reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-24-158. Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey.

A. The "Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey" means the biennial mental health prevention survey of public school students in grades six, eight, ten, and twelve managed by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
B. Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, and biennially thereafter, public schools shall administer the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey, or an alternative survey as provided in subsection D of this section, for the purpose of providing direction to schools, school districts, and communities to effectively improve the lives of students regarding a variety of issues with a focus on alcohol, tobacco, other drug use, mental health, academic failure, and violence.
C. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall maintain the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey and shall provide technical assistance for schools in survey administration, reporting, planning, and development of school mental health prevention and intervention strategies informed by the survey results.
D. If a school or school district chooses to administer an alternative survey or assessment tool to fulfill the purpose described in subsection B of this section, it may apply for a waiver through the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
E. The school district superintendent or his or her designee shall provide prior written notification to the parents or legal guardians of students to be administered the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey or an alternative survey or assessment tool adopted pursuant to subsection D of this section. The notification shall include information to parents and legal guardians that they may opt their student out of the survey or assessment tool by providing written notice to the school district.
F. Prior to the biennial administration of the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey, the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall submit the survey to the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, the chairs of the committees with responsibility over common education in both houses of the Legislature, and the chairs of the committees with responsibility over public health in both houses of the Legislature.
G. The provisions of this section shall be subject to the availability of federal funding. If federal funding is insufficient to provide the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey to public schools on a biennial basis, administration of the survey shall not be required.
H. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the State Board of Education may promulgate rules as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 406, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 281, § 2, eff. July 1, 2022.
NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 24-157 of this title to avoid a duplication in numbering.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-24-160. Wearing tribal regalia during official graduation ceremonies.

A. 1. A student enrolled in a public school district, a public charter school, or a technology center school may wear tribal regalia during the school’s official graduation ceremonies, whether held at a public or private location.
2. Nothing in this subsection shall limit or alter the authority of school personnel to regulate student behavior pursuant to the School Safety and Bullying Prevention Act.
B. A student enrolled in an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education may wear tribal regalia during the institution’s official graduation ceremonies, whether held at a public or private location.
C. A school district board of education, a governing board of a charter school, a governing board of a technology center school, or the board of regents of an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education may adopt a policy pursuant to the provisions of this section, which may specify the characteristics of any garment, jewelry, other adornment, or object that the school or institution finds will endanger the safety of a student or others or interfere with graduation ceremonies if worn by a student.
D. For the purposes of this section, “tribal regalia” means traditional garments, jewelry, other adornments such as an eagle feather, an eagle plume, a beaded cap, a stole, or similar objects of cultural and religious significance worn by members of a federally recognized Indian tribe or the tribe of another country. Tribal regalia does not include any firearm or other weapon. Tribal regalia does not include any object that is otherwise prohibited by federal law, except in compliance with an appropriate federal permit.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 307, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-24-161. Auditing classes by governing board members.

A. Being necessary to fulfill their role as a member of the governing board of their respective Oklahoma higher education institution, any member of a governing board of an Oklahoma higher education institution shall be allowed by their institution to audit a class free of charge.
B. Governing board members who audit a class pursuant to subsection A of this section may not receive academic credit for the class or classes audited.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 52, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 24-160 of this title to avoid a duplication in numbering.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-26-101. Short title.

Sections 26-101 through 26-105 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Larry Dickerson Education Flexible Benefits Allowance Act".
Added by Laws 1998, c. 380, § 3, emerg. eff. June 9, 1998. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 282, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-26-102. Purpose.

It is hereby declared that the purpose of the Larry Dickerson Education Flexible Benefits Allowance Act is:
1. To recognize that the employee benefit needs of individual school district employees differ, depending on the age, salary and family status of the employee, and that it is needful to permit such employees to select and tailor the benefits they receive in a manner calculated to best meet the particular needs of themselves and their families; and
2. To furnish school district employees with choices among various employee benefits or cash compensation.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 380, § 4, emerg. eff. June 9, 1998. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 282, § 2, eff. July 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-26-105.1. School districts to which act applies.

The provisions of the Larry Dickerson Flexible Benefits Allowance Act shall apply to school districts participating in the Oklahoma State Education and Employees Group Insurance Board plan or school districts that are self-insured.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 418, § 2, eff. July 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-27-102. School athletic association.

As used in the Oklahoma Extracurricular Activities Accountability Act, a "school athletic association" means any private organization or association which charges the school or school district a membership fee, retains a portion of revenue generated by the interscholastic activities or contests of the member schools, and provides the coordination, supervision and regulation of the interscholastic activities and contests of the member schools.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 327, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-27-103. School athletic association written policy.

A public school or school district shall not be a member of any school athletic association unless that association has adopted a written policy that requires the following:
1. All records of the association to be made accessible consistent with the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act;
2. All meetings of the association to be open and conducted in a manner consistent with the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, including specifically the notice and agenda, voting and executive session requirements; and
3. An annual financial audit and a compliance audit of all funds of the association in accordance with the auditing standards set forth in the Oklahoma Public School Audit Law. In addition, the association shall have performance audits conducted of the operations of the association. A performance audit shall be conducted no later than December 31, 2014, and by December 31 every five (5) years thereafter.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 327, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-27-104. Short title – Riley's Rule – Emergency Action Plan for facility and athletic events.

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Riley's Rule".
B. Prior to the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, each school district board of education shall coordinate with emergency medical services providers that serve the area in which the school district is located to develop an Emergency Action Plan for each facility and athletic practices, events or activities held at school district facilities.
C. The Emergency Action Plan shall:
1. Include maps and directions with appropriate contact information for emergency medical services;
2. Assign a medical administrator who is a current school employee such as a coach, administrator or athletic director;
3. Define responsibilities and personnel on-site, both medical and school officials;
4. Include a list of medical equipment available and location of the nearest automated external defibrillator, if available;
5. Be posted in each facility;
6. Be distributed to all school officials involved in athletic practices, events or activities held at school district facilities; and
7. Specify documentation actions after any emergency to evaluate for debriefing purposes and to determine if there are necessary changes to the Emergency Action Plan.
D. The Emergency Action Plan shall be reviewed, updated and rehearsed annually with school officials and local emergency medical services providers, and placed on file with the school district and the emergency medical services provider. The Emergency Action Plan shall be updated to reflect any potential significant change that would affect implementation of the plan.
E. Prior to each athletic event or activity where there are athletes participating from visiting schools, the Emergency Action Plan shall be digitally transmitted to the visiting school administrator or coach or posted on the school's website.
Added by Laws 2020, c. 141, § 1, eff. July 1, 2020. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 470, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-27-105. Radio, video and telegraphic play-by-play rights for visiting teams.

A. Notwithstanding any policy of a school athletic association, as defined by Section 27-102 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, in all regular season high school athletic competitions in this state, the visiting team shall have the same rights to radio broadcast, video stream and provide telegraphic play-by-play accounts as the home team as long as the visiting team has either:
1. A valid agreement to broadcast, video stream and/or provide telegraphic play-by-play accounts between a media organization and the school's board of education; or
2. The visiting team has a curricular program for students that typically provides streaming for the team's home games.
B. The provisions of this section shall apply to athletic competitions beginning in the 2021-2022 school year.
C. The provisions of this section shall apply to contracts for the rights to radio broadcast, video stream and provide telegraphic play-by-play accounts entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of this act.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 234, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-28-100. Short title — Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act — Legislative intent.

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act”.
B. It is the intent of the Legislature that parents, legal guardians, custodians, and others with legal authority over children in this state be able to choose educational services that meet the needs of their individual children. The Legislature affirms that parents and legal guardians are best suited to make choices to help children in this state reach their full potential and achieve a brighter future.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 278, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-28-100A. Legislative intent — Baseline appropriations level.

A. It is the intent of the Legislature that appropriations made in House Bill No. 2901 of the 1st Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature in conjunction with other funds appropriated to the State Board of Education during the 1st Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature establish a new baseline appropriation level for public schools in this state, and that maintaining such baseline levels in future years should be a requirement prior to resources being made available for programs such as the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act, created pursuant to House Bill No. 1934 of the 1st Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature. For this reason, subsection B of this section is necessary.
B. Beginning July 1, 2024, and at the beginning of each succeeding state fiscal year, if the amount of money appropriated to the State Board of Education:
1. For the financial support of public schools and support of public schools activities in such fiscal year; and
2. To be distributed through redbud school grants provided for in Section 3-104 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
is less than such amounts appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the tax credits otherwise authorized in the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act shall be reduced proportionally to reflect the proportion such appropriations fail to reach the baseline amounts appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 279, § 3, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-28-102. Students with disabilities — Ratings for education service providers — Verification of enrollment status.

A. The State Department of Education shall provide parents, legal guardians, custodians, or other persons with legal authority of eligible students with disabilities notice that participation in the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Program shall have the same effect as a parental revocation of consent pursuant to 20 U.S.C., Sections 1414(a)(1)(D) and 1414(C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and an explanation of the rights parents, legal guardians, custodians, or other persons with legal authority of eligible students with disabilities have under IDEA and any applicable state laws and regulations.
B. The Department shall implement a commercially viable, cost-effective, and user-friendly system for users to publicly rate, review, and share information about education service providers.
C. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall coordinate with the State Department of Education to develop a process to review student enrollment information in order to verify that an eligible student who is claimed by a taxpayer receiving a tax credit is not enrolled in a public school in the state.
D. The Commission may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 278, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-28-103. Liability immunity — Intervention in constitutionality actions — Severability.

A. No liability shall arise on the part of the Oklahoma Tax Commission, State Department of Education, State Board of Education, the state, a public school district, a public charter school, a public virtual charter school, or a magnet school based on the award of or use of a tax credit pursuant to the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act.
B. If any part of the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act is challenged in a state court as violating either the Oklahoma Constitution or United States Constitution, taxpayers shall be permitted to intervene for the purposes of defending the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Program’s constitutionality. However, for the purposes of judicial administration, a court may require that all taxpayers file a joint brief so long as they are not required to join any brief filed on behalf of any named state defendant.
C. The provisions of the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act shall not be severable, and if any provision of the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall invalidate the other provisions or applications of this act.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 278, § 4.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-35e. Dropouts - Reports - Tabulation of statistics - Dissemination of information - Report to Legislature - Definition.

A. It shall be the duty of the superintendent, principal or head teacher of each public or private middle, junior high and high school accredited by the State Department of Education in the State of Oklahoma to notify the Department annually as scheduled by the Department of the name, address, race and age of any pupil dropping out from the school during the preceding year. The report shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the Department.
B. The State Board of Education shall cause these statistics of school dropouts to be tabulated by grade and school district. Information of school dropouts shall be made available to the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Military Department of the State of Oklahoma for use in the youth educational programs provided by the Department and the State Department of Health.
C. The State Department of Education shall make an annual report to the Legislature prior to the convening of each regular session thereof of information received and tabulated pursuant to this section.
D. For the purposes of this section, school dropout means any student who is under the age of nineteen (19) and has not graduated from high school and is not attending any public or private school or is otherwise receiving an education pursuant to law for the full term the schools of the school district in which the student resides are in session.
Added by Laws 1972, c. 77, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1972. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 84, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1977; Laws 1978, c. 131, § 1; Laws 1994, c. 232, § 5, emerg. eff. May 25, 1994; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 123, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2013, c. 172, § 1, emerg. eff. April 29, 2013; Laws 2016, c. 34, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-35f. Payment of salary to teachers and other school employees injured by assault - Legal action for reimbursement - Sick leave or personal leave - Workers' compensation.

A. Any public school teacher, school administrator or other school personnel employee, who is unable to continue his or her contract of employment as a result of injury sustained in the reasonable performance of his or her duties from:
1. Assault by a pupil, relative of a pupil or person of the pupil's household, or
2. Injury sustained as a result of quelling or attempting to quell or stop a fight, disorder or any disturbance related to a school function or activity, shall be paid his or her full contract salary for the remainder of that school year or contract year or period, whichever is applicable, or for such period of time thereof as he or she is prevented from teaching or working as a result of the injuries sustained or job loss caused by such injuries during said school year or contract year or period for which he or she had been employed and during which he or she was injured not to exceed in any event the term of the contract; and directing that such school district paying the balance of the contract payments, may file suit against such person or persons or their guardian or guardians for reimbursement of payments so made.
B. Employees of the public schools of this state who suffer job-related injuries, other than those enumerated in subsection A of this section, which qualify for temporary total disability benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act, Section 1 et seq. of Title 85 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may utilize accumulated sick leave or personal leave on a prorated basis as follows:
At the option of the employee, temporary total disability benefits shall be supplemented by any sick leave or personal leave, or fractional use thereof, available to the injured employee, to the extent that the injured employee shall receive full wages during the employee's temporary absence. The sum of all temporary total disability payments and any sick leave or personal leave shall in no case combine to exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net pay as it existed prior to injury.
C. Nothing in the provisions of this section shall effect the right of the employee or the employer pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act.
Added by Laws 1973, c. 229, § 1, emerg. eff. May 24, 1973. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 163, § 1, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 1996, c. 252, § 2, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 106, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-35g. Medical reports.

A medical report from the treating physician must be furnished to the local school district board to substantiate that said injuries: (1) were disabling, (2) prevented the continuance of such person's employment and (3) the period of said disability. If a dispute arises on said disability or activity, then either party aggrieved may file suit in district court.
Added by Laws 1973, c. 229, § 2, emerg. eff. May 24, 1973.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-135.1a. Deputy for school accounts - Counties with population of 41,000 to 42,000 - Valuation not more than $6,000,000.

In each county having a population of not less than forty-one thousand (41,000) nor more than forty-two thousand (42,000) according to the 1940 and each succeeding Federal census and a valuation of not more than Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000.00) tangible properties, nor including valuation of homestead exemptions allowed, there is hereby created in the office of the county treasurer of each county, in addition to all other deputies authorized or provided by law, a deputy for school accounts, for whose salary the county shall be reimbursed out of the surplus revenues of the school districts heretofore served wholly at county expense and whose accounts and funds are kept by, and under the responsibility of, the county treasurer, which reimbursement shall be in the manner hereinafter provided.
Laws 1947, p. 491, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-135.1b. Bond and salary - Appointment - Duties.

Such deputy for school accounts shall be under the same amount and class of bond, and be paid the same amount of salary out of the salary appropriations made and approved for the office of such county treasurer, as that of the head deputy county treasurer in such county. His appointment shall be by, and he shall serve under and at the direction of, such county treasurer. Under direction of the county treasurer, it shall be his duty to devote his time and attention to the keeping of the accounts of such county treasurer with the several school districts of the county, of whatever class, whose funds are in custody of such county treasurer and the accounting for which such county treasurer is responsible under the law; he shall keep the school district warrant registers and ledgers, register and schedule for payment the obligations of such districts, apportion school revenues, inspect and file duplicate claims where required by law, record credits and payments and take trial balance for control proof when required, make all reports to school boards and other officers as may be required or provided by law, and do and perform such other duties in relation to such school accounts, including accounts, statistics, receipts, and reports in relation to federal tax withholdings and teacher retirement, as the county treasurer may require and direct.
Laws 1947, p. 491, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-135.1c. Reimbursement for expense.

Reimbursement to the county for the expense to such county for the salary and bond of such deputy of school accounts shall be accomplished in the following manner; the amount of the annual salary of such deputy shall be ratably charged to each school district, dependent and independent, so served, in ratio of the original local appropriations finally approved in each such district so served to the sum total of such original local appropriations finally approved. As soon as any unappropriated surplus shall occur in the general fund account of any such school district after the beginning of such fiscal year sufficient for such reimbursement, before moving such surplus forward to the same fund account for the next succeeding fiscal year, the County Treasurer shall deduct the amount of reimbursement so determined as aforesaid, transfer the same and place it to the credit of the general fund of the county.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 492, § 3, emerg. eff. May 16, 1947.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-135a. Office created - Reimbursement of county.

In each county having a population of not less than thirteen thousand (13,000) nor more than twenty thousand (20,000) according to the 1960 and each succeeding Federal Decennial Census and a valuation of not more than Twelve Million Dollars ($12,000,000.00) tangible properties, not including valuation of homestead exemptions allowed in any year, there is hereby created in the office of the county treasurer of each county, in addition to all other deputies authorized or provided by law, a deputy for school accounts, for whose salary the county shall be reimbursed out of the surplus revenues of the school districts heretofore served wholly at county expense and whose accounts and funds are kept by and under responsibility of the county treasurer, which reimbursement shall be in the manner hereinafter provided.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 366, § 1, emerg. eff. March 6, 1947. Amended by Laws 1951, p. 332, § 1, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951; Laws 1953, p. 543, § 1, emerg. eff. March 4, 1953; Laws 1961, p. 562, § 1, emerg. eff. June 29, 1961.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-135b. Bond and salary of deputy - Appointment - Duties.

Such deputy for school accounts shall be under the same amount and class of bond, and be paid the same amount of salary out of the salary appropriations made and approved for the office of such county treasurer, as that of the head deputy county treasurer in such county. His appointment shall be by, and he shall serve under and at the direction of, such county treasurer. Under direction of the county treasurer, it shall be his duty to devote his time and attention to the keeping of the accounts of such county treasurer with the several school districts of the county, of whatever class, whose funds are in custody of such county treasurer and the accounting for which such county treasurer is responsible under the law; he shall keep the school district warrant registers and ledgers, register and schedule for payment the obligations of such districts, apportion school revenues, inspect and file duplicate claims where required by law, record credits and payments and take trial balance for control proof when required, make all reports to school boards and other officers as may be required or provided by law, and do and perform such other duties in relation to such school accounts, including accounts, statistics, receipts, and reports in relation to federal tax withholdings and teacher retirement, as the county treasurer may require and direct.
Laws 1947, p. 366, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-135c. Manner of reimbursing county.

Reimbursement to the county for the expense to such county for the salary and bond of such deputy of school accounts shall be accomplished in the following manner: The amount of the annual salary of such deputy shall be ratably charged to each school district, dependent and independent, so served, in ratio of the original local appropriations finally approved in each such district so served to the sum total of all such original local appropriations finally approved. As soon as any unappropriated surplus shall accrue in the general fund account of any such school district after the beginning of such fiscal year sufficient for such reimbursement, before moving such surplus forward to the same fund account for the next succeeding fiscal year, the county treasurer shall deduct the amount of reimbursement so determined as aforesaid, transfer the same and place it to the credit of the general fund of the county.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 366, § 3, emerg. eff. March 6, 1947.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-506.3. Bylaws - Filing.

Pursuant to Article III(I) of the Compact, the Commission shall file a copy of its bylaws and any amendment thereto with the State Department of Education, with the State Librarian and with the Secretary of State.
Laws 1967, c. 123, § 3, emerg. eff. April 27, 1967.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-508.2. Designated state official.

The "designated state official" for this State shall be State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall enter into contracts pursuant to Article III of the Agreement only with the approval of the specific text thereof by the State Board of Education.
Laws 1970, c. 248, § 2, eff. July 1, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-508.3. Filing and publishing of contracts.

True copies of all contracts made on behalf of this state pursuant to the Agreement shall be kept on file in the State Department of Education and in the office of the Secretary of State. The State Department of Education shall publish all such contracts in convenient form.
Laws 1970, c. 248, § 3, eff. July 1, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-509.1. Purpose - Jurisdiction.

It is the purpose of this act to strengthen methods of administering employer-employee relations through the establishment of an orderly process of communications between school employees and the school district. The district courts are vested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this act and shall have jurisdiction in all other cases arising under this act to grant relief to the employer or recognized employee organization for violations of this act using procedures set forth in Sections 1381 through 1397 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Amended by Laws 1983, c. 120, § 1, emerg. eff. May 17, 1983.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-509.3. Local board representatives.

The local board shall choose representatives who shall bargain for the board, and the recognized organization shall choose representatives who shall bargain for the organization. The local board representatives shall be presently serving on the board or employed by said board and no other person shall represent the board. Provided nothing herein shall prohibit the employment of legal counsel for consultative purposes by local board or organization.
Amended by Laws 1986, c. 130, § 2, emerg. eff. April 14, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-509.6. Meetings with representatives – Good-faith negotiations.

Once an organization has been recognized, the board of education or its duly designated representative must meet with the duly designated representative of the organization and within sixty (60) days shall complete an agreement outlining negotiation procedures. The board of education and the representatives of the organization must negotiate in good faith on wages, hours, fringe benefits and other terms and conditions of employment. One-time incentive pay and one-time retention incentive pay for returning a second year shall not be subject to a negotiated agreement. To negotiate in good faith shall mean both parties must be willing to consider proposals in an effort to find a mutually satisfactory basis for agreement and must be willing to discuss their respective contract proposals. If either party objects to the other's contract proposals, the objecting party must support its objections with rationale. Any allegation by either party that there has been a failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall be resolved through the dispute resolution procedure for resolving a unit determination dispute as set forth in subsection A of Section 509.2 of this title.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 325, § 6. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 130, § 3, emerg. eff. April 14, 1986; Laws 1986, c. 293, § 1; Laws 1994, c. 319, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 2015, c. 56, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-509.8. Strikes illegal.

The procedure provided for herein for resolving impasses shall be the exclusive recourse of the organization. It shall be illegal for the organization to strike or threaten to strike as a means of resolving differences with the board of education. Any member of an organization engaging in a strike shall be denied the full amount of his wages during the period of such violation. If the organization or its members engage in a strike, then the organization shall cease to be recognized as representative of the unit and the school district shall be relieved of the duty to negotiate with such organization or its representatives.
Amended by Laws 1986, c. 130, § 5, emerg. eff. April 14, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-509.9. Discrimination prohibited - Certain acts prohibited.

No employee shall be discriminated against by the board of education, superintendent or any other administrative officer of a district or by any employee organization, its officers or any member thereof because of his exercise or nonexercise of rights under this act. It shall be prohibited for an employee organization, employee or employer to impede, restrain or coerce an employer or employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in Sections 509.1 through 509.10 of this title.
Amended by Laws 1983, c. 120, § 2, emerg. eff. May 17, 1983; Laws 1986, c. 130, § 6, emerg. eff. April 14, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-509.10. Prior agreements not affected.

Nothing in this act shall be construed to annul or modify or to preclude the renewal or continuation of any lawful agreement heretofore entered into between any school district and any representative of its employees, except to the extent that such agreement is in conflict with the provisions of this act.
Laws 1971, c. 325, § 10.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-509.11. Denial of statewide professional educators' association access to employees prohibited.

A. No school district, employee of a school district, or employee organization shall deny by any means, including a collective bargaining agreement, a statewide professional educators’ association equal access to employees of the school district, to the same extent that access is granted to other educators’ associations. For purposes of this section, access shall include, but is not limited to:
1. Setting up informational tables at in-service or other similar teacher meetings;
2. Speaking at in-service or other similar teacher meetings;
3. Distributing information in school mail boxes or through the school e-mail system;
4. Utilizing school district meeting rooms during nonworking hours;
5. Representing employees in employment matters, when requested by the employee;
6. Posting information on school district bulletin boards; and
7. Utilizing school district printing services.
B. Any association which utilizes school district facilities or services shall reimburse the district for any costs incurred by the district.
Added by Laws 2005, c. 432, § 12, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-509.12. Employee leave of absence.

A. A school district board of education may approve a request from a school district employee for a leave of absence to hold office as an officer, director, trustee, or agent of a national, statewide, or school district employee association. The employee requesting the leave shall provide the school district superintendent with proof of election and proof of the term of office for the national, statewide, or school district employee association. Proof of election shall include but not be limited to certification by the national, statewide, or school district employee association of the date of the election and the results of the election. Board of education approval for leave requested pursuant to this section shall have definitive beginning and end dates.
B. Leave granted pursuant to this section shall be leave without pay. The school employee on leave shall not be entitled to maintain any benefits granted by the school district regardless of whether the benefit is paid by the employee on leave or the association for which the person is serving as an officer, director, trustee, or agent.
C. During the leave period, the school employee's position with the school district shall be maintained without advancement on the minimum salary schedule adopted pursuant to Section 5-141 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes and with no accrual of sick leave, personal business leave, or personal leave. The employee on leave shall not accumulate service credit within the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma. Following the term of leave granted pursuant to the provisions of this section, the employee granted leave may return to his or her former position or a comparable position.
D. A school district employee granted leave pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be prohibited from accessing school district office space.
E. If a national, statewide, or school district employee association that serves as a school district employee organization established pursuant to Section 509.2 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes fails to comply with the provisions of this section, the school district board of education shall no longer recognize the organization as a representative of employees.
Added by Laws 2022, c. 135, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-510.3. Purple Star Campus designation.

A. As used in this section, "military-connected student" means a student enrolled in a public school who is a dependent of a current or former member of:
1. The United States military;
2. The Oklahoma National Guard; or
3. A reserve force of the United States military.
B. Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the State Department of Education shall designate a school district campus as a Purple Star Campus if the campus applies and qualifies for the designation pursuant to this section.
C. To qualify as a Purple Star Campus, a school district or individual campus shall:
1. Designate a school employee as a military liaison whose duties include:
a.
identifying military-connected students enrolled at the campus,
b.
serving as the point of contact between the campus and military-connected students and their families,
c.
determining appropriate campus services available to military-connected students, and
d.
assisting in coordinating campus programs relevant to military-connected students;
2. Maintain on the campus website an easily accessible web page that includes resources for military-connected students and their families including information regarding:
a.
relocation to, enrollment at, registration at and transferring records to the campus,
b.
academic planning, course sequences and advanced classes available at the campus,
c.
counseling and other support services available for military-connected students enrolled at the campus, and
d.
the military liaison and his or her duties designated pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection;
3. Maintain a transition program led by students, where appropriate, that assists military-connected students in transitioning into the campus;
4. Offer professional development for school employees on issues related to military-connected students; and
5. Offer at least one of the following initiatives:
a.
a resolution showing support for military-connected students and their families,
b.
recognition of the Month of the Military Child or Military Family Month with relevant events hosted by the campus, or
c.
a partnership with a local military installation that provides opportunities for active duty military members to volunteer at the campus, speak at an assembly or host a field trip.
D. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 560, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-611. Management of permanent school fund.

The Commissioners of the Land Office, consisting of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, State Auditor and Inspector, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the President of the Board of Agriculture, are hereby authorized and empowered to manage, loan, invest and deposit, the permanent school fund donated to the State of Oklahoma by the Congress of the United States, or arising from the sale of lands and from other sources.
R.L.1910, § 7652; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 51, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-612. Disposition of funds until invested.

Until such time as said funds may be safely and advantageously invested in the securities mentioned in the preceding section, said Commissioners of the Land Office are hereby authorized and empowered to deposit said sums in such banks or trust companies as they may select, but shall in every case take as security for such deposits the following classes of securities and no others: Bonds of the State of Oklahoma, bonds of the counties, school districts, cities and towns of this state, state and county warrants, and approved State, county and municipal bonds of other states, bonds of the United States, first mortgages on real estate, warrants or other legal evidence of indebtedness authorized by law to be issued by municipalities in payment of paving, sewer, waterworks, electric light, or other public indebtedness and for the payment of which a special tax is authorized to be levied and collected, and as additional security on any deposit which said Board may make the said Commissioners of the Land Office shall have authority to accept surety companies or trust companies as sureties, but in each case said Board of Land Commissioners shall accurately investigate the value of securities offered for such deposits: Provided, however, that such surety company or trust company shall neither be in any manner interested directly or indirectly in any bank or trust company for which it becomes additional surety; nor shall any surety, bonding or trust company be accepted as additional surety that has more than one-fourth (1/4) of its paid capital invested in bank stock. The said Board of Land Commissioners may, whenever they deem it advisable require additional securities after a deposit is made as they deem necessary to secure the safety of the deposit.
R.L.1910, § 7654.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-614. Apportionment and payment of income to schools.

The Commissioners of the Land Office shall apportion the income accruing from the Permanent School Fund. All monies remaining in the hands of the Commissioners of the Land Office and in the State Treasury at the close of each calendar month shall be apportioned and paid over to the schools by the last business day of the following month.
R.L. 1910, § 7657. Amended by Laws 1917, c. 244, p. 453, § 1; Laws 1992, c. 111, § 6, emerg. eff. April 21, 1992; Laws 2010, c. 41, § 50, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-615. Basis of apportionment.

The apportionment shall be made to the school districts of the county on the basis of school population as determined pursuant to the provisions of Section 56 of this act for the preceding school year as certified by the State Board of Education. The Commissioners of the Land Office, in distributing all funds mentioned in this section, shall draw their order on the State Treasurer or other officer having custody of such funds, in favor of the schools of the counties respectively, entitled to school monies, using electronic funds transfer as defined by the Office of the Oklahoma State Treasurer: Provided, that the federal appropriation made shall be apportioned by said Commissioners, to the several schools, entitled to the same under Act of Congress providing for said appropriation, in proportion to the number of children of school age shown by the last federal census.
R.L. 1910, § 7658; Laws 1986, c. 259, § 58, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1992, c. 111, § 7, emerg. eff. April 21, 1992.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-619. Designation of fund.

The State Auditor and Inspector, Treasurer, Commissioners of the Land Office, and all other officers of the state, are hereby directed and required to use the term "Section Thirteen Fund State Educational Institutions" upon all their records as the proper name for designating the fund created by virtue of the Enabling Act and the Constitution.
R.L.1910, § 7662; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 52, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-621.1. Purposes for which funds expended.

The institutions of higher learning eligible for participation in the Section Thirteen Fund and the New College Fund, as provided in the Enabling Act, Sections 8 and 12; the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, Article XI, Sections 1 and 5; Title 70, Section 617, O.S. 1951; and Title 64, Section 355, O.S. 1951, are hereby authorized to expend said funds from time to time as needs arise for the construction and purchase of buildings, for the purchase of equipment, and for other capital additions. The provisions of this act shall be cumulative to existing laws.
Laws 1947, p. 510, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-622. Fund established.

There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Student Educational Assistance Fund, for the purposes hereinafter stated. The State Treasurer's office is hereby authorized to receive on behalf of the fund such future appropriations, gifts, grants, and donations as may be made thereto by the Legislature and received from other sources.
Laws 1965, c. 482, § 1, emerg. eff. July 14, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-624. Revocation or termination of student loans, grants, etc. - Grounds

Any student loan, grant, fellowship, teaching fellowship or other means of financial assistance authorized by and/or under the control of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, any operating Board of Regents of Oklahoma Universities or Colleges, or any employee or employees of any university, college or other institution of higher learning, whether such loan, grant, fellowship, teaching fellowship or other means of financial assistance be financed by state or federal funds, or both, may be revoked or terminated by the person or persons authorizing and/or controlling same for any of the following reasons:
1. unlawful participation in a riot as defined by the Penal Code;
2. unlawful manufacture, preparation, delivery, sale, offering for sale, barter, furnishing, giving away, possession, control, use or administering of narcotic drugs, marijuana, barbiturates or stimulants;
3. willful or unlawful destruction of or damage to state property;
4. conviction, while enrolled in such university, college or other institution of higher learning, of a crime involving conversion of property or moral turpitude.
Added by Laws 1970, c. 146, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-625.1. Fund established.

There is hereby established the Oklahoma Rural Medical Education Loan and Scholarship Fund. The fund shall be administered by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission under the provisions of Section 625.9 of this title.
Added by Laws 1970, c. 82, § 1, emerg. eff. March 26, 1970. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 212, § 13, emerg. eff. June 7, 1976; Laws 2022, c. 407, § 6.
NOTE: In accordance with Article VI, Section 11, of the Oklahoma Constitution, House Bill 2776 became law without the Governor's signature. It was filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State on May 27, 2022.