Opinion No. 73-129 (1973) Ag

OKLAHOMA COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE STATUTE — PRIVATE SCHOOLS The Oklahoma Compulsory Attendance Statute does not require that a private school be accredited by the State Department of Education or that a private tutor hold an Oklahoma teaching certificate so long as the private instruction is supplied in good faith and is equivalent in fact to that afforded by the State. While a board of education has discretion to classify students as it deems appropriate and require examinations relative thereto, credit for private instruction may not be denied solely because the private instructor did not hold…