Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-14-103.1: Vocational and technical education - Dropout Recovery

Grants - Statewide plan.

A. Contingent upon the provision of appropriated funds, the

State Board of Career and Technology Education is authorized to

award one or more competitive grants for dropout recovery programs

to technology center school districts. The grant awards shall be

made to technology center school districts serving school districts

that do not have intensive dropout prevention programs and that have

the greatest need for dropout prevention and recovery as reflected

in reports of the Office of Accountability. The Dropout Recovery

Grants shall emphasize dropout recovery, shall be in addition to any

existing alternative education programs, and shall meet the criteria

applicable to Alternative Education Academy Grants as set forth in

subsection A of Section 1210.563 of this title.

B. The State Board of Career and Technology Education shall

provide or contract for technical assistance from appropriated

funds. The State Board of Career and Technology Education shall

provide or contract for in-depth program analysis and evaluation of

grant-funded programs to the Oklahoma Department of Career and

Technology Education and the Legislature no later than November 1

following the end of the school year in which one or more programs

were implemented and funded through Dropout Recovery Grants.

C. Programs funded through Dropout Recovery Grants shall be

subject to the funding cycle and limitations applicable to

Alternative Education Academy Grants as set out in subsection C of

Section 1210.563 of this title.

D. By September 15 of each school year, all revenue received

and expended for students participating in Dropout Recovery Grant

programs created in subsection A of this section shall be reported

to the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.

E. The State Board of Career and Technology Education shall

promulgate rules as necessary to administer the Dropout Recovery

Grants and the process by which the grant funding shall be

allocated.

F. By September 1, 1995, the State Board of Career and

Technology Education shall prepare and submit to the Legislature and

the Governor a proposed statewide plan, including a statement of

needed funding, for the provision of vocational and technical

education to students in grades six through twelve who have been

identified by school districts in their needs assessments as being

at risk of not completing a high school education for a reason other

than that identified in Section 13-101 of this title, and who would

benefit from vocational and technical education. The plan shall

include the availability of technology education courses to the

identified students, an outreach effort to students in grades eleven

and twelve in vocational and technical courses, provision for

cooperative agreements to provide services for students

participating in alternative education programs, and coordination

with the State Board of Education.