Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-126: Educational improvement plans - Components - Exemptions

from statutory requirements and State Board of Education rules.

A. A school district may develop an educational improvement

plan which includes exemption from the educational-related statutory

requirements set forth in subsection C of this section and State

Board of Education rules for the school district, a school site or

any program, grade level, consortium of schools or school districts

or other group within the school district. The board of education

of the school district shall, through adoption of a resolution,

approve the plan prior to application being made to the State Board

of Education.

B. Each educational improvement plan approved by the State

Board of Education shall include the following components:

1. A description of the educational benefits to be derived;

2. A definition of the standards of the plan;

3. Development of definitive work products, such as site

improvement plans and progress reports;

4. Demonstration of collaboration by teachers, administrators,

higher education representatives, students, parents/families, and

the community;

5. Development and the use of an assessment mechanism to

determine progress in meeting the goals and objectives of the plan;

6. Development of an in-service training plan to be provided to

personnel at the site who will participate in the project;

7. Report on the results of the plan to the State Board of

Education and provision of appropriate technical assistance to other

school districts and the State Department of Education as required;

and

8. Explanation of how the plan will affect other schools,

programs or sites in the district.

C. Each educational improvement plan shall include a list of

the specific educational-related statutory requirements and State

Board of Education rules the school district is requesting an

exemption from and why each exemption is necessary to success of the

plan. The school district shall not be granted an exemption from

federal educational-related requirements. A school district may

request an exemption from any statutory requirement or State Board

of Education rule not related to bilingual and special education

programs, health and safety provisions, school finance, State Aid,

pupil formula weights, teacher salary and teacher retirement, the

Oklahoma School Testing Program, the Oklahoma Educational Indicators

Program and the teacher preparation, examination, certification,

residency and professional development system. The State Board of

Education may grant district-wide exemptions from certification

requirements for Library Media Specialists to districts experiencing

a shortage in this area. The State Board of Education may grant an

exemption from certification requirements for superintendents to any

district with an unweighted average daily membership over twenty-

five thousand (25,000).