SECTION 210:35-11-21. Administrative and supervisory services


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  •   Students may enroll in career technology courses at the comprehensive high school or in the technology centers or both. The technology center curriculum is an extension of the high school for students currently enrolled in a high school. The Technology Center is a separate entity in that it also serves adult students.
    (1)   All high school students shall be enrolled through a cooperative effort of sending comprehensive high schools and the Technology Center except in cases where the student's parent or guardian has provided an affidavit and sufficient evidence that he/she is participating in a home-schooled education plan in accordance with 70 O.S., Section 10-105.
    (2)   Student discipline and control shall be a cooperative effort between the comprehensive high school and the Technology Center. Each institution shall enforce rules and regulations in accordance with their board approved policies. Both institutions shall recognize the student's right to due process.
    (3)   The comprehensive high school shall notify the Technology Center when students wish to withdraw from the Technology Center.
    (4)   Attendance records and records of course work completed by a student in a Technology Center in Oklahoma shall be certified by the Technology Center to the sending school in which the student is regularly enrolled and shall be entered on the student's transcript according to the appropriate course title. These units of course work shall be counted toward meeting local and state requirements for graduation.
    (5)   The standard school year shall consist of not less than 180 days. Courses offered in the Technology Center on the secondary level shall meet at least 175 days per school year and be accredited for 3 units. Comprehensive schools may elect to give the student 4 units of credit each year if the class meets for a length of time equal to that where 4 units of credit are offered in the comprehensive school. Request for credit to be offered other than specified in the approved program of studies for career technology education must be made to and approved by the appropriate division of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education and the Accreditation Section of the State Department of Education.
    (6)   Secondary career technology classes offered for credit outside the time frame of the regular school day shall meet the following criteria:
    (A)   The curriculum must be an accredited program and be taught by a certified instructor.
    (B)   Classes must meet a minimum of 60 hours for one-half unit or 120 hours for 1 unit of credit.
    (7)   Secondary career technology programs in the Technology Center shall be offered only to eleventh and twelfth grade students. Special permission may be granted for sophomores to enroll under the following provisions:
    (A)   Sophomores may be enrolled at the discretion of the high school principal and Technology Center administration. Factors to be considered for sophomore enrollment include over-age students, potential dropouts, and students with special needs. The high school principal shall present to the State Department of Education, Accreditation Section, a list of any sophomores included under the provision.
    (B)   Students who are on an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) may participate in the Technology Center program for up to 4 years.
[Source: Added at 8 Ok Reg 2159, eff 5-17-91 (emergency); Added at 9 Ok Reg 2371, eff 7-13-92; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 20, eff 9-17-01 (emergency); Amended at 19 Ok Reg 982, eff 5-13-02]