Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-155
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Study and assessment of information and reports –
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Collection techniques.
A. The State Board of Education shall study and assess ways to
eliminate, reduce, consolidate, and simplify the number, type, and
length of reports, data, statistics, and other information required
of any school district or school district personnel by the Board or
State Department of Education. Subject to the availability of
funding, the Board is hereby authorized to retain a consultant or
expert as may be necessary to complete the study. The study shall
include the feasibility of coordinating reporting dates and shall
identify all requirements for maintaining, completing and filing
records and reports mandated by law or rule and make recommendations
for any amendments that may be necessary to the law or rules to
implement the recommendations reported in the study. In conducting
research for the study, the Board shall provide for the input and
participation of school districts, school district personnel, and
other educational organizations. By December 31, 2010, the Board
shall issue a preliminary report of any findings and recommendations
collected prior to that date. The Board shall complete the findings
and recommendations of the study and shall file a final report with
the Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate by December 31, 2012.
B. In conducting the study as required in this section, the
Board may:
1. Survey a sample of classroom teachers from elementary,
middle, and high school grades in the public schools in the state to
determine the quantity and types of paperwork required from teachers
on a daily, weekly, monthly, semester, or annual basis as mandated
by state law or rule;
2. Review efforts being made at the school district level to
reduce the requirements for extraneous paperwork placed on teachers;
3. Collaborate with the United States Department of Education
to standardize all compliance requirements of the federal
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and review and
simplify the paperwork established by the United States Department
of Education to verify compliance with IDEA; and
4. Study the amount of state and local funds expended to meet
the compliance and paperwork requirements of IDEA.
A. The State Board of Education shall study and assess ways to
eliminate, reduce, consolidate, and simplify the number, type, and
length of reports, data, statistics, and other information required
of any school district or school district personnel by the Board or
State Department of Education. Subject to the availability of
funding, the Board is hereby authorized to retain a consultant or
expert as may be necessary to complete the study. The study shall
include the feasibility of coordinating reporting dates and shall
identify all requirements for maintaining, completing and filing
records and reports mandated by law or rule and make recommendations
for any amendments that may be necessary to the law or rules to
implement the recommendations reported in the study. In conducting
research for the study, the Board shall provide for the input and
participation of school districts, school district personnel, and
other educational organizations. By December 31, 2010, the Board
shall issue a preliminary report of any findings and recommendations
collected prior to that date. The Board shall complete the findings
and recommendations of the study and shall file a final report with
the Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate by December 31, 2012.
B. In conducting the study as required in this section, the
Board may:
1. Survey a sample of classroom teachers from elementary,
middle, and high school grades in the public schools in the state to
determine the quantity and types of paperwork required from teachers
on a daily, weekly, monthly, semester, or annual basis as mandated
by state law or rule;
2. Review efforts being made at the school district level to
reduce the requirements for extraneous paperwork placed on teachers;
3. Collaborate with the United States Department of Education
to standardize all compliance requirements of the federal
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and review and
simplify the paperwork established by the United States Department
of Education to verify compliance with IDEA; and
4. Study the amount of state and local funds expended to meet
the compliance and paperwork requirements of IDEA.
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