Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-510.8: Priority of placement - Refusal to participate - Waiver

of educational requirements.

A. The Department of Corrections shall implement procedures to

ensure that priority for placement of eligible inmates in education

programs be given to inmates lacking basic literacy skills and to

inmates closest to their projected release dates.

B. Any incarcerated inmate that refuses to participate in

recommended education programs shall be ineligible for earned

credits as provided in Section 138.1 of this title and shall

jeopardize the eligibility of the inmate for parole or participation

in the Preparole Conditional Supervision Program.

C. Any eligible inmate who has not achieved the educational

proficiency level established in Section 510.7 of this title, prior

to the date of eligibility for parole or preparole conditional

supervision, shall be required by the Pardon and Parole Board to

participate in education programs approved by the Board to achieve

the proficiency level or, at the discretion of the Board, to obtain

a high school equivalency diploma as a condition of parole or

preparole conditional supervision. If education programs are not

available in the community where the inmate resides, or if the Board

finds that the educational requirements would be a financial

hardship on the inmate or that the inmate is not physically able to

participate, the Board may waive the educational requirement set

forth in this section.