Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.577: Director and faculty

A. A public developmental research school shall be headed by a

director, selected by the president of the affiliated higher

education institution and employed by the affiliated higher

education institution. The director shall be the chief executive

officer of the district in which the developmental research school

is located. The director is not required to be a certified

administrator and may be selected from the staff of the college of

education of the affiliated higher education institution. The board

of education for the district in which the developmental research

school is located may reimburse the higher education institution for

part of the director's salary.

B. Except as provided in this section, classroom teachers

employed to teach in a public developmental research school shall be

certified teachers pursuant to Section 6-101 et seq. of Title 70 of

the Oklahoma Statutes. Higher education faculty employed by the

affiliated higher education institution who are not certified

teachers may serve simultaneously as instructional personnel for the

public developmental research school and the higher education

institution. No more than one-third of the teaching faculty of the

research school may be higher education faculty who are not

certified pursuant to Section 6-101 et seq. of Title 70 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

C. Persons participating in the Alternative Placement Program

pursuant to Section 6-122.3 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes may

be employed as teachers in a public developmental research school.