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70 OK Stat § 70-17-204 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-17-204. Board of regents – Establishment and administration of alternative retirement plan.

|A. On or before June 30, 2005, the Board of Regents of a participating institution may establish an alternate retirement plan pursuant to the provisions of this act, for the entities under the jurisdiction of such Board of Regents, for eligible employees in lieu of membership in the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma. The Board of Regents of the applicable participating institution shall determine the terms and conditions of the alternate retirement plan including, by example, terms for eligibility, contributions, vesting and the amount of benefits, and provide for the administration of such an alternate retirement plan and perform or authorize the performance of such functions as may be necessary for such purpose in accordance with this act. |B. The Board of Regents shall select the company or companies that shall administer the qualified retirement trust, custodial accounts or from which annuity contracts are to be purchased under the alternate retirement plan and shall approve the form and content of all agreements governing such trusts, accounts or contracts.C. The Board of Regents of the participating institutions may delegate certain responsibilities for administering the alternate retirement plan with respect to each institution's own employees.Added by Laws 2004, c. 385, § 4, eff. July 1, 2004. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 285, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
70 OK Stat § 70-17-205 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-17-205. Designation of one or more companies to provide for funding of alternative retirement plan.

|Each Board of Regents which establishes an alternate retirement plan shall designate one or more companies to provide for the funding of alternate retirement plan benefits through the purchase of annuity contracts, qualified retirement trusts or custodial accounts. |Added by Laws 2004, c. 385, § 5, eff. July 1, 2004.
70 OK Stat § 70-17-206 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-17-206. Election to participate in alternative retirement plan or Teachers Retirement Plan System of Oklahoma.

|A. An eligible employee shall have thirty (30) days from such eligible employee's initial date of hire or the date the alternate retirement plan is adopted by the participating institution, whichever is later, to make a one-time irrevocable written election to participate in the alternate retirement plan or the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma. If an eligible employee fails to make an election within the thirty-day period such eligible employee shall participate in the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma. If an eligible employee makes the election to participate in the alternate retirement plan such eligible employee shall not participate in the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma nor make employee contributions to the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma and the participating institution shall not make employer contributions to the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma except as otherwise required by Section 17-201 et seq. of this title. If an eligible employee elects to participate in the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma, then the eligible employee shall make employee contributions to the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma and the participating institution shall pay the employer contributions of such eligible employee to the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma for the month that the eligible employee was hired through the month that the election is made and as long as the eligible employee participates in the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma. |B. An eligible employee who elects to participate in the alternate retirement plan shall be ineligible for participation in the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma. Ineligibility to participate in the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma shall continue so long as such eligible employee remains employed by a participating institution. If such eligible employee assumes a different position, which is governed by a state retirement system other than the alternate retirement plan authorized in Section 17-201 et seq. of this title, the eligible employee shall be subject to the retirement system rules applicable to that new position. However, such eligible employee shall not be eligible for service credit in the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma for service performed while participating in an alternate retirement plan.Added by Laws 2004, c. 385, § 6, eff. July 1, 2004. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 285, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
70 OK Stat § 70-17-208 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-17-208. Written acknowledgement that benefits payable under alternate plan not obligation of state or Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma – Responsibility for payment of benefits.

|All eligible employees participating in the alternate retirement plan shall acknowledge in writing that benefits payable pursuant to such alternate retirement plan are not the obligations of the State of Oklahoma or the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma. The alternate retirement plan shall be solely responsible for payment of retirement, death or other benefits earned under the alternate retirement plan and such benefits shall be paid to the participants or their beneficiaries pursuant to the terms of the alternate retirement plan. |Added by Laws 2004, c. 385, § 8, eff. July 1, 2004. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 285, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
70 OK Stat § 70-18-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-18-103. Appropriations.

|There shall be apportioned and disbursed annually by the State Board of Education, from appropriations made by the Legislature for this purpose and from funds derived from other sources provided by law for this purpose, to the several school districts of the state, such sums of money as each school district may be qualified to receive under the provisions of this article. The methods of apportionment and disbursements contained herein shall remain in force until the same are amended or repealed by the Legislature. The State Board of Education will furnish the Legislature each year the recommended use of any new educational funds, listing priorities and percentage of new funds recommended for each priority item listed. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 305, § 3, emerg. eff. June 17, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-18-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-18-105. Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services - Copy of apportionments.

|The State Board of Education shall furnish the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services with a copy of the apportionments made from the funds appropriated for each fiscal year to each of the several school districts of the state, and warrants shall be drawn by the State Treasurer against appropriations for each fiscal year in accordance with such apportionments only upon the order of the State Board of Education through the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The warrants for the payments to the several school districts of any county shall be forwarded by the State Board of Education through the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services directly to the treasurer of each school district. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 305, § 5, emerg. eff. June 17, 1971. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 47, § 75, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 608.
70 OK Stat § 70-18-107 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-18-107. Definitions.

|As used in this title: |1. "Average Daily Attendance" (ADA) means the legal average number of pupils, early childhood education programs through grade twelve, in a school district during a school year as determined pursuant to the provisions of Section 18-111 of this title. A day of school for early childhood education programs and kindergarten shall be at least two and one-half (2 1/2) hours and, for early childhood education, may be six (6) hours.2. "Average Daily Membership" (ADM) means the average number of pupils present and absent in a school district during a school year. Average Daily Membership shall be calculated by dividing the sum of the pupil's total days present and total days absent by the number of days taught.a.A pupil who has been absent without excuse ten (10) consecutive days shall be taken off the roll beginning the eleventh day and thereafter shall not be considered in a district's average daily membership calculation until the pupil is placed on the roll in the district. For the purpose of this paragraph, consecutive days means days for which enrollment is recorded.b.A pupil enrolled in a statewide virtual charter school who is behind pace and has not completed instructional activity as defined by Section 3-145.8 of this title for a fifteen-school-day period, without excuse as authorized by Section 10-105 of this title, shall be taken off the roll beginning the sixteenth day and thereafter shall not be considered in the virtual charter school's Average Daily Membership calculation until the pupil is placed on the roll in the virtual charter school.3. "Total Adjusted Assessed Valuation" means the sum of public service property assessed valuation, personal property assessed valuation and real property assessed valuation as adjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section 18-109.1 of this title.4. "Eighty-five percent (85%) of maximum allowable", for the purpose of assessing class size penalty pursuant to Sections 18-113.1 and 18-113.2 of this title, means eighty-five percent (85%) of ten percent (10%) of the preceding year's net assessed valuation of a school district. The calculation of indebtedness as provided for in paragraph a of subsection G of Section 18-113.1 and subparagraph a of paragraph 4 of subsection A of Section 18-113.2 of this title shall include the outstanding principal amount of bonds issued by the school district plus the principal amount of any bonds authorized by a vote of the people for issuance but not yet issued by the school district.Added by Laws 1971, c. 305, § 7, emerg. eff. June 17, 1971. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 347, § 14, eff. July 1, 1981; Laws 1983, c. 330, § 11, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1992, c. 111, § 3, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1996, c. 215, § 1, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 1998, c. 204, § 3, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2020, c. 27, § 4, eff. July 1, 2020.
70 OK Stat § 70-18-107.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-18-107.1. Determining financial support to school districts through State Aid Formula - Property included in assessed valuation.

|Except as provided for in subsection D of Section 18-200 of this title, for the purpose of determining the financial support to school districts through the State Aid Formula, the assessed valuation of a school district shall include the total valuation of property exempt from taxation by virtue of Section 6B of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution as approved for reimbursement by the Oklahoma Tax Commission pursuant to the provisions of Section 193 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 334, § 43, eff. July 1, 1992.
70 OK Stat § 70-18-109.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-18-109.6. Pupil grade level weights - Midterm supplements - Review and recommendations - Report.

|A. The State Board of Education shall review the pupil grade level weights, district weights and pupil category weights which form a part of the school funding formula using the results of the educational cost accounting system now in place and shall make recommendations for revisions to such weights to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate on or before April 1, 1991. |B. The recommendations of the State Board of Education required by subsection A of this section shall take into consideration the findings and recommendations of the report of the Special Joint Committee on School Finance, created pursuant to Section 45 of Enrolled House Bill No. 1035 of the 1st Session of the 40th Oklahoma Legislature, in addition to any other information the Board determines relevant to such review. The Board is directed to pay particular attention to a review of the pupil category weights, and should determine whether the creation of other weights is warranted.C. In addition to the review and recommendations required by subsection A of this section, the State Board of Education shall review that part of the State Aid formula which provides for a midterm supplement in State Aid to school districts. The Board shall make recommendations in a report regarding revisions to or elimination of the provisions for such supplement to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate on or before September 1, 1990. On or before September 1, 1990, the Board shall send a copy of the report to the administrator of each school site in the state.Added by Laws 1989, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 60, emerg. eff. April 25, 1990. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 263, § 73, operative July 1, 1990.
70 OK Stat § 70-18-109.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-18-109.7. Common School Fund.

|A. Pursuant to Section 12a of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution, there is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be designated as the "Common School Fund". Monies from this fund shall be apportioned by the State Treasurer for distribution as provided for by the Legislature through the State Aid Formula for the benefit of the common schools of this state. |B. Beginning January 1, 1991, taxes collected on public service corporation property for the benefit of the common schools pursuant to paragraph 2 of subsection B of Section 12a of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution, except that portion of such taxes collected for the benefit of school districts in this state pursuant to Section 26 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution and that portion of such taxes collected for purposes of raising money for a building fund for a school district pursuant to Section 9 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution, and taxes collected on locally assessed commercial/industrial real and personal property for the benefit of the common schools pursuant to paragraph 2 of subsection C of Section 12a of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution, except that portion of such taxes collected for the benefit of school districts in this state pursuant to Section 26 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution and that portion of such taxes collected for purposes of raising money for a building fund for a school district pursuant to Section 9 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution, together with any revenues accruing to it pursuant to law and any money appropriated to it by the Legislature shall be paid to the State Treasurer to be placed in the Common School Fund.C. Beginning July 1, 1991, gross production taxes collected on oil and gas which are apportioned for common school purposes pursuant to the provisions of Section 1004 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, motor vehicle taxes and fees collected pursuant to the Oklahoma Vehicle License and Registration Act which are apportioned for common school purposes pursuant to the provisions of Section 1104 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes and taxes levied upon rural electric cooperative corporations which are apportioned for common school purposes pursuant to the provisions of Section 1806 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes together with any revenues accruing to it pursuant to law and any money appropriated to it by the Legislature shall be paid to the State Treasurer to be placed in the Common School Fund.D. The provisions of this section shall not have the force and effect of law unless and until the voters of the State of Oklahoma approve amendments to Section 12a of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution contained in Enrolled House Joint Resolution No. 1005 of the 1st Extraordinary Session of the 42nd Oklahoma Legislature.Added by Laws 1989, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 93, operative Jan. 1, 1991.
70 OK Stat § 70-18-111 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-18-111. Average daily membership - Legally resident pupils.

|No pupil shall be counted in the average daily membership of any district for the purpose set out in this article unless said pupil is a legal resident of said district as provided for in Section 1-113 of this title or has been transferred to said district. A pupil moving from a school district during a school term shall be entitled to attend such school for the remainder of that school term. School districts shall not include out-of-state pupils in their average daily membership for the purpose set out in this article. The following pupils shall not be counted: Those who have attained twenty-one (21) years of age by September 1 of that school year, or who have completed the twelfth grade, except as elsewhere provided for by law for veterans of World War II, the Korean War, or the Vietnam Conflict, and those who have not attained four (4) years of age by September 1 of that school year. In determining the ages of pupils for State Aid purposes, birth certificates shall be presented, if obtainable, as proof of age. Underage pupils in kindergarten and first grade who have been in legal school attendance in a public or private school in another state or in a Department of Defense School for military dependents may be legally enrolled and attend an Oklahoma school. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 305, § 11, emerg. eff. June 17, 1971. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 131, § 1, emerg. eff. May 4, 1981; Laws 1983, c. 150, § 2, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1984, c. 296, § 29, operative July 1, 1984; Laws 1998, c. 204, § 4, eff. July 1, 1998.
70 OK Stat § 70-18-112.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-18-112.2. Supplemental State Aid.

|A. For the 1987-88 school year and for each school year thereafter, each school district which, pursuant to the provisions of Section 18-112 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, received funding for the 1986-87 school year in excess of the sum of Foundation Aid, Salary Incentive Aid, and Transportation Supplement otherwise authorized pursuant to Section 18-109.2 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall receive a Supplement in State Aid: For the 1987-88 school year, said Supplement shall be equal to sixty-seven percent (67%) of the amount of said excess funding, less the amount by which the sum of Foundation Aid, Salary Incentive Aid, and Transportation Supplement exceeds said sum for the preceding school year; for the 1988-89 school year and thereafter, the Supplement in State Aid shall be an amount equal to the previous year's Supplement less the amount by which the sum of Foundation Aid, Salary Incentive Aid, and Transportation Supplement for the school year being considered exceeds said sum for the preceding school year. No school district shall receive for any school year subsequent to the 1987-88 school year a Supplement in State Aid larger than said Supplement received for the year preceding the subsequent year. Districts must levy thirty-five (35) General Fund mills to receive this Supplement. |B. Eligibility of a district for a Supplement in State Aid shall not cause the district to be exempt from penalties required by the provisions of Section 18-113.1 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Calculation of the Supplement in State Aid shall be based on use of unreduced average daily attendance for determination of the sum of Foundation Aid, Salary Incentive Aid, and Transportation Supplement. The actual amount of Foundation Aid, Salary Incentive Aid, and Transportation Supplement to be paid, however, shall be subject to the provisions of Section 18-113.1 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 1987, c. 204, § 83, operative July 1, 1987.
70 OK Stat § 70-18-113.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-18-113.4. Class size limitations – Penalties - Exemptions.

|A. Beginning with the 1997-98 school year, the penalties for exceeding class size limitations established in Sections 18-113.1, 18-113.2 and 18-113.3 of this title shall not apply if the class size limitations, as set forth in said sections, are exceeded beginning after the first nine (9) weeks of the school year. If the class size limitations are exceeded during the first nine (9) weeks, the penalties shall apply. |B. For the purposes of calculating class size penalties established in Sections 18-113.1, 18-113.2 and 18-113.3 of this title, school districts shall use only the full-time-equivalency of the instructional staff who are under contract to work the full school year in question.C. Beginning July 1, 2003, school districts that participate in consolidation or annexation pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma School Voluntary Consolidation and Annexation Act shall be exempt from the provisions of Sections 18-113.1, 18-113.2 and 18-113.3 of this title for the year in which the consolidation or annexation occurs and for the next five (5) fiscal years.Added by Laws 1996, c. 215, § 2, eff. July 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 355, § 6, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2003, c. 296, § 5, eff. July 1, 2003.
70 OK Stat § 70-18-113.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-18-113.5. Schools maintained in state reformatories - Exemption from class size limitations.

|Any school maintained in the state reformatories under the administrative authority of the Department of Corrections shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 18-113.3 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The State Board of Education shall not assess any penalties that would be imposed upon or sanctions that could result in denial of accreditation of a school pursuant to Section 18-113.3 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes for any school maintained in the state reformatories. |Added by Laws 2003, c. 69, § 1, emerg. eff. April 10, 2003.
70 OK Stat § 70-18-114.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-18-114.1. Salary schedule and increments in excess of minimums.

|Boards of education of all school districts may adopt a salary schedule and increments in excess of the minimums provided in this act. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 211, § 24, emerg. eff. May 22, 1973.
70 OK Stat § 70-18-114.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-18-114.2. Tradesmen or technicians - Qualification for increment.

|To qualify for the yearly One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) increment as provided by the Oklahoma Statutes a tradesman or technician not having a college degree who is employed as an instructor in an approved vocational trade and industrial program shall complete eight (8) college hours each year until graduation or such other training courses as may be approved by the Oklahoma State Board for Vocational Education. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 211, § 25, emerg. eff. May 22, 1973.
70 OK Stat § 70-18-114.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-18-114.3. Juris Doctorate Degree - Recognition in salary determination.

|Provided that, all school districts in the State of Oklahoma, employing certified personnel who have earned Juris Doctorate Degree, granted by an institution of higher learning with membership in a recognized accrediting association are required to accord to and grant to aforesaid degrees equal recognition for salary in contract determination. |Laws 1974, c. 234, § 23, emerg. eff. May 17, 1974.