{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-7-601","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-7-601","heading":"Juveniles placed in Office-operated institutions and","body":"facilities - Powers and duties of Office.\n\nA. In addition to the other powers and duties prescribed by\n\nlaw, the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall have the following duties\n\nand powers with regard to juveniles placed in Office-operated\n\ninstitutions and facilities:\n\n1. Provide for the care, education, training, treatment and\n\nrehabilitation of juveniles who are placed in the institutions and\n\nfacilities. The Office shall provide for a uniform system of\n\nassessment of the reading ability of each juvenile upon initial\n\nplacement in an Office-operated institution or facility. The\n\nassessment shall include, but not be limited to, the following\n\nskills:\n\na. the level of word decoding skills of the juvenile,\n\nb. the level of vocabulary and spelling ability of the\n\njuvenile, and\n\nc. the comprehension level of the juvenile.\n\nThe Office may give assistance to local school districts in\n\nproviding an education to such juveniles, may supplement such\n\neducation, and may provide facilities for such purposes. It shall\n\nbe the duty of the Office to assure that juveniles in the aforesaid\n\ninstitutions and facilities receive educational services which\n\nprovide each juvenile with a balanced and comprehensive reading\n\nprogram, which includes as its primary and foundational components:\n\n(1) an organized, systematic, explicit skills program\n\nthat may include phonics, word recognition\n\nstrategies and other word decoding skills to\n\naddress the needs of the individual juvenile as\n\ndetermined by the entry-level needs assessment,\n\n(2) a strong language arts and comprehension program\n\nthat includes a balance of oral and written\n\nlanguage, an ongoing individualized evaluation\n\nand diagnosis that informs the teacher and an\n\nassessment that assures accountability, and\n\n(3) writing, mathematics, science and vocational-\n\ntechnical education;\n\n2. Transfer from a juvenile institution to another facility\n\nunder the jurisdiction of the Office, a juvenile who has been\n\nadjudicated delinquent, if the Office believes it advisable to do\n\nso; transfer from a facility for juveniles in need of supervision to\n\nanother such facility, a juvenile who has been adjudicated in need\n\nof supervision, provided that such transfer is consistent with the\n\ntreatment needs of the juvenile; transfer from a juvenile\n\ninstitution or facility to a state school for individuals with\n\nintellectual disabilities, any juvenile eligible for admission\n\nthereto, if the juvenile appears to be in need of the care and\n\ntreatment provided at such school; transfer from a facility for\n\ndelinquent or in need of supervision juveniles to an appropriate\n\nfacility or to the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse\n\nServices any juvenile found by the court to be a minor in need of\n\ntreatment pursuant to the Inpatient Mental Health and Substance\n\nAbuse Treatment of Minors Act and committed to inpatient mental\n\nhealth or substance abuse treatment as provided by the Inpatient\n\nMental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment of Minors Act. If a\n\ntransfer is made pursuant to this paragraph, the Office shall comply\n\nwith the notification requirements of Section 2-2-504 of this title;\n\n3. Release on parole a juvenile previously adjudicated to be\n\ndelinquent, subject to terms and conditions specified by the Office,\n\nwhenever the Office determines that such release will not be\n\ndetrimental to society and that the juvenile is ready to be returned\n\nto the community and revoke the parole for violation of the\n\nspecified terms or conditions of parole pursuant to the provisions\n\nof this section and the rules and procedures established by the\n\nOffice for such revocation;\n\n4. Release any juvenile from a juvenile institution for\n\nplacement in a group home, transitional living program, independent\n\nliving program, other community-based facility or program or out-of-\n\nhome care subject to terms and conditions specified by the Office;\n\nand\nof parole pursuant to the provisions\n\nof this section and the rules and procedures established by the\n\nOffice for such revocation;\n\n4. Release any juvenile from a juvenile institution for\n\nplacement in a group home, transitional living program, independent\n\nliving program, other community-based facility or program or out-of-\n\nhome care subject to terms and conditions specified by the Office;\n\nand\n\n5. Provide parole services for juveniles released on parole\n\nfrom juvenile institutions, and aftercare services for juveniles\n\ndischarged from juvenile institutions or facilities. Persons\n\ndesignated as Juvenile Parole Officers by the Office shall have the\n\npower to serve process and to apprehend and detain juveniles and\n\nmake arrests in accordance with the laws of the state.\n\nB. The transfer of a juvenile from a nonsecure placement to a\n\nsecure placement shall be subject to an administrative transfer\n\nhearing and any revocation of parole shall be subject to a parole\n\nrevocation hearing.\n\n1. In any administrative transfer or parole revocation\n\nproceeding, the following minimum standards shall apply:\n\na. the juvenile shall have the right to notice of the\n\nproposed transfer or parole revocation hearing and the\n\nalleged violation of administrative or parole rules on\n\nwhich the proposed transfer or parole revocation is\n\nbased,\n\nb. the juvenile shall have the right to representation by\n\nan attorney,\n\nc. the juvenile shall have the right to present evidence\n\non behalf of the juvenile, and\n\nd. the juvenile shall have a right to bail, except that\n\nthe right to bail shall not be construed to require\n\nthat a juvenile who is in residence in an Office-\n\noperated institution or other facility at the time of\n\nan alleged violation leading to an administrative\n\ntransfer proceeding be released from such institution\n\nor facility.\n\n2. The situs of the hearings shall be the county in which the\n\nalleged violation of administrative or parole rules occurred or the\n\ncounty of original jurisdiction. The judge having juvenile docket\n\njurisdiction in the county shall aid the administrative transfer or\n\nparole revocation process of the Office by:\n\na. determining eligibility for and amount of bail,\n\nb. deciding any intermediate custody or placement issue,\n\nand\n\nc. if legal counsel for the juvenile has not otherwise\n\nbeen obtained, appointing legal counsel for the\n\njuvenile and fixing the amount of compensation for the\n\nlegal counsel. The judge shall also determine if the\n\njuvenile is eligible for free legal services. If the\n\njuvenile is not eligible for free legal services, the\n\ncourt shall order the parents or legal guardian of the\n\njuvenile to pay for such services.\n\n3. If legal counsel for the juvenile has not otherwise been\n\nobtained, the appointment of legal counsel for the juvenile, the\n\nsetting of the amount of compensation for such counsel, and the\n\ndetermination of whether or not the juvenile is eligible for free\n\nlegal services shall be provided for pursuant to the Indigent\n\nDefense Act; provided, however, in those counties subject to the\n\nprovisions of Section 138.1 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes,\n\nthe legal services shall be provided by the county indigent defender\n\nas provided by law. If the juvenile is not eligible for free legal\n\nservices, the court shall order the parents or legal guardian of the\n\njuvenile to pay for such services.\n\nC. The Office may participate in federal programs relating to\n\ndelinquent juveniles, or juveniles in need of supervision, or\n\ninstitutions and services for such juveniles and apply for, receive,\n\nuse and administer federal funds for such purposes.\n\nD. The Office shall receive interest earnings on the investment\n\nby the State Treasurer of monies, to be credited to an agency\n\nspecial account, for the benefit of and held in trust for persons\nrograms relating to\n\ndelinquent juveniles, or juveniles in need of supervision, or\n\ninstitutions and services for such juveniles and apply for, receive,\n\nuse and administer federal funds for such purposes.\n\nD. The Office shall receive interest earnings on the investment\n\nby the State Treasurer of monies, to be credited to an agency\n\nspecial account, for the benefit of and held in trust for persons\n\nplaced in the custody of the Office or in residence at institutions\n\nor facilities maintained by the Office.","path":["OK Code","Title 10A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os10A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"a8fb138c6e09c13a623643a6d60a7bb04db10a17117b5c28386320affb2c1167","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-7-504","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-7-602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}