Opinion No. (1989)

Dear Representatives White,

¶ 0 The Attorney General has received your request for an official opinion asking, in effect:

Is a school district required to use the negotiation processspecified in 70 O.S. 509.1 (1988) et seq., to determine thedistribution of the state aid increase provided by theLegislature in Okl. Sess. L. 1988, c.298, 51, if either theclassroom teachers or support personnel staff requests suchnegotiations and the other group of employees is not using thenegotiations process?

¶ 1 Your question arises from the apparent ambiguity of a sentence in an appropriation bill which…