School districts are encouraged to have a policy that explicitly outlines its provision for persons over 21 to complete graduation requirements. Per §70-5-132.1, certain persons 21 years of age or older may be allowed to complete high school. A person who has not already completed the requirements for a high school diploma or received a General Education Diploma, upon proper application to an independent school district, may be given the opportunity to complete the requirements for and receive a regular high school diploma. The school district or technology center school district in which such person resides may give the person the option of attending regular classes if class size restrictions are not violated, or of participating in other programs which may be provided pursuant to provisions of the Oklahoma Statutes or rules promulgated by the State Board of Education or State Board of Career and Technology Education. Providing, however, that the school district may deny admittance of persons over twenty-one (21) to its classes. The school district or technology center school district may charge such person an amount of tuition not to exceed the average expenditure per pupil of the district for the preceding school year.
Students who have been denied a standard diploma by the school district in which the student is or was enrolled for failing to meet the requirements of this section may re-enroll in the school district that denied the student a standard diploma following the denial of a standard diploma. The student shall be provided remediation or intervention and the opportunity to complete the CURRENT curriculum units or sets of competencies required for graduation to obtain a standard diploma. Students who re-enroll in the school district to meet the graduation requirements, shall be exempt from the hourly instructional requirements of Section 1-111 of this title and the six-period enrollment requirements of this section. These students should be enrolled under the Basis of Admission code ACEPT.