Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-18-125: Incentive grants for small school district to fund

cooperative programs.

Recognizing the needs small school districts have to meet

increased high school graduation and college admission requirements,

and the difficulty such districts may experience in offering the

necessary academic courses, the Legislature hereby states its intent

to assist such districts through the creation of incentive grants to

fund cooperative programs. Such grants shall be allocated by the

State Board of Education on a competitive basis to school districts

with an average daily attendance of eight hundred (800) or less, or

to any school district participating in the East Central Educational

Support Center, to enter into an agreement with one or more

districts of any size or an accredited institution of higher

education to provide classes in mathematics, science, a foreign

language, computer education, visual arts or music to elementary or

secondary students. In allocating incentive grants to fund

cooperative programs, the State Department of Education shall give

priority to those programs that emphasize classes required for high

school graduation and college admission. Funding provided in the

grants shall be expended for instruction-related personnel,

equipment, transportation, materials and telecommunications,

including but not limited to telecommunication equipment,

instruction and other materials. Funding provided for grants for

telecommunication shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the funds

provided for all grants specified in this section. No funds

provided shall be used for construction of buildings.