SECTION 210:35-5-74. Expenditures  


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  • (a)   Minimum annual expenditures. In establishing a balanced print and nonprint collection, the minimum annual media program expenditure shall be as follows:
    (1)   Fewer than five hundred (500) enrolled students: Nine dollars ($9.00) per enrolled student.
    (2)   Five hundred (500) to nine hundred ninety-nine (999) enrolled students: Four thousand five hundred dollars ($4500.00) for the first five hundred (500) enrolled students plus five dollars ($5.00) per student for each additional enrolled student above five hundred (500) students up to nine hundred ninety-nine (999) students.
    (3)   One thousand (1000) to one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine (1999) enrolled students: Seven thousand dollars ($7000.00) for the first one thousand (1000) enrolled students plus four dollars ($4.00) per student for each additional enrolled student above one thousand (1000) students up to one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine (1999) students.
    (4)   Two thousand (2000) or more enrolled students: Eleven thousand dollars ($11,000.00) for the first two thousand (2000) enrolled students plus three dollars ($3.00) per student for each additional enrolled student above two thousand (2000) students.
    (b)   Permissible media expenditures. All materials in the school (decentralized materials) that have been processed and are cataloged by the media center may be included.Examples of materials that constitute permissible media expenditures include, but are not limited to:
    (1)   Hardback, paperback, and/or electronic books;
    (2)   Periodicals in print and/or digital formats;
    (3)   Pamphlets, manuscripts, and reports, in print and/or digital formats;
    (4)   Prints, posters, photographic slides, filmstrips, or photographs, in print and/or digital formats;
    (5)   Microforms (e.g., microfilm and/or microfiche);
    (6)   Multimedia packages or kits;
    (7)   Scientific specimens, microscopic slides;
    (8)   Realia;
    (9)   Models;
    (10)   Audio recordings (e.g., vinyl records, reel-to-reel tape recordings, cassettes, CDs, MP3);
    (11)   Video recordings (e.g., film, video tape, DVD and Blu-ray discs,) and;,
    (11)   Computer software and applications.
    (c)   Impermissible expenditures. Textbooks, equipment, and salaries may not be included. For purposes of this Section, "equipment" shall have the meaning set forth at 210:25-7-1.
    (d)   Federal funds not included. The contributions of federally funded programs shall not be included in meeting this standard.
[Source: Added at 8 Ok Reg 2159, eff 5-17-91 (emergency); Added at 9 Ok Reg 2371, eff 7-13-92; Amended at 31 Ok Reg 1224, eff 9-12-14]