Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-132

establishment of new schools.

A. The Oklahoma Charter Schools Act shall apply only to charter

schools formed and operated under the provisions of the act.

Charter schools shall be sponsored only as follows:

1. By any school district located in this state, provided such

charter school shall only be located within the geographical

boundaries of the sponsoring district and subject to the

restrictions of Section 3-145.6 of this title;

2. By an accredited comprehensive, regional, or two-year

institution that is a member of The Oklahoma State System of Higher

Education or by a private institution of higher learning located

within this state that is accredited pursuant to Section 4103 of

this title;

3. By a federally recognized Indian tribe, operating a high

school under the authority of the Bureau of Indian Affairs as of

November 1, 2010, if the charter school is for the purpose of

demonstrating native language immersion instruction, and is located

within its former reservation or treaty area boundaries. For

purposes of this paragraph, native language immersion instruction

shall require that educational instruction and other activities

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conducted at the school site are primarily conducted in the native

language;

4. Until June 30, 2023, by the State Board of Education and

beginning July 1, 2024, by the Statewide Charter School Board when

the applicant of the charter school is the Office of Juvenile

Affairs or the applicant has a contract with the Office of Juvenile

Affairs and the charter school is for the purpose of providing

education services to youth in the custody or supervision of the

state or county;

5. By a federally recognized Indian tribe only when the charter

school is located within the former reservation or treaty area

boundaries of the tribe on property held in trust by the Bureau of

Indian Affairs of the United States Department of the Interior for

the benefit of the tribe; or

6. By the Statewide Charter School Board. In counties with a

population of fewer than five hundred thousand (500,000), according

to the latest Federal Decennial Census, the Statewide Charter School

Board shall not sponsor more than five new charter schools each

year. Existing charter schools sponsored by the Statewide Charter

School Board shall not apply to the limits prescribed by this

paragraph.

B. An eligible non-school-district sponsor shall give priority

to opening charter schools that serve at-risk student populations or

students from low-performing traditional public schools.

C. An eligible non-school-district sponsor shall give priority

to applicants that have demonstrated a record of operating at least

one school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and

organizational viability and serves student populations similar to

those the proposed charter school seeks to serve. In assessing the

potential for quality replication of a charter school, a sponsor

shall consider the following factors before approving a new site or

school:

1. Evidence of a strong and reliable record of academic success

based primarily on student performance data, as well as other viable

indicators including financial and operational success;

2. A sound, detailed, and well-supported growth plan;

3. Evidence of the ability to transfer successful practices to

a potentially different context that includes reproducing critical

cultural, organizational, and instructional characteristics;

4. Any management organization involved in a potential

replication is fully vetted, and the academic, financial, and

operational records of the schools it operates are found to be

satisfactory;

5. Evidence the program seeking to be replicated has the

capacity to do so successfully without diminishing or putting at

risk its current operations; and

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6. A financial structure that ensures that funds attributable
on is fully vetted, and the academic, financial, and

operational records of the schools it operates are found to be

satisfactory;

5. Evidence the program seeking to be replicated has the

capacity to do so successfully without diminishing or putting at

risk its current operations; and

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6. A financial structure that ensures that funds attributable

to each charter school within a network and required by law to be

utilized by a school remain with and are used to benefit that

school.