Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1733: Entitlement to free education and dormitory housing –

Criteria and procedures.

A. Residents of this state for whom deafness or hardness of

hearing is the primary impediment to success in the common schools

of the state, and who are of suitable age and physical and mental

capacity, shall be entitled to an education in the Oklahoma School

for the Deaf without charge.

B. Students admitted to the school who are of suitable

emotional capacity and who are not a threat to themselves or others

shall be entitled to reside at the school free of charge to the

extent that dormitory housing is available.

C. The Department of Rehabilitation Services shall establish

the criteria and procedures for admission to the school.

R.L. 1910, § 6988. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 40, § 1, emerg. eff.

April 5, 1976; Laws 2001, c. 329, § 8, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001.