Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-1418: Powers and duties of Commission for Rehabilitation

Services – Local education agencies.

A. The Commission for Rehabilitation Services shall have the

supervision, management and control of the Oklahoma School for the

Blind and the Oklahoma School for the Deaf, and, in addition to the

powers and duties now vested in the State Board of Education as to

each of such institutions, shall have authority to adopt such rules

as it deems necessary for the government and operation of each

institution, and for the admission and discharge of pupils at each

institution. No easement, right-of-way, oil and gas lease or

surface lease on any land used or occupied by either institution, or

any other institution under the jurisdiction of the Commission,

shall be granted or conveyed without the approval of the Commission;

and all money hereafter received therefor or derived therefrom,

including rentals and royalties from leases executed prior to July

1, 1965, shall be deposited in the revolving fund of the institution

and be used by the Commission for the purposes of the institution.

The Commission may participate in federal programs for the benefit

of blind or deaf persons, and may receive and administer federal

funds for such purposes. The Commission is hereby expressly granted

every power necessary or convenient to make such institutions

effective for the purposes for which they were created. The

provisions of this section shall not affect the type of school

maintained at either institution.

B. The Oklahoma School for the Blind and the Oklahoma School

for the Deaf shall be considered local educational agencies only for

the purpose of participating in federal programs and receiving

federal funds disbursed by the State Department of Education to

local educational agencies, if the schools meet the eligibility

requirements for the federal programs.