1. PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW Part 11: Primary Legal Sources- State Legislative (Statute) Law

2. STATUTE LAW SOURCES

3. State Statutes
First published in session law in the order that they were passed
Next, put in subject format in the state codes

4. Web Sites Containing All State Statutes
Constitutions, statutes and codes Legal Information Institute (LII):
Topical Index: State Statutes:
Guide to Law Online: U.S. States and Territories: Library of Congress

5. Oklahoma State Statutes
Oklahoma Session Laws
Oklahoma Statutes (published by West)
Oklahoma Statutes Annotated

6. Oklahoma Session Laws
All laws passed by the Oklahoma Legislature are arranged in the order that they passed.

7. Oklahoma Session Laws Online
Contains the laws from 1998 through the current 2010 session.

8. Oklahoma Statutes Published by West Pub Co Published every 10 years
Updated by annual supplements
The law is divided into subject titles
Title 70 is called schools

9. Oklahoma Statutes Online
Last updated in Feb Each title is a separate rtf document (Opens as a word document)

10. There are three print state statutes sources for Texas:
General and Special Laws of Texas 
West's Texas Statutes and Codes (series of books on specific codes published by West)
Vernon's Texas Statutes and Codes Annotated

11. Texas State Statutes Online
Legislative Library of Texas--Direct Search
Covers session laws from 12 legislature (1870) to the 82nd legislature (2011). Work in progress. Complete information is not available for all bills and all sessions.
Texas Constitution and Statutes
The statutes available on this website are current through the 1st Called Session of the 82nd Legislature, July The Texas Constitution is current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2011.

12. Checking the Status of a Bill-Federal
Thomas:
You can search for a bill by word or phrase, or by bill number, bill status (where the bill is in the legislative process). You can also search for a bill by the sponsor of the bill, the date that the bill was introduced into Congress, and the type of bill (public or private). You may search back to the 93rd congress (1973) to the present.

13. Checking the Status of a Bill--Oklahoma
Legislative Service Bureau Bill Tracking Reports Website
You can search by Bill number, the the author of the bill, bill status (where the bill is in the legislative process). You can also search for a bill by subject, citation, author, and by the committee that the bill was assigned to.

14. Checking the Status of a Bill-- Texas
Texas Legislature Online
You can search in the text of a bill, search by bill number, author, coauthor, sponsor, what committee that the bill has been assigned to,

15. Official vs unoffical code
Official is when the state publishes the code, or arranges for a commercial publisher to publish the code
When a commercial publisher publishes the code without government authorization, it is called the unofficial code.
Annotated codes contains the code and research references
Unannotated codes contains only the code

16. Comparing State Statutes
NCSL 50-State Legislative Tracking Web Resources
Book of the States
this annual volume is published by the Council of State Governments, and contains analysis and comparisions of state governments in many areas, such as administration, finance, legislatures, judicial, state policies and much more. It is located in the reference area R B64B
National Survey of State Laws (2003) (R N21L)
Comparing State Laws and Constitutions State Government and Polices

17. That’s the end of part 11!!!!! You are getting smarter by the minute!!!