Independent School District No. I-20 of Muskogee County v. Oklahoma State Department of Education

¶ 1 We granted certiorari to address three issues: 1 whether the State Department of Education may withhold future payments to a school district pursuant to 70 O.S.2001 § 18-1181 to recoup funds which it overpaid because of a computer error; 2) whether recovery of the overpayment would violate the constitutional debt limitations of the Okla. Const, art. 10, § 262; and 3) whether venue is proper in the county where the school district is located. We hold that: 1) pursuant to 70 O.S.2001 § 18-118,3 the State Department of Education may withhold future payments to a school district to recoup…