Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-103.6d

A. District boards of education may develop and issue a

certificate of distinction that is to be awarded to students,

beginning with students in the 2000-2001 high school graduating

class who have met or exceeded the following criteria by the end of

their senior year in high school with at least a 3.25 grade point

average on a 4.0 scale:

1. Earned four units each in English, mathematics, social

studies, and science;

2. Earned two additional units in the area of technology, the

humanities, or the arts;

3. Earned two units in a foreign language; and

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4. Achieved a proficient or advanced score on all end-of-

instruction tests as required pursuant to Section 1210.508 of this

title, as those tests are implemented.

B. For purposes of this section, applicable vocational-

technical classes offered by comprehensive high school vocational-

technical programs shall qualify for technology, science, and

mathematics units. Students enrolled in the programs may use one

unit of their six concentrated vocational-technical curriculum units

for one unit of mathematics required by this section and one unit of

their six concentrated vocational-technical curriculum units for one

unit of science required by this section. Advanced placement

classes in the subject areas listed in paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of

subsection A of this section may be substituted on a course-by-

course basis to satisfy the academic units required for a

certificate of distinction.

C. For purposes of this section, “unit” means a Carnegie Unit

as defined by the North Central Association’s Commission on Schools.