Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.577
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Director and faculty
Official statutory text
A. A public developmental research school shall be headed by a
director, selected by the president of the affiliated higher
education institution and employed by the affiliated higher
education institution. The director shall be the chief executive
officer of the district in which the developmental research school
is located. The director is not required to be a certified
administrator and may be selected from the staff of the college of
education of the affiliated higher education institution. The board
of education for the district in which the developmental research
school is located may reimburse the higher education institution for
part of the director's salary.
B. Except as provided in this section, classroom teachers
employed to teach in a public developmental research school shall be
certified teachers pursuant to Section 6-101 et seq. of Title 70 of
the Oklahoma Statutes. Higher education faculty employed by the
affiliated higher education institution who are not certified
teachers may serve simultaneously as instructional personnel for the
public developmental research school and the higher education
institution. No more than one-third of the teaching faculty of the
research school may be higher education faculty who are not
certified pursuant to Section 6-101 et seq. of Title 70 of the
Oklahoma Statutes.
C. Persons participating in the Alternative Placement Program
pursuant to Section 6-122.3 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes may
be employed as teachers in a public developmental research school.
director, selected by the president of the affiliated higher
education institution and employed by the affiliated higher
education institution. The director shall be the chief executive
officer of the district in which the developmental research school
is located. The director is not required to be a certified
administrator and may be selected from the staff of the college of
education of the affiliated higher education institution. The board
of education for the district in which the developmental research
school is located may reimburse the higher education institution for
part of the director's salary.
B. Except as provided in this section, classroom teachers
employed to teach in a public developmental research school shall be
certified teachers pursuant to Section 6-101 et seq. of Title 70 of
the Oklahoma Statutes. Higher education faculty employed by the
affiliated higher education institution who are not certified
teachers may serve simultaneously as instructional personnel for the
public developmental research school and the higher education
institution. No more than one-third of the teaching faculty of the
research school may be higher education faculty who are not
certified pursuant to Section 6-101 et seq. of Title 70 of the
Oklahoma Statutes.
C. Persons participating in the Alternative Placement Program
pursuant to Section 6-122.3 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes may
be employed as teachers in a public developmental research school.
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