Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3111

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Use of Social Security numbers by state or subdivision

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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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