contracts in exchange

for funding for public schools and programs. If the State Board of

Education is a party to such an agreement, memorandum of

understanding or contract on the effective date of this act, the

State Board of Education shall initiate necessary efforts to amend

the agreement, memorandum of understanding or contract to comply

with the requirements of this subsection.

2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the

State Board of Education from seeking and being granted a waiver

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from federal law, provided that the conditions for the waiver do not

require the state to cede or limit its discretion or control over

the process of development, adoption or revision of subject matter

standards and corresponding statewide student assessments.

3. The State Department of Education may participate in a

multistate or multigovernmental cooperative pursuant to the

requirements of the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, but shall not

bind the state, contractually or otherwise, to the authority of any

other state, organization or entity which may supersede the

authority of the State Board of Education.

E. The content of all subject matter standards and

corresponding student assessments shall be solely approved and

controlled by the state through the State Board of Education. The

State Board of Education shall maintain independence of all subject

matter standards referenced in Section 11-103.6 of this title and

corresponding statewide student assessments and shall not relinquish

authority over Oklahoma subject matter standards and corresponding

statewide student assessments. Nothing in this section shall

prohibit benchmarking the state subject matter standards and

corresponding student assessments with those of other states or

nations to allow comparison of Oklahoma subject matter standards and

corresponding student assessments with those of other states and

nations.

F. School districts shall exclusively determine the

instruction, curriculum, reading lists and instructional materials

and textbooks, subject to any applicable provisions or requirements

as set forth in law, to be used in meeting the subject matter

standards. School districts may, at their discretion, adopt

supplementary student assessments which are in addition to the

statewide student assessments.

G. 1. Upon completion of the adoption of English Language Arts

and Mathematics subject matter standards pursuant to subsection B of

this section, the State Board of Education shall compare such

English Language Arts and Mathematics standards with the English

Language Arts and Mathematics standards that were adopted by the

State Board of Education prior to implementation of this act. The

State Board of Education shall consider public comments, the use of

best practices, evidence and research in the evaluation of both sets

of standards. The State Board of Education shall compare the

standards in the areas of:

a. effective preparation for active citizenship and

postsecondary education or the workforce,

b. subject matter content,

c. sequencing of subject matter content and relationship

to measurement of student performance and the

application of subject matter standards,

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d. developmental appropriateness of grade-level

expectations, academic content and instructional

rigor,

e. clarity for educators and parents,

f. exemplars tied to the standards,

g. measurability of student proficiency in the subject

matter,

h. pedagogy,

i. development of critical thinking skills, and

j. demonstration of application of acquired knowledge and

skills.

2. Upon completion of the comparison of the English Language

Arts and Mathematics subject matter standards, the State Board of

Education shall submit to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the

Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the Minority

Leader of the Senate a report outlining the results of the

comparison of the standards.

H. All subject matter standards and corresponding statewide

student assessments adopted by the State Board of Education shall be

carefully circumscribed to reflect direct application to subject

matter proficiency and shall not include standards or assessment

questions that are designed to collect or measure noncognitive,

emotional or psychological characteristics, attributes or skills of

students.

I. Any rule, including but not limited to Rules 210:15-4-1

through 210:15-4-3 of the Oklahoma Administrative Code, which

conflicts with the requirements of this section, shall be amended or

repealed by the State Board of Education as necessary to comply with

the requirements of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2266 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-2266
Preparation of State Plan
Status: in_force

The State Board, acting as the state agency for administration

of vocational and technical education funds referred to in Section

14 above, should involve representation from the State Regents in

the preparation of the Oklahoma State Plan for Administration of

Vocational Education as it concerns postsecondary education

programs, including representation on the State Advisory Council on

Vocational Education provided for in the Vocational Education

Amendments of 1968.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-17-116.2D — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-17-116.2D
Forfeiture of retirement benefits
Status: in_force

A. Any member of the System upon final conviction of, or

pleading guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony in a state or

federal court of competent jurisdiction shall forfeit all retirement

benefits provided by law; however, the forfeiture of retirement

benefits shall not occur if any such member of the System received a

deferred sentence, but retirement benefits shall not commence prior

to completion of the deferred sentence. The forfeiture of

retirement benefits required by this subsection shall not include

such member’s contributions to the retirement system or retirement

benefits that are vested on the effective date of this act.

B. The forfeiture of retirement benefits as provided by

subsection A of this section shall also apply to any member of the

System who, after leaving active contributory employment, is

convicted of, or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, in a state or

federal court of competent jurisdiction, a felony committed while in

such employment, where the felony is for bribery, corruption,

forgery or perjury or any other crime related to the duties of his

or her employment, or related to campaign contributions or campaign

financing for that or any other office.

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C. Any claims for payment of retirement benefits to any such

member of the System suspended from or forfeiting his or her

retirement benefits shall be rejected by the System.

D. Such suspension or forfeiture shall continue until such time

as the conviction or guilty plea is reversed by the highest

appellate court to which the member may appeal.

E. The attorney responsible for prosecuting such members of the

System shall notify the System of the forfeiture of such member's

retirement benefits. Upon receipt of the notice of forfeiture, the

System shall immediately suspend all benefits of the member, and

notify the member of his or her right to a hearing to review whether

the conviction or plea qualifies for forfeiture of benefits under

this section. If the conviction or plea occurs in federal court or

the notice of forfeiture is not forthcoming from the state

prosecutor, the System may investigate and gather court documents

and contact prosecutors to determine whether the conviction or plea

qualifies under this section. Upon obtaining sufficient

documentation of the conviction or plea, the retirement system shall

immediately suspend all benefits of the member, and notify the

member of his or her right to a hearing to review whether the

conviction or plea qualifies for forfeiture of benefits under this

section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-122.6 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-122.6
Temporary teaching certificate
Status: in_force

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

nonrenewable secondary or middle level certificate to teach to any

person who has attained certification by an alternative teacher

certification organization as set forth in subsection C of this

section 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 certificate which shall be effective until receipt of the

national fingerprint-based criminal history record. The person

applying for a certificate shall be responsible for the cost of the

criminal history records.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6-195 of this

title, teachers issued a certificate pursuant to this section shall

not be subject to the requirements of the residency program, but

shall participate in the mentoring program provided by the

alternative teacher certification organization as set forth in

subsection C of this section. Upon successful completion of such

mentoring program, the teacher shall be issued a certificate to

teach by the State Board of Education after completion of the

application and payment of the certification fee as prescribed by

the State Board of Education.

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C. For purposes of this section, the State Board of Education

shall identify an alternative teacher certification organization

that was founded with grant funding from the United States

Department of Education and that developed the Passport to Teaching

program, which is a certification program designed for professionals

who want to change careers and become teachers. The program shall

require candidates to hold a bachelor's degree, pass a professional

teaching knowledge exam, pass a subject area exam, and pass a

background check. The organization shall provide candidates with

access to workshops, an experienced teacher-advisor, and optional

access to comprehensive subject matter refresher courses. The

organization shall also provide an intensive mentoring and induction

program.

D. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to implement

the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-22-109 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-22-109
Examination of the auditor's opinions - Deficiencies
Status: in_force

The State Auditor and Inspector shall examine all auditor’s

opinions and related financial statements submitted to it and shall

determine whether the auditor’s opinions and related financial

statements comply with the provisions of the Oklahoma Public School

Audit Law. If the State Auditor and Inspector finds that they have

not been complied with, the State Auditor and Inspector shall notify

the district board of education and the firm that submitted the

auditor’s opinions and related financial statements by submitting to

them a statement of deficiencies. If the deficiencies are not

corrected within ninety (90) days from the date of the statement of

deficiencies or within twelve (12) months after the end of the

fiscal year of the school district, whichever is later, the State

Auditor and Inspector shall make or cause an audit to be made in the

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manner provided for in Section 22-108 of this title. Any school

district audited pursuant to this section shall pay for the cost of

the audit as provided by Section 212A of Title 74 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4402 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-4402
Application to establish
Status: in_force

A community junior college may be established only when

application therefor has been made to the State Regents by the

governing board or boards of one or more cities, counties, towns

and/or school districts having territory in such community, provided

that existing accredited community junior colleges shall be deemed

to have priority for inclusion in the fiscal budgeting for

institutions of higher learning after the effective date of this act

to fulfill the requirements as per Section 1408 of the act.

Provided, that a community junior college may be established in a

community consisting of a geographical area whose boundaries are not

co-extensive with those of one or more cities, counties, towns

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and/or school districts, if the population of such area is not less

than seventy-five thousand (75,000) and the net assessed valuation

in such area is not less than Seventy-five Million Dollars

($75,000,000.00) to be determined by the State Regents, and an

application therefor is made by petition signed by not less than

five percent (5%) of the legal voters residing in such area. The

application shall describe the boundaries of the community in which

the community junior college will be established and maintained. The

word "community" as used herein shall mean the area set forth in the

application.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.555 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-1210.555
Technology education to middle school students -
Status: in_force

Pilot project.

A. The State Board of Career and Technology Education is

authorized to assist, and, if funds including but not limited to

state appropriations are available, or if private or corporate

donations or other sources are matched in pilot projects, to make

grants to, local boards of education for the establishment of pilot

projects that would aid in the providing of technology education to

middle school students. Funding may cover the cost of equipment,

books and materials, and the start-up costs of developing the

technology education program. Projects may involve entire

districts, combinations of districts, combinations of schools, or

elements of schools individually or in combination.

B. If funds are available on or before March 31, 1993, the

State Board of Career and Technology Education shall determine pilot

project criteria, and by July 1, 1993, solicit proposals, and

establish a process for the consideration of proposals. Such

proposals for pilot projects shall be considered on a statewide

competitive basis.

C. The State Board of Career and Technology Education is

authorized to promulgate rules for the operation of such projects

and to grant exceptions to rules for districts selected to operate

such projects. The State Board of Career and Technology Education

shall have the authority to require termination of a pilot project

or its continuation at any time that it finds such termination to be

in the best interests of the students involved.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3241.2 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3241.2
Receipt of inducements for requiring purchase of particular materials - Solicitation of
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 79particular materials - Solicitation of free review instructional

materials - Prohibition.

A. No employee or department at an institution within The

Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall demand or receive

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any payment, loan, subscription, advance, deposit of money, services

or anything, present or promised, as an inducement for requiring

students enrolled at the institution to purchase specific textbooks

or instructional material required for coursework or instruction.

An employee or department of an institution may receive:

1. Sample copies of textbooks or instructional material,

instructor copies of textbooks or instructional material, or other

instructional material, that are not to be sold by faculty, staff,

or bookstores;

2. Royalties or other compensation from sales of textbooks or

instructional materials that include the writing or work of the

employee;

3. Honoraria for academic peer review of instructional

materials; and

4. Training in the use of instructional materials and

technologies.

B. No instructional material vendor or bookstores located on

campus or bookstores which contract with the institution to provide

bookstore services to students shall solicit higher education

faculty and staff members for the purpose of selling free review

instructional materials that have been provided by a publisher at no

charge to the faculty or staff. Bookstores shall not permit book

wholesalers conducting buybacks on campus to accept review

instructional materials from faculty or staff. No bookstore shall

engage in any trade of any instructional material marked as or

identified as free review instructional materials.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3241.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-3241.1
Instructional materials – Costs, purchasing, and
Status: in_force

definitions.

A. It is the intent of the Legislature to:

1. Give students enrolled in institutions in The Oklahoma State

System of Higher Education more choices for purchasing textbooks and

instructional materials;

2. Encourage higher education faculty and staff to work closely

with bookstores and publishers to implement the least costly option

without sacrificing educational content; and

3. Provide maximum cost savings to students.

B. As used in this section:

1. "Instructional material" means any textbooks, workbooks, CD-

ROMs, and other course-related material that are published with the

intent that they be used for or in conjunction with classroom

instruction and that are adopted for academic use by the faculty or

the person or entity in charge of selecting learning materials at

the institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher

Education;

2. "Bundled" means a textbook and other supplemental

instructional materials that may be packaged together to be sold as

course materials for one price but shall not include integrated

textbooks that cannot be sold separately due to third-party

contractual agreements, custom editions, or special editions;

3. “Integrated textbook” means a textbook that:

a. is combined with materials developed by a third party

and that, by third-party contractual agreement, may

not be offered by publishers separately from the

textbook with which the materials are combined, or

b. is combined with other materials that are so

interrelated with the intent of the textbook that the

separation of the textbook from the other materials

would render the textbook unusable for its intended

purpose; and

4. “Custom edition” means instructional material that is

compiled by a publisher at the direction of a faculty member or

other person or adopting entity in charge of selecting course

materials at an institution, and may include, alone or in

combination, items such as selections from original instructor

materials, previously copyrighted publisher materials, copyrighted

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third-party works, and elements unique to a specific institution,

such as commemorative editions.

C. Each board of regents of an institution or group of

institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education

shall adopt an instructional material policy that requires:

1. Bookstores located on campus or bookstores which contract

with the institution to provide bookstore services to students to:

a. provide students with the option of purchasing

instructional materials that are unbundled when

possible, disclose to faculty and staff the costs to

students of purchasing instructional materials, and

disclose publicly how new editions vary from previous

editions,

b. actively promote and publicize book buy-back programs,

and

c. disclose retail costs for instructional materials on a

per-course basis to faculty and staff and make this

information publicly available; and

2. Higher education faculty and staff members to consider the

least costly practices in assigning instructional materials for a

course, such as adopting the least expensive edition available when

educational content is comparable as determined by the faculty and

working closely with publishers and bookstores to create bundles and

packages if they deliver cost savings to students.

D. In developing an instructional material policy as required

in subsection C of this section, each board of regents shall work

with and seek input from bookstores, publishers, students and

faculty representatives.

E. Each publisher of instructional material used by students

enrolled at institutions in The Oklahoma State System of Higher

Education shall make available to the faculty and staff of that

institution the:

1. Price at which the publisher will make the instructional

materials available to bookstores, either those located on campus of

the institution or those which have a contract with the institution

to provide bookstore services to students; and

2. A description of the substantial content revisions made

between the current edition of the textbook or supplemental material

and the previous edition, if any.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-106.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-106.1
Distribution of Mentor Teacher Stipend funds
Status: in_force

If funds are appropriated to the State Board of Education for

Mentor Teacher Stipends, the funds shall be distributed by the Board

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 381

to the school districts to provide a stipend of not more than Five

Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each mentor teacher as defined in

Section 6-182 of this title. In addition to the distribution of the

five-hundred-dollar stipend, each district shall also receive the

district's contribution amount necessary to meet the Federal

Insurance Contributions Act (F.I.C.A.) requirements.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-117.1a — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-5-117.1a
Correctional facilities - Operation within restricted school areas - Vote by board of
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 7school areas - Vote by board of education.

The board of education of a school district or a private school

may, through a majority vote of the board, allow a correctional

facility operated by the Department of Corrections, a county, a

municipality, or a private corporation to operate within the areas

restricted by Sections 563 and 563.1 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-210 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-6-210
Inner City Schools Rescue program
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation is

authorized to establish the Inner City Schools Rescue program. The

purpose of the program shall be to recruit and train certified

teachers to work in inner city schools and to provide technical

assistance and support to those teachers who participate in the

program and become employed in an inner city school.

B. For purposes of this section, an inner city school shall

mean a school identified as in need of improvement as determined by

the Commission pursuant to the No Child Left Behind Act or where

ninety-five percent (95%) or more of the students enrolled in the

school qualify for the free and reduced lunch program.

C. To fulfill the objectives of the Inner City Schools Rescue

program the Commission shall:

1. Inform teachers of the program;

2. Collect and review applications for the program from

interested teachers; and

3. Establish an applicant review committee to identify

participants for the program.

D. Each year the Commission shall select a certain number of

teachers, as determined by the Commission, who have demonstrated a

commitment to excellence in teaching and to working with at-risk

students in the inner city.

E. The Commission shall promulgate rules to implement the

provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-26-102 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-26-102
Purpose
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared that the purpose of the Larry Dickerson

Education Flexible Benefits Allowance Act is:

1. To recognize that the employee benefit needs of individual

school district employees differ, depending on the age, salary and

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family status of the employee, and that it is needful to permit such

employees to select and tailor the benefits they receive in a manner

calculated to best meet the particular needs of themselves and their

families; and

2. To furnish school district employees with choices among

various employee benefits or cash compensation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-697.21 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-697.21
Physician Assistant Scholarship Program – Revolving
Status: in_force

fund.

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A. There is hereby established the Physician Assistant

Scholarship Program. The purpose of the program is to encourage

persons to enter physician assistant education programs and to

practice in rural and medically underserved areas of this state.

The Physician Assistant Scholarship Program shall be administered by

the Health Care Workforce Training Commission pursuant to rules

promulgated by the Commission and shall be funded based on an annual

estimate of need as determined by the Commission. Awards made

pursuant to this Program shall be subject to the availability of

funds. The number of and amount of each award shall be determined

by the Commission based on the availability of funds.

B. Only students who have been admitted as a student in an

accredited physician assistant program shall be eligible to

participate in the Physician Assistant Scholarship Program.

C. If a person receiving Physician Assistant Scholarship

Program monies fails to fully comply with the provisions of the

contract for the monies, the person shall refund to the Health Care

Workforce Training Commission all monies received by the person

pursuant to the provisions of the contract plus interest at a rate

that equals the prime interest rate plus one percent (1%) from the

date of disbursement of the funds and shall be liable for any other

liquidated damages as specified in the contract.

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

fund for the Health Care Workforce Training Commission to be

designated the "Physician Assistant Scholarship Fund". The fund

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

and shall consist of all monies received by the Health Care

Workforce Training Commission for implementation of the Physician

Assistant Scholarship Program. 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 such scholarships

as may be provided for pursuant to the Physician Assistant

Scholarship Program. 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, § 70-17-116.1 — OK Code / Title 70 / Section 70-17-116.1
Increase in retirement benefits
Status: in_force

A. Every annuitant receiving retirement benefits from the

system as of June 30, 1986, shall receive, on July 1, 1986, a six

percent (6%) increase in retirement benefits.

B. Any member who retires during the period beginning July 1,

1986, through October 1, 1986, shall receive a six percent (6%)

increase in their monthly benefit as computed pursuant to the

provisions of Sections 17-101 through 17-116 of this title and

Section 17-116.2 of this title.