Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-21-105.1

licensure.

A. The existence of a private school, for the purpose of

requiring a state authorization license to be obtained, shall be

determined by the education or training program that is offered or

proposed to be offered and such other school attributes as

enumerated by the Legislature or the Oklahoma Board of Private

Vocational Schools.

B. Training and education programs to be considered for state

authorization licensure include:

1. Training or education that pertains to a business,

professional, trade or industrial occupation or vocational-technical

field that may result in the receipt of a degree, diploma or

certificate;

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2. Improvement or enhancement of specific or general business

skills that may be used in one or more occupations;

3. Preparing a person to instruct subject matter that might

otherwise not require private school licensing, such as a

recreational, avocational or hobby activity, if the future

instructor's training may result in the future teacher receiving

remuneration for the training he or she will offer; and

4. Providing a program of prelicensing or exam preparation when

not licensed or approved by another state agency.

C. Training or education to be licensed for state authorization

by the Board may include a program that is offered through:

1. Traditional classrooms;

2. Short-term programs such as a seminar or workshop that does

not qualify for an exemption from licensing and offers to improve or

enhance specific or general business skills that may be used in one

or more occupations;

3. Correspondence; and

4. Distance education.

D. An entity shall be treated as a school for purposes of

licensing regardless of whether the entity:

1. Identifies itself as a school or other similar term;

2. Owns, rents or leases a physical facility or has physical

space donated to conduct classes or to host a correspondence or

distance education program;

3. Possesses any specific tax status granted by the Internal

Revenue Service or a state's taxation authority; or

4. Proposes funding that may or may not be limited to receiving

monies or other consideration through the U.S. Department of

Education's Title IV or other federal mechanisms, privately paid

tuition, student loans, grants, scholarships or receipt of other

consideration.