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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-17-202. Definitions.

The following words and phrases as used in this act shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context:
1. "Participating institution" means only the entities that comprise a comprehensive university pursuant to Section 17-101 of this title and which:
a.
maintain an alternate retirement plan pursuant to the provisions of this act, and
b.
employ eligible employees;
2. "Alternate retirement plan" means any employee retirement plan that is created solely to provide benefits for eligible employees, as defined in this section, for periods of service on or after July 1, 2004. Such retirement plan shall be a plan meeting the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, operated pursuant to the provisions of this act;
3. "Board of regents" means the board or body designated by the Oklahoma Constitution or by this title as the board of regents or governing board of a comprehensive university that is a participating institution;
4. "Eligible employee" means any employee of a participating institution who (a) was initially appointed or hired after June 30, 2004, and (b) meets the eligibility requirements of the alternate retirement plan of the participating institution that employs the eligible employee. However, the term "eligible employee" does not include a person whose employment is incidental to his or her educational program or whose employment is not continuous. Such eligible employees shall be eligible to participate in the alternate retirement plan if they make a one-time irrevocable written election pursuant to this act; and
5. "One-time irrevocable written election" means a one-time election made pursuant to this act by an eligible employee that shall be in writing and irrevocable and shall cover all future service with a participating institution regardless of a break in service.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 385, § 2, eff. July 1, 2004. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 285, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-17-203. Alternative retirement plans authorized – Permitted investments.

Alternate retirement plans for eligible employees are hereby authorized at participating institutions in lieu of the retirement plan offered by the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma. Alternate retirement plans shall, for eligible employees, provide retirement and death benefits to such employees through the purchase of annuity contracts, qualified retirement trusts or custodial accounts, fixed or variable in nature, or a combination thereof, at the option of the participating institution.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 385, § 3, eff. July 1, 2004. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 285, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-18-114.8. Expiration of collective bargaining agreement - Prohibition of reduction of wages, hours, fringe benefits or other benefits in agreement - Exceptions to prohibition.

During the twelve-month period following the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement, no district board of education may reduce the wages, hours, fringe benefits or other terms and conditions of employment for any category of employees that were agreed to in the expired collective bargaining agreement, except pursuant to a subsequent collective bargaining agreement or pursuant to implementation of the plan filed by the district board of education with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction following exhaustion of the negotiations impasse process as provided in Section 509.7 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 332, § 1, eff. July 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-18-114.13. Appropriation of certified or support personnel salary increases.

State appropriated funding for certified or support personnel salary increases that is not appropriated through the State Aid formula provided in Section 18-200.1 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be added to the state appropriation for the State Aid formula in the next fiscal year following the year the increase became effective, and each year thereafter. For the purposes of this section, state appropriated funding for certified or support personnel salary increases shall not include funding for the following items for education employees: health benefit allowances, Academic Achievement Awards, Mentor Teacher Stipends, Education Leadership Oklahoma bonuses, and the Oklahoma Ambassador of Teaching.
Added by Laws 2006, 2nd Ex.Sess., c. 49, § 3, eff. July 1, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-18-115. Annual budget can include increased aid.

In the preparation of their budgets and estimates of income for the school years 1971-1972 and thereafter, the school districts of this state may include the increased amounts of state aid provided by this act.
Laws 1971, c. 305, § 15, emerg. eff. June 17, 1971.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-18-117. State Aid - Apportionment.

All apportionments of State Aid to school districts shall be made by the State Board of Education through its Director of Finance, who shall not knowingly make any apportionment or disbursement of State Aid funds which is not authorized by law. Any State Aid funds illegally disbursed by the Director of Finance shall be returned to the State Treasurer by the school district receiving such funds, or legal action shall be instituted in the name of the state against such school district or on the bond of the Director of Finance.
Laws 1971, c. 305, § 18, emerg. eff. June 17, 1971; Laws 1980, c. 159, § 21, emerg. eff. April 2, 1980.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-18-118. Audit of state monies received by public school districts - Withholding from subsequent allocations.

A. The State Auditor and Inspector shall approve auditors who shall audit the funds of the public school districts and the use made of the monies thereof, and shall make such other audits as may be required by the State Auditor and Inspector.
B. School districts and officers and employees thereof who divert any monies received by a district from the purpose for which the monies were apportioned to the district shall be jointly and severally liable for any such diversion.
C. If audits disclose that state monies have been illegally apportioned to, or illegally disbursed or expended by, a school district or any of its officers or employees, the State Board of Education shall make demand that the monies be returned to the State Treasurer by such school district. If the monies are not returned, the State Board of Education shall withhold the unreturned amount from subsequent allocations of state funds otherwise due the district. The State Board of Education shall cause suit to be instituted to recover for the state any monies illegally disbursed or expended, if not otherwise recovered as provided herein.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 305, § 19, emerg. eff. June 17, 1971. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 221, § 12, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 2010, c. 477, § 1, eff. July 1, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-18-122. Provisions superceded.

70 O.S. 1961, Sections 3-1 through 3-7, 35a, 35b, and 35c, and Sections 1 and 2, Chapter 434, O.S.L. 1965 (70 O.S.Supp. 1970, Sections 3-4.1 and 3-4.2), insofar only as same are in conflict with Sections 21 and 22 hereof, are hereby specifically superceded.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 305, § 23, emerg. eff. June 17, 1971.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-18-123. Loss of average attendance - Dismissal of teachers.

Teachers may be dismissed if a school district has a loss of average daily attendance over the prior year which would reduce state aid to the extent that such district was unable to finance the contract salaries of teachers employed by school districts under the continuing contract law.
Added by Laws 1973, c. 211, § 26, emerg. eff. May 22, 1973.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-18-125. Incentive grants for small school district to fund cooperative programs.

Recognizing the needs small school districts have to meet increased high school graduation and college admission requirements, and the difficulty such districts may experience in offering the necessary academic courses, the Legislature hereby states its intent to assist such districts through the creation of incentive grants to fund cooperative programs. Such grants shall be allocated by the State Board of Education on a competitive basis to school districts with an average daily attendance of eight hundred (800) or less, or to any school district participating in the East Central Educational Support Center, to enter into an agreement with one or more districts of any size or an accredited institution of higher education to provide classes in mathematics, science, a foreign language, computer education, visual arts or music to elementary or secondary students. In allocating incentive grants to fund cooperative programs, the State Department of Education shall give priority to those programs that emphasize classes required for high school graduation and college admission. Funding provided in the grants shall be expended for instruction-related personnel, equipment, transportation, materials and telecommunications, including but not limited to telecommunication equipment, instruction and other materials. Funding provided for grants for telecommunication shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the funds provided for all grants specified in this section. No funds provided shall be used for construction of buildings.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 329, § 14, emerg. eff. July 30, 1985. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 204, § 119, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1993, c. 361, § 8, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1999, c. 246, § 31, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-18-152. Intent of Legislature.

It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Legislature to assure that students in the public schools of this state occupy facilities which are designed for adaptability to program offerings. Such facilities should be structurally safe, well maintained and contain adequate space to meet the instructional needs of each student. It is further declared to be the intent of the Legislature that these facility standards be implemented through the Common School Capital Improvement Act.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 334, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-18-153. Development and adoption of four-year capital improvement plan.

A. Each local school district shall develop and adopt a four-year capital improvement plan for the public schools in the district. Each local school district shall review and update their plans annually. Capital improvement plans shall be based upon guidelines developed by the State Department of Education.
B. The State Department of Education shall develop and the State Board of Education shall adopt a statewide four-year capital improvement master plan for the public common schools of this state. The master plan shall be subject to the provisions of Section 308 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 334, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1983. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 186, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 2012, c. 354, § 7.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-18-162. Schools Capital Improvements Budget.

No later than the first day of October of each year, the State Board of Education shall submit with the itemized budget request and estimates for the ensuing fiscal year, a Schools Capital Improvements Budget. Such Schools Capital Improvements Budget shall be submitted to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the Director of the Legislative Service Bureau and the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 204, § 125, operative July 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 610.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-18-202.1. Funding of school districts in Superfund sites when children have relocated - Highest weighted average of last 10 years used.

For school districts located within the boundaries of federally designated Superfund sites from which students have been relocated with the assistance of state funds, the weighted calculations provided for in subsection A of Section 18-201.1 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be based on the highest weighted average daily membership of the first nine (9) weeks of the current school year or any of the proceeding years, up to a maximum of ten (10) years since students within the district first received state assistance to relocate outside the district.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 371, § 7.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-18-300. Oklahoma School Land Fund.

If the amendment to Section 3 of Article XI of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma contained in Enrolled House Joint Resolution No. 1005 of the 1st Extraordinary Session of the 42nd Oklahoma Legislature is approved by the people, there is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated the "Oklahoma School Land Fund". The fund shall consist only of those monies described in Section 3 of Article XI of the Oklahoma Constitution and apportioned to the fund by law. Monies in the fund shall be used only for the purpose of financing common education in this state through the State Aid Formula.
Added by Laws 1989, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 106, emerg. eff. April 25, 1990.
NOTE: The proposed amendment to Section 3 of Article XI of the Oklahoma Constitution was defeated at special election held on June 26, 1990.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-18-400. Creation - Status - Expenditures.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Board of Education to be designated the "Education Reform Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all appropriations and transfers made by the Legislature. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, by the State Board of Education for the purposes of implementing reforms contained in Enrolled House Bill No. 1017 of the First Extraordinary Session of the 42nd Oklahoma Legislature. Expenditures from said 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 1991, c. 280, § 75, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 611.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-19-113. Aims and purposes.

The aims and purposes of driver's education shall be to develop a knowledge of those provisions of the laws of this state relating to the operation of motor vehicles, a proper acceptance of personal responsibility in traffic, a true appreciation of the causes, seriousness, and consequences of traffic accidents, and to develop the knowledge, attitudes, habits, and skills necessary for the safe operation of motor vehicles.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 298, § 38, operative July 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-19-114. Establishment and maintenance of automobile driver education - Course grading.

The school board of any school district maintaining a secondary school, which includes any of the grades nine through twelve, inclusive, may establish and maintain automobile driver education for students that attend secondary public schools in that district. Only students who are enrolled and passing in all of the core curriculum courses appropriate for their grade levels shall be allowed to enroll in driver education courses during the regular school day.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 298, § 39, operative July 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 196, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1995, c. 320, § 5, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1998, c. 425, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-19-115. Rules - Administrative budget - Coordinator of driver education programs.

A. The establishment, conduct and scope of the driver education program for secondary schools shall be the program established by rules adopted and promulgated by the State Board of Education, subject to the requirements and exceptions set forth in Section 19-113 et seq. of this title. Said program shall be established and maintained only in accordance with such rules and laws. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prepare an administrative budget from funds made available under this article, which budget shall be approved by the State Board of Education. It shall be the responsibility of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to appoint supervisors of safety education and the necessary clerical personnel.
B. The State Department of Education shall designate or employ a state coordinator of driver education programs to provide oversight of all driver education programs throughout the state. The responsibilities of such coordinator shall include, but not be limited to:
1. Assuring quality driver education programs in this state;
2. Serving as a liaison between the State Department of Education and Service Oklahoma;
3. Promoting driver safety throughout the state; and
4. Coordinating the activities of the supervisors of safety education and the necessary clerical staff.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 298, § 40, operative July 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 425, § 2, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2023, c. 310, § 36, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-19-117. Annual report.

Each school district shall report annually to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction the cost of instructing pupils during the preceding year in driver education, the number of pupils actually enrolled and trained in such course during the preceding year, and such other information as may be required for the computation of the cost incurred therein.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 298, § 42, operative July 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-19-118. Cost of program.

A determination of the cost of a driver education program in a secondary school shall include the cost of the replacement of the automobile or machinery used in the instruction of pupils, the cost of the instructor's salary, the upkeep and maintenance of said automobiles, and the cost of such other equipment and classroom data as may be required in a driver education program operated in compliance with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 298, § 43, operative July 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-19-120. Eligibility for driver education allowance.

No reimbursement shall be made to a school district for the instruction of pupils in driver education unless the school district has provided such instruction pursuant to state law and has complied with the rules set forth by the State Board of Education governing the establishment, conduct, and scope of driver education.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 298, § 45, operative July 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 425, § 3, eff. July 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-19-121. Implementation of aims and purposes of act - Rules and regulations - Supplies and equipment.

The State Board of Education is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the aims and purposes established in Section 38 of this act. The State Board of Education is authorized to acquire in compliance with the law for cash, lease, or by lease-purchase agreement all the necessary equipment, visual and training aids and devices, and related materials required.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 298, § 46, operative July 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-19-122. Allocation of funds for driver education.

Contingent upon the availability of funds, monies appropriated to the State Board of Education for the driver education program shall be allocated to each school district which provided a driver education program during the preceding fiscal year in accordance with state law and the rules established by the State Board of Education. Contingent upon funds being made available, allocations to each school district shall be reimbursed on a first-come first-serve basis as provided below:
1. In the amount of Ninety-five Dollars ($95.00) per pupil for courses offered before or after the regular school day; and
2. In the amount of Eighty-two Dollars and fifty cents ($82.50) per pupil for courses offered during the regular school day, the summer, or on Saturday.
Added by Laws 1995, c. 305, § 17, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 425, § 4, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-19-123. Reinstatement of lapsed certification.

Any person who held a valid certificate to teach driver education in this state, between 1980 and the effective date of this act, and whose certificate has lapsed shall be eligible to have the certification to teach driver education reinstated upon request provided the person is otherwise eligible for teacher certification.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 425, § 5, eff. July 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-21-101.1. Exempt from licensing.

The term "private school" shall not include the following which are exempt from licensing by the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools:
1. Barber schools, beauty schools or other schools which are exclusively regulated or licensed pursuant to the provisions of any school-licensing law of this state, although such school may choose to apply to secure a license for state authorization from the Board;
2. Any form of flight instruction subject to regulations promulgated by the Federal Aviation Administration;
3. Parochial, private or other nonpublic schools offering programs of general education accredited or approved by the State Board of Education, the State Board of Career and Technology Education or the State Regents for Higher Education;
4. Education or training, as approved by the Board, provided and paid for by:
a.
an employer for its own employees,
b.
a professional organization, as approved by the Board, for its members,
c.
a parochial, denominational, eleemosynary school or institution, which is sectarian in nature and uniquely useful for and intrinsic to the propagation of a faith or the pursuit of the mission of the school or institution as approved by the Board, or
d.
an entity supported by taxation of a local or state source;
5. Education or training, as approved by the Board, which offers instruction solely in the field of an avocation, hobby, recreation or entertainment, as approved by the Board;
6. Professional prelicensing programs or continuing education programs when an alternate state agency maintains complete authority or jurisdiction over the right to offer or certify such a program, regardless if the other agency mandates the subject matter of the program;
7. Postgraduate certificates offered or provided by a school that has approval for that specific program issued by another state agency or an accrediting agency approved by the Board;
8. If a private school combines training or education that is both licensed and not licensed by another state agency, licensing by the Board will be required for the entity's combined programs. However, the Board will defer to the other state agency on matters contained in the other agency's regulations and will refrain from establishing conflicting requirements. Matters to be governed by the other state agency may include but are not limited to curriculum, testing or certification completion. The Board may require a private school to document its approval by any other state agency or an accrediting organization; and
9. Seminars or workshops offered by an entity that:
a.
is not primarily in the business of providing programs of instruction,
b.
provides instruction to advance the personal development or general, transferable skills of a participant, and
c.
offers aggregate clock or contact hours of no more than twenty-four (24) clock or defined contact hours per calendar quarter of the calendar year.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 276, § 2.
2023 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.