2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 70. Schools
§70-1210.577. Director and faculty.

A. A public developmental research school shall be headed by a director, selected by the president of the affiliated higher education institution and employed by the affiliated higher education institution. The director shall be the chief executive officer of the district in which the developmental research school is located. The director is not required to be a certified administrator and may be selected from the staff of the college of education of the affiliated higher education institution. The board of education for the district in which the developmental research school is located may reimburse the higher education institution for part of the director's salary.

B. Except as provided in this section, classroom teachers employed to teach in a public developmental research school shall be certified teachers pursuant to Section 6-101 et seq. of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Higher education faculty employed by the affiliated higher education institution who are not certified teachers may serve simultaneously as instructional personnel for the public developmental research school and the higher education institution. No more than one-third of the teaching faculty of the research school may be higher education faculty who are not certified pursuant to Section 6-101 et seq. of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. Persons participating in the Alternative Placement Program pursuant to Section 6-122.3 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes may be employed as teachers in a public developmental research school.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 257, § 7, emerg. eff. May 26, 1993.