Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-101.40: Suspension, demotion, termination or nonreemployment

for cause of support employee.

A support employee who has been employed by a local board of

education for more than one (1) year shall be subject to suspension,

demotion, termination or nonreemployment only for cause, as

designated by the policy of the local board of education, adopted as

provided in Section 6-101.43 of this title. This section shall not

be construed to prevent layoffs for lack of funds or work. For

purposes of this act, "support employee" means a full-time employee

of a school district as determined by the standard period of labor

which is customarily understood to constitute full-time employment

for the type of services performed by the employee who is employed a

minimum of one hundred seventy-two (172) days and who provides those

services, not performed by professional educators or certified

teachers, which are necessary for the efficient and satisfactory

functioning of a school district and shall not include adult

education instructors or adult coordinators employed by technology

center school districts.