Oklahoma § 70-1210.544 - Alternative governance arrangements - Assumption of

§ 70-1210.544. Alternative governance arrangements - Assumption of

control by State Board of Education

A.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Board

of Education shall establish a process to identify schools in the

state that are listed as in need of improvement in accordance with

20 U.S.C., Section 6301 et seq. A school district board of

education with a school identified as being among the schools in the

state that are in need of improvement shall implement a locally

developed, evidence-based intervention model for the school site

determined by the Board to be low performing

B. 1. Consistent with 20 U.S.C., Section 6301 et seq., for

schools that are identified for school improvement by the Board for

four (4) consecutive years, the district board of education shall

seek support from the State Department of Education. Such support

may include academic intervention, professional development,

restructuring of the governance arrangement of the school or any

other plan that is reasonably calculated to improve student academic

achievement in the school . State support plans shall be designed

to provide a substantial assurance of enabling the school to

appropriately serve all students. If after two (2) years of

implementing the state support plan, improvements to student

achievement remain insufficient and, in accordance with 20 U.S.C.

Section 6301 et seq., the school continues to be identified by the

Board as low performing, the Board may exercise the option of

assuming control of the school as provided for in this subsection.

2. If the Board assumes control of a school, the Board shall

retain all funds that otherwise would have been allocated to the

school district based on the average daily membership of the school

which shall be used to operate the school.

C. 1. A district board of education for a district with an

average daily membership of more than 30,000 which implements an

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools

alternative governance arrangement as provided for in this section

may utilize the following procedures, upon approval of the district

board and concurrence of the executive committee of the appropriate

local bargaining unit:

a.

any teacher not retained at the school site shall be

given status as a full-time substitute teacher within

the school district for a period of not to exceed two

(2) years,

b.

if the teacher is not offered a contract teaching

position at a school in the district within the twoyear period specified in subparagraph a of this

paragraph, the district board shall be authorized to

not reemploy the teacher, and

c.

the district board shall designate trained, certified,

instructional staff to provide teacher support,

development and evaluation, which may include

certified personnel other than administrators.

2. Any actions taken pursuant to this subsection shall not be

subject to the Teacher Due Process Act of 1990. The decision by the

district board for renewal or nonrenewal shall be final.

3. For purposes of this subsection, a full-time substitute

teacher shall perform the duties assigned by the district

superintendent and shall continue to receive the same salary,

benefits and step increases that the teacher would otherwise be

entitled to for the time period the teacher serves as a full-time

substitute.

D. 1. Each school district subject to the provisions of

subsection B of this section shall submit a plan for compliance with

this section to the State Department of Education, in a manner

prescribed by the Department.

2. The State Department of Education shall annually submit a

report of the district plans received as provided in paragraph 1 of

this subsection to the members of the Senate and House Education

Committees.

Added by Laws 2009, c. 195, § 1. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 244, § 1,

emerg. eff. May 10, 2010; Laws 2010, c. 291, § 16, eff. July 1,

2010; Laws 2011, c. 1, § 45, emerg. eff. March 18, 2011; Laws 2013,

c. 83, § 17, eff. July 1, 2013; Laws 2016, c. 149, § 1, eff. July 1,

2016.

NOTE: Laws 2010, c. 331, § 1 repealed by Laws 2011, c. 1, § 46,

emerg. eff. March 18, 2011.