Title 70, Title 70 — Schools

Implementation contingency - Verification of expenditure levels. A. 1. Beginning with the first semester of the 1996-1997 school year, the State Board of Education shall implement a statewide system of alternative education programs which shall be phased-in within seven (7) years…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Developmental Research School Act". Added by Laws 1993, c. 257, § 1, emerg. eff. May 26, 1993.

There is established a category of public elementary and secondary schools to be known as developmental research schools. The purpose of public developmental research schools is the improvement of education in high challenge schools by using resources of higher education, includi…

A developmental research school may be established by the State Board of Education only for purposes of intervening to aid a school in need of improvement as defined in Section 1210.541 of this title. All developmental research schools shall be affiliated with a college of educat…

research school - Notice and hearing. If the State Department of Education plans to recommend the establishment of a developmental research school as a means of intervention with a school identified as in need of improvement pursuant to Section 1210.541 of this title, the Departm…

Upon intervention with a school identified as in need of improvement and the subsequent establishment of a developmental research school by the State Board of Education, the board of education of the district in which the school in need of improvement was located shall be declare…

- Terms. A. The board of education for a school district in which a developmental research school has been established pursuant to this act is hereby designated and shall consist of five (5) members as follows: 1. The president of the affiliated institution of higher education or…

A. A public developmental research school shall be headed by a director, selected by the president of the affiliated higher education institution and employed by the affiliated higher education institution. The director shall be the chief executive officer of the district in whic…

A. State Aid paid, pursuant to Section 18-101 et seq. of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, to a district in which a public developmental research school is established shall be allocated and expended only for operation of the developmental research school. B. Ad valorem taxation…

The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules necessary to implement this act. Added by Laws 1993, c. 257, § 9, emerg. eff. May 26, 1993.

Annual report to Legislature. The State Board of Education shall establish a project review and evaluation process and shall make an annual report to the Legislature analyzing and evaluating all pilot projects in operation. Said report shall be furnished to the President Pro Temp…

contingency – Verification of expenditure levels. A. Contingent upon the provision of appropriated funds designated for such purpose, students who do not perform satisfactorily on the mathematics portion of either the norm- referenced or criterion-referenced tests for grades thre…

A. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules to establish the Oklahoma Advanced Placement Incentive Program, to be administered by the State Department of Education. The purpose of the program is to establish, organize, and administer a program designed to improve the c…

For purposes of the Oklahoma Advanced Placement Incentive Program: 1. “Advanced placement course” means a high school level preparatory course for a college advanced placement test that incorporates all topics specified by the College Board and the Educational Testing Service on …

A. Contingent upon the provision of appropriated funds designated for the Oklahoma Advanced Placement Incentive Program, the State Board of Education is hereby authorized to award schools: 1. A one-time equipment and/or instructional materials grant for the purpose of providing a…

available courses required – Online learning platform. A. Beginning with the 2024–2025 school year, all public high schools in this state shall make a minimum of four advanced placement courses available to students. B. School district boards of education shall be responsible for…

Implementation contingency – Verification of expenditure levels. A. It is hereby the intent of the Oklahoma Legislature to provide funding to urban school districts to hire school counselors at the elementary level. Preference for funding shall be given to those urban school dist…

Proficiency Act — Legislative findings — Purpose. A. Sections 2 through 8 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Math Achievement and Proficiency Act”. B. The Legislature finds that it is essential for children enrolled in the public schools in this state to…

Advanced learning opportunities. A. To identify students who have a math deficiency including students with characteristics of dyscalculia, each student enrolled in second, third, fourth, and fifth grade in a public school in this state shall be screened at the beginning, middle,…

teachers. A. Contingent on the provision of appropriated funds designated for the Oklahoma Math Achievement and Proficiency Act, public school districts may be allocated monies for each enrolled second-, third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade student of the current school year who is f…

academy programs. A. If a teacher determines that a student in second, third, fourth, and fifth grade is performing above grade level in mathematics by the start of the second quarter of the school year, the parent or legal guardian of the student shall be notified of: 1. The mat…

teachers — Mathematics training methods. A. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability shall ensure that the mathematics competencies for elementary teachers are included in the competencies for special education teachers. B. The Commission for Educational Quality …

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to be designated the “Statewide Mathematics Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all…

A. Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year and for each school year thereafter, any student enrolled in second, third, fourth, and fifth grade in a public school in this state who is assessed through the Oklahoma Math Achievement and Proficiency Act pursuant to Section 3 of this…

of 41,000 to 42,000 - Valuation not more than $6,000,000. In each county having a population of not less than forty-one thousand (41,000) nor more than forty-two thousand (42,000) according to the 1940 and each succeeding Federal census and a valuation of not more than Six Millio…

Such deputy for school accounts shall be under the same amount and class of bond, and be paid the same amount of salary out of the salary appropriations made and approved for the office of such county treasurer, as that of the head deputy county treasurer in such county. His appo…

Reimbursement to the county for the expense to such county for the salary and bond of such deputy of school accounts shall be accomplished in the following manner; the amount of the annual salary of such deputy shall be ratably charged to each school district, dependent and indep…

In each county having a population of not less than thirteen thousand (13,000) nor more than twenty thousand (20,000) according to the 1960 and each succeeding Federal Decennial Census and a valuation of not more than Twelve Million Dollars ($12,000,000.00) tangible properties, n…

Such deputy for school accounts shall be under the same amount and class of bond, and be paid the same amount of salary out of the salary appropriations made and approved for the office of such county treasurer, as that of the head deputy county treasurer in such county. His appo…

Reimbursement to the county for the expense to such county for the salary and bond of such deputy of school accounts shall be accomplished in the following manner: The amount of the annual salary of such deputy shall be ratably charged to each school district, dependent and indep…

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are hereby directed to study the feasibility of changing the present functions and standards of admission at the Oklahoma College for Women whereby both men and women students may be admitted to pursue four (4) years of study in the…

In the event the change is made by the State Regents, as suggested in the preceding section, the present name of the institution, "The Oklahoma College for Women," shall be changed to "Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts." Added by Laws 1965, p. 1194, S.J.R. No.16, § 2, emerg. eff. …

At such time as the present Oklahoma College for Women becomes the Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts, a Board of Regents of the Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts, composed of seven (7) members, shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the State Senate and w…

There is hereby created and established a school for the blind at, or near, the City of Muskogee Oklahoma, to be known as the Oklahoma School for the Blind. Laws 1913, c. 37, p. 72, § 1.

The purposes of the Oklahoma School for the Blind shall be to: 1. Provide academic, vocational, social/emotional, and cultural instruction as well as independent living skills and transitional needs for children who are blind or visually impaired; and 2. Serve as a statewide reso…

The Oklahoma School for the Blind shall be under the direction and control of the Department of Rehabilitation Services. Added by Laws 1913, c. 37, p. 73, § 3. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 329, § 5, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001.

Criteria and procedures. A. Residents of this state for whom blindness or visual impairment is the primary impediment to success in the common schools of the state, and who are of suitable age and physical and mental capacity, shall be entitled to admission to the Oklahoma School…

The said Board of Education is hereby authorized to locate said school upon a tract of land described as follows: All that part of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section nineteen, Township fifteen north, Range nineteen east, which lies east of Haskell Boulevard…

Oklahoma School for the Blind. A. Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, a person who is certified to teach by the State Board of Education and hired or employed as a teacher by the Oklahoma School for the Deaf or Oklahoma School for the Blind shall enter into an employment co…

A school for the education of the deaf is hereby created in the state of Oklahoma, to be known as the "Oklahoma School for the Deaf." R.L. 1910 Sec. 6986. R.L.1910, § 6986.

The Oklahoma School for the Deaf is hereby permanently located in the City of Sulphur, Oklahoma. R.L. 1910 § 6987. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 329, § 7, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001.

Criteria and procedures. A. Residents of this state for whom deafness or hardness of hearing is the primary impediment to success in the common schools of the state, and who are of suitable age and physical and mental capacity, shall be entitled to an education in the Oklahoma Sc…

The purposes of the Oklahoma School for the Deaf shall be: 1. To provide academic, vocational, social/emotional, and cultural instruction as well as independent living skills and transitional needs for children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing; and 2. To serve as a statewide resou…

rehabilitation center for deaf people. The Oklahoma School for the Deaf of the State Board of Education and the Oklahoma Vocational Rehabilitation Division of the State Board for Vocational Education are hereby authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement that is mutually acc…

participation. The School for the Deaf and the Vocational Rehabilitation Division are hereby authorized to operate an evaluation and rehabilitation center for deaf people in such a manner and on such a basis that will permit the best possible utilization of the resources, personn…

Authority is hereby granted to the respective boards of control of the Oklahoma University Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College Oklahoma College for Women University of Tulsa Kendall College Phillips University Oklahoma Baptist University Oklahoma City University Oklahoma…

Education - Application. The State Board of Education shall have power to approve other colleges and universities which, when so approved, shall have the authority granted in Section 1 of this act. The application for the privilege shall set forth clearly the course of study, the…

No person, to whom authority to grant degrees has not been granted in accordance with this act, shall grant, offer to grant, or advertise to grant, any such academic or professional degrees. Added by Laws 1917, c. 147, p. 237, § 3.

Any person that collects or attempts to collect fees for matriculation, registration, tuition, books or for any other purpose, the inducement for which is a promise to grant an academic or professional degree, when said institution has not been granted authority under the provisi…

Any person that announces or advertises that he will grant degrees when said institution has not been granted authority under the provisions of this act to grant degrees shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished for each offense by a fi…