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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 70. SCHOOLS

  § 70-21-101. Definitions.  

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  • As used in Sections 21-101 through 21-203 of this title:

    1.  "Private school" means any privately owned business school, trade school, or other school offering courses in, to residents of, or correspondence courses from Oklahoma in any business, professional, trade, technical, or industrial occupation for consideration or remuneration.  The term private school shall not include barber schools, beauty schools, or other schools which are regulated or licensed pursuant to the provisions of any school licensing law of this state.  Any barber schools, beauty schools, or other schools, of their own volition, may apply and be licensed pursuant to the provisions of Section 21-103 of this title if they meet the criteria for approval established by the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools.  Said licensing shall not preclude such schools from complying with any present or future legislation dealing directly with such schools.  In addition, such term shall not be construed to include any form of flight instruction subject to regulations promulgated by the Federal Aviation Administration, or to include parochial, private, or other nonpublic schools offering programs of general education, accredited by the State Board of Education or the State Board of Regents for Higher Education;

    2.  "Board" means the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools;

    3.  The term "in-state branch" means any private school located within this state which offers substantially the same curriculum as is offered at its in-state main school; and

    4.  The term "out-of-state branch" means any out-of-state private school, located in the same state as its main school, which offers substantially the same curriculum as is offered at its main school.

Added by Laws 1970, c. 65, § 1, operative July 1, 1970.  Renumbered from § 1444.1 of this title by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 24-123, eff. July 2, 1971.  Amended by Laws 1976, c. 86, § 1, emerg. eff. May 4, 1976; Laws 1982, c. 303, § 6, operative July 1, 1982; Laws 1983, c. 280, § 7, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1986, c. 111, § 1, eff. July 1, 1986; Laws 1986, c. 258, § 11, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1991, c. 270, § 18, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1995, c. 305, § 18, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1999, c. 398, § 3, eff. July 1, 1999.