Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-145.8v2

A. It shall be the duty of each virtual charter school approved

and sponsored by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board pursuant

to the provisions of Section 3-145.3 of this title to keep a full

and complete record of the attendance of all students enrolled in

the virtual charter school in one of the student information systems

approved by the State Department of Education and locally selected

by the virtual school from the approved list.

B. By July 1, 2020, the governing body of each virtual charter

school shall adopt an attendance policy. The policy may allow

attendance to be a proportional amount of the required attendance

policy provisions based upon the date of enrollment of the student.

The attendance policy shall include the following provisions:

1. The first date of attendance and membership shall be the

first date the student completes an instructional activity.

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2. A student who attends a virtual charter school shall be

considered in attendance for a quarter if the student:

a. completes instructional activities on no less than

ninety percent (90%) of the days within the quarter,

b. is on pace for on-time completion of the course as

defined by the governing board of the virtual charter

school, or

c. completes no less than seventy-two instructional

activities within the quarter of the academic year.

3. For a student who does not meet any of the criteria set

forth in paragraph 1 or 2 of this subsection, the amount of

attendance recorded shall be the greater of:

a. the number of school days during which the student

completed the instructional activities during the

quarter,

b. the number of school days proportional to the

percentage of the course that has been completed, or

c. the number of school days proportional to the

percentage of the required minimum number of completed

instructional activities during the quarter.

C. For the purposes of this section, "instructional activities"

shall include instructional meetings with a teacher, completed

assignments that are used to record a grade for a student that is

factored into the student's grade for the semester during which the

assignment is completed, testing and school-sanctioned field trips,

and orientation.

D. A student enrolled in a virtual charter school alternative

education program designated by the State Department of Education

who attends a full abbreviated school day shall be counted in full

attendance for purposes of computing the average daily attendance

and average daily membership of the virtual charter school. For

purposes of this subsection, "full abbreviated school day" shall

mean one hundred eighty-nine (189) hours per quarter or seven

hundred fifty-six (756) hours per school year.

E. Each statewide virtual charter school approved and sponsored

by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board pursuant to the

provisions of Section 3-145.3 of this title shall offer a student

orientation, notify the parent or legal guardian and each student

who enrolls in that school of the requirement to participate in the

student orientation, and require all students enrolled to complete

the student orientation prior to completing any other instructional

activity. The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board shall

promulgate rules to develop materials for orientation.

F. Any student who is behind pace and does not complete an

instructional activity for fifteen (15) consecutive days, including

weekends, shall be withdrawn for truancy. The virtual charter

school shall submit a notification to the parent or legal guardian

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of a student who has been withdrawn for truancy or is approaching

truancy.

G. 1. Except as provided in paragraph 2 of this subsection, a

student who is reported for truancy two times in the same school

year shall be withdrawn and prohibited from enrolling in the same
ual charter

school shall submit a notification to the parent or legal guardian

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of a student who has been withdrawn for truancy or is approaching

truancy.

G. 1. Except as provided in paragraph 2 of this subsection, a

student who is reported for truancy two times in the same school

year shall be withdrawn and prohibited from enrolling in the same

virtual charter school for the remainder of the school year.

2. If a student is enrolled in a virtual charter school

alternative education program designated by the State Department of

Education, the virtual charter school may request a waiver of the

enrollment prohibition from the Department on behalf of a student

enrolled at the virtual charter school who is reported for truancy

two times in the same school year. The office of accreditation

shall review the waiver request and determine whether the student

should be allowed to continue attending the virtual charter school.

The student shall continue attending the virtual charter school

while the waiver is being reviewed and until a final determination

is made.

H. The governing body of each statewide virtual charter school

shall develop, adopt and post on the school's website a policy

regarding consequences for a student's failure to attend school and

complete instructional activities. The policy shall state, at a

minimum, that if a student fails to consistently attend school and

complete instructional activities after receiving a notification

pursuant to subsection F of this section and reasonable intervention

strategies have been implemented, a student shall be subject to

certain consequences including withdrawal from the school for

truancy.

I. If a statewide virtual charter school withdraws a student

pursuant to subsections G and H of this section, the virtual charter

school shall immediately notify the student's resident district in

writing of the student's disenrollment.

J. The provisions of subsections G, H, and I of this section

shall not be in effect until the implementation of subsection H of

Section 3-145.3 of this title.

K. The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board may promulgate

rules to implement the provisions of this section.