A nonprofit group that performed a study of Oklahoma school district Web sites this summer said most of the sites don’t meet basic criteria for transparency for taxpayers.

In a report released Monday, the group Oklahomans For Responsible Government said 79 of the state’s 531 school districts — about 15 percent — don’t have a Web site and no district fully met all 10 of the criteria developed by SunshineReview.org, a na-tional transparency advocacy group.

“We want to be as transparent as possible,” said Amber Graham Fitzgerald, Enid Public Schools director of school and community relations. “Our goal is to be transparent and accountable.”

Enid’s school district was only missing two of the 10 criteria: taxes and audits.

“We have asked (our auditor) for a pdf so we can place it,” Fitzgerald said.

As for adding information about all taxes levied by the district, Fitzgerald said school officials just had not thought to put that on the Web site.

“That’s a good idea,” Fitzgerald said. “We’ll add that.”

Enid’s school district has been striving recently to update its Web site, and Fitzgerald said the grading process by Oklahomans for Responsible Government has given the district an idea of what should be included on the site.

“It’s really kind of nice to get a list like this,” Fitzgerald said.

Peter J. Rudy, a spokes-man for the Oklahoma group, said it was “very concerning” so many districts still didn’t have Web sites.

“We’re almost at 2010 and 15 percent of school districts have no presence in the Internet age,” he said Tuesday. “There are students in high school who don’t know a world without an Internet. They have Facebook and MySpace pages and Twitter accounts, but if they want to find out who their school board members are, they have to find another way to find that information.”

Drummond Public Schools was among the districts listed as employing a technology director but which does not have a Web site.

The list of districts was provided by the state Depart-ment of Education. Rudy said at least two members of the Oklahomans For Responsible Government staff looked at every district Web site during the study.

“The idea is to set this up as the guide,” Rudy said. “This is the snapshot of where we are now. Districts can now use this and look at the criteria and say, ‘How can we do better?”’

Each Web site was as-sessed on whether it had information available for the 10 criteria: budget, meetings, elected officials, administrative officials, public records, contracts, taxes, background checks, academics and audits.

The study found 99 percent of districts either didn’t have a Web site or didn’t post the results of the district’s annual audit. Ninety-seven percent of districts didn’t have easily accessible budget information, and 95 percent didn’t offer comprehensive information about how taxpayers could obtain public documents.

Eighty percent of districts did have information about district administrative officials, although 16 percent of those had incomplete information.

Three Tulsa-area districts — Tulsa, Jenks and Union — met eight of the criteria. The Oklahoma group said other top district Web sites included Bartlesville, Broken Arrow, Deer Creek, Guthrie, Midwest City-Del City, Moore, Oklahoma City, Owasso, Putnam City, Sand Springs, Stillwater, Union and Vici.

Vici, in rural Dewey County, is by far the smallest school on that list, with 323 students enrolled from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Superintendent Steven Poretto credited one of the district’s teachers, Gary Askew, with keeping the site up to date and said the site is a valuable tool. Poretto said he’s proud the Vici site was recognized.

“Our technology here is up to date and we try to stay current with things, educational technology especially,” Poretto said. “It’s good for our school and good for our kids that we can do that. Parents have access to grades through the Web site. ... It takes some work, but it’s worth it. It shows something about your school and the quality of education we try to provide our students.”

Enid Public Schools currently has several Web site projects in progress, including a method allowing people to contact board members through the school district, posting board meeting minutes and putting all board policies on the site, including background check policies.

“We will also report our stimulus spending,” Fitzger-ald said.

Items that were present on the Enid district’s Web site but were considered incomplete were: meetings, elected officials, contracts, background check and academics.

Enid received full marks for its Web site information on the budget, administrative officials and public records.

Fitzgerald said EPS will examine the Sunshine Review.org criteria for Web sites and make sure everything is included.

“It really is relevant to our patrons and taxpayers,” she said.

Analyses of area schools’ Web sites included:

• Chisholm — Missing budget, meetings, administrative officials, public records, contracts, taxes, background check and audits. Incomplete ratings on elected officials.

• Cimarron — Missing budget, public records, contracts, taxes, background check, academics and audits. Incomplete ratings on meetings, elected officials and administrative officials.

• Drummond — No Web site.

• Garber — Missing budget, public records, contracts, taxes, background check, academics and audits. Incomplete ratings on meetings and elected officials.

• Kremlin-Hillsdale — Missing budget, administrative officials, public records, contracts, taxes, background check, academics and audits. Incomplete ratings on meetings and elected officials.

• Pioneer-Pleasant Vale — Missing budget, elected officials, public records, contracts, taxes, background check, academics and audits. Incomplete ratings on meetings and administrative officials.

• Waukomis — Missing budget, public records, contracts, taxes, background check, academics and audits. Incomplete ratings on meetings and elected officials.