Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-101.40
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Suspension, demotion, termination or nonreemployment
Official statutory text
for cause of support employee.
A support employee who has been employed by a local board of
education for more than one (1) year shall be subject to suspension,
demotion, termination or nonreemployment only for cause, as
designated by the policy of the local board of education, adopted as
provided in Section 6-101.43 of this title. This section shall not
be construed to prevent layoffs for lack of funds or work. For
purposes of this act, "support employee" means a full-time employee
of a school district as determined by the standard period of labor
which is customarily understood to constitute full-time employment
for the type of services performed by the employee who is employed a
minimum of one hundred seventy-two (172) days and who provides those
services, not performed by professional educators or certified
teachers, which are necessary for the efficient and satisfactory
functioning of a school district and shall not include adult
education instructors or adult coordinators employed by technology
center school districts.
A support employee who has been employed by a local board of
education for more than one (1) year shall be subject to suspension,
demotion, termination or nonreemployment only for cause, as
designated by the policy of the local board of education, adopted as
provided in Section 6-101.43 of this title. This section shall not
be construed to prevent layoffs for lack of funds or work. For
purposes of this act, "support employee" means a full-time employee
of a school district as determined by the standard period of labor
which is customarily understood to constitute full-time employment
for the type of services performed by the employee who is employed a
minimum of one hundred seventy-two (172) days and who provides those
services, not performed by professional educators or certified
teachers, which are necessary for the efficient and satisfactory
functioning of a school district and shall not include adult
education instructors or adult coordinators employed by technology
center school districts.
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