Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-10-106

It shall be the duty of the principal or head teacher of each

public, private or other school in the State of Oklahoma to keep a

full and complete record of the attendance of all children at such

school and to notify the attendance officer of the district in which

such school is located of the absence of such children from the

school together with the causes thereof, if known; and it shall be

the duty of any parent, guardian or other person having charge of

any child of compulsory attendance age to notify the child's teacher

concerning the cause of any absences of such child. It shall be the

duty of the principal or head teacher to notify the parent, guardian

or responsible person of the absence of the child for any part of

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the school day, unless the parent, guardian or other responsible

person notifies the principal or head teacher of such absence. Such

attendance officer and teacher shall be required to report to the

school health officer all absences on account of illness with such

information respecting the same as may be available by report or

investigation; and the attendance officer shall, if justified by the

circumstances, promptly give to the parent, guardian or custodian of

any child who has not complied with the provisions of this article

oral and documented or written warning to the last-known address of

such person that the attendance of such child is required at some

public, private or other school as herein provided. If within five

(5) days after the warning has been received, the parent, guardian

or custodian of such child does not comply with the provisions of

this article, then such attendance officer shall make complaint

against the parent, guardian or custodian of such child in a court

of competent jurisdiction for such violation, which violation shall

be a misdemeanor. If a child is absent without valid excuse four

(4) or more days or parts of days within a four-week period or is

absent without valid excuse for ten (10) or more days or parts of

days within a semester, the attendance officer shall notify the

parent, guardian or custodian of the child and immediately report

such absences to the district attorney in the county wherein the

school is located for juvenile proceedings pursuant to Title 10A of

the Oklahoma Statutes.