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Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-038 Order Primary source read

State Board of Education order of March 25, 2020 adopting a Distance Learning Plan for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year (as announced in the Board's release, 'State Board approves distance learning for the remainder of the school year')

Order that Oklahoma's public schools complete the 2019-20 school year by distance learning from April 6, 2020 without reopening school buildings; no in-person instruction or extracurricular activities

Oklahoma State Board of Education (State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister, chair) · Oklahoma State Board of Education; State level (State)

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Jurisdiction
Oklahoma State Board of Education; State level · Oklahoma
Level
State
Authority
70 O.S. s. 3-104; Executive Order 2020-07
Issued
2020-03-25 Mar. 25, 2020
Effective
2020-04-06 (distance learning begins; buildings closed from March 17 under the Board's March 16, 2020 order, record 037) (read as 2020-04-06)
End
End of the 2019-20 school year (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Apr. 6, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capSchools and child care
Addressees
  • all accredited public school districts
  • students and staff
Functions reached
  • IN in-person instruction closed statewide through the school year
  • RL distance learning required with district assurances
  • AC extracurricular activities prohibited
  • FS school meals continued
  • WF parents' workforce
  • CB families
Collection
State education and higher-education authorities AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED

Operative words

The State Board of Education unanimously approved an order that implements a Distance Learning Plan to complete the 2019-20 school year for Oklahoma students without reopening school buildings.... Beginning April 6, districts will be expected to provide distance learning for the rest of the school year. District leaders will also provide assurances to the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) of a Distance Learning Plan and ensure services continue for English learners and special education students.... While education will resume on April 6 with distance learning, there will not be traditional, in-person instruction or extracurricular activities. Districts will be expected to following critical safety guidance from the Centers for Disease Control with regard to social distancing for students, staff and school families.

Enforcement

70 O.S. s. 3-104.4 (accreditation) and s. 3-104 (Board supervision); the release links the Board's order and the March 25, 2020 agenda

Notes

The Board's order document itself is linked from the release (documents/2020-03-25/state-board-education-handouts) and was not separately retrieved

Retrieval note

The Board's own release (OSDE website, capture of April 8, 2020) read in full.