Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 210 - State Department of Education › Chapter 35 - Standards for Accreditation of Elementary, Middle Level, Secondary, and Career and Technology Schools › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 210:35-1-4 - Standards eligible for deregulation

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
				Public schools shall be eligible to apply for deregulation of any State
				Department of Education accreditation standard or regulation, request a waiver
				from a statutory requirement, and/or apply for participation in the School
				District Empowerment Plan in accordance with the procedures set forth in
				210:35-3-228
				and
				210:35-3-229.
				Public schools shall not be granted exemptions or waivers from any
				accreditation standard, regulation, or statute that is related to the following
				categories of statutes and regulations:
(1)
				Federal, state, and local statutes and regulations relating to health, safety,
				civil rights and insurance;
(2)
				State statutes and regulations pertaining to testing required by the Oklahoma
				School Testing Program Act and reporting of test results and accountability
				data to the State Department of Education;
(3) Statutes and regulations pertaining to
				financial reporting and compliance, audits, audit procedures, and audit
				requirements;
(4) Federal and state
				statutes and regulations relating to education of children with
				disabilities;
(5) State regulations
				pertaining to the public school year calendar at 70 O.S. §
										1-109;
(6) State regulations pertaining to student
				suspension requirements at 70 O.S. §
										24-101.3;
(7) Statutes and regulations pertaining to
				the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act at 25 O.S. §§
										301 et
				seq. and the Oklahoma Open Records Act at 51 O.S. §§
										24A.1 et
				seq.;
(8) Federal and state
				statutes and regulations pertaining to the rights of children to attend school
				free of charge as set forth in 70 O.S. §
										1-114;
(9) State statutes and regulations pertaining
				to the minimum salary schedule for teachers as set forth in 70 O.S. §
										18-114.12;
(10) Statutes and regulations pertaining to
				participation of school district employees in the Teachers' Retirement System
				of Oklahoma as set forth in 70 O.S. §§
										17-101 et
				seq.;
(11) Statutes and regulations
				pertaining to health insurance plans for school district employees required by
				70 O.S. §
										5-117.5
				and cafeteria plans required by 70 O.S. §
										26-104;
(12) Statutes and regulations pertaining to
				criminal history record checks for public school employees;
(13) Statutes and regulations pertaining to
				evaluations of teachers and school personnel as set forth in 70 O.S.
				§§
										6-101.10
				and
				6-101.11;
(14) Statutes and regulations pertaining to
				the dismissal and due process procedures for administrators as set forth in 70
				O.S. §§
										6-101.13
				through
				6-101.15;
(15) Statutes and regulations pertaining to
				the dismissal and due process procedures for teachers as set forth in 70 O.S.
				§§
										6-101.21
				through
				6-101.26;
(16) Statutes and regulations pertaining to
				the payroll deduction requirements as set forth in 70 O.S. §
										5-139;
(17) Statutes and regulations pertaining to
				the dismissal and due process procedures for education support employees as set
				forth in 70 O.S. §§
										6-101.40
				through
				6-101.47;
(18) Statutes and regulations pertaining to
				certification of teachers, counselors, librarians, school nurses,
				superintendents, principals, supervisors, school bus drivers, or any other
				instructional, supervisory, or administrative employee unless otherwise exempt
				from certification or licensure requirements;
(19) Statutes pertaining to negotiations
				between school districts and school employees set forth in 70 O.S. §§
										509.1
				through
				509.11;
(20) Statutes and regulations pertaining to
				the required courses that must be offered in order to meet the curriculum
				requirements set forth in 70 O.S. § 103.6 ;
(21) Statutes and regulations pertaining to
				demonstration of mastery of state academic content standards set forth at 70
				O.S. §
										1210.523;
(22) Statutes and regulations pertaining to
				the instruction and continuing education requirements for school board members
				set forth in 70 O.S. §§
										5-110,
				5-110.1,
				and
				5-110.2;
				and
(24) Any other federal statutes
				or regulations applicable to the state public school system from which the
				state has not received a waiver.