Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1733
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Entitlement to free education and dormitory housing –
Official statutory text
Criteria and procedures.
A. Residents of this state for whom deafness or hardness of
hearing is the primary impediment to success in the common schools
of the state, and who are of suitable age and physical and mental
capacity, shall be entitled to an education in the Oklahoma School
for the Deaf without charge.
B. Students admitted to the school who are of suitable
emotional capacity and who are not a threat to themselves or others
shall be entitled to reside at the school free of charge to the
extent that dormitory housing is available.
C. The Department of Rehabilitation Services shall establish
the criteria and procedures for admission to the school.
R.L. 1910, § 6988. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 40, § 1, emerg. eff.
April 5, 1976; Laws 2001, c. 329, § 8, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001.
A. Residents of this state for whom deafness or hardness of
hearing is the primary impediment to success in the common schools
of the state, and who are of suitable age and physical and mental
capacity, shall be entitled to an education in the Oklahoma School
for the Deaf without charge.
B. Students admitted to the school who are of suitable
emotional capacity and who are not a threat to themselves or others
shall be entitled to reside at the school free of charge to the
extent that dormitory housing is available.
C. The Department of Rehabilitation Services shall establish
the criteria and procedures for admission to the school.
R.L. 1910, § 6988. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 40, § 1, emerg. eff.
April 5, 1976; Laws 2001, c. 329, § 8, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001.
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