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70 OK Stat § 70-1210.710 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1210.710. Funding of elementary school counselors – Implementation contingency – Verification of expenditure levels.

|A. It is hereby the intent of the Oklahoma Legislature to provide funding to urban school districts to hire school counselors at the elementary level. Preference for funding shall be given to those urban school districts that have the highest number of elementary students at-risk and in need of alternative education. For purposes of this section, “urban school district” means a school district with an average daily membership of thirty thousand (30,000) or more. |B. Implementation of this section shall be contingent upon the appropriation by the Legislature of state funds for the specific purpose of implementing this section. Nothing in this section shall prevent the State Board of Education or a school district board of education from utilizing private, local, or federal funds to implement this section.C. Implementation of this section shall be delayed until the current expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools in unadjusted dollars for the 1998-99 school year or any school year thereafter for Oklahoma, as reported by the National Center for Education Statistics annually in the Digest of Education Statistics, reaches at least ninety percent (90%) of the regional average expenditure for that same year, and funds are provided. For purposes of this section, the regional average expenditure shall consist of the current expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools in unadjusted dollars for each of the following states: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, averaged together. By January 1 of each year, the State Board of Education shall report whether or not the ninety-percent expenditure level has been reached based on information reported annually in the Digest of Education Statistics by the National Center for Education Statistics. This section shall be implemented on July 1 after the first January 1 report verifies that the ninety-percent expenditure level has been reached and funds have been provided for the specific purposes of this section.Added by Laws 1999, c. 320, § 51, eff. July 1, 1999. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 201, § 11; Laws 2003, c. 434, § 28.
70 OK Stat § 70-1674 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1674. Change of functions and standards of admission.

|The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are hereby directed to study the feasibility of changing the present functions and standards of admission at the Oklahoma College for Women whereby both men and women students may be admitted to pursue four (4) years of study in the liberal arts culminating with the bachelor's degree. |Laws 1965, p. 1194, S.J.R. No. 16, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1965.
70 OK Stat § 70-1675 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1675. Change of name.

|In the event the change is made by the State Regents, as suggested in the preceding section, the present name of the institution, "The Oklahoma College for Women," shall be changed to "Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts." |Added by Laws 1965, p. 1194, S.J.R. No.16, § 2, emerg. eff. April 7, 1965.
70 OK Stat § 70-1676 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1676. Board of Regents.

|At such time as the present Oklahoma College for Women becomes the Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts, a Board of Regents of the Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts, composed of seven (7) members, shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the State Senate and with the terms of members to be overlapping and for seven (7) years' duration. Such Board shall be the successor to the Board of Regents of the Oklahoma College for Women with the same powers and duties of said Board as now provided by law. |Laws 1965, p. 1194, S.J.R.No.16, § 3, emerg. eff. April 7, 1965.
70 OK Stat § 70-1721 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1721. School located at Muskogee.

|There is hereby created and established a school for the blind at, or near, the City of Muskogee Oklahoma, to be known as the Oklahoma School for the Blind. |Laws 1913, c. 37, p. 72, § 1.
70 OK Stat § 70-1722 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1722. Purposes of school.

|The purposes of the Oklahoma School for the Blind shall be to: |1. Provide academic, vocational, social/emotional, and cultural instruction as well as independent living skills and transitional needs for children who are blind or visually impaired; and2. Serve as a statewide resource center for educational services for children who are blind or visually impaired.Added by Laws 1913, c. 37, p. 72, § 2. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 264, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 329, § 4, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001.
70 OK Stat § 70-1723 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1723. Control of school.

|The Oklahoma School for the Blind shall be under the direction and control of the Department of Rehabilitation Services. |Added by Laws 1913, c. 37, p. 73, § 3. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 329, § 5, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001.
70 OK Stat § 70-1724 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1724. Entitlement to free education and dormitory housing – Criteria and procedures.

|A. Residents of this state for whom blindness or visual impairment is the primary impediment to success in the common schools of the state, and who are of suitable age and physical and mental capacity, shall be entitled to admission to the Oklahoma School for the Blind and shall receive an education free of charge. |B. Students admitted to the school who are of suitable emotional capacity and who are not a threat to themselves or others shall be entitled to reside at the school free of charge to the extent that dormitory housing is available.C. The Department of Rehabilitation Services shall establish the criteria and procedures for admission to the school.Added by Laws 1913, c. 37, p. 73, § 4. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 329, § 6, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001.
70 OK Stat § 70-1725 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1725. Site designated - Donation of site, light and water.

|The said Board of Education is hereby authorized to locate said school upon a tract of land described as follows: All that part of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section nineteen, Township fifteen north, Range nineteen east, which lies east of Haskell Boulevard, containing twenty-five (25) acres, more or less, in Muskogee County, Oklahoma; said above-described tract of land to be deeded to the State of Oklahoma by a good and sufficient deed with abstract, showing the same to be free and clear from all encumbrances, and without expense to the state. Also, electric lights and water to be forever free to the state. |Laws 1913, c. 37, p. 73, § 5.
70 OK Stat § 70-1731 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1731. School for deaf created.

|A school for the education of the deaf is hereby created in the state of Oklahoma, to be known as the "Oklahoma School for the Deaf." R.L. 1910 Sec. 6986. |R.L.1910, § 6986.
70 OK Stat § 70-1732 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1732. Located at Sulphur.

|The Oklahoma School for the Deaf is hereby permanently located in the City of Sulphur, Oklahoma. |R.L. 1910 § 6987. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 329, § 7, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001.
70 OK Stat § 70-1733 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1733. Entitlement to free education and dormitory housing – Criteria and procedures.

|A. Residents of this state for whom deafness or hardness of hearing is the primary impediment to success in the common schools of the state, and who are of suitable age and physical and mental capacity, shall be entitled to an education in the Oklahoma School for the Deaf without charge. |B. Students admitted to the school who are of suitable emotional capacity and who are not a threat to themselves or others shall be entitled to reside at the school free of charge to the extent that dormitory housing is available.C. The Department of Rehabilitation Services shall establish the criteria and procedures for admission to the school.R.L. 1910, § 6988. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 40, § 1, emerg. eff. April 5, 1976; Laws 2001, c. 329, § 8, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001.
70 OK Stat § 70-1734 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1734. Purposes of school.

|The purposes of the Oklahoma School for the Deaf shall be: |1. To provide academic, vocational, social/emotional, and cultural instruction as well as independent living skills and transitional needs for children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing; and2. To serve as a statewide resource center for educational services for children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.R.L. 1910, § 6989. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 264, § 2, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 329, § 9, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001.
70 OK Stat § 70-1745 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1745. Cooperative agreement for establishment and operation of rehabilitation center for deaf people.

|The Oklahoma School for the Deaf of the State Board of Education and the Oklahoma Vocational Rehabilitation Division of the State Board for Vocational Education are hereby authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement that is mutually acceptable to both Boards, whereby an evaluation and rehabilitation center can be established, maintained and operated to serve the deaf and hard-of-hearing citizens of Oklahoma who are fifteen (15) years of age or older at the State School for the Deaf. |Added by Laws 1965, p. 1214, H.J.R. No. 541, § 1. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 36, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
70 OK Stat § 70-1746 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1746. Utilization of resources and personnel - Federal participation.

|The School for the Deaf and the Vocational Rehabilitation Division are hereby authorized to operate an evaluation and rehabilitation center for deaf people in such a manner and on such a basis that will permit the best possible utilization of the resources, personnel, and monies that are available; and in the furtherance of this project the School for the Deaf and the Vocational Rehabilitation Division are authorized to use any and all funds, from whatever source, under their control and to do everything necessary to secure maximum Federal participation for such project. |Added by Laws 1965, p. 1214, H.J.R. No. 541, § 2.
70 OK Stat § 70-1921 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1921. Institutions authorized to grant degrees.

|Authority is hereby granted to the respective boards of control of the |Oklahoma UniversityOklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical CollegeOklahoma College for WomenUniversity of TulsaKendall CollegePhillips UniversityOklahoma Baptist UniversityOklahoma City UniversityOklahoma Catholic UniversityThe Catholic College of Oklahoma for Young WomenPresbyterian College of DurantThe Tulsa Law School of TulsaOklahoma City College of Lawupon recommendation of their respective faculties to grant the academic and professional degrees, usually and customarily granted to graduates of institutes of collegiate rank. Provided further, that the Oklahoma School of Accountancy is hereby authorized to confer the degree of bachelor of commercial science, but shall not confer or grant any other degree.Laws 1917, c. 147, p. 236, § 1; Laws 1919, c. 113, p. 166, § 1; Laws 1923, c. 188, p. 333, § 1; Laws 1925, c. 9, p. 9, § 1; Laws 1945, p. 363, § 1; Laws 1947, p. 565, § 1.
70 OK Stat § 70-1922 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1922. Approval of other institutions by State Board of Education - Application.

|The State Board of Education shall have power to approve other colleges and universities which, when so approved, shall have the authority granted in Section 1 of this act. The application for the privilege shall set forth clearly the course of study, the condition of equipment and other information as the State Board of Education shall require. |Laws 1917, c. 147, p. 237, § 2.
70 OK Stat § 70-1923 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1923. Unauthorized grant of degrees prohibited.

|No person, to whom authority to grant degrees has not been granted in accordance with this act, shall grant, offer to grant, or advertise to grant, any such academic or professional degrees. |Added by Laws 1917, c. 147, p. 237, § 3.
70 OK Stat § 70-1924 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1924. Collecting fee on promise to grant degree - Punishment.

|Any person that collects or attempts to collect fees for matriculation, registration, tuition, books or for any other purpose, the inducement for which is a promise to grant an academic or professional degree, when said institution has not been granted authority under the provisions of this act to grant degrees, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days or for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. |Laws 1917, c. 147, p. 237, § 4.
70 OK Stat § 70-1925 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-1925. Announcement or advertisement - Punishment.

|Any person that announces or advertises that he will grant degrees when said institution has not been granted authority under the provisions of this act to grant degrees shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days or more than six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment. |Laws 1917, c. 147, p. 237, § 5.
70 OK Stat § 70-2115 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2115. Vehicles owned by System of Higher Education - Liability limits.

|A. Boards of Regents, institutions and agencies comprising The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education which are authorized to own and operate vehicles are hereby authorized to carry public liability insurance on such vehicles and pay the premiums out of non-state-appropriated funds for the following kinds of insurance not to exceed the limits indicated: |1. Bodily injury liability, One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) each person, Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) each accident;2. Property damage liability, Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) each accident; and3. Medical expense, Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).B. If a vehicle is donated to a board of regents of an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education as provided for in Section 4 of this act, the board of regents is authorized to carry liability insurance in the following limits:1. Bodily injury liability, Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) each person, Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) each accident; and2. Property damage liability, Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).C. The liability insurance shall be on standard policy forms approved by the State Insurance Board with companies authorized to do business in Oklahoma. To the extent that an insurer has provided indemnity in a contract of insurance to the Board of Regents, an institution or an agency to which the act applies, the insurer may not plead as a defense in any action involving insurance purchased pursuant to this act, the governmental immunity of either the State of Oklahoma or of any political subdivision or agency thereof which has purchased insurance authorized by this act.D. The use of a motor vehicle for the purposes stated in Section 4 of this act by an institution of higher education is declared to be a public governmental function.Added by Laws 1965, c. 121, § 1, emerg. eff. May 24, 1965. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 171, § 3, emerg. eff. May 21, 1999.
70 OK Stat § 70-2116 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2116. Donation of motor vehicle to board of regents – Written agreement.

|A. The board of regents of any institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education may enter into a written agreement with any person or business entity covering the donation to the board of regents of any motor vehicle for use by the institution in connection with any technical education, training, maintenance, or other similar education program, or in administering any such program operated by or under the direction of the board of regents. The agreement shall be executed by the board of regents or an administrative officer for the board of regents and the manufacturer of the motor vehicle. |B. The written donation agreement shall:1. Specify the monetary consideration for the donation, if any;2. Provide that ownership of the motor vehicle remain with the board of regents; and3. State the make and model of the motor vehicle.Added by Laws 1999, c. 171, § 4, emerg. eff. May 21, 1999.
70 OK Stat § 70-2117 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2117. Special license plate.

|Each motor vehicle donated to the board of regents of an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education as provided for in Section 4 of this act may be operated for such purposes with a special license plate attached to the motor vehicle. The special license plate shall be issued for a fee of One Dollar ($1.00). The special license plate may be used only while the motor vehicle is in the possession or under the control of the board of regents. |Added by Laws 1999, c. 171, § 5, emerg. eff. May 21, 1999.
70 OK Stat § 70-2118 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2118. Unlawful operation.

|It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle bearing a special license plate as provided for in Section 5 of this act on any street, road, or highway in this state for any purpose other than in connection with any technical education, training, maintenance, or other similar educational program, or in the administration of the program. Violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00). |Added by Laws 1999, c. 171, § 6, emerg. eff. May 21, 1999.
70 OK Stat § 70-2119 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2119. Definitions.

|As used in Sections 1 through 5 of this act: |1. "Benefit" includes, without limitation:a.recognition,b.registration,c.the use of facilities of the public institution of higher education for meetings or speaking purposes,d.the use of channels of communication of the public institution of higher education, ande.funding sources that are otherwise available to other student associations in the public institution of higher education;2. "Exercise of religion" includes without limitation the practice or observance of religion as interpreted under state law or the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, whichever interpretation is broader;3. "Public institution of higher education" includes any institution that is a member of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education or of a technology center school district;4. "Substantially burdens" includes without limitation an action by a public institution of higher education which directly or indirectly:a.constrains or inhibits conduct or expression that reflects a student's sincerely held religious beliefs,b.denies a student an opportunity to engage in religious activities, orc.pressures a student either:(1)to not engage in conduct or expression motivated by a sincerely held religious belief, or(2)to engage in conduct or expression contrary to a sincerely held religious belief;5. "Student" means a person who is enrolled full-time or part-time in a public institution of higher education; and6. "Religious student association" means an association of students organized around shared religious beliefs.Added by Laws 2014, c. 350, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
70 OK Stat § 70-2119.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2119.1. Protection for religious student associations.

|A. No public institution of higher education may take any action or enforce any policy that would deny a religious student association any benefit available to any other student association, or discriminate against a religious student association with respect to such benefit, based on that association's requirement that its leaders or members: |1. Adhere to the association's sincerely held religious beliefs;2. Comply with the association's sincere religious observance requirements;3. Comply with the association's sincere religious standards of conduct; or4. Be committed to furthering the association's religious missions,as such religious beliefs, observance requirements, standards of conduct or missions are defined by the religious student association, or the religion upon which the association is based.B. The legal standard provided in subsection B of Section 3 of this act shall not apply to this section.Added by Laws 2014, c. 350, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
70 OK Stat § 70-2119.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2119.2. Protection for student's exercise of religion.

|A. In addition to the protections provided in Section 2 of this act, no public institution of higher education may substantially burden a student's exercise of religion, even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except as provided in subsection B of this section. |B. A public institution of higher education may substantially burden a student's exercise of religion only if that institution demonstrates that application of the burden to the student:1. Is in furtherance of a compelling interest of the public institution of higher education;2. Actually furthers that interest; and3. Is the least restrictive means of furthering that interest.Added by Laws 2014, c. 350, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
70 OK Stat § 70-2119.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2119.3. Claims and defenses.

|A student or religious student association aggrieved by a violation of Section 2 or 3 of this act may assert that violation as a claim or defense in a judicial or administrative proceeding against the public institution of higher education and obtain appropriate relief, including damages, against that institution from a court or administrative body. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 350, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
70 OK Stat § 70-2119.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2119.4. Construction.

|These provisions shall be construed in favor of a broad protection of religious freedom, to the maximum extent permitted by their terms and by the Constitutions of this state and the United States of America. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 350, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
70 OK Stat § 70-2128 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2128. Administration.

|The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education is hereby designated to be the agency of the State of Oklahoma to administer the Regional Education program in cooperation with other southern states. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 198, § 2.