Oklahoma § 70-3311.17 - Technology center schools – Law enforcement courses

§ 70-3311.17. Technology center schools – Law enforcement courses

and training – CLEET approval.

A. Any state-supported technology center school in this state

operating under the State Board of Career and Technology Education

or any higher education institution in this state shall be

authorized to, upon application and approval of the Council on Law

Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET), offer courses of study

for law enforcement certification, basic peace officer certification

academies and other law-enforcement-related training. Commissioned

and noncommissioned individuals and those individuals appointed or

not appointed by a law enforcement agency may attend the courses or

training offered by the technology center school or higher education

institution. CLEET shall vote to approve or deny an application to

offer courses or training offered pursuant to this section. Notice

of denial of application shall include a clear and concise statement

for which the denial is based. The application created by CLEET

shall not exceed twenty pages in total form. Courses and training

offered by authorized entities shall consist of actual classroom

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training at each entity location. Authorized entities may contract

with CLEET for non-classroom training.

B. Any courses or training offered pursuant to this section

shall meet minimum standards established for peace officers as set

forth in Section 3311 of this title and meet all applicable

eligibility requirements for students to receive benefits pursuant

to any of the federal G.I. bills. All participants in any courses

or training offered pursuant to this section shall be required to

submit all background investigation requirements as set forth in

Section 3311 of this title.

C. Any state-supported technology center school in this state

operating under the State Board of Career and Technology Education

or any higher education institution in this state shall be

authorized to set and administer their own rates for tuition and

fees for courses or training offered pursuant to this section.

D. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any materials

and records provided by CLEET to any institution of higher education

or state-supported technology center school conducting a basic law

enforcement training shall remain the property of CLEET and retain

confidential status and shall not be released except under the

conditions contained in Section 24A.8 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. In addition, any materials and records provided by any

institution of higher education or state-supported technology center

school conducting basic law enforcement training to CLEET shall be

subject to these same limitations on release. Such materials and

records include, but are not limited to, all records maintained

pursuant to Section 3311 of this title and records relating to any

employed or certified full-time officer, reserve officer, retired

officer or other person; teacher lesson plans, tests and other

teaching materials; and personal communications concerning

individual students except under the circumstances set forth in

Section 24A.8 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 2018, c. 254, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018. Amended by Laws

2019, c. 20, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2021, c. 271, § 2, eff.

Nov. 1, 2021.

NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 3311.16 of this title to avoid

duplication in numbering.