Laws
Oklahoma Requires the Collection of Disaggregated Data on Tribal Affiliation for Students of American Indian Heritage (Board of Education)
In 2021, Oklahoma amended the Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013 to require collection of “demographic data and program participation information, including tribal affiliation and other data associated with students who have been identified as having American Indian heritage.” §70-3-168
The Oklahoma Department of Human Services published the racial groups collected under federal regulations for recipients of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). Specifically, the rules state:
- “The applicant is asked to provide ethnicity information first. The ethnicity question is ‘Are you Hispanic or Latino?’ The term ‘Spanish origin’ may be used in addition to ‘Hispanic’ or ‘Latino.’ Hispanic or Latino refers to a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
- “The applicant is then offered the option of selecting one or more racial designations. Racial designations include:
- (i) American Indian or Alaskan Native referring to a person with origins in the original peoples of North or South America, including Central America, and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment;
- (ii) Asian referring to a person with origins in the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, or Vietnam;
- (iii) Black or African American referring to a person with origins of the black racial groups of Africa. Terms, such as ‘Haitian’ or ‘Negro’ may be used in addition to ‘Black’ or ‘African American;’
- (iv) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander referring to a person with origins in the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
- (v) White, referring to a person with origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.”
