Residents of the State of Oklahoma ages 3 through 21 who are deaf or hard of hearing, and cannot acquire an appropriate education in the common schools shall be entitled to an education in the Oklahoma School for the Deaf free of charge. An individual with a hearing loss that impairs the processing of linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, that adversely affects that individual's educational performance is considered deaf or hard of hearing for the purposes of this section. Eligibility indicators included:

1. (1) a minimum 40 decibel loss or hearing impairment which, even with best correction, adversely affects educational performance; or
2. (2) a hearing loss so severe that the individual cannot hear or understand either speech or most sounds in the every day environment, even with a hearing aid.

Added at 10 Ok Reg 4643, eff 9-1-93 (emergency)

Added at 11 Ok Reg 2459, eff 7-1-94

Amended at 12 Ok Reg 1509, eff 7-1-95