Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-8-106
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School dispensed with - Transfer of pupils - Annexation
Official statutory text
A. Upon a majority vote of the electors in a school district
voting at the annual school district election or at a special school
district election called for such purpose and held not later than
June 30, either a high school or a grade school, or both, shall be
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dispensed with for the ensuing year. An election for such purpose
shall also be held upon petition for an election, signed by forty
percent (40%) of the school district electors. To calculate the
sufficiency of the number of signatures on a petition, the forty
percent (40%) figure shall be applied to the highest number of
voters voting in a regular school election in the school district in
the preceding five (5) years as determined by the secretary of the
county election board. The secretary of the county election board
shall certify the sufficiency of the number of signatures on the
petition. The election shall be conducted by the county election
board in accordance with Sections 13A-101 through 13A-111 of Title
26 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The secretary of the county election
board shall notify the State Board of Education of the results of
every election held to dispense with school.
B. All of the pupils who would be entitled to attend school in
the grades dispensed with shall be transferred to another school
district or districts maintaining courses of instruction which such
pupils are entitled to pursue. The parent or guardian of each child
to be transferred shall be required to file an application for the
transfer of the child or children with the State Department of
Education, within ten (10) days after the results of the election
are declared. The procedures for such transfers shall be determined
by the State Board of Education.
C. Any school district which dispenses with its entire school
district for the ensuing year, as provided herein, shall be
mandatorily annexed on July 1 by the State Board of Education to
another school district or other districts to which pupils of such
dispensed school district have been transferred. Provided, if a
school district does not officially dispense with its school and
fails to open or maintain a school for such ensuing year, the State
Board of Education, except in cases where reasons over which the
district had no control causes a normal delay in the opening or
maintenance of such school, shall at its next regular meeting, annex
such school district to another school district or other districts
to which pupils have been transferred. Provided further that if a
school district does not have an average daily attendance that meets
the State Board of Education regulations for accrediting purposes
and does not dispense with its school by June 30, the State Board of
Education shall annex such district to the high school
transportation area in which the district is situated at the first
regular or special meeting in July.
voting at the annual school district election or at a special school
district election called for such purpose and held not later than
June 30, either a high school or a grade school, or both, shall be
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 498
dispensed with for the ensuing year. An election for such purpose
shall also be held upon petition for an election, signed by forty
percent (40%) of the school district electors. To calculate the
sufficiency of the number of signatures on a petition, the forty
percent (40%) figure shall be applied to the highest number of
voters voting in a regular school election in the school district in
the preceding five (5) years as determined by the secretary of the
county election board. The secretary of the county election board
shall certify the sufficiency of the number of signatures on the
petition. The election shall be conducted by the county election
board in accordance with Sections 13A-101 through 13A-111 of Title
26 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The secretary of the county election
board shall notify the State Board of Education of the results of
every election held to dispense with school.
B. All of the pupils who would be entitled to attend school in
the grades dispensed with shall be transferred to another school
district or districts maintaining courses of instruction which such
pupils are entitled to pursue. The parent or guardian of each child
to be transferred shall be required to file an application for the
transfer of the child or children with the State Department of
Education, within ten (10) days after the results of the election
are declared. The procedures for such transfers shall be determined
by the State Board of Education.
C. Any school district which dispenses with its entire school
district for the ensuing year, as provided herein, shall be
mandatorily annexed on July 1 by the State Board of Education to
another school district or other districts to which pupils of such
dispensed school district have been transferred. Provided, if a
school district does not officially dispense with its school and
fails to open or maintain a school for such ensuing year, the State
Board of Education, except in cases where reasons over which the
district had no control causes a normal delay in the opening or
maintenance of such school, shall at its next regular meeting, annex
such school district to another school district or other districts
to which pupils have been transferred. Provided further that if a
school district does not have an average daily attendance that meets
the State Board of Education regulations for accrediting purposes
and does not dispense with its school by June 30, the State Board of
Education shall annex such district to the high school
transportation area in which the district is situated at the first
regular or special meeting in July.
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