SECTION 210:35-11-71. Student activities programs


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  • (a)   Each secondary career technology education program shall have an active and appropriate career technology student organization (CTSO) as an integral part of the career technology program. Appropriate CTSOs are defined as follows: DECA/Delta Epsilon Chi (Marketing Education); FBLA/PBL (Business Education), Future Business Leaders of America/Phi Beta Lambda; FFA (Agricultural Education); FCCLA (Family and Consumer Sciences Education), Family, Career, Community Leaders of America; HOSA (Health Occupations Education), Health Occupations Students of America; TSA (Technology Education), Technology Students Association; and VICA (Trade and Industrial Education), Skills USA/Vocational Industrial Clubs of America.
    (b)   Each student who participates in a CTSO shall be involved in the CTSO which is designed for the occupational program in which the student is enrolled.
    (1)   The maximum number of absences for activities, whether sponsored by the sending school, technology center, or outside agency/organization, which removes the student from the classroom shall be ten for any one class period of each school year. Excluded from this number are state and national levels of school-sponsored competitive events. State and national competitive events are those for which a student must earn the right to compete.
    (2)   Students who participate in CTSO activities at the Technology Center shall meet the eligibility rules of the sending schools in which they are also enrolled. It is recommended that the eligibility rules meet or exceed the rules of the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association.
    (c)   The leadership development activities associated with the CTSO shall be directed and supervised by the appropriate career technology instructor with support and guidance from the administration.
    (d)   The school shall provide resources needed to support the career technology student organization activities.
    (e)   The Technology Center shall cooperate with the sending school to support participation of students in co-curricular and extracurricular activities of the home school.
[Source: Added at 8 Ok Reg 2159, eff 5-17-91 (emergency); Added at 9 Ok Reg 2371, eff 7-13-92; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 366, eff 10-13-97 (emergency); Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2306, eff 6-11-98; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 20, eff 9-17-01 (emergency); Amended at 19 Ok Reg 982, eff 5-13-02]