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70 OK Stat § 70-16-110 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-16-110. List of textbooks.

|As soon as any contract is entered into for the furnishing of textbooks for use in the public schools of the state, the secretary of the State Textbook Committee shall send a list of the textbooks selected by the State Textbook Committee to every superintendent of schools in the state, who shall supply it to the local textbook committee. The list shall show the respective prices of such textbooks, the completed rubric, and the rating for each selected textbook as required by Section 16-102 of this title. The State Department of Education shall annually publish and distribute a list of all textbooks that have been selected. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 16-110, eff. July 2, 1971. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 239, § 40, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 360, § 9, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2020, c. 50, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.NOTE: Laws 1993, c. 229, § 10 repealed by Laws 1993, c. 360, § 16, emerg. eff. June 10, 1993.
70 OK Stat § 70-16-111.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-16-111.1. Supplementary textbooks and materials.

|The funds allocated for textbooks in Section 16-114a of this title may be used by a school district for supplementary textbooks and other instructional materials other than those selected and placed on the list of textbooks by the State Textbook Committee. The local textbook committee shall submit a statement to the local board of education justifying any such selections. For purposes of this section, "supplementary textbooks and other instructional materials" shall mean materials pertaining to subjects that are not reviewed by the State Textbook Committee or materials that support instruction in the subject matter standards as adopted by the State Board of Education in Section 11-103.6 of this title that were not reviewed by the State Textbook Committee. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 124, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1974. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 99, § 4, emerg. eff. May 11, 1976; Laws 1993, c. 229, § 12, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2011, c. 367, § 4; Laws 2020, c. 50, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
70 OK Stat § 70-16-113 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-16-113. Costs of textbooks - How paid - Repair service.

|A. All monies allocated for the purchase of textbooks shall be sent directly to the school districts. The treasurer of each school district shall enter the allocated textbook amount for deposit in the appropriate account and the reporting of financial transactions involving textbooks shall be made according to the Oklahoma Cost Accounting System, as adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 5-135 of this title. The price to be paid for instructional materials on the state textbook list shall be no greater than that stipulated in the contract with the publisher. The State Board of Education shall approve purchase order forms to be used by school districts to order books from the depository. All books ordered shall be delivered to the school district. Depositories are authorized to confer with individual school districts on plans to reduce the number of textbooks returned by school districts to depositories and to confer on restocking fees associated with such returns. |B. The State Board of Education shall provide sufficient office space, equipment, records and supplies necessary for a proper performance of the duties and functions vested in it and the State Textbook Committee, and the State Board of Education shall appoint and fix the compensation and duties of necessary personnel to assist the State Board of Education in performing its said duties and functions.C. The State Board of Education shall not reserve any funds from appropriations made for the purchase of textbooks for rebinding or for freight or transportation costs. Each school district shall be responsible for any cost incurred by that district for rebinding services or freight or transportation costs.Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 16-113, eff. July 2, 1971. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 229, § 13, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 341, § 4, emerg. eff. June 9, 1997.
70 OK Stat § 70-16-114.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-16-114.1. Allocation of funds for the purchase of textbooks.

|The funds appropriated for the purchase of textbooks shall be apportioned by the State Board of Education to each school district pursuant to the provisions of Sections 16-101 through 16-124 of this title. Upon application from a local school district, the State Board of Education may allocate funds appropriated for the purchase of textbooks to be used for the purchase of special education textbooks or other instructional materials for those students enrolled in special education programs. Approval of funds shall be based on the following formula: |No funds shall be provided for students attending special education classes less than two (2) hours per day. Those attending two (2) hours or more per day but less than four (4) hours shall receive a one-half (1/2) allocation. Those attending special education classes for four (4) or more hours per day shall receive a full allocation.Added by Laws 1995, c. 305, § 16, eff. July 1, 1995.
70 OK Stat § 70-16-115 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-16-115. Contractors - Book depositories - Insufficient stock or supply.

|All contractors shall establish and maintain a suitable and convenient depository or depositories in the State of Oklahoma where a stock of their books to supply all immediate demands shall be kept. Said depository or depositories may be operated jointly with other contractors. Each contractor shall maintain at the depository a sufficient supply of textbooks for individuals or boards of education desiring to purchase the same and shall be required to sell such books to any individual or board of education at the same price at which the textbook is sold to the State of Oklahoma plus cost of transportation to the individual or board of education purchasing the textbook. Upon the failure of any contractor to carry a sufficient stock of books at the depository to take care of all immediate demands of the State of Oklahoma and others requesting the same, or to furnish the textbooks as required by the contract, the State Board of Education shall have power to recover on the bond given by such contractor for the full value of the books not furnished as required by the contract and terminate said contract. |Laws 1971, c. 281, § 16-115, eff. July 2, 1971; Laws 1993, c. 239, § 42, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 360, § 11, eff. July 1, 1993.NOTE: Laws 1993, c. 229, § 14 repealed by Laws 1993, c. 360, § 16, emerg. eff. June 10, 1993.
70 OK Stat § 70-16-117 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-16-117. List of names of agents and representatives of publishers.

|Each person, firm or corporation offering textbooks for sale in the State of Oklahoma shall list with the secretary of the State Textbook Committee the names and addresses of its agents or representatives which shall be a matter of public record in the office of the secretary of the State Textbook Committee. |Laws 1971, c. 281, § 16-117, eff. July 2, 1971; Laws 1993, c. 229, § 15, eff. July 1, 1993.
70 OK Stat § 70-16-118 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-16-118. Rules for issuance of textbooks.

|The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the issuance of textbooks to school children and for the preservation of such textbooks, and all rules it deems necessary to carry out its duties and functions, and all such rules shall apply alike to all school districts. It shall prescribe the form of all reports and applications, and superintendents of schools, and boards of education shall be required to make such reports fully and completely at the time and in the manner prescribed by the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall keep an exact account of the cost of books distributed to each school district, together with the proper proportion of transportation and accounting charges. |The State Textbook Committee shall also have the power to adopt such rules as it deems necessary to enable it to perform its functions and duties.Laws 1971, c. 281, § 16-118, eff. July 2, 1971; Laws 1993, c. 229, § 16, eff. July 1, 1993.
70 OK Stat § 70-16-119 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-16-119. Sample textbooks.

|All advance or sample copies of textbooks or any edition thereof furnished to any member of the State Textbook Committee, or to any individual for the purpose of obtaining a selection of the textbook by the State Textbook Committee, shall not be sold by the recipient thereof, but shall be disposed of as may be prescribed by the rules of the State Board of Education. Any advance or sample textbook or any edition thereof furnished to a member of a local textbook committee, or to any school official or individual for the purpose of obtaining a local adoption of the textbook, may be returned to the publisher for credit if the cost of such book was charged against the value of textbooks allowed such school district. Publishers shall pay the cost of shipment on returned samples. All publishers having contracts to furnish textbooks to the State of Oklahoma shall be required to file with the State Board of Education, not later than the first day of January and the first day of July of each year following the dates of their respective contracts, a sworn statement showing the names and addresses of all persons to whom they have furnished, during the preceding six (6) months, any advance or sample copies of such textbooks, or any edition thereof, together with the numbers and titles of such textbooks furnished to each such recipient, and a failure to do so, or to give accurate and complete information concerning the same, shall authorize the State Board of Education to cancel the contract of such publisher. |Laws 1971, c. 281, § 16-119, eff. July 2, 1971; Laws 1993, c. 229, § 17, eff. July 1, 1993.
70 OK Stat § 70-16-120 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-16-120. Prior contracts.

|All legally executed contracts and extensions thereof now existing between any person, firm or corporation and the State of Oklahoma for furnishing textbooks on the basis of an exclusive adoption shall remain in full force and effect until such contract or extension thereof has expired, and the State Board of Education shall purchase and distribute such textbooks. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 16-120, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-16-121 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-16-121. Free textbooks - Ownership - Return or payment therefor.

|A. All textbooks adopted, purchased and distributed to school districts shall be furnished free of cost to the school children of such districts and shall be owned by such districts and each district shall mark each textbook with an appropriate number or other identification as deemed necessary to maintain proper records thereof. Each district board of education shall ensure that all textbooks necessary for completion of assigned course work are routinely available for every child enrolled in the schools of the district for the child's personal use in a manner that will enable the child to complete assigned course work. The State Board of Education shall maintain a replacement program so that all textbooks for student use are in satisfactory condition. Nothing herein shall prevent the purchase, from local school district funds, of any adopted textbook or any additional and supplementary textbooks if the board of education of any school district deems it necessary to make such purchases in order to establish and maintain the highest standards of excellence of its schools. |B. 1. Each school child who has been issued a set of textbooks pursuant to this section, and the parents or legal guardian of such child shall be responsible to the school district for the return of or payment for such textbook issued to the child which is not returned to the school.2. The State Board of Education is authorized to promulgate rules requiring the return of or payment for any textbook used by a school child which is not returned to the school. Such rules shall provide for certain exceptions to such policies. Local boards shall include considerations for the inability to pay for the textbook, and reasons for the nonreturn of the textbook. A local school board is authorized to withhold transcripts, or other records of the school relating to any school child who fails to return a textbook or make payment for the textbook if not returned. For the purpose of this subsection, the term "transcript" shall include any record of a grade or grades given to a student by a teacher.3. The provisions of this subsection shall not authorize the State Board of Education to prevent any school child from actually receiving a grade he is otherwise entitled to for completion of a course of study, from graduating upon completion of the requirements, or from obtaining any records or information supplied to the school or otherwise owned by the child.Laws 1971, c. 281, § 16-121, eff. July 2, 1971; Laws 1985, c. 83, § 1, emerg. eff. May 23, 1985; Laws 1993, c. 229, § 18, eff. July 1, 1993.
70 OK Stat § 70-16-122 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-16-122. Bribes - Punishment.

|Any person who directly or indirectly promises or offers to give, or causes to be promised, offered or given, any money, books, bribe, present or reward or any valuable thing whatsoever to any member of the State Board of Education, the State Textbook Committee, or a local textbook committee, or any member of a board of education, teacher or other person with the intent to influence a decision on any question, matter, cause or proceeding in the selection or adoption of any textbooks, or series of textbooks, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony. Any teacher in the public schools of Oklahoma, any superintendent of a school district or any employee of a school district who shall in any way be interested in the profits, proceeds or sale of any school textbook used in the public schools under such person's charge, or with which such person is connected in any official capacity, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and not more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), and shall in addition thereto forfeit the office or position. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 16-122, eff. July 2, 1971. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 239, § 43, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 360, § 12, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 573, eff. July 1, 1998.NOTE: Laws 1993, c. 229, § 19 repealed by Laws 1993, c. 360, § 16, emerg. eff. June 10, 1993.
70 OK Stat § 70-16-123 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-16-123. Soliciting or receiving bribes - Punishment.

|Any member of the State Board of Education and any member of the State Textbook Committee who directly or indirectly solicits, receives or agrees to receive any money, goods, bribe, present, reward or any valuable thing whatsoever with the intent, and which will have the effect, to influence a decision on any question, matter, cause or proceeding in the selection or adoption of any textbook or series of textbooks provided for in this article, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony. |Any superintendent of schools, any member of a board of education, and any member of a local textbook committee who directly or indirectly solicits, receives or agrees to receive any money, goods, bribe, present, reward or any valuable thing whatsoever with the intent and which will have the effect to influence a decision on any question, matter, cause or proceeding in the selection or adoption of any textbook or series of textbooks, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not to exceed six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment.Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 16-123, eff. July 2, 1971. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 239, § 44, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 360, § 13, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 574, eff. July 1, 1998.NOTE: Laws 1993, c. 229, § 20 repealed by Laws 1993, c. 360, § 16, emerg. eff. June 10, 1993.
70 OK Stat § 70-16-124 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-16-124. Violations of act - Punishment.

|Any person, firm or corporation that violates any of the provisions of this article, or any of the rules of the State Board of Education or the State Textbook Committee adopted pursuant to the provisions of this article, the penalty for violation thereof not otherwise being provided herein, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ninety (90) days and not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any public official or public employee violating any of the provisions of this article or any of such rules shall be subject to the foregoing penalties and in addition thereto shall forfeit the position or office. Any officer or employee of the State Board of Education or of the State Textbook Committee who knowingly or willingly apportions or disburses any money appropriated to carry out the provisions hereof, contrary to the provisions hereof, shall be subject to the foregoing penalties and in addition thereto shall forfeit the office or position. |Laws 1971, c. 281, § 16-124, eff. July 2, 1971; Laws 1993, c. 229, § 21, eff. July 1, 1993.
70 OK Stat § 70-17-101.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-17-101.1. Transfer of employees of Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools to Teachers' Retirement System.

|A. Except as otherwise provided for in this section, employees of the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools shall be members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma. |B. Employees of the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools who were as of June 30, 1986, employees of the Oklahoma Board of Private Schools and members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall cease accruing benefits in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and commence accruing benefits under the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma on August 1, 1986. The Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall transfer to the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma the retirement records for each such employee and the actual amount contributed to the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System by the state and by each such employee transferring to the Oklahoma Teachers' Retirement System. All years and months of service accrued by each such employee pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall be treated as credited service in the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma.C. Employees of the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools who were as of June 30, 1986, employees of the Oklahoma Board of Private Schools and members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, individually may choose to remain members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System. Any such employee choosing to remain a member of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall submit written notification of such choice to the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education prior to August 1, 1986. On August 1, 1986, the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education shall notify the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System of those employees who chose to remain members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and such employees shall not be transferred from the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System to the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma.Added by Laws 1986, c. 258, § 13, operative July 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 33, § 112, eff. July 1, 2001.
70 OK Stat § 70-17-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-17-102. Establishment of system - Powers and privileges - Name.

|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.Laws 1969, c. 157, § 2, operative Aug. 2, 1969; Laws 1971, c. 281, § 24-122, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-17-102.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-17-102.1. Termination of retirement plan.

|(1) In the event a plan of the retirement system is terminated or partially terminated the right of all participants or in the event of partial termination the rights of the affected participants, whether retired or otherwise, shall become fully vested. |(2) In the event of termination of the plan, the Board of Trustees shall distribute the net assets of the fund, allowing a period of not less than six (6) nor more than nine (9) months for dissolution of disability claims, as follows:(a)First, accumulated contributions shall be allocated to each respective participant, former participant, retired member, joint annuitant or beneficiary then receiving payments. If these assets are insufficient for this purpose, they shall be allocated to each such person in the proportion which his accumulated contributions bear to the total of all such participants' accumulated contributions. For purposes of this section, contribution means payment into the system by an employer or employee for the benefit of an individual employee.(b)The balance of such assets, if any, remaining after making the allocations provided in subparagraph (a) of this section shall be disposed of by allocating to each person then having an interest in the fund the excess of his retirement income under the plan less the retirement income which is equal to the actuarial equivalent of the amount allocated to him under subparagraph (a) of this section. Such allocation shall be made with the full amount of the remaining assets to be allocated to the persons in each group in the following order of precedence:(i)those retired members, joint annuitants or beneficiaries receiving benefits,(ii)those members eligible to retire,(iii)those members eligible for early retirement,(iv)former participants electing to receive a vested benefit, and(v)all other members.In the event the balance of the fund remaining after all allocations have been made with respect to all retirement income in a preceding group is insufficient to allocate the full actuarial equivalent of such retirement income to all persons in the group for which it is then being applied, such balance of the fund shall be allocated to each person in such group in the proportion which the actuarial equivalent of the retirement income allocable to him pursuant to such group bears to the total actuarial equivalent of the retirement income so allocable to all persons in such group.Provided no discrimination in value results, the Board of Trustees shall distribute the amounts so allocated in one of the following manners as the Board of Trustees in their discretion may determine:(i)by continuing payment of benefits as they become due, or(ii)by paying, in cash, the amount allocated to any such person.Added by Laws 1978, c. 238, § 2, eff. July 1, 1978.