The Department of Rehabilitation Services contracts for the employment of teachers and other instructional personnel at the Oklahoma School for the Blind and the Oklahoma School for the Deaf. Contracted instructional personnel are considered to be employees of the Department but are not subject to the Oklahoma Personnel Act. The purpose of this Subchapter is to establish personnel policies for contracted instructional personnel similar to those applicable to public school districts in accordance with 10 O.S. 1419 (e). The policies in this Subchapter pertain exclusively to employees as listed at 10 O.S. 1419 (B). These employees are not subject to the Department's personnel policies in Chapter 3 of this Title unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
Okla. Admin. Code § 612:20-2-1