Oklahoma § 70-6-101.8 Restrictions on attorneys involved in due process

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 70-6-101.8 — Restrictions on attorneys involved in due process

Oklahoma § 70-6-101.8

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Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-101.8 (2026).

Text

hearings. An attorney, representative, or other designee of the school district who has represented or represents a school district or the administration of a school district at a hearing held for the purpose of affording due process rights and requirements for an administrator as provided for in Section 6-101.13 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a teacher as provided for in Section 6-101.26 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a support employee as provided for in Section 6-101.46 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes or who has been involved or participated in any prehearing actions of the school district with respect to a recommendation for the termination of employment or nonreemployment of an administrator, teacher, or support employee shall not: 1. Conduct or preside as the he

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hearings. An attorney, representative, or other designee of the school district who has represented or represents a school district or the administration of a school district at a hearing held for the purpose of affording due process rights and requirements for an administrator as provided for in Section 6-101.13 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a teacher as provided for in Section 6-101.26 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a support employee as provided for in Section 6-101.46 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes or who has been involved or participated in any prehearing actions of the school district with respect to a recommendation for the termination of employment or nonreemployment of an administrator, teacher, or support employee shall not: 1. Conduct or preside as the hearing officer or judge at a due process hearing or hearings; and 2. Attend, advise at, or in any way influence an executive session of the school district board of education that is held in conjunction with a due process hearing or hearings if the attorney, representative, or other designee of the school district conducted or presided over the due process hearing or hearings as the hearing officer or judge.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 8, § 2, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013. NOTE: Text formerly resided under repealed Title 70, § 6-101.7, which was derived from Laws 2009, c. 228, § 74, which was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, Inc., 2013 OK 37, 302 P.2d 789 (Okla. 2013).