Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-102
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Independent school districts
Official statutory text
All independent school districts in Oklahoma shall be those
which shall have maintained during the previous year a school
offering high school subjects fully accredited by the State Board of
Education.
A reasonable deviation from any of the requirements enumerated
herein shall not operate to prohibit the State Board of Education
from designating any district as independent if the other
requirements are sufficiently superior to the minimum standards
required herein, but standards therefor shall be reduced to writing
and a copy thereof sent to all districts maintaining high schools in
Oklahoma at least one (1) year prior to the time the requirements
become effective. Until the effective date thereof, the requirements
hereinabove enumerated shall remain in full force and effect. As a
basis for attaining the status of independent school district, high
schools shall be inspected by a member of the division of secondary
education of the State Board of Education or such other
representative as the State Board of Education shall designate, and
all of the standards prescribed by the State Board of Education
shall be carefully checked in the presence of the district
superintendent of schools or board of education of the district. A
written report shall be made and mailed to the district
superintendent of schools and board of education within thirty (30)
days after the time of such inspection. Such report shall indicate
if the high school meets the requirements and, if not, a statement
shall be made as to what must be done in order to comply therewith.
After any school district has become independent, it shall
remain so until removed from independent status by the State Board
of Education, which, however, shall not remove any school district
from independent status until it is satisfied that the minimum
standards for independent school districts are not being maintained.
Any order of the State Board of Education removing a school district
from independent status shall not become effective until the close
of the fiscal year in which such order is made, and any order
removing a school district from independent status which has
heretofore been made by the State Board of Education, regardless of
notice or effective date thereof, is hereby validated. A reasonable
variation from year to year in the minimum number of teachers
required shall not affect the status of any independent school
district.
which shall have maintained during the previous year a school
offering high school subjects fully accredited by the State Board of
Education.
A reasonable deviation from any of the requirements enumerated
herein shall not operate to prohibit the State Board of Education
from designating any district as independent if the other
requirements are sufficiently superior to the minimum standards
required herein, but standards therefor shall be reduced to writing
and a copy thereof sent to all districts maintaining high schools in
Oklahoma at least one (1) year prior to the time the requirements
become effective. Until the effective date thereof, the requirements
hereinabove enumerated shall remain in full force and effect. As a
basis for attaining the status of independent school district, high
schools shall be inspected by a member of the division of secondary
education of the State Board of Education or such other
representative as the State Board of Education shall designate, and
all of the standards prescribed by the State Board of Education
shall be carefully checked in the presence of the district
superintendent of schools or board of education of the district. A
written report shall be made and mailed to the district
superintendent of schools and board of education within thirty (30)
days after the time of such inspection. Such report shall indicate
if the high school meets the requirements and, if not, a statement
shall be made as to what must be done in order to comply therewith.
After any school district has become independent, it shall
remain so until removed from independent status by the State Board
of Education, which, however, shall not remove any school district
from independent status until it is satisfied that the minimum
standards for independent school districts are not being maintained.
Any order of the State Board of Education removing a school district
from independent status shall not become effective until the close
of the fiscal year in which such order is made, and any order
removing a school district from independent status which has
heretofore been made by the State Board of Education, regardless of
notice or effective date thereof, is hereby validated. A reasonable
variation from year to year in the minimum number of teachers
required shall not affect the status of any independent school
district.
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