Title 70, Title 70 — Schools

by withholding of State Aid. A. With respect to school districts seeking cash-flow management during any fiscal year, any school district may issue and deliver certificates of indebtedness bearing a stated maturity date for the purpose of participating in a short-term cash manage…

Registered nurses who are employed full time by a school district shall qualify for yearly increments the same as any other teacher in the public schools. Added by Laws 1974, c. 152, § 2, emerg. eff. May 3, 1974.

No school district board of education shall require any employee to reside within the boundaries of that school district; however, a district board may establish a policy that may require the district superintendent to reside within the boundaries of the district. Added by Laws 1…

contributions of employees - Payroll deduction. School districts shall make payroll deductions for either or both professional organization dues and political contributions at the written request of any school employee and shall transmit deducted funds to the organization designa…

similar benefits. A local school district, by action of a majority of its school board, may, in lieu of a particular insurance or similar benefit granted by the district to its employees, allow and pay to the employee additional salary or wages equal to the cost of such insurance…

teachers' salaries - Factors considered - Reports - Superintendents' contracts - Administrators' compensation and benefits. A. Each school district of this state shall adopt a minimum salary schedule and shall transmit a copy of it to the State Board of Education within thirty (3…

A. In addition to incentive pay plans authorized pursuant to Section 4 of this act, the State Board of Education shall develop not fewer than five different model incentive pay plans and shall distribute information about each plan to every school district board of education. No …

implementation - Partial reimbursement. Teacher Incentive Pay programs that have been approved by the State Board of Education prior to implementation and have been evaluated by the State Board of Education to have successfully completed the year according to the approved distric…

achievement. A. 1. In addition to incentive pay plans authorized pursuant to Section 5-141.2 of this title, beginning with the 2012-13 school year, a school district may implement an incentive pay plan that rewards teachers who are increasing student and school growth in achievem…

a school. A. Except as otherwise provided for in subsection F of this section, for purposes of employment, a board of education may request in writing to the State Board of Education that a national criminal history record check be conducted of any employee of the school and shal…

superintendent - Notification of State Board of Education. A. If in the course of an investigation it is discovered that a person charged in an information or indictment with a felony or violent misdemeanor is a student or employee of a school district or a public school in the s…

- Foundation gifts, grants and donations. A. District school boards of education should be encouraged to explore the potential benefits of local foundations and public school/business partnerships as supplements to basic programs publicly funded. B. No local foundation, as define…

employee – Notification by employee and school officials – Report – Definitions – Liability - Policies. A. Any school employee, as defined by subsection A of Section 650.7 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, upon whom an assault, battery, assault and battery, or aggravated batt…

activity. A. Any school employee, as defined by subsection A of Section 650.7 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, who has reason to believe that a child under the age of eighteen (18) years is involved in gang activity shall notify the person designated by the school district. …

Incentives to encourage healthy food choices. A. Each district board of education shall ensure that students in elementary schools do not have access to foods of minimal nutritional value except on special occasions. B. Each district board of education shall ensure that students …

A. As used in this section only: 1. "Donate" means to give without requiring anything of monetary value from the recipient; and 2. "Nonprofit organization" means an incorporated or unincorporated organization that has been established and is operating for religious, charitable or…

Farm to School Program Act grants. The State Department of Education shall provide, to schools who apply for grants under the Oklahoma Farm to School Program Act codified at Section 5-60.1 et seq. of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes, technical assistance with applying for grants …

Each district board of education shall ensure that a minimum of four security drills are conducted at each public school within the district each school year. No security drill shall be conducted at the same time of day as a previous security drill conducted in the same school ye…

A. The State Department of Education shall establish and maintain a three-year pilot program known as the School Resource Officer Program. B. School resource officers employed or contracted by school districts participating in the School Resource Officer Program shall successfull…

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Department of Education to be designated the "School Security Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by …

districts. A. Except as provided for in subsection B of this section, by July 1, 2026, each school district in this state shall undergo a risk and vulnerability assessment conducted by the Oklahoma School Security Institute or a nationally qualified risk and vulnerability assesso…

A. If a public school district in this state chooses to map its campus, the school district shall use the school mapping data guidelines provided for in this section. As used in this section, “school mapping data” means information provided in an electronic or digital format to a…

A. In addition to the four security drills required pursuant to Section 5-148 of this title, all public schools shall conduct a minimum of six safety drills as follows: 1. Two fire drills per school year. Each fire drill shall be conducted within the first fifteen (15) days of ea…

attorney fees. If a school district board of education initiates any civil action or proceeding against a current or former student enrolled in the school district or the parent or guardian of a student, and the current or former student or parent or guardian of the student is th…

Immunity. A. The board of education of a school district may, through a majority vote of the board, designate school personnel who have been issued a handgun license pursuant to the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to attend an armed security guard training program, as provided for in S…

A. Each school district board of education in this state shall adopt a policy allowing a school district employee who is lactating reasonable paid break time each day to use a designated lactation room for the purpose of maintaining milk supply and comfort. The break time may run…

implementation. A. This act shall be known and may be cited as “Alyssa’s Law”. B. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, each school district in this state shall implement a mobile panic alert system. The system shall: 1. Connect emergency service technologies to ensure real-t…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "School District Budget Act". Added by Laws 1996, c. 178, § 2, eff. July 1, 1996.

The purpose of the School District Budget Act is to provide an alternate budget procedure for school districts which will: 1. Establish standard and sound fiscal procedures for the adoption and administration of budgets; 2. Make available to the public and investors sufficient in…

The School District Budget Act shall be optional and shall apply only to a school district which, by resolution of the governing body, votes to comply with the provisions of the School District Budget Act. If the governing body of a school district votes to comply with the School…

expenditures. For a school district acting in accordance with the School District Budget Act, within the thirty-day period preceding the beginning of each fiscal year, a budget for the school district shall be approved by the governing body. The chief executive officer may requir…

message - Hearing - Effect of adoption - Tax levies. A. The school district budget shall represent a complete plan for the school district and shall present information necessary and proper to disclose the financial position and condition of the school district and the revenues a…

Within fifteen (15) days after the filing of any school district budget with the county excise board of each county in which the school district is located and with the State Auditor and Inspector, any taxpayer may file protests with the State Auditor and Inspector against any al…

surpluses - Violations of law. A. No expenditure may be authorized or made by any officer or employee of a school district which exceeds the appropriation for any fund of the budget as adopted or amended. Any balance remaining in a fund at the end of the budget year shall be carr…

A school district shall establish funds consistent with legal and operating requirements. Each school district shall maintain according to its own needs some or all of the following funds or ledgers in its system of accounts: 1. A general fund, to account for all monies received …

Each fund shall be made up of accounts for classifying revenues and expenditures. Revenues shall be classified separately by source. Expenditures shall be classified into the dimensions required by the State Department of Education or, for technology center schools, the Oklahoma …

The chief executive officer, or designee, as authorized by the governing body, may transfer any unexpended and unencumbered appropriation or any portion thereof from one account to another within the same fund; except that no appropriation for debt service or other appropriation …

A. The governing body may amend the budget to make supplemental appropriations to any fund up to the amount of additional revenues which are available for current expenses as shown by a fund balance for the fund due to: 1. Revenues received or allocated from sources not anticipat…

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, the superintendent of a school district or designee may transfer any unexpended or unencumbered appropriation in an amount not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the total appropriation from one account, fund, or program category to a…

Recording of payment. The treasurer of a school district to whom a certificate of indebtedness or bond is directed for payment shall register the certificate of indebtedness or bond by entering the number, the date, the name of the payee, the fund upon which it is drawn and the a…

certificate in excess of approved estimate of expenses. It shall be unlawful for any school district officer to issue, approve, sign, or attest any check, warrant or certificate of indebtedness in any form in excess of the estimate of expenses made and approved for the current fi…

certificate in excess of approved estimate of expenses – Violation – Penalties. Any treasurer who shall willfully or knowingly register or pay a warrant, check or certificate of indebtedness, issued in excess of the estimate made and approved by the excise board for the current f…

officer of issuance, approval, etc. of check, warrant or certificate in excess of approved estimate of expenses – Violation – Penalties. Any school district officer willfully or knowingly contracting, incurring, acknowledging, authorizing, allowing, or approving any indebtedness …

Without regard to the time when funds may be collected and are available to pay a check or warrant issued by a school district, any school district check or warrant shall be due one (1) year after the close of the fiscal year for which the check or warrant was issued and action m…

indebtedness in payment of claim in excess of amounts unexpended and unencumbered – Signature of board president and clerk. It shall be unlawful for the governing board of education to issue any check, warrant or certificate of indebtedness, in any form, in payment of, or represe…

claims – Notice. All unencumbered balances, if any, as shown by the officer charged with keeping the appropriation and expenditure records of the school district on hand at the close of day June 30, may remain as a credit for said fiscal year up to the close of day September 30. …

Underestimations – Reapportionment to appropriation accounts. Provided all fund balances reserved for unencumbered balance of appropriations for the prior fiscal year on hand at the close of day set by the board of education in the current fiscal year, but in no event later than …

affidavit. A school district may issue a second or duplicate check or warrant in lieu of any check or warrant that has been issued and subsequently lost or destroyed. No second or duplicate check or warrant shall be issued until the school district has stopped payment on said ite…

- Continuing education. A. Before July 1, 2007, every school district treasurer shall complete at least twelve (12) hours of instruction on school finance laws of this state, accounting, ethics, and the duties and responsibilities of a school district treasurer. B. Before July 1,…

– Disclosure of financial details – Binding contracts with teachers and board of education. A. As used in this section, “educational management organization” means a for-profit or nonprofit organization that receives public funds to provide administration and management services …