Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-101.26: Mailing or delivery of recommendation to teacher -

Teacher hearing.

A. Whenever a board of education receives a recommendation from

the superintendent for the dismissal or nonreemployment of a

teacher, the board or individual designated by the board shall mail

a copy of the recommendation to the teacher by certified mail,

restricted delivery, return receipt requested, by personal delivery

to the teacher with a signed acknowledgement of receipt, or by

delivery by a process server. By the same means, the board shall

notify the teacher of the right to a hearing before the board and

the date, time and place set by the board for the hearing, which

shall be held within the school district not sooner than twenty (20)

days or later than sixty (60) days after receipt of notice by the

teacher, the date on the personal receipt by hand-delivery to the

teacher, or the date of delivery by a process server. The notice

shall specify the statutory grounds upon which the recommendation is

based upon for a career teacher or shall specify the cause upon

which the recommendation is based upon for a probationary teacher.

The notice shall also specify the underlying facts supporting the

recommendation. At the hearing, the teacher shall be entitled to

all rights guaranteed under the circumstances by the United States

Constitution and the Constitution of Oklahoma.

B. The teacher hearing shall be conducted by the district board

according to procedures established by the State Board of Education.

C. Only after due consideration of the evidence and testimony

presented at the hearing shall the district board decide whether to

dismiss or nonreemploy the teacher. The vote of the board shall be

made in an open meeting. The board shall also notify the teacher of

the decision, including the basis for the decision, by certified

mail, restricted delivery, return receipt requested, or substitute

process as provided by law. The decision of the board regarding a

teacher shall be final and nonappealable. At the hearing the burden

of proof shall be upon the superintendent or designee, and the

standard of proof shall be by the preponderance of the evidence.

The teacher shall receive any compensation or benefits to which the

teacher is otherwise entitled until the decision of the board

becomes final. If the hearing for a teacher is for nonreemployment,

such compensation and benefits may be continued only until the end

of the current contract of the teacher.