Title 70, Title 70 — Schools

The employer of each member shall submit all required school reports and all employer and employee contributions of each member due the Retirement System for payroll periods ending during the calendar month within ten (10) days of the last day of each calendar month. Any required…

A. Effective July 1, 1999, for each active contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma, who is making contributions of at least Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per month to a plan account maintained by the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma pursuant to Se…

When a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma makes an application to retire, the System shall provide to such member an application to participate in a retired teachers’ organization along with a form allowing the member to elect to have annual membership dues in …

To qualify as a retired teachers’ organization pursuant to Section 17-122 of this title, the organization shall be primarily organized for the purpose of representing the interests of retired teachers in this state and providing member benefits. Added by Laws 2003, c. 243, § 2, e…

Universities Act – Short title. Sections 1 through 8 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the “Alternate Retirement Plan for Comprehensive Universities Act”. Added by Laws 2004, c. 385, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004.

The following words and phrases as used in this act shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context: 1. "Participating institution" means only the entities that comprise a comprehensive university pursuant to Section 17-101 of this …

investments. Alternate retirement plans for eligible employees are hereby authorized at participating institutions in lieu of the retirement plan offered by the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma. Alternate retirement plans shall, for eligible employees, provide retirement a…

alternative retirement plan. A. On or before June 30, 2005, the Board of Regents of a participating institution may establish an alternate retirement plan pursuant to the provisions of this act, for the entities under the jurisdiction of such Board of Regents, for eligible employ…

funding of alternative retirement plan. Each Board of Regents which establishes an alternate retirement plan shall designate one or more companies to provide for the funding of alternate retirement plan benefits through the purchase of annuity contracts, qualified retirement trus…

or Teachers Retirement Plan System of Oklahoma. A. An eligible employee shall have thirty (30) days from such eligible employee's initial date of hire or the date the alternate retirement plan is adopted by the participating institution, whichever is later, to make a one-time irr…

not considered salary, fringe benefits or compensation – Allocation of assets – Calculation of liability. A. Participating institutions establishing an alternate retirement plan pursuant to this act shall pay an initial funding surcharge, and if applicable an additional funding s…

alternate plan not obligation of state or Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma – Responsibility for payment of benefits. All eligible employees participating in the alternate retirement plan shall acknowledge in writing that benefits payable pursuant to such alternate retireme…

principles. The Legislature hereby declares that this act is passed for the general improvement of the public schools in the State of Oklahoma; to provide the best possible educational opportunities for every child in Oklahoma; and to have a more beneficial use of public funds ex…

There shall be apportioned and disbursed annually by the State Board of Education, from appropriations made by the Legislature for this purpose and from funds derived from other sources provided by law for this purpose, to the several school districts of the state, such sums of m…

A. The funds apportioned and disbursed to the several school districts of the state shall be for the purpose of aiding each school district receiving the same to finance its school budget for each fiscal year. The State Board of Education shall notify the county clerk, the board …

Services - Copy of apportionments. The State Board of Education shall furnish the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services with a copy of the apportionments made from the funds appropriated for each fiscal year to each of the several school districts of the st…

As used in this title: 1. "Average Daily Attendance" (ADA) means the legal average number of pupils, early childhood education programs through grade twelve, in a school district during a school year as determined pursuant to the provisions of Section 18-111 of this title. A day …

through State Aid Formula - Property included in assessed valuation. Except as provided for in subsection D of Section 18-200 of this title, for the purpose of determining the financial support to school districts through the State Aid Formula, the assessed valuation of a school …

alternative - Exemption. A. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a free public kindergarten for every five-year-old child in this state. B. Each day during which a child attends a kindergarten for two and one-half (2 1/2) hours or more shall be counted as one hundred pe…

The Legislature hereby declares, for the purpose of financial support to school districts through the State Aid Formula, that greater equalization of State Aid to school districts will be attained by the following procedure: 1. For the 1989-90 school year, the real property porti…

A. As used in Section 18-201.1 of this title: 1. "Visual impairment" means an impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child's educational performance. This includes both partial sight and blindness; 2. "Specific learning disability" means a disorder i…

Review and recommendations - Report. A. The State Board of Education shall review the pupil grade level weights, district weights and pupil category weights which form a part of the school funding formula using the results of the educational cost accounting system now in place an…

A. Pursuant to Section 12a of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution, there is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be designated as the "Common School Fund". Monies from this fund shall be apportioned by the State Treasurer for distribution as provided for by the Legis…

A. If any district, or a part of a district, becomes a part of another district by consolidation, annexation, or otherwise, the following procedure shall be followed, except as otherwise provided by law, in calculating aid to the new district or districts so formed: 1. If the act…

No pupil shall be counted in the average daily membership of any district for the purpose set out in this article unless said pupil is a legal resident of said district as provided for in Section 1- 113 of this title or has been transferred to said district. A pupil moving from a…

A. For the 1987-88 school year and for each school year thereafter, each school district which, pursuant to the provisions of Section 18-112 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, received funding for the 1986-87 school year in excess of the sum of Foundation Aid, Salary Incentive…

A. The provisions of this subsection shall apply only to grades one through three. 1. Except as otherwise provided for in this section, no child shall be included in the average daily membership of a school district for the purpose of computing and paying state-appropriated funds…

Exemptions. A. The provisions of this section shall apply only to kindergarten. 1. No child shall be included in the average daily membership of a school district for the purpose of computing and paying state- appropriated funds if that child is regularly assigned to a teacher or…

may instruct during school day - Penalties - Exemptions. A. Class size, as used in Section 18-113.1 and Section 18-113.2 of this title, shall be determined by the average daily membership divided by the full-time equivalency of the instructional staff assigned to each grade level…

A. Beginning with the 1997-98 school year, the penalties for exceeding class size limitations established in Sections 18-113.1, 18-113.2 and 18-113.3 of this title shall not apply if the class size limitations, as set forth in said sections, are exceeded beginning after the first…

from class size limitations. Any school maintained in the state reformatories under the administrative authority of the Department of Corrections shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 18-113.3 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The State Board of Education shall no…

Boards of education of all school districts may adopt a salary schedule and increments in excess of the minimums provided in this act. Added by Laws 1973, c. 211, § 24, emerg. eff. May 22, 1973.

salary increases. State appropriated funding for certified or support personnel salary increases that is not appropriated through the State Aid formula provided in Section 18-200.1 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be added to the state appropriation for the State Aid fo…

A. Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, certified personnel, as defined in Section 26-103 of this title, in the public schools of this state shall receive in salary and/or fringe benefits not less than the amounts specified in the following schedule: MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE …

increment. To qualify for the yearly One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) increment as provided by the Oklahoma Statutes a tradesman or technician not having a college degree who is employed as an instructor in an approved vocational trade and industrial program shall complete eight (8)…

determination. Provided that, all school districts in the State of Oklahoma, employing certified personnel who have earned Juris Doctorate Degree, granted by an institution of higher learning with membership in a recognized accrediting association are required to accord to and gr…

Prohibition of reduction of wages, hours, fringe benefits or other benefits in agreement - Exceptions to prohibition. During the twelve-month period following the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement, no district board of education may reduce the wages, hours, fringe b…

level from one school year to the next – Violation – Forfeiture and withholding of State Aid – Filing of complaints. A. If a teacher, as defined in Section 6-101.3 of this title, is employed by the same school district for the next school year as the preceding school year, the to…

In the preparation of their budgets and estimates of income for the school years 1971-1972 and thereafter, the school districts of this state may include the increased amounts of state aid provided by this act. Laws 1971, c. 305, § 15, emerg. eff. June 17, 1971.

A. Any school district which willfully operates school buses contrary to the rules and regulations prescribed by the State Board of Education shall forfeit its State Aid for the time of noncompliance. All State Aid funds shall be withheld from any school district that does not co…

All apportionments of State Aid to school districts shall be made by the State Board of Education through its Director of Finance, who shall not knowingly make any apportionment or disbursement of State Aid funds which is not authorized by law. Any State Aid funds illegally disbu…

districts - Withholding from subsequent allocations. A. The State Auditor and Inspector shall approve auditors who shall audit the funds of the public school districts and the use made of the monies thereof, and shall make such other audits as may be required by the State Auditor…

on persons convicted of certain crimes - School Investigative Audit Revolving Fund. A. When a bond is forfeited due to illegal activity of a school district officer or employee and an audit performed by the Office of the State Auditor and Inspector reported the illegal activity, …

70 O.S. 1961, Sections 3-1 through 3-7, 35a, 35b, and 35c, and Sections 1 and 2, Chapter 434, O.S.L. 1965 (70 O.S.Supp. 1970, Sections 3-4.1 and 3-4.2), insofar only as same are in conflict with Sections 21 and 22 hereof, are hereby specifically superceded. Added by Laws 1971, c.…

Teachers may be dismissed if a school district has a loss of average daily attendance over the prior year which would reduce state aid to the extent that such district was unable to finance the contract salaries of teachers employed by school districts under the continuing contra…

Salary Incentive Aid. A. Any school district with an average daily attendance (ADA) of more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) students for the preceding year which expends for administrative services in the 2005-06 school year or any school year thereafter, less expenditures…

cooperative programs. Recognizing the needs small school districts have to meet increased high school graduation and college admission requirements, and the difficulty such districts may experience in offering the necessary academic courses, the Legislature hereby states its inte…

This act shall be cited as the "Common School Capital Improvement Act". Added by Laws 1982, c. 334, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.

It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Legislature to assure that students in the public schools of this state occupy facilities which are designed for adaptability to program offerings. Such facilities should be structurally safe, well maintained and contain adequate spac…

improvement plan. A. Each local school district shall develop and adopt a four- year capital improvement plan for the public schools in the district. Each local school district shall review and update their plans annually. Capital improvement plans shall be based upon guidelines …