Title 70, Schools

A. The purpose of the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act is to: 1. Improve student learning; 2. Increase learning opportunities for students; 3. Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods; 4. Provide additional academic choices for parents and students; 5. Require t…

A. The Oklahoma Charter Schools Act shall apply only to charter schools formed and operated under the provisions of the act. Charter schools shall be sponsored only as follows: 1. By any school district located in this state, provided such charter school shall only be located wit…

A. There is hereby created the Statewide Charter School Board. Beginning July 1, 2024, the Board shall have the sole authority to sponsor statewide virtual charter schools in this state and may sponsor charter schools in this state. The Board shall be composed of nine (9) voting …

A. Beginning July 1, 2024, and subject to the requirements of the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act, the Statewide Charter School Board shall: 1. Provide supervision, services, and oversight of the operations of statewide virtual charter schools in this state and charter schools for w…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Statewide Charter School Board to be designated the “Statewide Charter School Board Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies…

A. For written applications filed after July 1, 2024, prior to submission of the application to a proposed sponsor seeking to establish a charter school or to the Statewide Charter School Board to establish a virtual charter school, the applicant shall be required to complete tra…

A. Beginning July 1, 2024, a written contract entered into between the Statewide Charter School Board and the governing board of a charter school or statewide virtual charter school or a written contract entered into between a sponsor and the governing board of a charter school s…

A. An initial contract between a charter school or virtual charter school and its sponsor approved on or after July 1, 2024, shall be effective for five (5) years from the first day of operation. After completing an initial five-year term, a charter contract may be renewed for up…

A board of education of a school district or an employee of the district who has control over personnel actions shall not take unlawful reprisal action against an employee of the school district for the reason that the employee is directly or indirectly involved in an application…

A. A sponsoring school district shall determine whether a teacher who is employed by or teaching at a charter school or virtual charter school and who was previously employed as a teacher at the sponsoring public school district shall not lose any right of salary status or any ot…

A. A charter school with a brick-and-mortar school site or sites shall enroll those students whose legal residence is within the boundaries of the school district in which the charter school is located and who submit a timely application, or those students who transfer to the cha…

A. Transportation shall be provided by the charter school in accordance with Sections 9-101 through 9-118 of this title. B. A charter school shall provide the parent or guardian information regarding transportation at the time the student enrolls in the charter school. Added by L…

A. The student membership and attendance of a charter school shall be considered separate from the student membership and attendance of the sponsor for the purpose of calculating enrollment and funding including weighted average daily membership pursuant to Section 18-201.1 of th…

The Statewide Charter School Board shall issue an annual report to the Legislature and the Governor outlining the status of charter schools and virtual charter schools in the state. Each charter school and virtual charter school shall annually file a report with the Statewide Cha…

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be designated the “Charter Schools Incentive and Closure Reimbursement Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies appropriated by the Legislature, g…

The provisions of the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act are severable and if any part or provision shall be held void, the decision of the court so holding shall not affect or impair any of the remaining parts or provisions of the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act. Added by Laws 2023, c. 3…

A. A statewide virtual charter school or a school district operating a full-time virtual education program may administer to enrolled students in grades three through eight the statewide system of student assessments required by Section 1210.508 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statut…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning July 1, 2014, no school district shall enter into a virtual charter school contract with a provider to provide full-time virtual education to students who do not reside within the school district boundaries. Added by Laws 2012…

A. A virtual education provider that offers full-time virtual education to students who are not residents of the school district with which the provider is contracted shall be considered a site within each school district with which the provider contracts and subject to the accou…

A. Until July 1, 2024, there is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board to be designated the “Statewide Virtual Charter School Board Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limit…

See the following versions: OS 70-3-145.8v1 (SB 516, Laws 2023, c. 323, § 16) OS 70-3-145.8v2 (HB 2180, Laws 2023, c. 342, § 1) §70-3-145.8v1. Records of attendance – Orientation - Truancy. A. It shall be the duty of each virtual charter school approved and sponsored by the State…

A. It shall be the duty of each virtual charter school approved and sponsored by the Statewide Charter School Board to keep a full and complete record of the attendance of all students enrolled in the virtual charter school in one of the student information systems approved by th…

A. It shall be the duty of each virtual charter school approved and sponsored by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board pursuant to the provisions of Section 3-145.3 of this title to keep a full and complete record of the attendance of all students enrolled in the virtual cha…

Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, members of a charter school sponsor governing board shall designate a representative from the board to complete an annual sponsor workshop requirement provided by the Statewide Charter School Board. The sponsor workshop shall include, but…

A. For purposes of establishing a uniform and accurate definition of high school graduation rate for school districts and secondary schools in this state, the State Board of Education shall adopt and implement a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate and an extended-year adjus…

A. The State Board of Education shall adopt expected alternate year percentage growth targets, for all public secondary schools and school districts, based on high school graduation rates, using the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate calculated as provided for in Section 1…

A. School districts with one or more school sites that have been identified as in need of improvement by the State Board of Education pursuant to the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, P.L. No. 107-110, shall be required to electronically submit the following p…

Each plan listed in Section 3-153 of this title and which is not required to be submitted to the State Department of Education shall be reviewed by a regional accreditation officer at the time of the visit to the school district by an officer in accordance with the evaluation sch…

A. The State Board of Education shall study and assess ways to eliminate, reduce, consolidate, and simplify the number, type, and length of reports, data, statistics, and other information required of any school district or school district personnel by the Board or State Departme…

Each local school district may study and assess ways to eliminate, reduce, consolidate, and simplify the number, type, and length of reports, data, statistics, and other information required of any school district personnel by federal or state law. In conducting research for the …

A. In developing and implementing a state student record system, as required in Subsection E of Section 18-200.1 of this title, and as needed to comply with the tracking and reporting requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), P.L. No. 114-95, as r…

A. Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, upon initial enrollment in a public school district, the school shall request the parent or guardian of a student to provide information to the school district regarding participation in the following: 1. A childcare program that is li…

A. 1. The State Board of Education shall exempt all school districts from or waive any policy, rule or law which requires school districts to form, convene, or participate in any advisory council or committee, including but not limited to the requirement to convene an advisory co…

A. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013". B. As used in this act: 1. "Board" means the State Board of Education; 2. "Department" means the State Department of Education; 3. "Data system" means…

A. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, prior to enrollment the parent or legal guardian of a student may disclose to the student's resident district, as determined by Section 1-113 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, if the student has received inpatient or emergency outp…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education Act”. Added by Laws 2010, c. 313, § 1, eff. July 1, 2010.

The purpose of the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education Act is to recognize the unique relationship that Oklahoma enjoys with the Indian tribes located within the state and how Native Americans and Indian tribes play a pivotal role in the educational system of the state …

A. There is hereby re-created to continue until July 1, 2026, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education. B. The Council shall: 1. Make recommendations to the State Board of Education and the Superintendent of P…

As of July 1, 1993, the office of county superintendent of schools in and for each county in Oklahoma is hereby abolished. Laws 1971, c. 281, § 4-101, eff. July 2, 1971; Laws 1972, c. 155, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972; Laws 1977, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 1, § 23, emerg. eff. June 21, 1…

On or before the first day of January of each year, the county clerk or a designee of the county clerk shall obtain from the State Department of Education and furnish to the county assessor of the county a current description of the boundary of each and every school district or p…

All records of a former county superintendent of schools shall be transferred to and are to be maintained and preserved by the county clerk of the county, who shall designate a deputy, aide, assistant or other employee of the county clerk's office to perform such duties. The Coun…

All school districts in Oklahoma, now in existence or which may hereafter be created, shall be designated only as independent, elementary or technology center school districts. Independent school districts, elementary school districts and technology center school districts shall …

All independent school districts in Oklahoma shall be those which shall have maintained during the previous year a school offering high school subjects fully accredited by the State Board of Education. A reasonable deviation from any of the requirements enumerated herein shall no…

Elementary school districts shall offer grades kindergarten through eight and are those which have not met the minimum standards for, and have not been designated as, independent school districts by the State Board of Education. On and after July 1, 1991, every place in the Oklah…

On or after the effective date of this act, except upon approval of the State Board of Education, an elementary school district that did not offer any grade above the eighth grade during the 1993-94 school year may not offer grades above the eighth grade during the 1994-95 school…

Only for the purpose of identifying a district that originally incurred an indebtedness so as to avoid confusion in discharging such indebtedness, the designation of a district when an indebtedness was incurred may be retained in the records of the county assessor, county treasur…

Every school district shall be a body corporate and shall possess the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes by the name and style of "Independent (or Elementary, if it is an elementary school district) School District Number ________________ (such number as may be des…

A. The governing board of each school district in Oklahoma is hereby designated and shall hereafter be known as the board of education of such district. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the superintendent of schools appointed and employed by the board shall be the ex…

A superintendent, administrator, teacher, or person providing support services may contract with more than one school district to serve as superintendent, administrator, or teacher, as appropriately qualified, or to provide support services for each contracting district. The cont…

The following provisions and the provisions of Section 13A-101 et seq. of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall govern the election of members of the board of education for a school district: A. For purposes of this section, temporary positions added to a board of education pur…