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70 OK Stat § 70-6-204.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-6-204.4. Oklahoma National Board Certification Revolving Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Board of Education to be designated the "Oklahoma National Board Certification Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies appropriated or transferred to the fund by the Legislature. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the State Board of Education to provide an annual bonus for those teachers possessing National Board certification. 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. The State Board of Education shall transfer all funds deposited into the Oklahoma National Board Certification Revolving Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, to the Education Leadership Oklahoma Revolving Fund, created in Section 6-204.3 of this title, less expenditures and encumbrances as adjusted by transfer on July 1, 1998. |Added by Laws 1997, c. 181, § 5, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 350, § 3, emerg. eff. June 5, 1998; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 601.
70 OK Stat § 70-6-204.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-6-204.5. Professional Development Institutes Revolving Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation to be designated the "Professional Development Institutes Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies appropriated or transferred to the fund by the Legislature. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation to develop and administer professional development programs for teachers and administrators and training for residency committee members. Expenditures 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. |Added by Laws 1997, c. 302, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 602.
70 OK Stat § 70-6-206 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-6-206. Annual bonus for school psychologist, speech-language pathologist, audiologist - Qualifications - Calculation - Increase.

|A. Subject to the availability of funds, the State Board of Education shall provide an annual salary bonus in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) no later than January 31 of each year to the following employees of public school districts: |1. Any school psychologist who has been designated as a Nationally Certified School Psychologist by the National School Psychology Certification Board; and2. Any speech-language pathologist or audiologist who holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence awarded by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association.B. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the provision of the bonus pursuant to this section to include, but not be limited to, a process by which a nationally certified school psychologist, speech-language pathologist and audiologist may verify that:1. The individual is still employed by a school district;2. The certification required in subsection A of this section has been attained and has not lapsed; and3. The individual is licensed to practice in this state.C. An individual who qualifies for the bonus pursuant to this section and who is employed by a school district on less than a full-time basis, shall receive a pro-rated bonus based on the proportionate equivalency to full-time employment.D. No school or school district shall be liable for payment of bonuses pursuant to this section. The bonus shall not be included in the calculation of salary for purposes of meeting the district or statutory minimum salary schedule or for purposes of calculating Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma contributions or benefits.E. The amount of the salary bonus pursuant to subsection A of this section shall be increased to Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000.00) upon implementation of subsection N of Section 6-204.2 of this title.Added by Laws 2004, c. 311, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 186, § 3, eff. July 1, 2008.
70 OK Stat § 70-6-206.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-6-206.1. Oklahoma School Psychologist, Speech-Language Pathologist, and Audiologist National Certification Revolving Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Board of Education to be designated the "Oklahoma School Psychologist, Speech-Language Pathologist, and Audiologist National Certification Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies appropriated or transferred to the fund by the Legislature. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the State Board of Education to provide an annual bonus for individuals meeting the requirements of Section 6-206 of this title. 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. |Added by Laws 2004, c. 311, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2004. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 603.
70 OK Stat § 70-6-210 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-6-210. Inner City Schools Rescue program.

|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; and3. 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.Added by Laws 2009, c. 259, § 1, eff. July 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 83, § 14, eff. July 1, 2013; Laws 2014, c. 124, § 23, eff. July 1, 2014.
70 OK Stat § 70-6-211 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-6-211. Educator supply-and-demand study.

|The State Board of Education in cooperation with the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and institutions of higher education shall conduct an educator supply-and-demand study every three (3) years. The study shall identify areas of teacher shortage and make recommendations for addressing the areas of most critical need. The Board shall submit a report outlining the findings to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 124, § 27, eff. July 1, 2014.
70 OK Stat § 70-6-212 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-6-212. Micro-credential program .

|A. The State Department of Education in coordination with the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability shall establish a micro-credential program within one hundred twenty (120) days after the effective date of this act for the purpose of permitting any teacher candidate or teacher who holds a certificate to teach to complete additional coursework and earn micro-credentials in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) endorsement areas including computer science. |B. The State Department of Education and the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability shall convene a working group including pertinent education stakeholders to determine how any micro-credential awarded pursuant to any micro-credential program established pursuant to subsection A of this section will be used and such uses shall include:1. To award add-on endorsements to teachers in STEM endorsement areas including computer science;2. In lieu of the subject area competency examination required by Section 6-187 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and3. To meet the professional development program requirements established in Section 6-194 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.C. Any course offered through a micro-credential program established pursuant to subsection A of this section may be offered in person, online or in a blended format of in-person and online instruction.Added by Laws 2021, c. 338, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021.
70 OK Stat § 70-7-101.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-7-101.1. Mandatory annexation or consolidation - Rules and regulations regarding procedures - Notice to school district involved - Opportunity to appear before State Board of Education - Determination of issue.

|A. The State Board of Education shall be authorized to promulgate rules and regulations regarding the procedures necessary to accomplish mandatory annexation or consolidation, as provided by and within the requirements of the provisions of Sections 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of this act, and as otherwise provided by law. |B. In any case where mandatory annexation of a school or school district is recommended by the State Department of Education, the Department shall notify, in writing, the board of education of the school district involved. Upon receipt of the notification, the school district board shall have fifteen (15) days to request an opportunity to appear before the State Board of Education. If the school district board fails to request an opportunity to appear, the State Board shall proceed without further notice or delay, to conclude the matter. If an opportunity to appear is requested by the school district board, the State Board shall decide the issues after hearing from representatives of the school or school district and the State Department and shall make a final determination on the recommendation of the Department.Added by Laws 1989, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 12, emerg. eff. April 25, 1990.
70 OK Stat § 70-7-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-7-103. Annexation or disorganization - Assumption of bonded indebtedness.

|A. The component parts (or part) of the district annexed, whether the annexation is or was voluntary or mandatory under the provisions of this or any prior act, shall assume their full proportion of all legal bonded indebtedness of the district or districts to which they are or were annexed, and the district or districts to which they are or were annexed shall likewise assume a full proportion of all legal bonded indebtedness of the district annexed, or ratable proportion in ratio to the assessed valuation to the part annexed. |B. Provided, that if the area affected is or has been annexed under the provisions of this article to a school district (hereinafter referred to as the "first" district) having a bonded indebtedness at the time of said annexation, and if at the time of said annexation said area affected is or was not liable for any bonded indebtedness, and if within four (4) calendar months or less after said annexation all or any portion of the territory of the area affected is or has been detached from the first district to become a part of some other school district (hereinafter referred to as the "second" district) then:1. If the detachment of said territory occurs in any fiscal year after the effective date of this subsection, and before the certification of the budgets and levies of the first district for said fiscal year to the State Auditor and Inspector, neither the said detached territory nor the second district shall have any liability for the payment of any part of the bonded indebtedness of the first district which existed when the area affected was annexed to the first district; or2. If the detachment of said territory occurs in any fiscal year after the effective date of this subsection, and after the certification of the budgets and levies for said fiscal year of the first district to the State Auditor and Inspector, the said detached territory shall continue to bear its share of the bonded indebtedness of the first district as prescribed by subsection A of this section for the remainder of said fiscal year, but the second district shall not be liable for any part of the bonded indebtedness of the first district which existed at the time of the annexation of the area affected to the first district; and after the beginning of the next succeeding fiscal year neither the said detached territory nor the second district shall have any liability for any of the bonded indebtedness of the first district which existed at the time the area affected was annexed to the first district.Laws 1971, c. 281, § 7-103, eff. July 2, 1971; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 48, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
70 OK Stat § 70-7-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-7-106. Buildings - Rented, moved, or sold.

|No building or appendages thereto of any school district that has been annexed to another school district or districts shall be rented, moved or sold by the board of education of the annexing district or districts without the approval of a majority of the school district electors in the annexed district voting on the proposition, if such building is being used at least once each ninety (90) days for public gatherings. Provided, that the board of education of the annexing district acquiring such building may require persons or groups using such building and appendages to pay the cost of maintenance, including insurance, of such building and appendages. |Laws 1971, c. 281, § 7-106, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-7-107 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-7-107. Disposition of property.

|Once a school district has voted to dispense with grades one through eight or one through twelve, it shall be illegal for the board of education of such district to sell, exchange, trade, junk, salvage, or otherwise dispose of any furniture, equipment, land, buildings, or other such assets belonging to the school district unless such sale, exchange, trade or disposal is made to, and only to, another public school district in the State of Oklahoma. It shall also be illegal for the board of education to expend the school district's funds for any purpose after the end of the fiscal year in which grades one through eight or one through twelve have been dispensed with except in payment of legal transfer fees, bond and property insurance premiums, utilities, salary of the clerk of the board of education, audit expenses, and the expenses necessary for the preservation and maintenance of school property; provided, that a board or boards of education receiving the annexed district shall have one (1) year after annexation to sell or convey the title of land and buildings to a nonprofit corporation to be used for community purposes after the same has been approved by a majority of the electors of the annexed district, present and voting, at an election called for such purpose; provided, that when such use ceases, the title to said land and buildings shall be vested in the receiving district or districts which shall be evidenced by resolution of the annexed district. |Laws 1971, c. 281, § 7-107, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-7-108 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-7-108. Federally owned reservations - Annexations.

|Any federally owned reservation, or any portion thereof, within the State of Oklahoma shall with the consent of the United States, given by and through the commanding officer, superintendent, or other officer having charge of such reservation, be attached to an independent school district within the same transportation area for school purposes in which such reservation and independent school district are situated, upon the petition of the commanding officer, superintendent, or other officer having charge of such reservation, and with the consent of the board of education of such independent school district. The petition of such commanding officer, superintendent, or other officer in charge of any such federally owned reservation and the consent of such board of education shall be filed with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and said Superintendent shall thereupon order such reservation to be attached to such independent school district. |Laws 1971, c. 281, § 7-108, eff. July 2, 1971; Laws 1993, c. 239, § 33, eff. July 1, 1993.
70 OK Stat § 70-7-201 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-7-201. Short title.

|Sections 7-201 through 7-206 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma School Consolidation and Annexation Act". |Added by Laws 1989, c. 323, § 1, eff. July 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1989, 1st. Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 8, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 2003, c. 296, § 1, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2009, c. 448, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
70 OK Stat § 70-7-202 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-7-202. Application of act.

|The provisions of the Oklahoma School Consolidation and Annexation Act shall apply only to school districts whose entire territory has been annexed to one or more existing school districts or which have been created by the consolidation of two or more existing school districts in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-101 et seq. of this title or to school districts which have entered into a mutual contract with a superintendent as authorized pursuant to Section 5-106A of this title. |Added by Laws 1989, c. 323, § 3, eff. July 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1989, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 9, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 1990, c. 257, § 8, emerg. eff. May 23, 1990; Laws 1992, c. 324, § 12, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 2003, c. 296, § 2, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2009, c. 448, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2011, c. 338, § 1, eff. July 1, 2011.
70 OK Stat § 70-7-203.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-7-203.1. Determination of number of districts intending to annex or consolidate - Transfer of funds when qualified combined districts is two or less.

|Beginning July 1, 2006, and each year thereafter, the State Board of Education shall determine the number of districts that notified the Board of their intent to annex or consolidate by June 30 of the previous fiscal year. If the Board determines the number of qualified combined districts to be two or less, the Board is authorized to transfer up to one-half of the funds transferred to the School Consolidation Assistance Fund for that fiscal year for allocation to the Financial Support of Public Schools for distribution to school districts in the State Aid Formula, provided in Section 18-200.1 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The State Board of Education is further authorized to transfer up to one-half of the funds not allocated to school districts for annexation or consolidation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, for allocation to the Financial Support of Public Schools. |Added by Laws 2006, 2nd Ex.Sess., c. 50, § 36, eff. July 1, 2006.
70 OK Stat § 70-7-204 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-7-204. Preference for allocations from funds.

|Consolidated districts and districts combined by annexation which are created pursuant to the Oklahoma School Consolidation and Annexation Act and districts that have entered into a mutual contract with a superintendent shall have for three (3) subsequent consecutive years after consolidation, annexation or the effective date of the mutual contract preference for allocations from funds appropriated to the State Board of Education for Community Education, Alternative and High Challenge Schools, School/Community Network for Arts-in-Education, Instructional Cooperative and Technical Education, Advanced Placement Incentives, and for all other allocations made by the Board on a competitive basis. |Added by Laws 1989, c. 323, § 5, eff. July 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 280, § 60, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 281, § 1, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 2003, c. 296, § 4, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2009, c. 448, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2011, c. 338, § 3, eff. July 1, 2011.
70 OK Stat § 70-7-205 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-7-205. Exceptions to certification requirements - Priority for placement assistance services.

|When considering requests for exceptions to certification requirements from districts created by consolidation or annexation pursuant to the Oklahoma School Consolidation and Annexation Act for personnel reassigned because of the consolidation or annexation, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education shall exercise the greatest degree of latitude that can be regarded as consistent with acceptable professional practice. Highest priority for placement assistance services of the State Department of Education shall be afforded personnel for whom the consolidated or annexing district has no assignment required. |Added by Laws 1989, c. 323, § 8, eff. July 1, 1989; Laws 1991, c. 280, § 61, eff. July 1, 1991.
70 OK Stat § 70-7-206 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-7-206. Consolidation or annexation of elementary school district with independent school district.

|Elementary school districts which desire to consolidate with or annex the entire territory comprising the school district to an independent school district or districts in the transportation area of their choice pursuant to the Oklahoma School Consolidation and Annexation Act shall be authorized to enter into contracts with the independent school district or districts whom they consolidate with or annex to, which provide for up to a three-year moratorium on school site closings within the consolidated or annexed elementary district. |Added by Laws 1989, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 11, operative July 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 257, § 10, emerg. eff. May 23, 1990; Laws 1991, c. 3, § 9, eff. July 1, 1991.
70 OK Stat § 70-8-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-8-101. Right to transfer.

|Any student residing in a school district that does not offer the grade which the student is entitled to pursue shall be allowed to transfer to a school district inside or outside of the transportation area in which the student resides which offers the grade the student is entitled to pursue. The district to which the student transfers shall be referred to as the receiving district. A student shall be limited to one transfer pursuant to this section. Thereafter, a student may apply for any other kind of transfer for which the student is eligible as provided for in the Education Open Transfer Act. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 8-101, eff. July 2, 1971. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 250, § 1, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1991, c. 3, § 10, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1991, c. 280, § 62, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 2004, c. 55, § 1, emerg. eff. April 1, 2004.
70 OK Stat § 70-8-101.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-8-101.1. Short title.

|Sections 20 through 29 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the “Education Open Transfer Act”. |Added by Laws 1999, c. 320, § 19, eff. July 1, 1999.