Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-18-108
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Free public kindergarten - School district transfer
Official statutory text
alternative - Exemption.
A. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a free public
kindergarten for every five-year-old child in this state.
B. Each day during which a child attends a kindergarten for two
and one-half (2 1/2) hours or more shall be counted as one hundred
percent (100%) of one (1) day of average daily attendance. Each day
a kindergarten student is on the membership roll in a school
district shall be counted as one hundred percent (100%) of one (1)
day of average daily membership.
C. It shall be the duty of every school district in this state
to provide and offer kindergarten free of tuition for every child
residing in the district who attains the age of five (5) years on or
before the first day of September during the school year such
kindergarten is offered. The duty to provide and offer kindergarten
may be satisfied by transferring kindergarten children to other
school districts which accept them and provide kindergarten for such
children, or by contracting for classroom space with a licensed
public or licensed private child care provider based upon selection
criteria established by the district.
D. A kindergarten program may be offered jointly by school
districts that have formed interlocal cooperative agreements
pursuant to Section 5-117b of this title.
E. Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, it shall be the
duty of every school district in this state to provide and offer a
full six-hour day of kindergarten free of tuition for every child
residing in the district who attains the age of five (5) years on or
before the first day of September during the school year
kindergarten is offered. The duty to provide and offer kindergarten
may be satisfied by intra-district transfer to a school offering
full-day kindergarten, by transferring kindergarten children to
other school districts which will accept them and can provide
kindergarten for such children, or by contracting for classroom
space with a licensed public or licensed private child care provider
based upon selection criteria established by the district. A school
district shall be exempt from the provisions of this subsection if
the school district has voted indebtedness through the issuance of
bonds or approval by voters of issuance of new bonds for more than
eighty-five percent (85%) of the maximum allowable, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 26 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution,
at any time within the previous five (5) years.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 815
F. The requirement to attend kindergarten provided in Section
10-105 of this title may be satisfied by attendance in either a
half-day or full-day program. Membership in a kindergarten for
either two and one-half (2 1/2) hours or six (6) hours per school
day shall be counted as one (1) day for average daily membership
purposes. For purposes of State Aid, the pupil grade level weight
for a two-and-one-half-hour day of kindergarten shall be 1.3, and
for a six-hour full day of kindergarten shall be 1.5.
A. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a free public
kindergarten for every five-year-old child in this state.
B. Each day during which a child attends a kindergarten for two
and one-half (2 1/2) hours or more shall be counted as one hundred
percent (100%) of one (1) day of average daily attendance. Each day
a kindergarten student is on the membership roll in a school
district shall be counted as one hundred percent (100%) of one (1)
day of average daily membership.
C. It shall be the duty of every school district in this state
to provide and offer kindergarten free of tuition for every child
residing in the district who attains the age of five (5) years on or
before the first day of September during the school year such
kindergarten is offered. The duty to provide and offer kindergarten
may be satisfied by transferring kindergarten children to other
school districts which accept them and provide kindergarten for such
children, or by contracting for classroom space with a licensed
public or licensed private child care provider based upon selection
criteria established by the district.
D. A kindergarten program may be offered jointly by school
districts that have formed interlocal cooperative agreements
pursuant to Section 5-117b of this title.
E. Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, it shall be the
duty of every school district in this state to provide and offer a
full six-hour day of kindergarten free of tuition for every child
residing in the district who attains the age of five (5) years on or
before the first day of September during the school year
kindergarten is offered. The duty to provide and offer kindergarten
may be satisfied by intra-district transfer to a school offering
full-day kindergarten, by transferring kindergarten children to
other school districts which will accept them and can provide
kindergarten for such children, or by contracting for classroom
space with a licensed public or licensed private child care provider
based upon selection criteria established by the district. A school
district shall be exempt from the provisions of this subsection if
the school district has voted indebtedness through the issuance of
bonds or approval by voters of issuance of new bonds for more than
eighty-five percent (85%) of the maximum allowable, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 26 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution,
at any time within the previous five (5) years.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 815
F. The requirement to attend kindergarten provided in Section
10-105 of this title may be satisfied by attendance in either a
half-day or full-day program. Membership in a kindergarten for
either two and one-half (2 1/2) hours or six (6) hours per school
day shall be counted as one (1) day for average daily membership
purposes. For purposes of State Aid, the pupil grade level weight
for a two-and-one-half-hour day of kindergarten shall be 1.3, and
for a six-hour full day of kindergarten shall be 1.5.
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