Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.710
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Funding of elementary school counselors –
Official statutory text
Implementation contingency – Verification of expenditure levels.
A. It is hereby the intent of the Oklahoma Legislature to
provide funding to urban school districts to hire school counselors
at the elementary level. Preference for funding shall be given to
those urban school districts that have the highest number of
elementary students at-risk and in need of alternative education.
For purposes of this section, “urban school district” means a school
district with an average daily membership of thirty thousand
(30,000) or more.
B. Implementation of this section shall be contingent upon the
appropriation by the Legislature of state funds for the specific
purpose of implementing this section. Nothing in this section shall
prevent the State Board of Education or a school district board of
education from utilizing private, local, or federal funds to
implement this section.
C. Implementation 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 section, 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. 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.
A. It is hereby the intent of the Oklahoma Legislature to
provide funding to urban school districts to hire school counselors
at the elementary level. Preference for funding shall be given to
those urban school districts that have the highest number of
elementary students at-risk and in need of alternative education.
For purposes of this section, “urban school district” means a school
district with an average daily membership of thirty thousand
(30,000) or more.
B. Implementation of this section shall be contingent upon the
appropriation by the Legislature of state funds for the specific
purpose of implementing this section. Nothing in this section shall
prevent the State Board of Education or a school district board of
education from utilizing private, local, or federal funds to
implement this section.
C. Implementation 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 section, 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. 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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