Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-11-111

exemption.

A. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the

2006-2007 school year, all students shall complete the following

college preparatory curricular requirements:

1. Four units of English to include Grammar, Composition,

Literature, or any English course approved for college admission

requirements;

2. Three units of laboratory science, limited to Biology,

Chemistry, Physics, or any laboratory science course with content

and/or rigor equal to or above Biology and approved for college

admission requirements;

3. Three units of mathematics, limited to Algebra I, Algebra

II, Geometry, Trigonometry, Math Analysis, Calculus, Advanced

Placement Statistics, or any mathematics course with content and/or

rigor above Algebra I and approved for college admission

requirements;

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4. Three units of history and citizenship skills, including one

unit of American History and two units from the subjects of History,

Government, Geography, Economics, Civics, or Non-Western culture;

5. Two units of the same foreign or non-English language or two

units of computer technology approved for college admission

requirements, whether taught at a high school or a technology center

school, including computer programming, hardware, and business

computer applications such as word processing, databases,

spreadsheets, and graphics, excluding keyboarding or typing courses;

6. One additional unit selected from paragraphs 1 through 5 of

this subsection or career and technology education courses approved

for college admission requirements; and

7. One unit or set of competencies of fine arts, such as music,

art, or drama, or one unit of speech.

B. A student may enroll in a curriculum that does not meet the

requirements of subsection A of this section upon approval of the

parent or legal guardian of the student. School districts may

require a parent or legal guardian of the student to meet with a

designee of the school prior to enrollment in such a curriculum.

The State Department of Education shall develop and distribute to

school districts a form suitable for this purpose which shall

include information on the benefits to students of completing the

college preparatory curriculum required pursuant to this section.

C. The State Department of Education shall collect and report

data by school site and district on the number of students whose

parents or legal guardians approve enrollment in other than the

college preparatory curriculum required pursuant to this section.

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, in order to

graduate from a public high school accredited by the State Board of

Education with a standard diploma, students shall continue to be

subject to the curricular requirements established pursuant to

Section 11-103.6 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

E. For purposes of this section, the courses approved for

college admission requirements shall be courses which are approved

by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education for admission to

an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education.