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Oklahoma State Department of Education2017 School Law Book
TABLE OF CONTENTSOKLAHOMA SCHOOL CODESCOPE, ORGANIZATION, AND DEFINITIONSOklahoma School Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Purpose of Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Act to be Liberally Construed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Act Not to Repeal or Modify Tax Laws Unless Specifically Provided. . . . . . . 1State Department of Education - Definition - Agencies of State. . . . . . . . . . . . 1Public Schools - Definition - What Included. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Educational Services - Enumeration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Technology Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2School District - Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2School Year - Length - School for Less Than Full Term. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Extended School Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4School Day - Six Hours - Exceptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4School Taught on Saturday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Residence of Child - Attendance in Transportation Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Parent Power of Attorney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Form for Parent Power of Attorney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Education Compact for Students in State Care Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Education Compact for Students in State Care Advisory Committee. . . . . . 12Transfer or Enrollment for Students in State Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Placement for Students in State Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13for Students in State Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Children - School Age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Foreign Exchange Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15District Head Start Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16School System - Administered by State Department of Education, etc. . . . . 16Positions in School System - Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Teaching Principal - Classroom Teaching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Administration of Medicine - School Nurses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Self-Medication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18General Fund - Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Building Fund - Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Building Funds of Technology Center School Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Sinking Fund - Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Controls Over Other Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Contribution to Revolving Fund by Taxpayers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Public School Classroom Support Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONState Board of Education - Members - Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Quorum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25TOC-1
State Board of Education - Powers and Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Persons Convicted of Certain Crimes Ineligible for Teacher Certificate. . . 30Requirements for Compliance with Accreditation Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . 31Implementation of Accreditation Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Plan of Educational Development and Improvement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Legislative Services Recognized in Renewal of Teaching Certificates. . . . . . 33Educational Services for Partial Hospitalization Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Office - Books Pertaining to Office - Salary of Superintendent. . . . . . . . . . . 34Administrative and Executive Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Powers of State Superintendent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Curriculum Materials Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Adult Education Matching Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Educational Accountability Reform Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Office of Educational Quality and Accountability - Creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability - Creation, Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability - Merger. . . . . . . . 36Commission for Teacher Preparation- Merger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Secretary of Education - Powers - Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Performance Reviews - Office of Educational Quality and Accountability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38School Lunch Matching and Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Competitive Funding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Administrative and Support Functions, Funding Requirements. . . . . . . . . . 39Contracts With Educators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Teacher Recruitment Initiatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Teacher Recruitment Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Funding Services for Visually Impaired Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Funding Oklahoma Education 2000 Challenge Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Review of Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Educational Deregulation Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Requirements for Exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Procedures for Implementation and Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42State Board to Promulgate Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Empowered Schools and School Districts Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Empowered Schools – Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Empowered Schools – Empowerment Plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Empowered Schools – Accountability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Empowered Schools – Acceptance of Donations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Empowered Schools – State Board Approval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Empowered Schools – Waiver of Certain Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Empowered Schools – Waiver of Collective Bargaining Provisions. . . . . . . . 47Empowered Schools – Performance Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48TOC-2
Empowered Schools – State Board Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48School District Empowerment Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Oklahoma Charter Schools Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Application of Charter Schools Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Written Proposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Written Contract for Charter School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Charter Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Term of Contract, Renewal, and Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Reprisal Prohibited for Involvement with Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Rights of Teachers Returning to Sponsoring School District. . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Admission and Enrollment of Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Funding of Charter Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Annual Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Charter Schools Incentive Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Board of Juvenile Affairs as Sponsor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, Creation, Vacancies. . . . . . . . . . . 67Statewide Virtual Charter School Board Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Statewide Virtual Charter School Board Powers and Responsibilities. . . . . 68State Department to Promulgate Rules for Virtual Charter School Act. . . . 70Virtual Charter School Attendance Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Districts Offering Virtual School to Non-residents Must Report. . . . . . . . . . 71Districts Offering Virtual School to Non-residents Considered Site. . . . . . . 71Statewide Virtual Charter School Board Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71School Graduation Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Growth Targets – Graduation Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Academic Achievement Award Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Exemptions from Reporting Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Plans to be Reviewed by Regional Accreditation Officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Study Regarding School District Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Local Input Reports and Tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Student Record System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Information Provided by Parent or Guardian Upon Enrollment. . . . . . . . . . 77Data Coordinating Council. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Data Coordinating Council Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Educational Quality and Accountability Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Educational Quality and Accountability Board Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . 78Exemptions from Advisory Councils or Committees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act. . . . . . . . 78Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLSTOC-3
Abolition of Office of County Superintendent of Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84School District Boundaries - Duties of County Clerk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Preservation of Records of Former County Superintendents. . . . . . . . . . . . . 84SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BOARDS OF EDUCATIONSchool Districts - Designation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Independent School Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Elementary School Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Elementary School Districts Offering Grades Above Eighth Grade. . . . . . . 86Designation of District Retained on Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86School District - Body Corporate - Powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Governing Body of School District. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Joint Contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Regional Education Administrative Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Independent and Dependent School Districts - Board of Education Members - Election. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Expansion of Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Workshops for New Board Members - Expenses of Members Attending. . . 91Continuing Education for Board Members - Registration Fees Reimbursement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Records of Attendance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Relation by Affinity or Consanguinity - Prohibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Employment of Relative of Member of Board of Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Excluding Litigious Board Member from Proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95School District Treasurer - Assistant Local Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Local Treasurer - Surety Bond - Duties - Cash and Investment Ledgers. . . 96Payment of Warrants When Insufficient Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Oath of Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Requirements for Bonds for Employees and Officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Forfeited Bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Powers and Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Oklahoma Extracurricular Activities Accountability Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Definition of School Athletic Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Athletic Association Must Adopt Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Student Athletes - Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Prohibition to Give Thing of Value to Student-Athlete - Notification bySchool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Liability for Giving Thing of Value to Student-Athlete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Manufacturers and Countries of Origin - Disclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Interlocal Cooperative Agreements Between School Districts. . . . . . . . . . . 111Cooperative Agreement with District in Adjacent State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Interlocal Cooperation Act - Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Interlocal Cooperation Act - Title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Interlocal Cooperation Act - Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Interlocal Agreement Authorized. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113TOC-4
Filing of Agreements - Status - Actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Approval of Agreements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Appropriation of Funds - Personnel or Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Appropriation of Funds - Personnel or Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Correctional Facilities May Be Allowed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115State Board of Education - Rules and Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Average Daily Attendance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Adoption of Four-Year Improvement Plan by Board of Education. . . . . . . 116Health Insurance Plan Required by School District. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Regulating Dogs on School District Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118Meetings of Board - Executive Sessions, Compensation of Members ofBoards of Districts with ADA Exceeding 15,000 or PopulationExceeding 100,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118Officers of Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118President - Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Vice President - Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Clerk - Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Expenditures - Limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Contracts With Member or Business in Which Interested. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Claims - False - Voting for - Liability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Refusal, Failure or Neglect of Board - Elector May Institute Action. . . . . . 122Discussion of Audit Findings Prior to Release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Annual Statistical and Financial Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Itemized Expenditure Budget and Request for State Appropriated Funds Estimate of Revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Electronic Filing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123School Activity Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Exemption of Certain Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Separate Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125School Buildings and Property - Permission to Use for Other Purposes. . . 126Safe Place During Severe Weather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Rendering Emergency Care or Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Educational Courses - Buildings and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Sewage Disposal System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Energy Conservation Measures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Energy Efficiency Plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Oklahoma State Facilities Energy Conservation Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Students of Legal Age - Completion of Twelfth Grade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Completion of Requirements for High School Diploma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Apportionment of Taxes Each Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Estimates - Emergency, Local Support and Building Levies - Elections. . . 133Alternate System of Accounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Oklahoma Cost Accounting System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136School District Transparency Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136TOC-5
Certificate of Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Registered Nurses - Increments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138School District Employees - Residence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Payroll Deductions for Organization Dues and Political Contributions. . . 138Unlawful to Make Payroll Deductions for Organization that CollectivelyBargains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Payment of Additional Salary in Lieu of Employee Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . 139Minimum Salary Schedules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Incentive Pay Plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140Incentive Pay Plans - Reimbursement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140Evaluation-Based Incentive Pay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Information Concerning Felony Offense Conviction of School Employee orProspective School Employee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142Performance of Background Checks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144Notification of Arrest for Felony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144Local Foundations - Definitions - Beneficiaries. Membership - Records. . . 144Assault and Battery on School Employee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Reporting Suspected Gang Activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Security Drills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146School Safety Drills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147School District Budget Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Purpose of School District Budget Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Applicability of School District Budget Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Preparation of Budget. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Budget Summary - Public Hearings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Taxpayer Protests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Expenditures - Obligations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Funds - Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Classifications of Revenues and Expenditures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Transfers Between Funds or Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Amendment of Budget. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Transfer of Appropriations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Registering Certificates of Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Warrants in Excess of Estimated and Approved Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Penalties Against Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Penalties Against School Officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Statute of Limitations on Warrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Warrants in Excess of Appropriations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Publishing Notices of Claims. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Supplemental Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154Duplicate Warrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154Required Training for School Finance Officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154TOC-6
TEACHERSTeachers - Contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154Annuity Contracts for Teachers or Full-time Employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Re-employment of Retired Administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158Elementary Districts - Powers and Duties of Elementary Superintendents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160Legislative Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160Information Required in Contracts of Administrators or Teachers. . . . . . 160May Not Inquire About Enrollment of Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Hearing Procedures - Limitations on Participation of Certain SchoolRepresentatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Evaluation of Teachers and Administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Teacher’s Response to Evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164Dismissal or Nonreemployment of Administrator Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . 164Suspension of Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Administrators - Conviction of Felony - Criminal Sexual Activity or SexualMisconduct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System – Implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167Teacher Due Process Act of 1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167Standards of Conduct and Performance for Teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168Grounds for Dismissal or Nonreemployment of Teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168Teachers Exempt from Dismissal, Suspension and NonreemploymentProvisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170Procedures for Administrator to Follow for Admonishment of Teacher. . . 171Recommendation of Dismissal or Nonrenewal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Procedure for Dismissal or Nonreemployment - Hearing and Appeal Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Applicable Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Suspension of Teacher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Basis for Reduction in Force of Teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Years of Credit for Teachers in Districts That are Annexed or Consolidated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174State Board of Education to Promulgate Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Support Employees - Disciplinary Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174School Support Employees - Conviction of Felony - Criminal Sexual Activityor Sexual Misconduct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Disciplinary Policy - Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Policy Prerequisite to Disciplinary Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Support Employees - Notification Concerning Employment. . . . . . . . . . . . 175Right to Hearing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Time for Hearing - Board’s Decision Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176TOC-7
Contractors Prohibited from Allowing Sex Offenders to Work on SchoolPremises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176Sick Leave - Emergency Leave - Personal Business Leave - Jury Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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