Oklahoma § 70-1210.553 - Before-school, after-school, and summer period

§ 70-1210.553. Before-school, after-school, and summer period

programs – Pilot projects – Implementation contingency –

Verification of expenditure levels.

A. Contingent upon the provision of appropriated funds

designated for such purpose, the State Board of Education may award

one or more competitive grants for providing academically-oriented

programs to students needing or desiring such programs during

before-school, after-school, and summer periods.

B. The State Board of Education shall determine pilot program

criteria and establish a process for the consideration of proposals.

Such proposals for pilot programs shall be considered on a statewide

competitive basis. The State Board of Education is authorized to

promulgate rules for the operation of such programs.

C. Upon implementation of this subsection as provided for in

subsection D of this section, the State Board of Education shall

modify the awards process for the competitive grants so that grants

are awarded to school districts or nonprofit organizations. In

addition, the grants shall be awarded to academically oriented

programs which serve students in at-risk or disadvantaged urban

school districts.

D. Implementation of subsection C of this section shall be

delayed until the current expenditure per pupil in average daily

attendance in public elementary and secondary schools in unadjusted

dollars for the 1998-99 school year or any school year thereafter

for Oklahoma, as reported by the National Center for Education

Statistics annually in the Digest of Education Statistics, reaches

at least ninety percent (90%) of the regional average expenditure

for that same year, and funds are provided. For purposes of this

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools

subsection, the regional average expenditure shall consist of the

current expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance in public

elementary and secondary schools in unadjusted dollars for each of

the following states: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New

Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, averaged together. By January 1 of

each year, the State Board of Education shall report whether or not

the ninety-percent expenditure level has been reached based on

information reported annually in the Digest of Education Statistics

by the National Center for Education Statistics. Subsection C of

this section shall be implemented on July 1 after the first January

1 report verifies that the ninety-percent expenditure level has been

reached and funds have been provided for the specific purposes of

this section.

Added by Laws 1989, c. 335, § 17, eff. July 1, 1989. Amended by

Laws 1999, c. 320, § 48, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 201, § 8.