Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 210 - State Department of Education
Chapter 40 - Grants and Programs-In-Aid
Subchapter 79 - Alternative Education Academies Grants Program for Mid-Sized and Small Schools
Section 210:40-79-3 - Procedures for solicitation and acceptance of applications for state-funded Alternative Education Academies Grants Program for Mid-Sized and Small Schools funds

Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 210:40-79-3

Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024

(a) Pursuant to Section 1210.563 of Title 70, Oklahoma Statutes, the State Board of Education will identify counties that have a high number of juvenile justice referrals and a high number of students who have dropped out of school.

(b) Upon identification by the State Board of Education, service providers in school districts located in counties identified pursuant to the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section become eligible to compete for designated state funds to serve students in school districts in identified eligible counties.

(1) Counties that are considered to have a high number of dropouts and juvenile justice referrals for purposes of the Alternative Education Academies Grants Program for Mid-Sized and Small Schools are those counties that rank in the top half when all seventy-seven (77) counties are ranked from the highest to the lowest.

(2) A school district must be located within a county that has a high number of dropouts and juvenile justice referrals to be eligible to participate in the program.

(3) Programs eligible for funding shall include, but not be limited to, programs provided directly by an eligible school district, cooperative agreements among school districts that serve students in eligible school districts, cooperative agreements involving eligible school districts and area vocational and technical school districts, or nonprofit organizations.

(c) Funding levels for school districts and/or cooperatives are as follows:

(1) $75,000 for Local Education Agencies (LEAs) that have an average daily attendance (ADA) of eight hundred (800) or less.

(2) $100,000 for LEAs that have an ADA of eight hundred one (801) or more.

(d) No Alternative Education Academy grant recipient that received funding in 1994-95 is eligible to receive funding from the Alternative Education Academies Grants Program for Mid-Sized and Small Schools.

(e) Programs that receive funding will serve as models for future alternative academies.

Added at 13 Ok Reg 551, eff 11-14-95 (emergency); Added at 13 Ok Reg 1361, eff 5-13-96; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 3379, eff 5-5-97 (emergency); Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2337, eff 6-11-98

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