74 OK Stat § 74-3111 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-3111. Use of Social Security numbers by state or subdivision prohibited - Exceptions.

|A. No state agency, board, commission or other unit or subdivision of state government shall request or require, except as otherwise required by law, that any person reveal the Social Security number of such person in order to obtain services or assistance, nor shall any state agency, board, commission or other unit or subdivision of state government use, for any purpose, numbers which correspond to the Social Security number of any person, except as otherwise required by law. Provided that any state agency, board, commission, unit or subdivision of state government using Social Security numbers for a particular purpose prior to January 1, 1974, may continue to use and require Social Security numbers for that purpose only and provided, further, that the provisions of Section 3101 et seq. of this title shall not be construed to prohibit the use or requirement of disclosure of one's Social Security number if the use of the number is related to the Social Security Administration or benefits thereunder, or, subject to the provisions of Section 1-311.1 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, to prohibit the use or requirement of disclosure of the Social Security numbers of the mother and father by the Vital Records Section of the State Department of Health in the administration of the issuance of birth records. |B. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the Oklahoma Tax Commission from requiring the disclosure by any person of his or her Social Security number in order to administer any state tax law, as defined by Section 202 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes or in order for the State Treasurer to administer any provision of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, if such administration requires the Tax Commission or State Treasurer to obtain the Social Security number of any person.C. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission from requiring the disclosure by any person of his or her Social Security number in order to administer any provision of the Employment Security Act of 1980.D. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the State Department of Education or a board of education of a school district from requesting any student who wishes to enroll in or is enrolled in any public school in this state to disclose the Social Security number of the student in order for the Department to administer any provision of the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act, for the collection of appropriate and necessary data pursuant to the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program, for the purpose of determining student enrollment, to establish a mobility rate or for the allocation of State Aid Formula and midyear adjustment in funding for student growth. The State Department of Education or a board of education of a school district shall not deny to any student any right, benefit, or privilege provided by law because of the refusal by the student to disclose the Social Security number of the student. If the State Department of Education or a board of education of a school district requests a student to disclose the student's Social Security number, the State Department of Education or a board of education of a school district shall inform the student by what statutory or other authority such number is solicited and what uses will be made of the number.E. The State Board of Education is authorized to develop an alternative accountability system for tracking students to administer any provision of the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act, for the collection of appropriate and necessary data pursuant to the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program, for the purpose of determining student enrollment, to establish a mobility rate or for the allocation of State Aid Formula and midyear adjustment in funding for student growth. The accountability system shall be developed only if, in the determination of the Board, the provisions of subsection D of this section are not sufficient to allow for the adequate implementation of the provisions of the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act or the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program.Added by Laws 1974, c. 147, § 1. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 249, § 36, eff. July 1, 1989; Laws 1990, c. 309, § 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 1991, c. 280, § 76, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1996, c. 215, § 7, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 1999, c. 10, § 38, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 189, § 12, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2018, c. 14, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.NOTE: Laws 1990, c. 263, § 66 repealed by Laws 1991, c. 280, § 86, eff. July 1, 1991.