Title 70, Title 70 — Schools

The data collection requirements concerning children with disabilities which are currently utilized by the State Department of Education upon the effective date of this act shall also be utilized to meet the data collection and reporting requirements for the State of Oklahoma und…

Effective date of services. A. The Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Childhood Intervention shall assist the State Department of Education in revising the Oklahoma State Plan for Special Education to include areas addressing requirements under Part C of the Individuals w…

Care Act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Education Compact for Students in State Care Act". Added by Laws 2017, c. 187, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.

Committee. A. There is hereby created the Education Compact for Students in State Care Advisory Committee. B. The advisory committee shall be comprised of three (3) members to be appointed as follows: 1. One member representing the State Department of Education to be appointed by…

records. A. To facilitate the timely transfer and/or enrollment of a student who has been placed in state care, the personnel of a sending school district shall make every effort to ensure timely delivery of temporary and permanent student records in accordance with the foster ca…

A. To facilitate the education of a student who has been placed in state care, a receiving school district shall initially honor placement of the student in educational courses based on the student's enrollment in the sending school district and/or educational assessments conduct…

A. To facilitate the on-time graduation of a student who has been placed in state care during the ninth through twelfth grades, the student shall be automatically enrolled in the core curriculum, as set forth in Section 11-103.6 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. However, stud…

Successor to State Board of Vocational and Technical Education. A. There is hereby created the State Board of Career and Technology Education which shall succeed to all of the powers and duties heretofore invested in the State Board for Vocational Education. The membership of the…

The State Board of Career and Technology Education shall meet in regular session once each month at least ten (10) months per year. Special meetings may be called by the Chair or by a majority of the members of the Board. Meetings of the Board may be held by teleconferencing. Fiv…

training requirements. The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education is authorized to provide new, incumbent, and continuing education workshop and training requirements which are required for technology center school district board of education members and State Boa…

The State Board of Career and Technology Education shall have the following powers and duties: 1. Have the supervision of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education of the State Board of Career and Technology Education, which department shall keep its principal of…

Grants - Statewide plan. A. Contingent upon the provision of appropriated funds, the State Board of Career and Technology Education is authorized to award one or more competitive grants for dropout recovery programs to technology center school districts. The grant awards shall be…

district - Access to vocational offerings. The State Board of Career and Technology Education shall promulgate rules to ensure access to vocational offerings in technology center school districts to students in technology center school districts who are receiving educational serv…

Expansion of rural businesses. A. Subject to the availability of funds appropriated specifically for this purpose, the State Board of Career and Technology Education shall implement a pilot program at technology center schools, the purpose of which is to provide services and trai…

certification. The State Board of Career and Technology Education may establish a program for training and certification in medical micropigmentation. The program shall be developed with curricular advice from the Oklahoma Board of Nursing, State Board of Medical Licensure and Su…

– Successor to Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education. A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, which shall consist of such divisions, units and positions as may be established by the State Board of Career and Techn…

Technology Fund. The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education may operate and maintain, or otherwise provide for, courses of instruction and training in vocational and technical education courses and subjects, and charge students reasonable tuition fees for such ins…

A. The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education may operate and maintain an equipment pool, at which there shall be kept equipment for the use of technology center school districts and schools supported by public funds, and said department and schools shall be eligi…

operation - Governing board - Levy elections - Estimate of needs - Appropriation accounts - Annexation and detachment of territory - Classification, inspection and accreditation - Treasurer - Transfer of tenure or accrued benefits. A. The State Board of Career and Technology Educ…

A. The board of education of each technology center school district in this state shall provide a health insurance plan for the employees of the technology center school district. Technology center school districts may obtain health and dental insurance coverage as provided for i…

A. Agricultural education programs shall be provided by comprehensive school districts. The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education shall determine the grade levels that may be offered agricultural education programs. Technology center school districts shall be pro…

project account. A. If required to do so as a prerequisite to the receipt of federal funds for a building project, the board of education of a technology center school district may establish a special account to be used for payment of the cost of the building project. Federal and…

school districts - Separate boards - Existing boards - Election procedure. A. If the territory comprising an independent school district has been established by the State Board of Career and Technology Education as a technology center school district, and the boundaries of each a…

education programs - Increments. Nondegree instructors in vocational and technical education who are employed in a full-time, approved, reimbursed program for vocational and technical education shall qualify for yearly increments the same as any other teacher in the public school…

The State Board of Career and Technology Education is hereby specifically designated as the agency of this state to cooperate and deal with any officer, board, or authority of the United States Government which may require or recommend cooperation with any state board of vocation…

This act may be cited as the "Displaced Homemakers Act". Added by Laws 1978, c. 94, § 1, eff. July 1, 1978.

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is an ever- increasing number of persons in this state who, having fulfilled a role as homemaker, find themselves "displaced" in their middle years through divorce, death of spouse or other loss of family income; as a consequen…

As used in this act: 1. Board means the State Board of Career and Technology Education; 2. Superintendent means the superintendent of the technology center school designated as the pilot multipurpose service center for displaced homemakers; 3. Center means the pilot multipurpose …

The Board shall establish a pilot multipurpose service center for displaced homemakers in a suitable technology center school with adequate facilities. The Board shall designate the technology center school which is to serve as the pilot multipurpose service center for displaced …

A. In selecting the site for the center, the Board shall consider the following criteria: 1. Accessibility to substantial displaced homemaker population; 2. Suitability of vocational and technical training programs; 3. Availability of child care programs and services; 4. Availabi…

The Board, superintendent and director of the center shall explore all possible sources of funding and in-kind contributions from federal, local and private sources in establishing and enhancing the center and its programs. Added by Laws 1978, c. 94, § 6, eff. July 1, 1978.

The center shall establish the following programs: 1. Job-counseling program for displaced homemakers which shall be specifically designed for the person reentering the job market after a number of years as a homemaker. The counseling will take into consideration, and build upon,…

Center staff shall be responsible for assisting the trainee in finding permanent employment. To this end, the superintendent and the center staff shall work with the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and the service delivery areas under the Job Training Partnership Act of 1…

The center shall include, but not be limited to, the following service programs for displaced homemakers: 1. Money management courses, including information and assistance in dealing with insurance programs, life, health, home and car, taxes, mortgages, loans and probate problems…

programs. The superintendent, in consultation with the director of the service center, shall establish regulations concerning the eligibility of persons for the job training and other programs of the multipurpose service center, the level of stipends, if any, for the job training…

A. The superintendent shall require the center staff to evaluate the effectiveness of the job training, placement and service components of the center. Such evaluation shall include the number of persons trained, the number of persons placed in employment, follow-up data on such …

and instruction of vocational training programs. The State Board of Career and Technology Education is hereby directed to assume the administrative, supervisory and instructional operations of all vocational training programs in correctional institutions for which it receives fun…

administration, supervision, and operation. The administration, supervision, and operation of the Vocational Training Program and School located at the Stringtown Correctional Center is hereby transferred from the Department of Human Services to the State Board of Career and Tech…

Retirement benefits. Employees of the Vocational Training Program and School located at the Stringtown Correctional Center who are members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and are being transferred from the Department of Human Services to the State Board of Care…

administrators. No administration of a technology center school district shall enter into a contract for consultant services with any person who has retired from employment as an administrator with any technology center school district for two (2) years after the retirement date …

A. The Oklahoma Legislature, recognizing the need for improved methods of helping secondary students make a smooth transition from high school to the workplace, hereby establishes guidelines for youth apprenticeship programs. B. Youth apprenticeship programs shall be defined as l…

Quorum. A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Youth Apprenticeship Committee. The committee shall be appointed by the State Board of Career and Technology Education within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this act and shall consist of thirteen (13) members as follows: …

The State Board of Career and Technology Education shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this act. Added by Laws 1993, c. 144, § 4, eff. April 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 33, § 110, eff. July 1, 2001.

A. On July 1, 2014, all powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the State Board of Education that relate to adult education shall be transferred to the State Board of Career and Technology Education. The transfer shall include all equipment, supplies, records, assets, …

A. Effective July 1, 2014, all administrative rules promulgated by the State Board of Education that relate to adult education programs shall be transferred to and become a part of the administrative rules of the State Board of Career and Technology Education. The Office of Admin…

A. The State Board of Career and Technology Education is hereby authorized and directed to enter into agreements and to contract for the provision of adult education, assessment and other services for courses leading to a high school equivalency diploma. Any adult education progr…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Board of Career and Technology Education to be designated the "Adult Education Revolving Fund". The fund shall consist of fees paid to the Board for the oversight and management of the high school equiva…

line of duty. A. Within the system of career technology districts, no resident tuition or nonresident tuition shall be charged to the: 1. Children of Oklahoma peace officers as defined by Section 648 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes who have given their lives in the line of d…

line of duty. A. Within the system of career technology districts, no fees shall be charged to: 1. Children of Oklahoma peace officers as defined by Section 648 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes who have given their lives in the line of duty; 2. Children of Oklahoma firefighte…

credentials. Subject to the availability of funds, beginning with the 2019- 2020 school year, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, in cooperation with the State Department of Education and the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability, shall review and approve career-…