Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3111
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Use of Social Security numbers by state or subdivision
Official statutory text
prohibited - Exceptions.
A. No state agency, board, commission or other unit or
subdivision of state government shall request or require, except as
otherwise required by law, that any person reveal the Social
Security number of such person in order to obtain services or
assistance, nor shall any state agency, board, commission or other
unit or subdivision of state government use, for any purpose,
numbers which correspond to the Social Security number of any
person, except as otherwise required by law. Provided that any
state agency, board, commission, unit or subdivision of state
government using Social Security numbers for a particular purpose
prior to January 1, 1974, may continue to use and require Social
Security numbers for that purpose only and provided, further, that
the provisions of Section 3101 et seq. of this title shall not be
construed to prohibit the use or requirement of disclosure of one's
Social Security number if the use of the number is related to the
Social Security Administration or benefits thereunder, or, subject
to the provisions of Section 1-311.1 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, to prohibit the use or requirement of disclosure of the
Social Security numbers of the mother and father by the Vital
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Records Section of the State Department of Health in the
administration of the issuance of birth records.
B. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to
prohibit the Oklahoma Tax Commission from requiring the disclosure
by any person of his or her Social Security number in order to
administer any state tax law, as defined by Section 202 of Title 68
of the Oklahoma Statutes or in order for the State Treasurer to
administer any provision of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, if
such administration requires the Tax Commission or State Treasurer
to obtain the Social Security number of any person.
C. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to
prohibit the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission from requiring
the disclosure by any person of his or her Social Security number in
order to administer any provision of the Employment Security Act of
1980.
D. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the State
Department of Education or a board of education of a school district
from requesting any student who wishes to enroll in or is enrolled
in any public school in this state to disclose the Social Security
number of the student in order for the Department to administer any
provision of the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act, for the
collection of appropriate and necessary data pursuant to the
Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program, for the purpose of
determining student enrollment, to establish a mobility rate or for
the allocation of State Aid Formula and midyear adjustment in
funding for student growth. The State Department of Education or a
board of education of a school district shall not deny to any
student any right, benefit, or privilege provided by law because of
the refusal by the student to disclose the Social Security number of
the student. If the State Department of Education or a board of
education of a school district requests a student to disclose the
student's Social Security number, the State Department of Education
or a board of education of a school district shall inform the
student by what statutory or other authority such number is
solicited and what uses will be made of the number.
E. The State Board of Education is authorized to develop an
alternative accountability system for tracking students to
administer any provision of the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act,
for the collection of appropriate and necessary data pursuant to the
Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program, for the purpose of
determining student enrollment, to establish a mobility rate or for
the allocation of State Aid Formula and midyear adjustment in
elop an
alternative accountability system for tracking students to
administer any provision of the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act,
for the collection of appropriate and necessary data pursuant to the
Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program, for the purpose of
determining student enrollment, to establish a mobility rate or for
the allocation of State Aid Formula and midyear adjustment in
funding for student growth. The accountability system shall be
developed only if, in the determination of the Board, the provisions
of subsection D of this section are not sufficient to allow for the
adequate implementation of the provisions of the Oklahoma School
Testing Program Act or the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program.
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A. No state agency, board, commission or other unit or
subdivision of state government shall request or require, except as
otherwise required by law, that any person reveal the Social
Security number of such person in order to obtain services or
assistance, nor shall any state agency, board, commission or other
unit or subdivision of state government use, for any purpose,
numbers which correspond to the Social Security number of any
person, except as otherwise required by law. Provided that any
state agency, board, commission, unit or subdivision of state
government using Social Security numbers for a particular purpose
prior to January 1, 1974, may continue to use and require Social
Security numbers for that purpose only and provided, further, that
the provisions of Section 3101 et seq. of this title shall not be
construed to prohibit the use or requirement of disclosure of one's
Social Security number if the use of the number is related to the
Social Security Administration or benefits thereunder, or, subject
to the provisions of Section 1-311.1 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, to prohibit the use or requirement of disclosure of the
Social Security numbers of the mother and father by the Vital
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 963
Records Section of the State Department of Health in the
administration of the issuance of birth records.
B. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to
prohibit the Oklahoma Tax Commission from requiring the disclosure
by any person of his or her Social Security number in order to
administer any state tax law, as defined by Section 202 of Title 68
of the Oklahoma Statutes or in order for the State Treasurer to
administer any provision of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, if
such administration requires the Tax Commission or State Treasurer
to obtain the Social Security number of any person.
C. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to
prohibit the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission from requiring
the disclosure by any person of his or her Social Security number in
order to administer any provision of the Employment Security Act of
1980.
D. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the State
Department of Education or a board of education of a school district
from requesting any student who wishes to enroll in or is enrolled
in any public school in this state to disclose the Social Security
number of the student in order for the Department to administer any
provision of the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act, for the
collection of appropriate and necessary data pursuant to the
Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program, for the purpose of
determining student enrollment, to establish a mobility rate or for
the allocation of State Aid Formula and midyear adjustment in
funding for student growth. The State Department of Education or a
board of education of a school district shall not deny to any
student any right, benefit, or privilege provided by law because of
the refusal by the student to disclose the Social Security number of
the student. If the State Department of Education or a board of
education of a school district requests a student to disclose the
student's Social Security number, the State Department of Education
or a board of education of a school district shall inform the
student by what statutory or other authority such number is
solicited and what uses will be made of the number.
E. The State Board of Education is authorized to develop an
alternative accountability system for tracking students to
administer any provision of the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act,
for the collection of appropriate and necessary data pursuant to the
Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program, for the purpose of
determining student enrollment, to establish a mobility rate or for
the allocation of State Aid Formula and midyear adjustment in
elop an
alternative accountability system for tracking students to
administer any provision of the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act,
for the collection of appropriate and necessary data pursuant to the
Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program, for the purpose of
determining student enrollment, to establish a mobility rate or for
the allocation of State Aid Formula and midyear adjustment in
funding for student growth. The accountability system shall be
developed only if, in the determination of the Board, the provisions
of subsection D of this section are not sufficient to allow for the
adequate implementation of the provisions of the Oklahoma School
Testing Program Act or the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program.
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