Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-35e: Dropouts - Reports - Tabulation of statistics -

Dissemination of information - Report to Legislature - Definition.

A. It shall be the duty of the superintendent, principal or

head teacher of each public or private middle, junior high and high

school accredited by the State Department of Education in the State

of Oklahoma to notify the Department annually as scheduled by the

Department of the name, address, race and age of any pupil dropping

out from the school during the preceding year. The report shall be

made on forms prescribed and furnished by the Department.

B. The State Board of Education shall cause these statistics of

school dropouts to be tabulated by grade and school district.

Information of school dropouts shall be made available to the

Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, the Bureau

of Indian Affairs, the Military Department of the State of Oklahoma

for use in the youth educational programs provided by the Department

and the State Department of Health.

C. The State Department of Education shall make an annual

report to the Legislature prior to the convening of each regular

session thereof of information received and tabulated pursuant to

this section.

D. For the purposes of this section, school dropout means any

student who is under the age of nineteen (19) and has not graduated

from high school and is not attending any public or private school

or is otherwise receiving an education pursuant to law for the full

term the schools of the school district in which the student resides

are in session.