Removal of Juvenile Sex Offender (Procedures)

Upon receipt of notice from the juvenile bureau or the Office of Juvenile Affairs, that a student in the school district was adjudicated of an offense subject to the Oklahoma Juvenile Sex Offender Registration Act, involving another student or siblings of the victim that are attending school in the district, the superintendent shall:

1. Notify the victim and parent or guardian of the victim of their right to request to be separated from the offender at school and during school transportation.
2. If the victim requests to be separated from the offender, the school district shall take all steps allowed by law to separate the victim and/or the victim's siblings from the offender. Steps that may be taken in this school district are as follows:
   1. Inform the offender that they may seek an Open Transfer to another school district for the subsequent school year. This transfer would be subject to the policy on open transfer for the receiving district.
   2. Provide the offender with a transfer to another school site within the district.
   3. Placing the offender in an alternative education program.
3. The offender or the parents of the offender, if the offender is a juvenile, shall be responsible for arranging and paying for transportation and any other cost associated with or required for the offender to attend another school. However, the offender or the parents of the offender shall not be charged for existing modes of transportation that can be used by the offender at no additional cost to the school district.

(If the offender is a special needs student, please contact your school district's special education law attorney to determine what steps, if any, the district may legally take).

Legal Citations

The qualifications and procedures outlined in this policy are based upon the following Oklahoma Statutes (O.S.):

• 70 O.S. §24-100.6