Oklahoma State Department of Education

2015 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Educational 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Children - School Age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Foreign Exchange Students.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13District Head Start Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13School System - Administered by State Department of Education, etc. . . . . 14Positions in School System - Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Teaching Principal - Classroom Teaching.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Administration of Medicine - School Nurses.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Self-Medication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15General Fund - Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Building Fund - Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Building Funds of Technology Center School Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Sinking Fund - Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Controls Over Other Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Contribution to Revolving Fund by Taxpayers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Public School Classroom Support Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONState Board of Education - Members - Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Quorum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23State Board of Education - Powers and Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Persons Convicted of Certain Crimes Ineligible for Teacher Certificate.. . . 28Requirements for Compliance with Accreditation Standards.. . . . . . . . . . . . 28Implementation of Accreditation Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Plan of Educational Development and Improvement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Legislative Services Recognized in Renewal of Teaching Certificates. . . . . . 30Educational Services for Partial Hospitalization Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Office - Books Pertaining to Office - Salary of Superintendent. . . . . . . . . . . 30Administrative and Executive Duties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Powers of State Superintendent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Curriculum Materials Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Adult Education Matching Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Educational Accountability Reform Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Office of Educational Quality and Accountability - Creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability - Creation, Duties

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability - Merger. . . . . . . . 33Commission for Teacher Preparation- Merger.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Secretary of Education - Powers - Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Performance Reviews - Office of Educational Quality and Accountability.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35School Lunch Matching and Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Competitive Funding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Administrative and Support Functions, Funding Requirements. . . . . . . . . . 36Funding Services for Visually Impaired Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Funding Oklahoma Education 2000 Challenge Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Review of Laws.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Educational Deregulation Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Requirements for Exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Procedures for Implementation and Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38State Board to Promulgate Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Empowered Schools and School Districts Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Empowered Schools Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Empowered Schools Empowerment Plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Empowered Schools Accountability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Empowered Schools Acceptance of Donations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Empowered Schools State Board Approval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Empowered Schools Waiver of Certain Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Empowered Schools Waiver of Collective Bargaining Provisions. . . . . . . . 43Empowered Schools Performance Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Empowered Schools State Board Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44School District Empowerment Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Oklahoma Charter Schools Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Application of Charter Schools Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Written Proposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Written Contract for Charter School.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Charter Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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Term of Contract, Renewal, and Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Reprisal Prohibited for Involvement with Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Rights of Teachers Returning to Sponsoring School District. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Admission and Enrollment of Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Funding of Charter Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Annual Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Charter Schools Incentive Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Board of Juvenile Affairs as Sponsor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, Creation, Vacancies. . . . . . . . . . . 63Statewide Virtual Charter School Board Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Statewide Virtual Charter School Board Powers and Responsibilities. . . . . 64State Department to Promulgate Rules for Virtual Charter School Act. . . . 65Districts Offering Virtual School to Non-residents Must Report. . . . . . . . . . 65Districts Offering Virtual School to Non-residents Considered Site.. . . . . . . 66Statewide Virtual Charter School Board Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66School Graduation Rates.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Growth Targets Graduation Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Academic Achievement Award Program.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Exemptions from Reporting Requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Plans to be Reviewed by Regional Accreditation Officer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Study Regarding School District Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Local Input Reports and Tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Student Record System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Information Provided by Parent or Guardian Upon Enrollment. . . . . . . . . . 71Data Coordinating Council. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Data Coordinating Council Revolving Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Educational Quality and Accountability Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Educational Quality and Accountability Board Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . 76Exemptions from Advisory Councils or Committees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act. . . . . . . . 76Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLSAbolition of Office of County Superintendent of Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82School District Boundaries - Duties of County Clerk.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Preservation of Records of Former County Superintendents. . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BOARDS OF EDUCATIONSchool Districts - Designation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Independent School Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Elementary School Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Elementary School Districts Offering Grades Above Eighth Grade. . . . . . . 84Designation of District Retained on Records.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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School District - Body Corporate - Powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Governing Body of School District.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Joint Contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Regional Education Administrative Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Independent and Dependent School Districts - Board of Education -

Members - Election. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Expansion of Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Workshops for New Board Members - Expenses of Members Attending. . . 89Continuing Education for Board Members - Registration Fees -

Reimbursement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Records of Attendance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Relation by Affinity or Consanguinity - Prohibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Employment of Relative of Member of Board of Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Excluding Litigious Board Member from Proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93School District Treasurer - Assistant Local Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Local Treasurer - Surety Bond - Duties - Cash and Investment Ledgers. . . 94Payment of Warrants When Insufficient Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Oath of Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Requirements for Bonds for Employees and Officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Forfeited Bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Powers and Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Oklahoma Extracurricular Activities Accountability Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Definition of School Athletic Association.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Athletic Association Must Adopt Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Manufacturers and Countries of Origin - Disclosure.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Interlocal Cooperative Agreements Between School Districts.. . . . . . . . . . . 108Cooperative Agreement with District in Adjacent State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Correctional Facilities May Be Allowed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109State Board of Education - Rules and Regulations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Average Daily Attendance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Adoption of Four-Year Improvement Plan by Board of Education. . . . . . . 110Health Insurance Plan Required by School District.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Regulating Dogs on School District Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Meetings of Board - Executive Sessions, Compensation of Members of

Boards of Districts with ADA Exceeding 15,000 or PopulationExceeding 100,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Officers of Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112President - Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Vice President - Duties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Clerk - Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Expenditures - Limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Contracts With Member or Business in Which Interested. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Claims - False - Voting for - Liability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Refusal, Failure or Neglect of Board - Elector May Institute Action. . . . . . 116

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Discussion of Audit Findings Prior to Release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Annual Statistical and Financial Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117Itemized Expenditure Budget and Request for State Appropriated Funds -

Estimate of Revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117Electronic Filing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117School Activity Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Exemption of Certain Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Separate Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119School Buildings and Property - Permission to Use for Other Purposes. . . 120Safe Place During Severe Weather.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Rendering Emergency Care or Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Educational Courses - Buildings and Equipment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Sewage Disposal System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Energy Conservation Measures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Energy Efficiency Plans.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Oklahoma State Facilities Energy Conservation Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124Students of Legal Age - Completion of Twelfth Grade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Completion of Requirements for High School Diploma.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Apportionment of Taxes Each Year.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Estimates - Emergency, Local Support and Building Levies - Elections. . . 127Alternate System of Accounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128Oklahoma Cost Accounting System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129School District Transparency Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Certificate of Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Registered Nurses - Increments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132School District Employees - Residence.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Payroll Deductions for Organization Dues and Political Contributions. . . 132Unlawful to Make Payroll Deductions for Organization that Collectively

Bargains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Payment of Additional Salary in Lieu of Employee Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . 133Minimum Salary Schedules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Incentive Pay Plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Incentive Pay Plans - Reimbursement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Evaluation-Based Incentive Pay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135Information Concerning Felony Offense Conviction of School Employee or

Prospective School Employee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136Performance of Background Checks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Notification of Arrest for Felony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Local Foundations - Definitions - Beneficiaries. Membership - Records. . . 138Assault and Battery on School Employee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Reporting Suspected Gang Activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140Lockdown Drills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140School Safety Drills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

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School District Budget Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Purpose of School District Budget Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Applicability of School District Budget Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142Preparation of Budget. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Budget Summary - Public Hearings.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Taxpayer Protests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144Expenditures - Obligations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144Funds - Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144Classifications of Revenues and Expenditures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Transfers Between Funds or Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Amendment of Budget. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Transfer of Appropriations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Registering Certificates of Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Warrants in Excess of Estimated and Approved Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Penalties Against Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Penalties Against School Officer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Statute of Limitations on Warrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Warrants in Excess of Appropriations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Publishing Notices of Claims.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Supplemental Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Duplicate Warrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Required Training for School Finance Officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

TEACHERSTeachers - Contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Annuity Contracts for Teachers or Full-time Employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Re-employment of Retired Administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Elementary Districts - Powers and Duties of Elementary Superintendents

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154Legislative Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154Information Required in Contracts of Administrators or Teachers.. . . . . . 154May Not Inquire About Enrollment of Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Hearing Procedures - Limitations on Participation of Certain School

Representatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Evaluation of Teachers and Administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Teachers Response to Evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Dismissal or Nonreemployment of Administrator Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . 158Suspension of Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158Administrators - Conviction of Felony - Criminal Sexual Activity or Sexual

Misconduct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System Implementation.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

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Teacher Due Process Act of 1990... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163Standards of Conduct and Performance for Teachers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164Grounds for Dismissal or Nonreemployment of Teachers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164Teachers Exempt from Dismissal, Suspension and Nonreemployment

Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Procedures for Administrator to Follow for Admonishment of Teacher. . . 167Recommendation of Dismissal or Nonrenewal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168Procedure for Dismissal or Nonreemployment - Hearing and Appeal Rights

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169Applicable Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170Suspension of Teacher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170Basis for Reduction in Force of Teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170Years of Credit for Teachers in Districts That are Annexed or Consolidated

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171State Board of Education to Promulgate Rules.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Support Employees - Disciplinary Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171School Support Employees - Conviction of Felony - Criminal Sexual Activity

or Sexual Misconduct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Disciplinary Policy - Statement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Policy Prerequisite to Disciplinary Action.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Support Employees - Notification Concerning Employment.. . . . . . . . . . . . 172Right to Hearing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Time for Hearing - Boards Decision Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Contractors Prohibited from Allowing Sex Offenders to Work on School

Premises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Sick Leave - Emergency Leave - Personal Business Leave - Jury Service

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Leave Without Pay - Experience Credit - Retirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Salary Payment After Leave Exhausted - Payment for Unused Leave Upon

Termination of Employment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Sick Leave Sharing Programs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Leave Related to National Disaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177Substitute Teachers - Military Leave for Teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178Existing Agreements for Leave Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Salary - Twelve Monthly Payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Teacher Consultant Stipend Funding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Direct Deposit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Salary - Payments to Support Employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Violations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Certificate of Qualification - Unlawful to Hold Position Without Required

Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Notice of Expiration of Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Agents of School Authorities - Payment or Acceptance of Bribes.. . . . . . . . 181Gratuities or Rewards - Unlawful to Give.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

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Teachers - Gratuities or Rewards in Connection with Employment. . . . . . 181Alternatives to Corporal Punishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Information Concerning Pupil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Alternate Certification Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182Certification for Teach For America Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Alternative Placement Teaching Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184Temporary Teaching License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184Provisional Certificate - Special Education.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184Standard Certificate - Special Education.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185Standard Certificate Upon Completion of Exams - Special Education. . . . 186Teacher Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186Career Development Program for Paraprofessionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187Minority Teacher Recruitment Advisory Committee.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187Minority Teacher Recruitment Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189School Protection Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189School Protection Act - Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189School Protection Act - Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189Penalties for False Accusations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190Attorneys Fees to Prevailing Party. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190Insurance Does Not Waive Defenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190Student Assault on Education Employee - Suspension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190Education Employees Injured by Assault or Battery - Leave of Absence

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191No Limitation or Amendment of Other Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Alternative Methods to Renew Certificates.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Competency Based Teacher Preparation System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Authority and Duties of Commission.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192Competencies and Methods.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Criteria for Teacher Education Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195Competency Examinations... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196Refund of Exam Fee.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Competency-based Certification - Revocation Procedures.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 197Mathematics Certification.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199School Psychologist/Psychometrist Licensure or Certification. . . . . . . . . . . 200Qualifications for Teacher Employment and Certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201Speech - Language Pathology Certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202Teachers Curriculum Examination Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202Professional Development - Legislative Intent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202Funding for Professional Development Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202Local Professional Development Programs and Committees. . . . . . . . . . . . 203Residency Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

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Scholarships for Great Expectations Summer Institutes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205Continuing Education in Mathematics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205Professional Development Math. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206Contracts With Professional Development Centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206Applicable Licensing and Certification Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207Rule Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207Professional Development Institutes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207Right to Hearing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Education Leadership Oklahoma Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210Education Leadership Oklahoma Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211Oklahoma National Board Certification Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212Professional Development Institutes Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212Salary Bonus for School Psychologists, Speech-Language Pathologists and

Audiologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212Revolving Fund for Psychologists, Speech-Language Pathologists and

Audiologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213Oklahoma Mathematics Improvement Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Oklahoma-A STEM State of Mind Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Creation of STEM Communities and Regions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214Inner City Schools Rescue Program.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Educator Supply and Demand Study.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

ANNEXATION AND CONSOLIDATIONBoundaries - Petition or Resolution to Change Election. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216Mandatory Annexation or Consolidation Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217Annexation or Disorganization - Assumption of Bonded Indebtedness. . . . 218Division of Property - Debts and Obligations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218Consolidation - Studies - Petition - Election. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219Buildings - Rented, Moved, or Sold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220Disposition of Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Federally-Owned Reservations - Annexation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Oklahoma School Consolidation and Annexation Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Eligible School Districts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222School Consolidation Assistance Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222Authorization to Transfer Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223Preference for Allocation of Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223Exceptions to Certification Requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223School Site Closing Moratorium - Consolidation Annexation.. . . . . . . . . . . 224

TRANSFER OF PUPILSPupils-Transfer-Appropriation-Expenditures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224Education Open Transfer Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224Approval of Open Transfers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224Application for Transfer - Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

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Open Transfer Policy Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225Transferred Students Participation in Athletic Competitions.. . . . . . . . . . . 226Emergency Transfers - What is Included in Emergencies.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226School Dispensed With - Transfer of Pupils Annexation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227Transfer Fees Prohibited.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227Transfers - Parent employed as teacher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

TRANSPORTATIONTransportation for Pupils - Approval by State Board of Education. . . . . . 228 Transportation Equipment - Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228Purchase or Contract for Use of Vehicles - Lettering.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229Transportation Equipment - Definition.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229Boundaries of Area for Transportation - Definite Routes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230Rules of the Road. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230Additional Transportation - Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231Price List and Description of Transportation Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231Special Transportation Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Use of Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Lease of Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Rental Value of Equipment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Sale of Units of Equipment After Lease For One Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Care of Equipment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233Space for Storage of Equipment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233Expense - Paid from What Funds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233School Bus Drivers - Course of Instruction Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

SCHOOL POPULATION AND ATTENDANCEAttendance Officer - Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233Police Officer May Act as Attendance Officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 School Population - Average Daily Attendance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Student Information Referral Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234State Treasurer and Secretary of School Land Department- Report. . . . . . 234Neglect or Refusal to Compel Child to Attend School - Exceptions. . . . . . . 234Municipal Ordinances Relating to Truancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236School Participation in Diversion Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239Student Participation in Volunteer Disaster Service Programs. . . . . . . . . . 240Outreach Programs to Parents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Parents Education Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Pilot Early Childhood Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Records of Attendance of Pupil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Duties and Responsibilities of Attendance Officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Rules and Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242Travel Expenses of Attendance Officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242Temporary Custody and Detention of Pupil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242Superintendents Duty to Report Children Not Attending School. . . . . . . . 242

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CURRICULUMSectarian or Religious Doctrines - Teaching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Voluntary Prayer in School.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Minute of Silence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Instruction Conducted in English Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Courses of Study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Quality Afterschool Opportunities Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244Obesity - Risks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244Creation of Quality Afterschool Opportunities Initiative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245American Sign Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245Native American Language.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245Academic Scholars in Secondary Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246AIDS Prevention Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246Achieving Classroom Excellence Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247Eighth-Grade Student Mastery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247Student Mastery High School Diploma. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Participation in Scientifically Based Research Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250Subject Matter Standards and Options for High School Graduation. . . . . 250Agricultural Education Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256Achieving Classroom Excellence Steering Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Funding for Remediation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Mentorship Programs to Reduce Drop-out Rates.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260Review of Subject Matter Standards by the State Board of Education. . . . 260Legislative Review of Standards.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263Social Studies Core Curriculum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263Honors Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264Certificates of Distinction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264Certificates of Distinction - Admission Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264Exceptions to Graduation Requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264Financial Literacy Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265Instruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265Social Studies Incorporate Murrah Federal.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267Workplace Safety Training.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267Early Childhood Education Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267Ebonics Not to be Taught. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268Physical Education Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268Program Materials Relating to Environmental Issues and Policies. . . . . . . 271Elective Courses Religious Literature.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Military and Athletic Training - Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Use of Military Equipment in School Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Sex Education Curriculum and Materials.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Abuse Prevention Instructional Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Identification of Evidence-Informed Curriculum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273Promulgation of Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

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Parental Inspection of Certain Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273Parental Inspection of Instructional Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Parental Consent Required in Certain Research and Experimental Programs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Parents Bill of Rights Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Rights Reserved to Parents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Board of Education Responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Performance of Medical Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Mental Health Examination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278Oklahoma Youth Community Services Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Youth Community Service Program as Part of Curriculum. . . . . . . . . . . . 278Assistance from State Board of Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278Application for Federal Funds Authorized. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Network for Arts-in-Education Funding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Arts-in-Education Program Funding.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Inventory of Coursework for Credit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

AUDIOVISUAL EDUCATIONProgram for Audiovisual Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Motion Picture Films - State Depository. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Regional Film Libraries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Local Film Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Rules and Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Board of Education - Purchase or Rental of Projectors and Supplies. . . . . 280Personnel to Administer Provisions of this Article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDRENPrograms for Children with Disabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships Implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Eligible Minimum Period of Attendance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Authorized Provisions for Education of Exceptional Children.. . . . . . . . . . 286Special Classes or Individual Instruction for Children in Institutions.. . . . 286Qualifications of Teachers and Minimum Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287State Appropriations - Distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287Federal Funds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287State Funds - Allowances for Special Education.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287Education of Homebound Children Funding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287Personnel to Administer Article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288Teachers - Pay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288Register of Children With Disabilities - Needs to be Met. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288Programs for Children with Visual Impairment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288Information for Children with Impairment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289Apportionment and Distribution of Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

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Oklahoma Special Education Assistance Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289School District Eligibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Student Eligibility Criteria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289Distribution of Funds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290Hissom Compliance Funding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290Oklahoma Educational Interpreter for the Deaf Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291Qualifications for Interpreters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291Implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Oklahoma Early Intervention Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292Eligibility Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293Parental Consent to Delivery of Services.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293Administration, Supervision, and Monitoring of Programs and Activities

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293Oklahoma Early Intervention Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295Contract for Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295Procedural Safeguards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295Requirements for Payment and Reimbursement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295Data Collection and Reporting Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295Implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATIONState Board of Career and Technology Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296Compensation of Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297Continuing Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298Powers and Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298Adult Education Transferred to Board of Career and Technology Education

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299Adult Education Administrative Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300Agreements for Courses Leading to GED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300Adult Education Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300Dropout Recovery Program Grants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300Promulgation of Rules for Access to Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 Pilot Programs for Rural Businesses.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301Programs for Medical Micropigmentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education. . . . . . . . . . . 301Courses of Instruction and Training - State Career-Technology Fund. . . . 302Waiver of Tuition.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302Post-Military Service Occupation, Education and Credentialing Act. . . . . 303Legislative Findings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303Granting of Academic Credit for Military Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303Policy for Awarding Academic Credit for Military Experience. . . . . . . . . . 303Equipment Pool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

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Technology Center School Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304Health Insurance Plan Required by Technology Center School Districts

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306Special Building Project Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307Area School Districts Having Coterminous Boundaries With Independent

Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308Nondegree Instructors in Vocational and Technical Programs - Increments

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309Agency for State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309Displaced Homemakers Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309Legislative Findings, Purpose and Intent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309Pilot Multipurpose Service Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310Location of Center--Criteria.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310Job-Counseling and Job-Training Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310Displaced Homemakers - Center Responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311Service Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311Regulations Concerning Eligibility for Service Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311Evaluation of Programs Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312Vocational Training Programs in Correctional Institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 312Transfer of Vocational Training Program and School at Stringtown

Correctional Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312Retirement Status of Employees of Vocational Training Program and School

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312Re-employment of Technology Center Administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312Youth Apprentice Program Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312Oklahoma Youth Apprentice Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313Rules for Youth Apprenticeship Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

BONDSSchool Buildings - Bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313Election - Notice - Cost - Election on Same Proposition within Four Months

after Defeat Prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314Electors - Qualifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Form - Provision for Collection of Annual Tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Signatures - Registration - Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Transportation Equipment- Bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Equipment Purchased Through Bonds Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316Investment in Government Bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Bond Issues of Area School Districts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316Guarantee of Bonds Issued. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316Restriction on Guarantee of Bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

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Application by School Districts for Bond Guarantee Program.. . . . . . . . . . 317Duty of State Bond Advisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317Requirements for Districts Applying for Guarantee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317Inability to Pay on Guaranteed Bond Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317Transfer of Funds to Pay Maturing or Matured Bond Cancellation of Bond

Reimbursement by School District. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317No Acceleration of Remaining Bonds Due to Default.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318Collection of Deficient Payments from School Districts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318Implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

TEXTBOOKSState Textbook Committee - Members Qualifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318Lay Citizen Educator.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319Meetings - Selection of Textbooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319Public Hearing on Textbooks being Considered by Committee. . . . . . . . . . 319Advertisement - Sealed Bids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319Bids - Delivery - Investigation - Consultants.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320Publishers Contracts - Prices - Reduction - Term of Contract. . . . . . . . . . 320Revised Editions - Late Adoptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321Surety Bond - Attorney General - Recoveries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321Right to Reject Bids - Failure to Secure Textbooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322List of Textbooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322Local Textbook Committee - Examination Copies Adoptions - Requisitions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322District Purchase of Supplementary Textbooks and Materials.. . . . . . . . . . 323Cost of Textbooks - Payment - Repair Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323Textbook Allocation to School Districts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323Textbook Funding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324Contractors - Depository - Supply of Textbooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324List of Names of Agents and Representatives of Publishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 324Rules and Regulations for Issuance of Textbooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324Sample Textbooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325Free Textbooks - Ownership.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325Bribes - Punishment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326Soliciting or Receiving Bribes - Punishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326Violation of Article - Punishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEMDefinitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326Employees of Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools - Retirement

Status.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332Retirement System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333Termination of Retirement Plan.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333Compliance with Internal Revenue Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334Compliance with Grandfather Program Requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335Membership of Retirement System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

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Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service Employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336Prior Service Credit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336Retirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337Payment of Balance of Deceased Members Accumulated Contributions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Partial Lump Sum Payment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343Board of Trustees.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343Investment Requirements and Procedures - Annual Report.. . . . . . . . . . . . 347Fiduciary - Duties - Requirements - Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348Teachers Retirement Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349Appeal of Decision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349Investment of Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349Contributions of Teachers - Matching Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350School District May Pay Members Contribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353Credit for Picked Up Contributions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356Exemption from Taxes and Legal Process.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357Retirement Records - Confidentiality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359False Statements - Correction of Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359State Treasurer - Bonds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359Audit of Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359Increments - Military Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359Personnel.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360Minimum Benefit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360Increase in Retirement Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360Retirement Allowance - Contributions - Salary Deductions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 360Election Regarding Maximum Compensation Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369Annual Allowance Upon Retirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370Education Employees Service Incentive Plan .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373Forfeiture of Retirement Benefits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376Increased Retirement Benefits - Members Retiring Prior to July 1, 1999.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377Teachers Retirement Reserve Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377Supplemental Pension Benefits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377Computation of Purchase Price for Service Credit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378Credit for Certain Teaching Service - Prior to the State-Supported

Kindergarten. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378Post-Retirement Employment with a Public School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378Increased Retirement Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380Prior Service Credit for Adjunct Professors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380Benefit Calculations and Increase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Increased Retirement Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Increased Retirement Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380Increased Retirement Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381Increased Retirement Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

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Contribution Deposit Deadline - Penalty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Deferred Savings Incentive Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381Retired Teachers Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382Retired Teachers Organization - Minimum Membership Required. . . . . . 382

STATE AIDDeclaration of Legislative Intent, Policies and Principles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382Appropriations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383Purpose of Funds - Federal Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383Director of Office of Management and Enterprise Services - Copy of

Apportionments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384Certain Exempt Property to be Included in Assessed Valuation. . . . . . . . . 385Kindergarten. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385Real Property Valuations - Assessment Ratios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387Pupil Grade Level Weights - District Weights - Pupil Category Weights

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388Creation of Common School Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389Adjustments and Limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389Average Daily Membership - Legally Resident Pupils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391Supplement to State Aid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391Class Size.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391Class Size - Kindergarten. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393Class Size - Method for Determination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394Application of Penalties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395Schools in State Reformatories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396Salaries in Excess of Required Minimum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396Instructors in Vocational Trade and Industrial Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396Juris Doctorate Degree - Recognition in Salary Determination. . . . . . . . . . 396Continuation of Contract Terms Beyond Fiscal Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396Salary and Benefits Not to Be Decreased.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396Monies Previously Paid For Health Insurance To Be Used For Instruction

Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397Salary Increase Appropriations to be added to State Aid Appropriations

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397Minimum Salary Schedule for 2013-2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397Annual Budget Can Include Increased Aid.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400Forfeit State Aid.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400State Aid - Apportionment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401Examiners - State Aid Funds Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Loss of Average Daily Attendance - Dismissal of Teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 402Expenditures for Administrative Services in Districts with ADA Exceeding

1,500 Students.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402Incentive Grants to Fund Cooperative Programs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

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Common School Capital Improvement Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404Legislative Intent - School Facilities.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404Capital Improvement Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404Common School Capital Improvement Assessment Committee. . . . . . . . . . 404State Schools Facilities Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404Schools Capital Improvements Budget. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404State Aid - Foundation Aid - Transportation Supplement - Salary Incentive

Aid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405Weighted ADM.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410Oklahoma School Land Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414Education Reform Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

DRIVER EDUCATIONDrivers Education - Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414 Automobile Driver Education for Pupils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414Programs for Driver Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414Eligibility of Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415Report by School Districts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415Cost of Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415Compliance with Rules and Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415Authority of State Board of Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415Drivers Education Funding.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415Certification and Reinstatement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

PRIVATE SCHOOLSDefinitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416Not to Be Considered Private Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418Powers of Board of Private Vocational Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419Private School Licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420Private School Solicitors Permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420Application for a License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420Determination of Authorization for a License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421Retention of Student Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 Expiration and Renewal of Licenses and Permits - Bonds - Fees - Private

School Fund - Personnel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422Minimum Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423Revocation of License or Permit Nontransferability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423Enforcement of Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424Judicial Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424Penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424Tax Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools Fund. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

OKLAHOMA PUBLIC SCHOOL AUDIT LAWOfficial Title of Law.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424Definition of Public School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

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Annual Audits Required - Others Authorized. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424Standards - Qualifications of Accountants Liability Insurance. . . . . . . . . . 425Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426Preparation of Budgets and Financial Statements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426Audit Reports - Contents.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426Audit Reports - Time to Complete - Distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426Examination of Reports - Deficiencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427False Statements in Reports - False Information Penalty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427Duties of Board of Education - Removal of Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427State Aid Withheld for Failure to Comply with Article.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427State Board of Education to Prescribe Accounting Systems and Procedures

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427THE OKLAHOMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AUTHORITY

Purpose of Television Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428Advertising Unlawful.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428Membership of Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429Powers of Authority.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430Powers Continued. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432Power to Condemn Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432Authority May Issue Revenue Bonds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432Sinking Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433Creation of Sinking Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433Trust Agreements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433Authority May Collect Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434Monies Received Are Trust Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434Rights of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434Authority Tax Exempt.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434Securities of Bonds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434Projects to Become Part of the State Educational System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434Authority May Contract with Television Stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435Bond Application May Be filed with Oklahoma Supreme Court. . . . . . . . . 435Authority is Authorized to Issue Refunding Bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435Authority Must Report to Legislature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435This Article Provides Alternative Methods for Things Authorized . . . . . . . 435Article To Be Liberally Construed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436Purchases - The Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

MISCELLANEOUSHealthy and Fit Kids Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436Healthy and Fit School Advisory Committees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436Physical Fitness Assessment Software Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437School Health Coordinators Pilot Program.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438Prevention of Food Waste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438School Violence Prevention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

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School Bullying Prevention Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439School Bullying Prevention Act - Purpose and Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439Control and Discipline of Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439Transmission of Child Pornography by Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442Emergency Preparedness Grants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443Oklahoma School Security Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444Oklahoma School Security Grant Program Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444Oklahoma School Security Institute.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445Safe School Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445Placement of Student Victims. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446Policy Regarding Suicide Awareness and Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447Wireless Telecommunication Devices Prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448Student Suspension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448Disciplinary and Educational Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450Pupils - Searches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450Bribes in Connection with School Bonds and School Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . 451Payment or Tender of Money or Property - Unlawful When. . . . . . . . . . . . 451Referral Fee from Mental Health Care Prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451Referral Fee by Mental Health Care Prohibited.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 Fraternities, Sororities and Secret Societies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451United States Flag - Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452Display of United States Mottos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453Arbor Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453Oklahoma Statehood Day - November 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 Oklahoma Statehood Day - Program For.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453Bill of Rights Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454Programs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454Rules and Regulations To Be Adopted by State Board of Education. . . . . . 454Pupil Records - Duplicate Copies To Be Kept.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454Promotion - Retention of Student.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454Storm and Fallout Shelters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454High School Diplomas - Issued on 30 Hours College Work.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 455Safety Goggles - School Board to Provide for Certain Personnel. . . . . . . . . 455Respirators - School Board to Provide for Certain Teachers and Students

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455Ethnic and Racial History Coverage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455Truancy - Reports to Department of Public Welfare - Withholding of

Assistance Payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455Deprived Adjudication Due to Repeated Absence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455Safety Belts for School Bus Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456Effect of Headings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456Jim Thorpe Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 Orders to Leave School Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

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Authority to Direct to Leave Premises - Penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457School Officials Immune from Liability for Making Certain Reports. . . . . 457Delivery of Seized Firearms to Law Enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458Students Under Influence of Nonintoxicating Beverage, Alcoholic Beverage

or Controlled Dangerous Substance Written Policy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 458Program to Develop Leadership Skills for Administrators and Principals

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458Sports Competition Officials - Equal Employment Opportunity. . . . . . . . . 459Coordination of Spring Break. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459Veterans - Program for Observing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459Diplomas for World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War Veterans. . . 460Education Flexible Benefits Allowance Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460Purpose of Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460Establishing and Funding of Cafeteria Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461Amount of Flexible Benefit Allowance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462Larry Dickerson Flexible Benefits Allowance Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463Holidays - Designation and Dates.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463Holidays - Additional - Optional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464Prisoners of War Remembrance Day.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464Oklahoma City Bombing Remembrance Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464Oklahoma Native American Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

VARIOUS ACTSOKLAHOMA OPEN MEETING ACT

Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465Public Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465Meetings of Public Bodies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465Votes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466Informal Gatherings or Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467Executive Sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467Authorized Teleconferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469 Meetings with Governor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470Meetings of Legislature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470Attendance of Legislative Committees at Executive Sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . 470Notice of Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 Posting on Websites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472Electronic Filing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473Oklahoma Government Website Information Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473Information to be P