Oklahoma State Department of Education

2017 School Law Book

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OKLAHOMA SCHOOL CODESCOPE, ORGANIZATION, AND DEFINITIONS

Oklahoma School Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Purpose of Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Act to be Liberally Construed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Act Not to Repeal or Modify Tax Laws Unless Specifically Provided. . . . . . . 1State Department of Education - Definition - Agencies of State. . . . . . . . . . . . 1Public Schools - Definition - What Included. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Educational Services - Enumeration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Technology Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2School District - Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2School Year - Length - School for Less Than Full Term. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Extended School Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4School Day - Six Hours - Exceptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4School Taught on Saturday.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Residence of Child - Attendance in Transportation Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Parent Power of Attorney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Form for Parent Power of Attorney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Education Compact for Students in State Care Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Education Compact for Students in State Care Advisory Committee. . . . . . 12Transfer or Enrollment for Students in State Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Placement for Students in State Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13for Students in State Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Children - School Age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Foreign Exchange Students.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15District Head Start Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16School System - Administered by State Department of Education, etc. . . . . 16Positions in School System - Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Teaching Principal - Classroom Teaching.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Administration of Medicine - School Nurses.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Self-Medication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18General Fund - Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Building Fund - Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Building Funds of Technology Center School Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Sinking Fund - Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Controls Over Other Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Contribution to Revolving Fund by Taxpayers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Public School Classroom Support Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONState Board of Education - Members - Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Quorum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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State Board of Education - Powers and Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Persons Convicted of Certain Crimes Ineligible for Teacher Certificate.. . . 30Requirements for Compliance with Accreditation Standards.. . . . . . . . . . . . 31Implementation of Accreditation Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Plan of Educational Development and Improvement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Legislative Services Recognized in Renewal of Teaching Certificates. . . . . . 33Educational Services for Partial Hospitalization Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Office - Books Pertaining to Office - Salary of Superintendent. . . . . . . . . . . 34Administrative and Executive Duties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Powers of State Superintendent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Curriculum Materials Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Adult Education Matching Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Educational Accountability Reform Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Office of Educational Quality and Accountability - Creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability - Creation, Duties

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability - Merger. . . . . . . . 36Commission for Teacher Preparation- Merger.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Secretary of Education - Powers - Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Performance Reviews - Office of Educational Quality and Accountability.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38School Lunch Matching and Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Competitive Funding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Administrative and Support Functions, Funding Requirements. . . . . . . . . . 39Contracts With Educators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Teacher Recruitment Initiatives.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Teacher Recruitment Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Funding Services for Visually Impaired Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Funding Oklahoma Education 2000 Challenge Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Review of Laws.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Educational Deregulation Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Requirements for Exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Procedures for Implementation and Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42State Board to Promulgate Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Empowered Schools and School Districts Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Empowered Schools – Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Empowered Schools – Empowerment Plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Empowered Schools – Accountability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Empowered Schools – Acceptance of Donations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Empowered Schools – State Board Approval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Empowered Schools – Waiver of Certain Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Empowered Schools – Waiver of Collective Bargaining Provisions. . . . . . . . 47Empowered Schools – Performance Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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Empowered Schools – State Board Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48School District Empowerment Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Oklahoma Charter Schools Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Application of Charter Schools Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Written Proposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Written Contract for Charter School.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Charter Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Term of Contract, Renewal, and Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Reprisal Prohibited for Involvement with Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Rights of Teachers Returning to Sponsoring School District. . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Admission and Enrollment of Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Funding of Charter Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Annual Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Charter Schools Incentive Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Board of Juvenile Affairs as Sponsor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, Creation, Vacancies. . . . . . . . . . . 67Statewide Virtual Charter School Board Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Statewide Virtual Charter School Board Powers and Responsibilities. . . . . 68State Department to Promulgate Rules for Virtual Charter School Act. . . . 70Virtual Charter School Attendance Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Districts Offering Virtual School to Non-residents Must Report. . . . . . . . . . 71Districts Offering Virtual School to Non-residents Considered Site.. . . . . . . 71Statewide Virtual Charter School Board Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71School Graduation Rates.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Growth Targets – Graduation Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Academic Achievement Award Program.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Exemptions from Reporting Requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Plans to be Reviewed by Regional Accreditation Officer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Study Regarding School District Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Local Input Reports and Tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Student Record System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Information Provided by Parent or Guardian Upon Enrollment. . . . . . . . . . 77Data Coordinating Council. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Data Coordinating Council Revolving Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Educational Quality and Accountability Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Educational Quality and Accountability Board Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . 78Exemptions from Advisory Councils or Committees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act. . . . . . . . 78Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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Abolition of Office of County Superintendent of Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84School District Boundaries - Duties of County Clerk.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Preservation of Records of Former County Superintendents. . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BOARDS OF EDUCATIONSchool Districts - Designation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Independent School Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Elementary School Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Elementary School Districts Offering Grades Above Eighth Grade. . . . . . . 86Designation of District Retained on Records.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86School District - Body Corporate - Powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Governing Body of School District.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Joint Contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Regional Education Administrative Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Independent and Dependent School Districts - Board of Education -

Members - Election. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Expansion of Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Workshops for New Board Members - Expenses of Members Attending. . . 91Continuing Education for Board Members - Registration Fees -

Reimbursement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Records of Attendance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Relation by Affinity or Consanguinity - Prohibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Employment of Relative of Member of Board of Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Excluding Litigious Board Member from Proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95School District Treasurer - Assistant Local Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Local Treasurer - Surety Bond - Duties - Cash and Investment Ledgers. . . 96Payment of Warrants When Insufficient Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Oath of Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Requirements for Bonds for Employees and Officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Forfeited Bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Powers and Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Oklahoma Extracurricular Activities Accountability Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Definition of School Athletic Association.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Athletic Association Must Adopt Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Student Athletes - Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Prohibition to Give Thing of Value to Student-Athlete - Notification by

School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Liability for Giving Thing of Value to Student-Athlete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Manufacturers and Countries of Origin - Disclosure.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Interlocal Cooperative Agreements Between School Districts.. . . . . . . . . . . 111Cooperative Agreement with District in Adjacent State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Interlocal Cooperation Act - Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Interlocal Cooperation Act - Title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Interlocal Cooperation Act - Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Interlocal Agreement Authorized.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

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Filing of Agreements - Status - Actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Approval of Agreements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Appropriation of Funds - Personnel or Services.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Appropriation of Funds - Personnel or Services.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Correctional Facilities May Be Allowed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115State Board of Education - Rules and Regulations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Average Daily Attendance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Adoption of Four-Year Improvement Plan by Board of Education. . . . . . . 116Health Insurance Plan Required by School District.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Regulating Dogs on School District Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118Meetings of Board - Executive Sessions, Compensation of Members of

Boards of Districts with ADA Exceeding 15,000 or PopulationExceeding 100,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Officers of Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118President - Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Vice President - Duties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Clerk - Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Expenditures - Limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Contracts With Member or Business in Which Interested. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Claims - False - Voting for - Liability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Refusal, Failure or Neglect of Board - Elector May Institute Action. . . . . . 122Discussion of Audit Findings Prior to Release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Annual Statistical and Financial Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Itemized Expenditure Budget and Request for State Appropriated Funds -

Estimate of Revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Electronic Filing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123School Activity Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Exemption of Certain Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Separate Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125School Buildings and Property - Permission to Use for Other Purposes. . . 126Safe Place During Severe Weather.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Rendering Emergency Care or Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Educational Courses - Buildings and Equipment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Sewage Disposal System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Energy Conservation Measures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Energy Efficiency Plans.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Oklahoma State Facilities Energy Conservation Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Students of Legal Age - Completion of Twelfth Grade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Completion of Requirements for High School Diploma.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Apportionment of Taxes Each Year.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Estimates - Emergency, Local Support and Building Levies - Elections. . . 133Alternate System of Accounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Oklahoma Cost Accounting System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136School District Transparency Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

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Certificate of Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Registered Nurses - Increments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138School District Employees - Residence.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Payroll Deductions for Organization Dues and Political Contributions. . . 138Unlawful to Make Payroll Deductions for Organization that Collectively

Bargains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Payment of Additional Salary in Lieu of Employee Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . 139Minimum Salary Schedules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Incentive Pay Plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140Incentive Pay Plans - Reimbursement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140Evaluation-Based Incentive Pay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Information Concerning Felony Offense Conviction of School Employee or

Prospective School Employee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142Performance of Background Checks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144Notification of Arrest for Felony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144Local Foundations - Definitions - Beneficiaries. Membership - Records. . . 144Assault and Battery on School Employee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Reporting Suspected Gang Activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Security Drills.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146School Safety Drills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147School District Budget Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Purpose of School District Budget Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Applicability of School District Budget Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Preparation of Budget. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Budget Summary - Public Hearings.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Taxpayer Protests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Expenditures - Obligations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Funds - Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Classifications of Revenues and Expenditures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Transfers Between Funds or Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Amendment of Budget. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Transfer of Appropriations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Registering Certificates of Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Warrants in Excess of Estimated and Approved Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Penalties Against Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Penalties Against School Officer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Statute of Limitations on Warrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Warrants in Excess of Appropriations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Publishing Notices of Claims.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Supplemental Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154Duplicate Warrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154Required Training for School Finance Officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

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TEACHERSTeachers - Contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154Annuity Contracts for Teachers or Full-time Employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Re-employment of Retired Administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158Elementary Districts - Powers and Duties of Elementary Superintendents

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160Legislative Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160Information Required in Contracts of Administrators or Teachers.. . . . . . 160May Not Inquire About Enrollment of Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Hearing Procedures - Limitations on Participation of Certain School

Representatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Evaluation of Teachers and Administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Teacher’s Response to Evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164Dismissal or Nonreemployment of Administrator Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . 164Suspension of Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Administrators - Conviction of Felony - Criminal Sexual Activity or Sexual

Misconduct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System – Implementation.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167Teacher Due Process Act of 1990... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167Standards of Conduct and Performance for Teachers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168Grounds for Dismissal or Nonreemployment of Teachers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168Teachers Exempt from Dismissal, Suspension and Nonreemployment

Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170Procedures for Administrator to Follow for Admonishment of Teacher. . . 171Recommendation of Dismissal or Nonrenewal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Procedure for Dismissal or Nonreemployment - Hearing and Appeal Rights

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Applicable Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Suspension of Teacher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Basis for Reduction in Force of Teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Years of Credit for Teachers in Districts That are Annexed or Consolidated

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174State Board of Education to Promulgate Rules.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Support Employees - Disciplinary Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174School Support Employees - Conviction of Felony - Criminal Sexual Activity

or Sexual Misconduct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Disciplinary Policy - Statement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Policy Prerequisite to Disciplinary Action.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Support Employees - Notification Concerning Employment.. . . . . . . . . . . . 175Right to Hearing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Time for Hearing - Board’s Decision Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

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Contractors Prohibited from Allowing Sex Offenders to Work on SchoolPremises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Sick Leave - Emergency Leave - Personal Business Leave - Jury Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Leave Without Pay - Experience Credit - Retirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Salary Payment After Leave Exhausted - Payment for Unused Leave Upon

Termination of Employment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Sick Leave Sharing Programs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Leave Related to National Disaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Substitute Teachers - Military Leave for Teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Existing Agreements for Leave Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182Salary - Twelve Monthly Payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182Teacher Consultant Stipend Funding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Direct Deposit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Salary - Payments to Support Employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Violations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184Certificate of Qualification - Unlawful to Hold Position Without Required

Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184Notice of Expiration of Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184Agents of School Authorities - Payment or Acceptance of Bribes.. . . . . . . . 184Gratuities or Rewards - Unlawful to Give.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185Teachers - Gratuities or Rewards in Connection with Employment. . . . . . 185Alternatives to Corporal Punishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Corporal Punishment Prohibited for Disabled Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185Information Concerning Pupil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185Alternate Certification Program.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185Certification for Teach For America Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187Alternative Placement Teaching Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Temporary Teaching License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Provisional Certificate - Special Education.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Standard Certificate - Special Education.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189Standard Certificate Upon Completion of Exams - Special Education. . . . 190Teacher Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190Career Development Program for Paraprofessionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Minority Teacher Recruitment Advisory Committee.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Minority Teacher Recruitment Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193School Protection Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193School Protection Act - Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193School Protection Act - Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Penalties for False Accusations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Attorneys’ Fees to Prevailing Party. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Insurance Does Not Waive Defenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Student Assault on Education Employee - Suspension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

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Education Employees Injured by Assault or Battery - Leave of Absence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

No Limitation or Amendment of Other Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195Alternative Methods to Renew Certificates.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195Competency Based Teacher Preparation System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195Authority and Duties of Commission.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196Competencies and Methods.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198Criteria for Teacher Education Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199Competency Examinations... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200Refund of Exam Fee.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Competency-based Certification - Revocation Procedures.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 202Mathematics Certification.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203School Psychologist/Psychometrist Licensure or Certification. . . . . . . . . . . 205Qualifications for Teacher Employment and Certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205Speech - Language Pathology Certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206Teachers’ Curriculum Examination Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206Professional Development - Legislative Intent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207Funding for Professional Development Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207Local Professional Development Programs and Committees. . . . . . . . . . . . 207Residency Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Empowering Teachers to Lead Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210Career Paths, Roles and Compensation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210Comparable System of Career Paths and Compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213Scholarships for Great Expectations Summer Institutes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214Continuing Education in Mathematics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214Professional Development – Math. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214Contracts With Professional Development Centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Applicable Licensing and Certification Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Rule Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216Professional Development Institutes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216Right to Hearing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217Education Leadership Oklahoma Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218Education Leadership Oklahoma Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220Oklahoma National Board Certification Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220Professional Development Institutes Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220Salary Bonus for School Psychologists, Speech-Language Pathologists and

Audiologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Revolving Fund for Psychologists, Speech-Language Pathologists and

Audiologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

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Oklahoma Mathematics Improvement Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Oklahoma-A STEM State of Mind Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Creation of STEM Communities and Regions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223Inner City Schools Rescue Program.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224Educator Supply and Demand Study.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

ANNEXATION AND CONSOLIDATIONBoundaries - Petition or Resolution to Change Election. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224Mandatory Annexation or Consolidation Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226Annexation or Disorganization - Assumption of Bonded Indebtedness. . . . 226Division of Property - Debts and Obligations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227Consolidation - Studies - Petition - Election. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227Buildings - Rented, Moved, or Sold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229Disposition of Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230Federally-Owned Reservations - Annexation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230Oklahoma School Consolidation and Annexation Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230Eligible School Districts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230School Consolidation Assistance Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230Authorization to Transfer Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Preference for Allocation of Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Exceptions to Certification Requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232School Site Closing Moratorium - Consolidation Annexation.. . . . . . . . . . . 232

TRANSFER OF PUPILSPupils-Transfer-Appropriation-Expenditures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Education Open Transfer Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233Approval of Open Transfers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233Application for Transfer - Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233Open Transfer Policy Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234Transferred Students Participation in Athletic Competitions.. . . . . . . . . . . 234Emergency Transfers - What is Included in Emergencies.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235School Dispensed With - Transfer of Pupils Annexation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235Transfer Fees Prohibited.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236Transfers - Parent employed as teacher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

TRANSPORTATIONTransportation for Pupils - Approval by State Board of Education. . . . . . 236 Transportation Equipment - Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237Purchase or Contract for Use of Vehicles - Lettering.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238Transportation Equipment - Definition.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238Boundaries of Area for Transportation - Definite Routes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239Rules of the Road. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239Additional Transportation - Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239Price List and Description of Transportation Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239Special Transportation Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Use of Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

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Lease of Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Rental Value of Equipment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Sale of Units of Equipment After Lease For One Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Care of Equipment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Space for Storage of Equipment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Expense - Paid from What Funds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241School Bus Drivers - Course of Instruction Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

SCHOOL POPULATION AND ATTENDANCEAttendance Officer - Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242Police Officer May Act as Attendance Officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 School Population - Average Daily Attendance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Student Information Referral Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242State Treasurer and Secretary of School Land Department- Report. . . . . . 242Neglect or Refusal to Compel Child to Attend School - Exceptions. . . . . . . 243Municipal Ordinances Relating to Truancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245School Participation in Diversion Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Student Participation in Volunteer Disaster Service Programs. . . . . . . . . . 248Outreach Programs to Parents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Parents Education Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249Pilot Early Childhood Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249Records of Attendance of Pupil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250Duties and Responsibilities of Attendance Officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250Rules and Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250Travel Expenses of Attendance Officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250Temporary Custody and Detention of Pupil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250Superintendent’s Duty to Report Children Not Attending School. . . . . . . . 251

CURRICULUMSectarian or Religious Doctrines - Teaching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Voluntary Prayer in School.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Minute of Silence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Instruction Conducted in English Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252Courses of Study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252Quality Afterschool Opportunities Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253Obesity - Risks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253Creation of Quality Afterschool Opportunities Initiative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253American Sign Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Native American Language.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Academic Scholars in Secondary Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254AIDS Prevention Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255Repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255Participation in Scientifically Based Research Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

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Subject Matter Standards and Options for High School Graduation.(Version 1, Effective July 1, 2016). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Subject Matter Standards and Options for High School Graduation.(Version 2, Effective July 1, 2018). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Agricultural Education Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269Achieving Classroom Excellence Steering Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270Repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Mentorship Programs to Reduce Drop-out Rates.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Apprenticeship, Internship and Mentorship Act of 2016.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272State Board to Promulgate Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Review of Subject Matter Standards by the State Board of Education. . . . 272Legislative Review of Standards.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Social Studies Core Curriculum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Honors Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Certificates of Distinction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Certificates of Distinction - Admission Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Workforce Oklahoma Academic High School Diploma Recognition Act

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277College and Career Endorsements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Exceptions to Graduation Requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278Financial Literacy Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278Instruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278Personal Financial Literacy Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281Social Studies – Incorporate Murrah Federal.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281Workplace Safety Training.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281Early Childhood Education Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Ebonics Not to be Taught. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Physical Education Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Program Materials Relating to Environmental Issues and Policies. . . . . . . 285Elective Courses – Religious Literature.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Military and Athletic Training - Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286Use of Military Equipment in School Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286Sex Education Curriculum and Materials.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286Abuse Prevention Instructional Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287Identification of Evidence-Informed Curriculum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287Promulgation of Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287Instructional Program on Humanity of the Unborn Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288Parental Inspection of Certain Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288Parental Inspection of Instructional Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288Parental Consent Required in Certain Research and Experimental Programs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288Parent’s Bill of Rights Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289Rights Reserved to Parents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289Board of Education Responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

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Performance of Medical Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292Mental Health Examination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292Oklahoma Youth Community Services Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 Youth Community Service Program as Part of Curriculum. . . . . . . . . . . . 293Assistance from State Board of Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293Application for Federal Funds Authorized. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294Network for Arts-in-Education Funding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294Arts-in-Education Program Funding.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294Inventory of Coursework for Credit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

AUDIOVISUAL EDUCATIONProgram for Audiovisual Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295Motion Picture Films - State Depository. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295Regional Film Libraries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295Local Film Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295Rules and Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295Board of Education - Purchase or Rental of Projectors and Supplies. . . . . 295Personnel to Administer Provisions of this Article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDRENPrograms for Children with Disabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships – Implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297Eligible Minimum Period of Attendance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300Authorized Provisions for Education of Exceptional Children.. . . . . . . . . . 301Special Classes or Individual Instruction for Children in Institutions.. . . . 301Qualifications of Teachers and Minimum Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302State Appropriations - Distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302Federal Funds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302State Funds - Allowances for Special Education.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302Education of Homebound Children Funding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303Personnel to Administer Article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303Teachers - Pay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303Register of Children With Disabilities - Needs to be Met. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303Programs for Children with Visual Impairment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304Information for Children with Impairment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304Apportionment and Distribution of Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304Oklahoma Special Education Assistance Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304School District Eligibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Student Eligibility Criteria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305Distribution of Funds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305Hissom Compliance Funding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305Oklahoma Educational Interpreter for the Deaf Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

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Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306Qualifications for Interpreters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306Implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Oklahoma Early Intervention Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307Eligibility Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308Parental Consent to Delivery of Services.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308Administration, Supervision, and Monitoring of Programs and Activities

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308Oklahoma Early Intervention Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310Contract for Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310Procedural Safeguards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310Requirements for Payment and Reimbursement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310Data Collection and Reporting Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310Implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATIONState Board of Career and Technology Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311Compensation of Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312Continuing Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313Powers and Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313Adult Education Transferred to Board of Career and Technology Education

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314Adult Education Administrative Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Agreements for Courses Leading to GED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Adult Education Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Dropout Recovery Program Grants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Promulgation of Rules for Access to Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Pilot Programs for Rural Businesses.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316Programs for Medical Micropigmentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education. . . . . . . . . . . 316Courses of Instruction and Training - State Career-Technology Fund. . . . 317Waiver of Tuition.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317Post-Military Service Occupation, Education and Credentialing Act. . . . . 318Legislative Findings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318Granting of Academic Credit for Military Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318Policy for Awarding Academic Credit for Military Experience. . . . . . . . . . 318Equipment Pool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318Technology Center School Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319Health Insurance Plan Required by Technology Center School Districts

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321Special Building Project Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322Area School Districts Having Coterminous Boundaries With Independent

Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

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Nondegree Instructors in Vocational and Technical Programs - Increments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Agency for State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324Displaced Homemakers Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324Legislative Findings, Purpose and Intent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324Pilot Multipurpose Service Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325Location of Center--Criteria.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325Job-Counseling and Job-Training Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325Displaced Homemakers - Center Responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326Service Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326Regulations Concerning Eligibility for Service Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326Evaluation of Programs – Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327Vocational Training Programs in Correctional Institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 327Transfer of Vocational Training Program and School at Stringtown

Correctional Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327Retirement Status of Employees of Vocational Training Program and School

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327Re-employment of Technology Center Administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327Youth Apprentice Program Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327Oklahoma Youth Apprentice Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328Rules for Youth Apprenticeship Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

BONDSSchool Buildings - Bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328Election - Notice - Cost - Election on Same Proposition within Four Months

after Defeat Prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329Electors - Qualifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330Form - Provision for Collection of Annual Tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330Signatures - Registration - Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330Transportation Equipment- Bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330Equipment Purchased Through Bonds Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331Investment in Government Bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Bond Issues of Area School Districts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331Guarantee of Bonds Issued. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331Restriction on Guarantee of Bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332Application by School Districts for Bond Guarantee Program.. . . . . . . . . . 332Duty of State Bond Advisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332Requirements for Districts Applying for Guarantee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332Inability to Pay on Guaranteed Bond – Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332Transfer of Funds to Pay Maturing or Matured Bond – Cancellation of Bond

– Reimbursement by School District. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

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No Acceleration of Remaining Bonds Due to Default.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333Collection of Deficient Payments from School Districts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333Implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

TEXTBOOKSState Textbook Committee - Members’ Qualifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333Lay Citizen Educator.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334Meetings - Selection of Textbooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334Public Hearing on Textbooks being Considered by Committee. . . . . . . . . . 334Advertisement - Sealed Bids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335Bids - Delivery - Investigation - Consultants.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335Publishers’ Contracts - Prices - Reduction - Term of Contract. . . . . . . . . . 335Revised Editions - Late Adoptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336Surety Bond - Attorney General - Recoveries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336Right to Reject Bids - Failure to Secure Textbooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337List of Textbooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337Local Textbook Committee - Examination Copies Adoptions - Requisitions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337District Purchase of Supplementary Textbooks and Materials.. . . . . . . . . . 338Cost of Textbooks - Payment - Repair Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338Textbook Allocation to School Districts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338Textbook Funding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339Contractors - Depository - Supply of Textbooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339List of Names of Agents and Representatives of Publishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 339Rules and Regulations for Issuance of Textbooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340Sample Textbooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340Free Textbooks - Ownership.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340Bribes - Punishment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341Soliciting or Receiving Bribes - Punishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341Violation of Article - Punishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEMDefinitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342Employees of Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools - Retirement

Status.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347Retirement System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348Termination of Retirement Plan.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348Compliance with Internal Revenue Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349Compliance with Grandfather Program Requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350Membership of Retirement System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service Employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351Prior Service Credit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351Retirement. (Version 1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352Retirement. (Version 2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358Payment of Balance of Deceased Member’s Accumulated Contributions

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Partial Lump Sum Payment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365Board of Trustees.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365Investment Requirements and Procedures - Annual Report.. . . . . . . . . . . . 369Fiduciary - Duties - Requirements - Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370Teachers Retirement Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371Appeal of Decision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372Investment of Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372Contributions of Teachers - Matching Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372School District May Pay Member’s Contribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376Credit for “Picked Up” Contributions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378Exemption from Taxes and Legal Process.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380Retirement Records - Confidentiality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381False Statements - Correction of Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381State Treasurer - Bonds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382Audit of Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382Increments - Military Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382Personnel.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382Minimum Benefit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382Increase in Retirement Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383Retirement Allowance - Contributions - Salary Deductions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 383Election Regarding Maximum Compensation Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391Annual Allowance Upon Retirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392Education Employees Service Incentive Plan .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396Forfeiture of Retirement Benefits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399Increased Retirement Benefits - Members Retiring Prior to July 1, 1999.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399Teachers Retirement Reserve Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400Supplemental Pension Benefits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400Computation of Purchase Price for Service Credit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400Credit for Certain Teaching Service - Prior to the State-Supported

Kindergarten. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401Post-Retirement Employment with a Public School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401Increased Retirement Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402Prior Service Credit for Adjunct Professors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403Benefit Calculations and Increase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Increased Retirement Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Increased Retirement Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403Increased Retirement Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404Increased Retirement Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404Contribution Deposit Deadline - Penalty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 Deferred Savings Incentive Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404Retired Teachers’ Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405Retired Teachers’ Organization - Minimum Membership Required. . . . . . 405

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Declaration of Legislative Intent, Policies and Principles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405School Finance Review Commission Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406Creation of School Finance Review Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406School Finance Review Commission Review and Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407Appropriations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407Purpose of Funds - Federal Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407Director of Office of Management and Enterprise Services - Copy of

Apportionments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408Per-Pupil Expenditure Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409Certain Exempt Property to be Included in Assessed Valuation. . . . . . . . . 410Kindergarten. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410Real Property Valuations - Assessment Ratios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412Pupil Grade Level Weights - District Weights - Pupil Category Weights

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413Creation of Common School Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413Adjustments and Limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414Average Daily Membership - Legally Resident Pupils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415Supplement to State Aid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416Class Size.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416Class Size - Kindergarten. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418Class Size - Method for Determination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419Application of Penalties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420Schools in State Reformatories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420Salaries in Excess of Required Minimum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420Instructors in Vocational Trade and Industrial Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421Juris Doctorate Degree - Recognition in Salary Determination. . . . . . . . . . 421Continuation of Contract Terms Beyond Fiscal Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421Salary and Benefits Not to Be Decreased.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421Repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422Repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422Salary Increase Appropriations to be added to State Aid Appropriations

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422Minimum Salary Schedule (Version 1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422Minimum Salary Schedule (Version 2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425Annual Budget Can Include Increased Aid.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428Forfeit State Aid.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428State Aid - Apportionment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429Examiners - State Aid Funds Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 Loss of Average Daily Attendance - Dismissal of Teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 430Expenditures for Administrative Services in Districts with ADA Exceeding

1,500 Students.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430Incentive Grants to Fund Cooperative Programs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

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Common School Capital Improvement Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431Legislative Intent - School Facilities.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431Capital Improvement Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431Common School Capital Improvement Assessment Committee. . . . . . . . . . 432State Schools Facilities Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432Schools Capital Improvements Budget. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432State Aid - Foundation Aid - Transportation Supplement - Salary Incentive

Aid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432Weighted ADM.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437Oklahoma School Land Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441Education Reform Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

DRIVER EDUCATIONDriver’s Education - Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 Automobile Driver Education for Pupils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442Programs for Driver Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442Eligibility of Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442Report by School Districts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443Cost of Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443Compliance with Rules and Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443Authority of State Board of Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443Drivers Education Funding.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443Certification and Reinstatement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

PRIVATE SCHOOLSDefinitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443Not to Be Considered Private Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446Powers of Board of Private Vocational Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446Private School Licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448Private School Solicitor’s Permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448Application for a License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448Determination of Authorization for a License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449Retention of Student Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 Expiration and Renewal of Licenses and Permits - Bonds - Fees - Private

School Fund - Personnel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449Minimum Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451Revocation of License or Permit Nontransferability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451Enforcement of Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451Judicial Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451Penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452Tax Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools Fund. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

OKLAHOMA PUBLIC SCHOOL AUDIT LAWOfficial Title of Law.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452Definition of Public School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

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Annual Audits Required - Others Authorized. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452Standards - Qualifications of Accountants Liability Insurance. . . . . . . . . . 452Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453Preparation of Budgets and Financial Statements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453Audit Reports - Contents.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454Audit Reports - Time to Complete - Distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454Examination of Reports - Deficiencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454False Statements in Reports - False Information Penalty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455Duties of Board of Education - Removal of Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455State Aid Withheld for Failure to Comply with Article.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455State Board of Education to Prescribe Accounting Systems and Procedures

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455THE OKLAHOMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AUTHORITY

Purpose of Television Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455Advertising Unlawful.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456Membership of Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457Powers of Authority.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458Powers Continued. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459Power to Condemn Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459Authority May Issue Revenue Bonds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459Sinking Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461Creation of Sinking Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461Trust Agreements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461Authority May Collect Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461Monies Received Are Trust Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461Rights of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461Authority Tax Exempt.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462Securities of Bonds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462Projects to Become Part of the State Educational System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462Authority May Contract with Television Stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462Bond Application May Be filed with Oklahoma Supreme Court. . . . . . . . . 462Authority is Authorized to Issue Refunding Bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463Authority Must Report to Legislature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463This Article Provides Alternative Methods for Things Authorized . . . . . . . 463Article To Be Liberally Construed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463Purchases - The Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

MISCELLANEOUSHealthy and Fit Kids Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464Healthy and Fit School Advisory Committees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464Physical Fitness Assessment Software Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464Repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465Prevention of Food Waste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465Donation of Food by Schools.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

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School Violence Prevention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466School Bullying Prevention Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466School Bullying Prevention Act - Purpose and Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466Control and Discipline of Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467Transmission of Child Pornography by Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469Emergency Preparedness Grants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471Oklahoma School Security Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471Oklahoma School Security Grant Program Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472Oklahoma School Security Institute.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472Safe School Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473Placement of Student Victims. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473Policy Regarding Suicide Awareness and Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474Wireless Telecommunication Devices Prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475Student Suspension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475Disciplinary and Educational Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478Pupils - Searches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478Bribes in Connection with School Bonds and School Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . 479Payment or Tender of Money or Property - Unlawful When. . . . . . . . . . . . 479Referral Fee from Mental Health Care Prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479Referral Fee by Mental Health Care Prohibited.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 Fraternities, Sororities and Secret Societies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479United States Flag - Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480Display of United States Mottos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480Arbor Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481Oklahoma Statehood Day - November 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481 Oklahoma Statehood Day - Program For.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481Bill of Rights Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481Programs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481Rules and Regulations To Be Adopted by State Board of Education. . . . . . 482Pupil Records - Copies To Be Kept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482Promotion - Retention of Student.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482Storm and Fallout Shelters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482High School Diplomas - Issued on 30 Hours College Work.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 483Safety Goggles - School Board to Provide for Certain Personnel. . . . . . . . . 483Respirators - School Board to Provide for Certain Teachers and Students

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483Ethnic and Racial History Coverage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483Truancy - Reports to Department of Public Welfare - Withholding of

Assistance Payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483Depri