Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-16-121

therefor.

A. All textbooks adopted, purchased and distributed to school

districts shall be furnished free of cost to the school children of

such districts and shall be owned by such districts and each

district shall mark each textbook with an appropriate number or

other identification as deemed necessary to maintain proper records

thereof. Each district board of education shall ensure that all

textbooks necessary for completion of assigned course work are

routinely available for every child enrolled in the schools of the

district for the child's personal use in a manner that will enable

the child to complete assigned course work. The State Board of

Education shall maintain a replacement program so that all textbooks

for student use are in satisfactory condition. Nothing herein shall

prevent the purchase, from local school district funds, of any

adopted textbook or any additional and supplementary textbooks if

the board of education of any school district deems it necessary to

make such purchases in order to establish and maintain the highest

standards of excellence of its schools.

B. 1. Each school child who has been issued a set of textbooks

pursuant to this section, and the parents or legal guardian of such

child shall be responsible to the school district for the return of

or payment for such textbook issued to the child which is not

returned to the school.

2. The State Board of Education is authorized to promulgate

rules requiring the return of or payment for any textbook used by a

school child which is not returned to the school. Such rules shall

provide for certain exceptions to such policies. Local boards shall

include considerations for the inability to pay for the textbook,

and reasons for the nonreturn of the textbook. A local school board

is authorized to withhold transcripts, or other records of the

school relating to any school child who fails to return a textbook

or make payment for the textbook if not returned. For the purpose

of this subsection, the term "transcript" shall include any record

of a grade or grades given to a student by a teacher.

3. The provisions of this subsection shall not authorize the

State Board of Education to prevent any school child from actually

receiving a grade he is otherwise entitled to for completion of a

course of study, from graduating upon completion of the

requirements, or from obtaining any records or information supplied

to the school or otherwise owned by the child.

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