The Department of Corrections, the State Department of Rehabilitation Services and the State Board of Career and Technology Education shall use the following priorities and methods of selection when implementing any program for persons in custody of the Department of Corrections:
1. The assistance of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education or a technology center school within the State of Oklahoma;
2. The assistance of a private vocational or vocational-technical school within the State of Oklahoma;
3. The assistance of a public university, college or junior college located within the State of Oklahoma;
4. The assistance of a private university or college located within the State of Oklahoma;
5. The assistance of a private firm located within the State of Oklahoma; and
6. The assistance from any entity, public or private, located outside the State of Oklahoma.
Added by Laws 1991, c. 105, § 1, emerg. eff. April 25, 1991. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 307, § 5, emerg. eff. June 4, 1991; Laws 1993, c. 364, § 17, emerg. eff. June 11, 1993; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 43, eff. July 1, 2001.