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70 OK Stat § 70-21-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-21-102. Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools - Membership.

|There is hereby re-created the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools which shall consist of nine (9) members of whom three shall be the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, the Chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction or their designated representatives and of whom six shall be appointed by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. Four persons shall qualify to serve on the Board provided they occupy and have occupied for the past three (3) years executive or managerial positions in private schools located in this state of the type regulated under this act. Two persons shall qualify to serve on the Board provided they occupy and have occupied for the past three (3) years executive or managerial positions in business or industry, not connected with private schools. Each of the six persons shall be appointed for a term of six (6) years, unless such term may be carried over by the Governor. |Added by Laws 1970, c. 65, § 2, operative July 1, 1970. Renumbered from Title 70, § 1444.2 by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 24-123, eff. July 2, 1971. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 303, § 5, operative July 1, 1982; Laws 1983, c. 333, § 24, emerg. eff. June 29, 1983; Laws 1986, c. 258, § 12, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 119, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2014, c. 276, § 3.
70 OK Stat § 70-21-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-21-103. Private school license.

|A. It shall be unlawful to establish, conduct, operate or maintain a private school, to solicit or canvass for scholarships or tuition to a private school, or to offer a program of education or training unless a license granting state authorization to operate such school has been issued by the Board and is in effect. A private school shall be issued only one license, regardless of the number of locations operated by such school. |B. Upon application for a license or renewal of a license, each private school shall designate a main school location. Designation of a main school and one or more branches should mirror the designations used for federal funding or accreditation.Added by Laws 1970, c. 65, § 3, operative July 1, 1970. Renumbered from Title 70, § 1444.3 by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 24-123, eff. July 2, 1971. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 86, § 2, emerg. eff. May 4, 1976; Laws 1978, c. 217, § 1, emerg. eff. April 21, 1978; Laws 1982, c. 303, § 7, operative July 1, 1982; Laws 1991, c. 270, § 19, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1995, c. 305, § 19, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 2004, c. 172, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2014, c. 276, § 5.
70 OK Stat § 70-21-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-21-104. Private school solicitor's permit

|It shall be unlawful for any person, acting as an agent or representative of a private school giving classroom, correspondence, or distance education instruction, whether such private school be located inside or outside the State of Oklahoma, to canvass or solicit prospective students in the State of Oklahoma, except on the established and legal premises of the school, for the purpose of selling to such student any scholarship or tuition in the private school, or to take payment for the same in money, notes or other evidence of indebtedness, unless the private school has been licensed under this act, and unless a private school solicitor's license for such purpose has been issued to such person. |Added by Laws 1970, c. 65, § 4, operative July 1, 1970. Renumbered from Title 70, § 1444.4 by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 24-123, eff. July 2, 1971. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 86, § 3, emerg. eff. May 4, 1976; Laws 2014, c. 276, § 6.
70 OK Stat § 70-21-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-21-105. Application for license or permit.

|A. Applications for a private school license or a private school solicitor's license shall: |1. Be filed with the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools in the manner and upon forms from the Board or substantially similar to forms implemented by the Board; and2. Include but not be limited to the following disclosures:a.the name, mailing address and telephone number of the Board for the purposes of directing student complaints to the Board, andb.documentation of whether the proposed school will provide only postsecondary education and training or if a person who has not yet achieved a high school diploma or its equivalency will be admitted and under what specific circumstances.B. Submissions to the Board shall be date-stamped as of the date of the physical receipt when the office is open for business.Added by Laws 1970, c. 65, § 5, operative July 1, 1970. Renumbered from Title 70, § 1444.5 by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 24-123, eff. July 2, 1971. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 276, § 7.
70 OK Stat § 70-21-105.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-21-105.1. Education and training programs to be considered for licensure.

|A. The existence of a private school, for the purpose of requiring a state authorization license to be obtained, shall be determined by the education or training program that is offered or proposed to be offered and such other school attributes as enumerated by the Legislature or the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools. |B. Training and education programs to be considered for state authorization licensure include:1. Training or education that pertains to a business, professional, trade or industrial occupation or vocational-technical field that may result in the receipt of a degree, diploma or certificate;2. Improvement or enhancement of specific or general business skills that may be used in one or more occupations;3. Preparing a person to instruct subject matter that might otherwise not require private school licensing, such as a recreational, avocational or hobby activity, if the future instructor's training may result in the future teacher receiving remuneration for the training he or she will offer; and4. Providing a program of prelicensing or exam preparation when not licensed or approved by another state agency.C. Training or education to be licensed for state authorization by the Board may include a program that is offered through:1. Traditional classrooms;2. Short-term programs such as a seminar or workshop that does not qualify for an exemption from licensing and offers to improve or enhance specific or general business skills that may be used in one or more occupations;3. Correspondence; and4. Distance education.D. An entity shall be treated as a school for purposes of licensing regardless of whether the entity:1. Identifies itself as a school or other similar term;2. Owns, rents or leases a physical facility or has physical space donated to conduct classes or to host a correspondence or distance education program;3. Possesses any specific tax status granted by the Internal Revenue Service or a state's taxation authority; or4. Proposes funding that may or may not be limited to receiving monies or other consideration through the U.S. Department of Education's Title IV or other federal mechanisms, privately paid tuition, student loans, grants, scholarships or receipt of other consideration.Added by Laws 2014, c. 276, § 8.
70 OK Stat § 70-21-105.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-21-105.2. Retention of student records prior to closure.

|After a school, seminar or workshop either voluntarily decides to cease offering all programs of instruction or is required to do so through proper enforcement of this act or the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools' minimum standards, the entity shall, before closure is complete, provide the Board with its appropriate arrangement for the permanent retention of students’ records. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 276, § 9.
70 OK Stat § 70-21-108 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-21-108. Revocation of license or permit - Nontransferability.

|A license or permit issued or renewed under the provisions of this act may, after reasonable notice to the private school and an opportunity to be heard, be revoked by the Board for a failure of the private school to maintain the accreditation or the minimum standards fixed by the Board by which such private school obtained its license, or to maintain the bond required by Section 6 of this act, or for a violation of any of the rules and regulations pertaining to minimum standards of the Board. No license or permit issued under this act shall be transferable. |Added by Laws 1970, c. 65, § 8, operative July 1, 1970. Amended by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 24-123, eff. July 1, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-21-109 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-21-109. Enforcement of act.

|The Attorney General or any local prosecuting officer, at the request of the Board or on his own motion, may bring any appropriate action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction for the enforcement of this act. |Added by Laws 1970, c. 65, § 9, operative July 1, 1970. Amended by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 24-123, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-21-110 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-21-110. Judicial review.

|Any action of the Board respecting the issuance, denial, or revocation of a permit pursuant to Sections 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 of this act shall be subject to judicial review by the district court having jurisdiction. |Laws 1970, c. 65, § 10, operative July 1, 1970; Laws 1971, c. 281, § 24-123, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-21-111 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-21-111. Penalties.

|Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), or by imprisonment for a period of time not to exceed thirty (30) days. |Added by Laws 1970, c. 65, § 11, operative July 1, 1970. Renumbered from § 1444.11 of this title by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 24-123, eff. July 2, 1971. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 172, § 3, eff. July 1, 2004.
70 OK Stat § 70-21-112 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-21-112. Tax status.

|Nothing in this act shall be intended to give private schools tax exemption status except as provided by law. This act shall apply to an entity defined as a private school regardless of that entity's federal or state tax classification. |Added by Laws 1970, c. 65, § 13, operative July 1, 1970. Renumbered from Title 70, § 1444.12 by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 24-123, eff. July 2, 1971; Laws 2014, c. 276, § 11.
70 OK Stat § 70-21-116 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-21-116. Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools Revolving Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools to be designated the "Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools from all fees and penalties collected by the Board pursuant to this act or rules promulgated and any other funds obtained or received by the Board. All monies in the fund shall be used exclusively for the purpose of operations and functions of the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools. 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. 172, § 4, eff. July 1, 2004. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 399, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2012, c. 277, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012; Laws 2013, c. 15, § 98, emerg. eff. April 8, 2013; Laws 2014, c. 276, § 12.NOTE: Laws 2012, c. 304, § 612 repealed by Laws 2013, c. 15, § 99, emerg. eff. April 8, 2013.
70 OK Stat § 70-22-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-22-101. Official title of law.

|This article may be cited as the "Oklahoma Public School Audit Law." |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 22-101, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-22-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-22-102. "Public School" - Defined.

|The term "Public School" as used herein shall include a school district as provided in the Oklahoma Statutes. The term "auditor" as used herein means a person or partnership who makes an audit and prepares a report thereon as provided in this article. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 22-102, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-22-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-22-103. Annual audits - Final exit interview.

|A. The board of education of each school district in this state shall provide for and cause to be made an annual audit of such school district for each fiscal year. Said audit shall be a financial audit and a compliance audit of all funds of the school district, including the records of all student activity funds designated in Section 5-129 of this title. Such audit or audits shall be made at the end of the fiscal year; provided, however, the local board of education may require that audits be made at more frequent intervals. |B. Findings of material weaknesses, qualifications of the auditor's report and of defalcations, or a report of lack of such findings, shall be communicated in writing to the board. Upon completion of an audit, the auditor shall conduct the final exit interview at a meeting of the board. No part of the final exit interview shall be conducted with any employee of the board except in open meeting of the board; provided, portions of the final exit interview related to matters which the board is authorized by law to consider in executive session may be so considered.Laws 1971, c. 281, § 22-103, eff. July 2, 1971; Laws 1982, c. 111, § 1, emerg. eff. April 6, 1982; Laws 1989, c. 335, § 21, eff. July 1, 1989; Laws 1993, c. 361, § 9, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2005, c. 472, § 14, eff. July 1, 2005.
70 OK Stat § 70-22-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-22-105. Expenses.

|The expenses of audits required by this article, whether ordered by the local board of education or the State Board of Education, shall be paid by the local board of education for which the audit is made. It shall be the duty of the board of education of the local public school to make provision for payment of said expenses. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 22-105, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-22-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-22-106. Preparation of budgets and financial statements.

|The board of education may employ persons other than those enumerated in Section 22-102 of this article for the preparation of the estimate of needs and financial statement for presentation to the county excise board. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 22-106, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-22-108 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-22-108. Auditor's opinion - Time to complete - Distribution of copies.

|A. Each audit of the financial statements of a school district required by the Oklahoma Public School Audit Law shall be completed and the auditor's opinion thereon shall be submitted by the firm to the district board of education within nine (9) months after the close of the fiscal year of the district board of education. |B. One copy of the auditor's opinions and related financial statements shall be maintained by the district board of education as a public record for public inspection at all reasonable times at the office of the district board of education. A copy or a hyperlink to a copy of the most recent audit shall be posted on the front page of the school district website for public inspection. All records shall be kept at least five (5) years.C. The district board of education shall forward a copy of the auditor's opinions and related financial statements to the State Board of Education and the State Auditor and Inspector within thirty (30) days after receipt of the audit. The State Board of Education shall retain such copy in its office as a public record where it shall be available for public inspection at all reasonable times.D. The State Board of Education may make inquiries it deems necessary to determine that each district board of education is properly complying with the Oklahoma Public School Audit Law. If within eleven (11) months after the end of the fiscal year of the school district a copy of the auditor's opinions and related financial statements has not been received by the State Board of Education and by the State Auditor and Inspector, an inquiry shall be made by the State Auditor and Inspector as to why such auditor's opinions and related financial statements have not been filed, pursuant to the provisions of Section 212A of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Should the State Auditor and Inspector find that the district board of education has failed to cause an annual audit of the financial statements and compliance requirements of the school district to be commenced, the State Auditor and Inspector shall make a written demand on the board to complete and file such annual audit of the financial statements and compliance requirements of the school district within thirty (30) days of the date of such demand.Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 22-108, eff. July 2, 1971. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 132, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 2010, c. 477, § 3, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2021, c. 63, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
70 OK Stat § 70-22-109 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-22-109. Examination of the auditor's opinions - Deficiencies.

|The State Auditor and Inspector shall examine all auditor’s opinions and related financial statements submitted to it and shall determine whether the auditor’s opinions and related financial statements comply with the provisions of the Oklahoma Public School Audit Law. If the State Auditor and Inspector finds that they have not been complied with, the State Auditor and Inspector shall notify the district board of education and the firm that submitted the auditor’s opinions and related financial statements by submitting to them a statement of deficiencies. If the deficiencies are not corrected within ninety (90) days from the date of the statement of deficiencies or within twelve (12) months after the end of the fiscal year of the school district, whichever is later, the State Auditor and Inspector shall make or cause an audit to be made in the manner provided for in Section 22-108 of this title. Any school district audited pursuant to this section shall pay for the cost of the audit as provided by Section 212A of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 22-109, eff. July 2, 1971. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 477, § 4, eff. July 1, 2010.
70 OK Stat § 70-22-110 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-22-110. False statements in auditor's opinions - False information - Penalty.

|A. In any case where a firm has knowingly issued auditor’s opinions and related financial statements, required under the provisions of the Oklahoma Public School Audit Law, containing any false or misleading statements, the State Auditor and Inspector shall report such violation in writing to the board of education of such school district and to the Oklahoma Accountancy Board. The State Auditor and Inspector shall revoke their rights to perform such audits in the future. |B. Any member of the governing body of the district board of education or any member, officer, employee or agency of any department, board or commission of the school district who knowingly and willfully furnishes to the firm or to an employee of the firm any false or fraudulent information shall be deemed guilty of malfeasance, and upon conviction, the court shall enter judgment that such person so convicted shall be removed from office or employment of the school district. It shall be the duty of the court rendering such judgment to cause immediate notice of such removal from office or employment to be given to the proper officer of the school district so that the vacancy thus caused may be filled.Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 22-110, eff. July 2, 1971. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 472, § 16, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2010, c. 477, § 5, eff. July 1, 2010.
70 OK Stat § 70-22-111 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-22-111. Duties of board of education - Removal of members.

|It shall be the duty of each local board of education to cause such audits to be made in accordance with this article. It shall be the further duty of said board to file a copy of said audit with the proper authorities set forth in this article. Such filings shall be not later than thirty (30) days after completion of the audit. Any court of competent jurisdiction shall have the power to remove members of such board from office for violation of this article. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 22-111, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-22-112 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-22-112. State aid withheld for failure to comply with article.

|All further payment of state aid for each district shall be withheld until the provisions of this article have been fulfilled by said district. |Laws 1971, c. 281, § 22-112, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-22-113 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-22-113. State Board of Education to prescribe accounting systems and procedures.

|All accounting systems and procedures used by the school districts of the State of Oklahoma shall conform with the accounting systems and procedures prescribed by the State Board of Education. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 22-113, eff. July 2, 1971.
70 OK Stat § 70-23-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-23-101. Purpose of the Television Authority.

|It is the intent of the Oklahoma Legislature and the purpose of this article to make educational television services available to all Oklahoma citizens on a coordinated statewide basis. Said educational television services shall be provided by and through the various educational and cultural agencies in the State of Oklahoma under the direction and supervision of the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority hereinafter created. |The Oklahoma Educational Television Authority is hereby authorized and empowered to plan, construct, repair, maintain and operate educational television facilities with channels assigned by the Federal Communications Commission to the State of Oklahoma for educational television purposes. The purpose of said Authority shall be to provide a statewide educational television system, including any arrangements for extension thereof and interchanges and rental as may be necessary in establishing such statewide facilities.The Oklahoma Educational Television Authority is hereby authorized to issue revenue bonds of the Authority payable solely from dedicated revenues to pay the cost of providing educational television facilities as authorized in this article. Such revenue bonds shall never become obligations of the State of Oklahoma, but shall be retired by the Authority as provided in this article. Such revenue bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that neither the state nor the Authority shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon except from revenues dedicated by the Legislature, and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or any political subdivision thereof is pledged, or may hereafter be pledged, to the payment of the principal of, or the interest on, such bonds.Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 23-101, eff. July 2, 1971.