2015 School Law Book - Oklahoma State Department of …

Oklahoma State Department of Education

2015 School Law Book

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OKLAHOMA SCHOOL CODE SCOPE, ORGANIZATION, AND DEFINITIONS Oklahoma School Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Purpose of Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Act to be Liberally Construed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Act Not to Repeal or Modify Tax Laws Unless Specifically Provided. . . . . . . 1 State Department of Education - Definition - Agencies of State. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Public Schools - Definition - What Included. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Educational Services - Enumeration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Technology Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 School District - Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 School Year - Length - School for Less Than Full Term. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Extended School Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 School Day - Six Hours - Exceptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 School Taught on Saturday.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Residence of Child - Attendance in Transportation Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Parent Power of Attorney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Form for Parent Power of Attorney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Children - School Age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Foreign Exchange Students.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 District Head Start Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 School System - Administered by State Department of Education, etc. . . . . 14 Positions in School System - Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Teaching Principal - Classroom Teaching.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Administration of Medicine - School Nurses.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Self-Medication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 General Fund - Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Building Fund - Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Building Funds of Technology Center School Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Sinking Fund - Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Controls Over Other Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Contribution to Revolving Fund by Taxpayers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Public School Classroom Support Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION State Board of Education - Members - Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Quorum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 State Board of Education - Powers and Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Persons Convicted of Certain Crimes Ineligible for Teacher Certificate.. . . 28 Requirements for Compliance with Accreditation Standards.. . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Implementation of Accreditation Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Plan of Educational Development and Improvement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Legislative Services Recognized in Renewal of Teaching Certificates. . . . . . 30 Educational Services for Partial Hospitalization Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Office - Books Pertaining to Office - Salary of Superintendent. . . . . . . . . . . 30 Administrative and Executive Duties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Powers of State Superintendent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Curriculum Materials Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Adult Education Matching Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Educational Accountability Reform Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Office of Educational Quality and Accountability - Creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability - Creation, Duties

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability - Merger. . . . . . . . 33 Commission for Teacher Preparation- Merger.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Secretary of Education - Powers - Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Performance Reviews - Office of Educational Quality and Accountability.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 School Lunch Matching and Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Competitive Funding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Administrative and Support Functions, Funding Requirements. . . . . . . . . . 36 Funding Services for Visually Impaired Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Funding Oklahoma Education 2000 Challenge Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Review of Laws.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Educational Deregulation Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Requirements for Exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Procedures for Implementation and Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 State Board to Promulgate Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Empowered Schools and School Districts Act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Empowered Schools ? Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Empowered Schools ? Empowerment Plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Empowered Schools ? Accountability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Empowered Schools ? Acceptance of Donations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Empowered Schools ? State Board Approval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Empowered Schools ? Waiver of Certain Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Empowered Schools ? Waiver of Collective Bargaining Provisions. . . . . . . . 43 Empowered Schools ? Performance Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Empowered Schools ? State Board Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 School District Empowerment Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Oklahoma Charter Schools Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Application of Charter Schools Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Written Proposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Written Contract for Charter School.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Charter Requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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Term of Contract, Renewal, and Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Reprisal Prohibited for Involvement with Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Rights of Teachers Returning to Sponsoring School District. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Admission and Enrollment of Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Funding of Charter Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Annual Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Charter Schools Incentive Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Board of Juvenile Affairs as Sponsor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, Creation, Vacancies. . . . . . . . . . . 63 Statewide Virtual Charter School Board Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Statewide Virtual Charter School Board Powers and Responsibilities. . . . . 64 State Department to Promulgate Rules for Virtual Charter School Act. . . . 65 Districts Offering Virtual School to Non-residents Must Report. . . . . . . . . . 65 Districts Offering Virtual School to Non-residents Considered Site.. . . . . . . 66 Statewide Virtual Charter School Board Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 School Graduation Rates.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Growth Targets ? Graduation Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Academic Achievement Award Program.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Exemptions from Reporting Requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Plans to be Reviewed by Regional Accreditation Officer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Study Regarding School District Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Local Input Reports and Tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Student Record System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Information Provided by Parent or Guardian Upon Enrollment. . . . . . . . . . 71 Data Coordinating Council. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Data Coordinating Council Revolving Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Educational Quality and Accountability Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Educational Quality and Accountability Board Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . 76 Exemptions from Advisory Councils or Committees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act. . . . . . . . 76 Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Abolition of Office of County Superintendent of Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 School District Boundaries - Duties of County Clerk.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Preservation of Records of Former County Superintendents. . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BOARDS OF EDUCATION School Districts - Designation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Independent School Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Elementary School Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Elementary School Districts Offering Grades Above Eighth Grade. . . . . . . 84 Designation of District Retained on Records.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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