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70 OK Stat § 70-9-111 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-9-111. Use of fund.

|The State Board of Education through the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to use the "Special Transportation Revolving Fund" for the purchase of pupil-transportation equipment suitable for the transportation of children to and from the common schools and to make one or more units of such pupil-transportation equipment available for use by any school district in the State of Oklahoma which is either required or authorized by statute to provide free transportation to and from school for children legally residing in such district or legally transferred thereto and entitled to attend school therein, but which school district does not have sufficient funds available, and, because of then existing indebtedness, may not legally issue its bonds for the purchase of other pupil-transportation equipment. Provided, such equipment shall be purchased from the list of approved equipment as provided for in Section 9-109 and at a price not greater than the price so approved. Provided, further, the school board or board of education of any school district desiring to rent such equipment shall select from the approved list the equipment they desire before the State Board of Education shall be authorized to purchase transportation equipment for rental to any district. Provided, further, the State Board of Education shall not be authorized to act in behalf of any school district in the purchase of any transportation equipment except as provided for in this act. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 9-111, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-9-112 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-9-112. Lease of equipment.

|Any such eligible school district and the State Board of Education may enter into a lease contract, in writing, for the use by such school district of one or more of such pupil-transportation equipment units during the then current fiscal year, at the annual rental value of such unit or units determined in the manner provided for herein, but which contract may be entered into only against a then current item of appropriation for "Transportation Operation." Any school district which lawfully leases one or more of such pupil-transportation equipment units from the State Board of Education during any fiscal year shall be eligible to enter into a like contract for the same unit or units during and for the ensuing fiscal year, and shall also be eligible to purchase the same such units, as provided for herein, even though such district then has sufficient funds available or may then legally issue its bonds for the purchase of other pupil-transportation equipment. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 9-112, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-9-113 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-9-113. Rental value of equipment.

|The State Board of Education shall fix the annual rental value of each particular unit of such pupil-transportation equipment at an amount not less than that required to amortize the original total cost of that unit by five (5) years' rental thereof. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 9-113, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-9-114 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-9-114. Sale of units of equipment after lease for one year.

|The State Board of Education may sell any particular unit of such pupil-transportation equipment to an eligible school district, at any time after such unit has been leased for one (1) fiscal year, for an amount not less than the original total cost of such unit less rentals actually paid for the use of such unit; provided, however, in so selling any such unit, preference shall be given to the school district leasing such unit during the then preceding fiscal year. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 9-114, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-9-115 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-9-115. Care of equipment.

|Any school district leasing any such pupil-transportation equipment from the State Board of Education shall at its own cost and expense procure such equipment from the State Board of Education, keep such equipment, including all tires, tubes and accessories thereon and therewith, in good repair during the time the same shall be in its possession, and, at the expiration of the term of such lease, unless such equipment be purchased or again leased by such district, return such equipment to the State Board of Education in as good condition as when received, ordinary wear and tear alone excepted. Any tire or tube needing to be replaced while such equipment is in the possession of a school district shall be replaced by, and at the expense of, such district. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 9-115, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-9-116 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-9-116. Space for storage of equipment.

|The State Board of Education is hereby authorized to procure space for the storage of such pupil-transportation units while not in the possession of a school district and to pay the necessary cost thereof from the "Special Transportation Revolving Fund." When any such unit is returned to the State Board of Education, said board is hereby authorized to recondition same, and to pay necessary cost of such reconditioning, including the cost of any new tires or tubes required for such purpose, from said "Special Transportation Revolving Fund." |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 9-116, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-9-117 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-9-117. Expense - Paid from what funds.

|Any costs or expense necessarily incurred by the State Board of Education in the administration of the foregoing provisions relating to the "Special Transportation Revolving Fund" shall be paid from funds appropriated or allocated for the administration of laws providing for the payment of State Aid to school districts in the same manner that expenses of administration of such laws are paid. |Added by Laws 1971, § 281, § 9-117, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-9-118 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-9-118. Operation instruction for bus drivers.

|Except in case of emergency, anyone who operates, as a driver, a school bus whether a contractor for private hire or an employee of the school district for the transportation of students enrolled in the public schools of the district shall complete a course of instruction pertaining to the operation of a school bus. Said course to be approved by the State Department of Education and the district involved. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 112, § 5.
70 OK Stat § 70-9-119 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-9-119. Cameras for School Bus Stops Revolving Fund.

|A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Board of Education to be designated the "Cameras for School Bus Stops Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the State Board of Education from fines collected from school bus stop violations pursuant to Section 11-705 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any state-appropriated funds, federal funds, donations, grants, contributions, 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 State Board of Education for the purposes of providing grants to public school districts as provided for in subsection B of this section. 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. |B. Contingent upon the amount of funds available in the Cameras for School Bus Stops Revolving Fund, the State Board of Education shall award one or more grants annually to public school districts in the state. The grants shall be used by the districts for installation of camera equipment on buses to aid in identifying drivers violating the provisions of Section 11-705 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Board shall determine the criteria for and establish a process for the submission of grant applications. The applications shall be considered on a statewide competitive basis. The Board shall promulgate rules for the implementation of the grants issued pursuant to this section.Added by Laws 2019, c. 145, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
70 OK Stat § 70-10-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-10-101. Attendance officer - Assistants.

|Except as provided in Section 10-102.1 of this title, the board of education of each school district shall appoint, or may employ, and fix the compensation of an attendance officer and such assistants as may be necessary, who shall serve under the authority and supervision of the board of education and the district superintendent of schools. Provided, that the same person may be appointed or employed as an attendance officer or assistant for two or more school districts. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 10-101, eff. July 2, 1971. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 178, § 1, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1991, c. 3, § 14, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1994, c. 232, § 3, emerg. eff. May 25, 1994.
70 OK Stat § 70-10-102.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-10-102.1. Police as attendance officers.

|The board of education of each school district may enter into an agreement with the municipal police department serving the school district which provides that some or all of the duties of an attendance officer for the school district shall be performed by a certified police officer of the municipality. The agreement may further provide that the compensation and necessary traveling expenses of such attendance officer shall be payable from municipal funds. |Added by Laws 1989, c. 178, § 3, operative July 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 232, § 4, emerg. eff. May 25, 1994.
70 OK Stat § 70-10-103.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-10-103.1. Legal average daily attendance.

|A. The school population, scholastic population, scholastic enumeration, and enumeration of a district shall be the legal average daily attendance. The legal average daily attendance shall be the average number of pupils present in a school district during a year or other specified period of time. The State Board of Education shall determine the legal average daily attendance for each school district by dividing the aggregate days of pupils present in each school district by the number of days taught in each school district. |B. The legal average daily attendance for purposes of the distributions contained in subsection (b) of Section 9 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution, Section 1004 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, Section 1104 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes and Sections 10-104 and 615 of this title shall not include the average daily attendance for students enrolled in a charter school.Added by Laws 1986, c. 259, § 56, operative July 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 204, § 116, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 2021, c. 563, § 8, emerg. eff. May 28, 2021.
70 OK Stat § 70-10-103.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-10-103.2. Student information referral procedure.

|By January 1, 1995, each school district in this state shall develop a student information referral procedure whereby the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation would, if authorized by a parent or legal guardian at any time, have access through a designated district employee to information currently maintained by the school district not prohibited from being released to law enforcement officers by state or federal law regarding past and present students in the district including but not limited to names of the parents of the student and their addresses. |Added by Laws 1994, c. 132, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
70 OK Stat § 70-10-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-10-104. State Treasurer and Secretary of School Land Department - Report.

|The State Board of Education shall file with the Secretary of the School Land Commission a report, duly certified, showing the school population for the preceding school year of each school district. School population shall be determined as provided for in Section 10-103.1 of this title. The report so filed shall be the basis for making the apportionments of state school land earnings during the following fiscal year. |Amended by Laws 1986, c. 259, § 57, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1999, c. 292, § 6, eff. July 1, 1999.
70 OK Stat § 70-10-105.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-10-105.2. Outreach agreements - Promotion of parental visits - Employees may have time off for parent-teacher conferences.

|A. It shall be a policy of the State Board of Education to encourage each public school to explore outreach opportunities such as agreements with the parents of each child enrolled in school. |1. Such agreement may describe the beneficial relationship between parental interest and pupil achievement and provide an agreement that a child will achieve higher levels of competency if parents will guarantee that their child will attend school, behave satisfactorily while there, and complete homework. As part of the agreement, the school may state its intention to provide free remediation if a child fails to attain the necessary standards of competency.2. Such agreement may also emphasize the importance of parent-teacher conferences. The agreement should note the days of the school year reserved for professional meetings and staff development and state that on these days teachers are available to meet with parents. Teachers should also be encouraged to schedule conferences to accommodate working parents. Teachers should strive to hold at least one conference with each student's parents at least once each semester.B. The State Board of Education also shall require each local board of education to develop initiatives to promote schools as congenial places for parents to visit.C. The State Board of Education shall also establish a program for encouraging private employers to give employees who have children in preschool programs, kindergarten, or school programs time off to visit the schools for parent-teacher conferences at least once each semester.Added by Laws 1989, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 34, emerg. eff. April 25, 1990.
70 OK Stat § 70-10-105.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-10-105.4. Pilot early childhood program - Applications from 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 two-to-one basis and commit a minimum investment of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) in the program. |Added by Laws 2006, 2nd Ex.Sess., c. 50, § 12, eff. July 1, 2006.
70 OK Stat § 70-10-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-10-106. Records of attendance of pupil - Report of absence.

|It shall be the duty of the principal or head teacher of each public, private or other school in the State of Oklahoma to keep a full and complete record of the attendance of all children at such school and to notify the attendance officer of the district in which such school is located of the absence of such children from the school together with the causes thereof, if known; and it shall be the duty of any parent, guardian or other person having charge of any child of compulsory attendance age to notify the child's teacher concerning the cause of any absences of such child. It shall be the duty of the principal or head teacher to notify the parent, guardian or responsible person of the absence of the child for any part of the school day, unless the parent, guardian or other responsible person notifies the principal or head teacher of such absence. Such attendance officer and teacher shall be required to report to the school health officer all absences on account of illness with such information respecting the same as may be available by report or investigation; and the attendance officer shall, if justified by the circumstances, promptly give to the parent, guardian or custodian of any child who has not complied with the provisions of this article oral and documented or written warning to the last-known address of such person that the attendance of such child is required at some public, private or other school as herein provided. If within five (5) days after the warning has been received, the parent, guardian or custodian of such child does not comply with the provisions of this article, then such attendance officer shall make complaint against the parent, guardian or custodian of such child in a court of competent jurisdiction for such violation, which violation shall be a misdemeanor. If a child is absent without valid excuse four (4) or more days or parts of days within a four-week period or is absent without valid excuse for ten (10) or more days or parts of days within a semester, the attendance officer shall notify the parent, guardian or custodian of the child and immediately report such absences to the district attorney in the county wherein the school is located for juvenile proceedings pursuant to Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 10-106, eff. July 2, 1971. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 248, § 5; Laws 1989, c. 178, § 4, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1995, c. 270, § 2, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 2009, c. 234, § 157, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.
70 OK Stat § 70-10-106.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-10-106.1. Driver license school enrollment requirements - Duties and responsibilities of attendance officers.

|It shall be the duty of the attendance officer of each school district to carry out the duties and responsibilities required of the attendance officers by Section 34 of this act. If the attendance officer is unable to carry out the duties and responsibilities, the school district superintendent shall be charged with such duties and responsibilities. Documentation of enrollment status shall be provided to a student by the school district last attended by the student and shall be based upon the last semester's attendance if the student requires documentation during a time when school is not in session. |Added by Laws 1996, c. 247, § 40, eff. July 1, 1996.
70 OK Stat § 70-10-107 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-10-107. Rules and regulations.

|In any matter pertaining to the duties of the attendance officer and keeping records thereof, the board of education of the district shall make rules and regulations subject only to the limitations of the regulations of the State Board of Education and of the law, which shall have the force and effect of law, and all attendance officers are hereby required to comply with all such rules and regulations the same as if they had been specifically mentioned herein. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 10-107, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-10-108 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-10-108. Necessary travel expenses.

|The attendance officer or assistants shall receive, in addition to their salaries, all necessary travel expenses incurred by them in the performance of their official duties. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 10-108, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-10-109 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-10-109. Temporary detention and custody of children subject to compulsory attendance law.

|A. An attendance officer, any school administrator, or designee of the school administrator who is employed by the school, or any peace officer may, except for children being home schooled pursuant to Section 10-105 of the Oklahoma Statutes, temporarily detain and assume temporary custody of any child subject to compulsory full-time education, during hours in which school is actually in session, who is found away from the home of such child and who is absent from school without lawful excuse within the school district that such attendance officer, peace officer or school official serves, if said school district has previously approved the temporary detention and custody pursuant to this section. |B. Any person temporarily detaining and assuming temporary custody of a child pursuant to this section shall immediately deliver the child either to the parent, guardian, or other person having control or custody of the child, or to the school from which the child is absent without valid excuse, or to a nonsecure youth service or community center servicing the school district, or to a community intervention center, as defined by Section 2-1-103 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.C. The temporary custody or detention provided by this section shall be utilized as a means of reforming and returning the truant students to school and shall not be used as a pretext for investigating criminal matters. The temporary custody or detention herein provided is a severely limited type of detention and is not justified unless there are specific facts causing an attendance officer or other authorized person to reasonably suspect that a truancy violation is occurring and that the person the officer intends to detain is a truant.Added by Laws 1989, c. 178, § 5, operative July 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 270, § 3, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1999, c. 365, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2009, c. 234, § 158, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.
70 OK Stat § 70-11-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-11-101. Sectarian or religious doctrines - Forbidden to be taught in schools.

|No sectarian or religious doctrine shall be taught or inculcated in any of the public schools of this state, but nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the reading of the Holy Scriptures. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 11-101, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-11-101.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-11-101.1. Voluntary prayer.

|The board of education of each school district shall permit those students and teachers who wish to do so to participate in voluntary prayer. Nothing in this act shall be construed to be in conflict with Section 11-101 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Laws 1980, c. 72, § 1, emerg. eff. April 14, 1980.
70 OK Stat § 70-11-101.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-11-101.2. Minute of silence in public schools - Intervention by Attorney General in legal proceedings.

|The board of education of each school district shall ensure that the public schools within the district observe approximately one minute of silence each day for the purpose of allowing each student, in the exercise of his or her individual choice, to reflect, meditate, pray, or engage in any other silent activity that does not interfere with, distract, or impede other students in the exercise of their individual choices. |The Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma is hereby authorized to intervene in any legal proceeding to enforce the provisions of this act and shall represent any school district or employee named as a defendant therein. Any school district or employee named as a defendant in any proceeding to enforce the provisions of this act shall within five (5) days of receiving service of summons notify the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma of the pendency of the action.Added by Laws 2002, c. 353, § 1.
70 OK Stat § 70-11-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-11-102. Instruction conducted in English language.

|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. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 11-102, eff. July 2, 1971.