1. A. The State Department of Education is that department of the state government in which the agencies created or authorized by the Constitution and Legislature are placed and charged with the responsibility of determining the policies and directing the administration and supervision of the public school system of the state. These agencies are the State Board of Education, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and such divisions and positions as may be established by law and by the State Board of Education.
2. B. The State Board of Education is that agency in the State Department of Education which shall be the governing board of said Department and the public school system of the state.
3. C. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction is the official provided for in Article VI, Section 1, of the Constitution of Oklahoma who shall be the executive officer of the State Board of Education.

Added by Laws 1971, HB 1155, c. 281, § 1-105, emerg. eff. July 2, 1971. Amended by Laws 1990, HB 1946, c. 293, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.