Oklahoma § 70-3422 - Education of dependent youths and orphans

§ 70-3422. Education of dependent youths and orphans

A. In addition to the purposes prescribed by existing law, the

Eastern Oklahoma State College located at Wilburton, Oklahoma, shall

be also maintained as an institution for the care, training and

education of dependent youth and orphans of this state who have

attained the equivalent of a public school educational standing and

who by reason of being dependent, neglected or orphaned may be

unable to be cared for, trained or educated otherwise, and said

institution shall provide necessary or proper care, control,

training and education of all who are granted admission or

enrollment therein as students or wards.

B. In each county of the state, the associate district judge as

chairman, the county superintendent of health, or the medical

director of the county shall constitute a board to determine under

such rules and regulations as may be adopted and prescribed by the

Board of Regents of the said Eastern Oklahoma State College who

shall be eligible to be admitted as students or wards and said board

shall cause proper certificate of eligibility and admission to be

prepared, executed and forwarded to the President of said

institution, and under such rules, regulations and conditions as the

said Board of Regents shall adopt, the said President, as soon

thereafter as provisions can be made and facilities are available

for the acceptance and enrollment of said ward, shall notify the

chairman of said board, whereupon it shall be the duty of the said

associate district judge to cause the said ward to be transported to

said institution and upon arrival said ward shall be received and

entered therein as an educational ward of the state, and the

President of said College, under direction of the Board of Regents,

shall be and remain in control of said ward and shall stand and be

in similar relation and control as a parent. The said ward may, for

breach of rules, be expelled, suspended or transferred to one of the

State Training Schools upon order of the President with the approval

of two members of the Board of Regents.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools

Any child a ward of the state in any of its institutions may be

transferred to said institution for care, training or education,

when the Governor of the state shall so order, provided said child

is physically, mentally or morally eligible.

No child, student or ward shall ever be admitted as a student or

ward in said Eastern Oklahoma State College unless and until it is

definitely determined that said student or ward is free from

contagious or other disease that may be communicable in nature, and

a certificate so showing shall be required before entry. Proper

precautions shall at all times be observed to protect and safeguard

the health of all students or wards and for said purpose the

President of said institution shall, with the approval of the Board

of Regents, arrange for medical examination, care and treatment of

wards. No ward shall be admitted to said institution who is

incorrigible or who stands convicted of violating any law of this

state unless and until it has been determined by the Board of

Regents of said institution that said ward has earned or merited

classification as a morally upright and deserving ward whose

presence in said institution as a ward will not tend to corrupt or

improperly influence the moral tendencies of other students or wards

therein.

For these purposes the Board of Regents of said college shall,

with the approval of the Governor of the state, adopt such rules and

regulations as it may deem proper and necessary for the regulation

and control of the admission of students or wards and for their care

and control after admission.

C. In addition to such courses of instruction as have

heretofore or may now be given, the said college may furnish

academic courses in education together with vocational training of

such character as the Board of Regents may determine to be advisable

and necessary for the proper practical education and training of the

students and wards in said college.

Laws 1965, c. 396, § 422; Laws 1978, c. 244, § 29, eff. July 1,

1978; Laws 1993, c. 239, § 52, eff. July 1, 1993.