Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.553
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Before-school, after-school, and summer period
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programs – Pilot projects – Implementation contingency –
Verification of expenditure levels.
A. Contingent upon the provision of appropriated funds
designated for such purpose, the State Board of Education may award
one or more competitive grants for providing academically-oriented
programs to students needing or desiring such programs during
before-school, after-school, and summer periods.
B. The State Board of Education shall determine pilot program
criteria and establish a process for the consideration of proposals.
Such proposals for pilot programs shall be considered on a statewide
competitive basis. The State Board of Education is authorized to
promulgate rules for the operation of such programs.
C. Upon implementation of this subsection as provided for in
subsection D of this section, the State Board of Education shall
modify the awards process for the competitive grants so that grants
are awarded to school districts or nonprofit organizations. In
addition, the grants shall be awarded to academically oriented
programs which serve students in at-risk or disadvantaged urban
school districts.
D. Implementation of subsection C of this section shall be
delayed until the current expenditure per pupil in average daily
attendance in public elementary and secondary schools in unadjusted
dollars for the 1998-99 school year or any school year thereafter
for Oklahoma, as reported by the National Center for Education
Statistics annually in the Digest of Education Statistics, reaches
at least ninety percent (90%) of the regional average expenditure
for that same year, and funds are provided. For purposes of this
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subsection, the regional average expenditure shall consist of the
current expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance in public
elementary and secondary schools in unadjusted dollars for each of
the following states: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, averaged together. By January 1 of
each year, the State Board of Education shall report whether or not
the ninety-percent expenditure level has been reached based on
information reported annually in the Digest of Education Statistics
by the National Center for Education Statistics. Subsection C of
this section shall be implemented on July 1 after the first January
1 report verifies that the ninety-percent expenditure level has been
reached and funds have been provided for the specific purposes of
this section.
Verification of expenditure levels.
A. Contingent upon the provision of appropriated funds
designated for such purpose, the State Board of Education may award
one or more competitive grants for providing academically-oriented
programs to students needing or desiring such programs during
before-school, after-school, and summer periods.
B. The State Board of Education shall determine pilot program
criteria and establish a process for the consideration of proposals.
Such proposals for pilot programs shall be considered on a statewide
competitive basis. The State Board of Education is authorized to
promulgate rules for the operation of such programs.
C. Upon implementation of this subsection as provided for in
subsection D of this section, the State Board of Education shall
modify the awards process for the competitive grants so that grants
are awarded to school districts or nonprofit organizations. In
addition, the grants shall be awarded to academically oriented
programs which serve students in at-risk or disadvantaged urban
school districts.
D. Implementation of subsection C of this section shall be
delayed until the current expenditure per pupil in average daily
attendance in public elementary and secondary schools in unadjusted
dollars for the 1998-99 school year or any school year thereafter
for Oklahoma, as reported by the National Center for Education
Statistics annually in the Digest of Education Statistics, reaches
at least ninety percent (90%) of the regional average expenditure
for that same year, and funds are provided. For purposes of this
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1265
subsection, the regional average expenditure shall consist of the
current expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance in public
elementary and secondary schools in unadjusted dollars for each of
the following states: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, averaged together. By January 1 of
each year, the State Board of Education shall report whether or not
the ninety-percent expenditure level has been reached based on
information reported annually in the Digest of Education Statistics
by the National Center for Education Statistics. Subsection C of
this section shall be implemented on July 1 after the first January
1 report verifies that the ninety-percent expenditure level has been
reached and funds have been provided for the specific purposes of
this section.
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