{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-1210.710","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.710","heading":"Funding of elementary school counselors –","body":"Implementation contingency – Verification of expenditure levels.\n\nA. It is hereby the intent of the Oklahoma Legislature to\n\nprovide funding to urban school districts to hire school counselors\n\nat the elementary level. Preference for funding shall be given to\n\nthose urban school districts that have the highest number of\n\nelementary students at-risk and in need of alternative education.\n\nFor purposes of this section, “urban school district” means a school\n\ndistrict with an average daily membership of thirty thousand\n\n(30,000) or more.\n\nB. Implementation of this section shall be contingent upon the\n\nappropriation by the Legislature of state funds for the specific\n\npurpose of implementing this section. Nothing in this section shall\n\nprevent the State Board of Education or a school district board of\n\neducation from utilizing private, local, or federal funds to\n\nimplement this section.\n\nC. Implementation of this section shall be delayed until the\n\ncurrent expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance in public\n\nelementary and secondary schools in unadjusted dollars for the 1998-\n\n99 school year or any school year thereafter for Oklahoma, as\n\nreported by the National Center for Education Statistics annually in\n\nthe Digest of Education Statistics, reaches at least ninety percent\n\n(90%) of the regional average expenditure for that same year, and\n\nfunds are provided. For purposes of this section, the regional\n\naverage expenditure shall consist of the current expenditure per\n\npupil in average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary\n\nschools in unadjusted dollars for each of the following states:\n\nArkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and\n\nTexas, averaged together. By January 1 of each year, the State\n\nBoard of Education shall report whether or not the ninety-percent\n\nexpenditure level has been reached based on information reported\n\nannually in the Digest of Education Statistics by the National\n\nCenter for Education Statistics. This section shall be implemented\n\non July 1 after the first January 1 report verifies that the ninety-\n\npercent expenditure level has been reached and funds have been\n\nprovided for the specific purposes of this section.","path":["OK Code","Title 70"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os70.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"60e5d25aa60fec1a2907d2664c6e50df466816bf38de130bb57fe24be3d4b638","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-1210.704","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-1210.900"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}