Oklahoma § 70-1210.278 - Systems to provide educational screening
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 70-1210.278 — Systems to provide educational screening, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 70-1210.278. Systems to provide educational screening
A. The board of education for each school district in the state
shall implement a system to provide educational screening as
required in this section.
B. The service centers are charged with the responsibility of
ensuring that educational screening is implemented in each public
school in the state for all first grade students in each school
year. The service centers shall provide assistance and training to
school districts for implementation of effective procedures for
educational screening and analysis of the results.
C. Second grade through twelfth grade students shall be
educationally screened as needed or upon request of a parent, legal
guardian, or teacher pursuant to regulations promulgated by the
State Board of Education.
D. Students entering the public school system from another
state or from within the state without previous educational
screening shall be educationally screened within six (6) months from
the date of such entry.
E. No child shall be educationally screened whose parent or
legal guardian has filed written objection with the local school
district.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 271, § 8, emerg. eff. May 29, 1974. Amended
by Laws 1987, c. 44, § 2, emerg. eff. April 23, 1987; Laws 1993, c.
116, § 27, eff. July 1, 1993.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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