Oklahoma § 70-1210.210 - Form to identify homeless children and youth — Annual

§ 70-1210.210. Form to identify homeless children and youth — Annual

report.

A. The State Department of Education Office of Federal Programs

shall, in conjunction with the Office of Planning and Coordination

for Services to Children and Youth Steering Committee established in

Section 601.6c of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, adopt a

standard form to be used by all school districts to identify

students who are homeless children and youth as defined in Section

600 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Beginning with the 20242025 school year, the form shall be completed annually at enrollment

by the parent or guardian of a student or by the student if he or

she is not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian.

Districts shall report the results to the Department, in a manner

prescribed by the Department, no later than June 1 of each year.

B. Beginning July 1, 2025, the Department shall compile a

report of the number of students identified as being homeless, by

district and grade level. The report shall be distributed annually

to the Governor, Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives,

Chair of the House Common Education Committee, President Pro Tempore

of the Oklahoma State Senate, Chair of the Senate Education

Committee, and the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth.

Added by Laws 2023, c. 155, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.