Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-5.3
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Certain persons not considered state employees
Official statutory text
A. The following offices, positions and personnel shall not be
considered state employees except as otherwise provided by law:
1. Patient and inmate help in the state charitable, mental and
correctional institutions;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 561
2. Persons engaged in public work for the state, but employed
by contractors when the performance of such contract is authorized
by the Legislature or other competent authority;
3. All employees of all public school districts; and
4. Officers and members of the Oklahoma National Guard, as
such.
B. The superintendents and teachers at the Oklahoma School for
the Blind and the Oklahoma School for the Deaf shall be state
employees, subject to the Civil Service and Human Capital
Modernization Act.
considered state employees except as otherwise provided by law:
1. Patient and inmate help in the state charitable, mental and
correctional institutions;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 561
2. Persons engaged in public work for the state, but employed
by contractors when the performance of such contract is authorized
by the Legislature or other competent authority;
3. All employees of all public school districts; and
4. Officers and members of the Oklahoma National Guard, as
such.
B. The superintendents and teachers at the Oklahoma School for
the Blind and the Oklahoma School for the Deaf shall be state
employees, subject to the Civil Service and Human Capital
Modernization Act.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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