Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-155: Study and assessment of information and reports –

Collection techniques.

A. The State Board of Education shall study and assess ways to

eliminate, reduce, consolidate, and simplify the number, type, and

length of reports, data, statistics, and other information required

of any school district or school district personnel by the Board or

State Department of Education. Subject to the availability of

funding, the Board is hereby authorized to retain a consultant or

expert as may be necessary to complete the study. The study shall

include the feasibility of coordinating reporting dates and shall

identify all requirements for maintaining, completing and filing

records and reports mandated by law or rule and make recommendations

for any amendments that may be necessary to the law or rules to

implement the recommendations reported in the study. In conducting

research for the study, the Board shall provide for the input and

participation of school districts, school district personnel, and

other educational organizations. By December 31, 2010, the Board

shall issue a preliminary report of any findings and recommendations

collected prior to that date. The Board shall complete the findings

and recommendations of the study and shall file a final report with

the Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate by December 31, 2012.

B. In conducting the study as required in this section, the

Board may:

1. Survey a sample of classroom teachers from elementary,

middle, and high school grades in the public schools in the state to

determine the quantity and types of paperwork required from teachers

on a daily, weekly, monthly, semester, or annual basis as mandated

by state law or rule;

2. Review efforts being made at the school district level to

reduce the requirements for extraneous paperwork placed on teachers;

3. Collaborate with the United States Department of Education

to standardize all compliance requirements of the federal

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and review and

simplify the paperwork established by the United States Department

of Education to verify compliance with IDEA; and

4. Study the amount of state and local funds expended to meet

the compliance and paperwork requirements of IDEA.