Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-13-105: State Board of Education may fix qualifications of

teachers and support personnel.

A. The State Board of Education is hereby authorized in

accordance with state and federal law to determine and prescribe the

qualifications of all persons who teach children with disabilities,

to define, classify and determine standards of eligibility of all

children with disabilities to receive special education and related

services, to fix minimum requirements for special education and

related services of children with disabilities, and to make such

rules as it deems necessary for the teaching of children with

disabilities.

B. The State Board of Education shall offer all support

personnel, including but not limited to assistants who work with a

trained paraprofessional or special education teacher for children

with multiple disabilities or deaf-blindness, the same training and

education as the trained paraprofessional is required to complete.