{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-18-118","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-18-118","heading":"Audit of state monies received by public school","body":"districts - Withholding from subsequent allocations.\n\nA. The State Auditor and Inspector shall approve auditors who\n\nshall audit the funds of the public school districts and the use\n\nmade of the monies thereof, and shall make such other audits as may\n\nbe required by the State Auditor and Inspector.\n\nB. School districts and officers and employees thereof who\n\ndivert any monies received by a district from the purpose for which\n\nthe monies were apportioned to the district shall be jointly and\n\nseverally liable for any such diversion.\n\nC. If audits disclose that state monies have been illegally\n\napportioned to, or illegally disbursed or expended by, a school\n\ndistrict or any of its officers or employees, the State Board of\n\nEducation shall make demand that the monies be returned to the State\n\nTreasurer by such school district. If the monies are not returned,\n\nthe State Board of Education shall withhold the unreturned amount\n\nfrom subsequent allocations of state funds otherwise due the\n\ndistrict. The State Board of Education shall cause suit to be\n\ninstituted to recover for the state any monies illegally disbursed\n\nor expended, if not otherwise recovered as provided herein.","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":"e67ac1d9096e4f7888682b0924dd4d7f881db7742602a6d8bb59c9f4ad24258a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-18-117","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-18-118.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}