Oklahoma 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB1445 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.
OldNewDifferences
11
22
33
44 Req. No. 3457 Page 1 1
55 2
66 3
77 4
88 5
99 6
1010 7
1111 8
1212 9
1313 10
1414 11
1515 12
1616 13
1717 14
1818 15
1919 16
2020 17
2121 18
2222 19
2323 20
2424 21
2525 22
2626 23
2727 24
2828 1
2929 2
3030 3
3131 4
3232 5
3333 6
3434 7
3535 8
3636 9
3737 10
3838 11
3939 12
4040 13
4141 14
4242 15
4343 16
4444 17
4545 18
4646 19
4747 20
4848 21
4949 22
5050 23
5151 24
5252
5353 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
5454
5555 2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
5656
5757 SENATE BILL 1445 By: Jett
5858
5959
6060
6161
6262
6363 AS INTRODUCED
6464
6565 An Act relating to school district boards of
6666 education; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Sectio n 5-107A,
6767 which relates to board membership and elect ion
6868 procedures; updating statutory references; modifying
6969 term of office of board of education members;
7070 limiting the number of terms a board of education
7171 member may serve as a member or chair; providing for
7272 nonconsecutive service, service on other boards, and
7373 partial terms; providing exception for less than a
7474 full term to fill a vacancy in office; prohibiting a
7575 member who has completed the maximum number of terms
7676 from serving a partial term as a member or a chair;
7777 amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5 -107B, which relates
7878 to the election of board of education chair;
7979 modifying term of office of board of education chair;
8080 limiting the number of terms a board of education
8181 chair may serve as chair or as a member; providi ng
8282 for nonconsecutive service, service on other bo ards,
8383 and partial terms; providing exception for less tha n
8484 a full term to fill a vacancy in office; prohibiting
8585 a chair who has completed the maximum number of terms
8686 from serving a partial term as chair or as a member;
8787 providing an effective date; and decl aring an
8888 emergency.
8989
9090
9191
9292
9393 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
9494 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5 -107A, is
9595 amended to read as follows:
9696
9797
9898 Req. No. 3457 Page 2 1
9999 2
100100 3
101101 4
102102 5
103103 6
104104 7
105105 8
106106 9
107107 10
108108 11
109109 12
110110 13
111111 14
112112 15
113113 16
114114 17
115115 18
116116 19
117117 20
118118 21
119119 22
120120 23
121121 24
122122 1
123123 2
124124 3
125125 4
126126 5
127127 6
128128 7
129129 8
130130 9
131131 10
132132 11
133133 12
134134 13
135135 14
136136 15
137137 16
138138 17
139139 18
140140 19
141141 20
142142 21
143143 22
144144 23
145145 24
146146
147147 Section 5-107A. The following provisions and the provisions of
148148 Section 13A-101 et seq. of Title 26 of the Oklahoma St atutes shall
149149 govern the election of members of the board of educat ion for a
150150 school district:
151151 A. For purposes of this section, temporary positions ad ded to a
152152 board of education pursuant to Section 7 -101 or 7-105 of this title
153153 and the chair of the board of education elected pursuant to Section
154154 1 Section 5-107B of this act title shall not be considered in
155155 determining the size of the board. The number an d term of each
156156 board of education shall be as foll ows:
157157 District Members Term (Years)
158158 Elementary 3 3 2
159159 Independent
160160 1. Districts having a five -member
161161 board 5 5 2
162162 2. Districts having a seven -
163163 member board unless an
164164 election is conducted
165165 pursuant to subsectio n C of
166166 this section 7 4 2
167167 The term of office of a board of education member elected
168168 pursuant to the provis ions of this section after the effective date
169169 of this act shall be two (2) years.
170170
171171
172172 Req. No. 3457 Page 3 1
173173 2
174174 3
175175 4
176176 5
177177 6
178178 7
179179 8
180180 9
181181 10
182182 11
183183 12
184184 13
185185 14
186186 15
187187 16
188188 17
189189 18
190190 19
191191 20
192192 21
193193 22
194194 23
195195 24
196196 1
197197 2
198198 3
199199 4
200200 5
201201 6
202202 7
203203 8
204204 9
205205 10
206206 11
207207 12
208208 13
209209 14
210210 15
211211 16
212212 17
213213 18
214214 19
215215 20
216216 21
217217 22
218218 23
219219 24
220220
221221 B. In all school districts , the members of the b oard of
222222 education shall be elected as follows:
223223 1. a. Between August 1 and December 31 of the year following
224224 the submission by the United States Department of
225225 Commerce to the President of the United States of the
226226 official Federal Decen nial Census, the board of
227227 education shall reapportion the territory of the
228228 school district into board districts. Beginning with
229229 the reapportionment following the 1990 Federal
230230 Decennial Census, all boundaries of board districts
231231 shall follow clearly visible , definable, and
232232 observable physical boundaries which are based upon
233233 criteria established a nd recognized by the Bureau of
234234 the Census of the United S tates Department of Commerce
235235 for purposes of defining census blocks for its
236236 decennial census and shall follo w, as much as is
237237 possible, precinct boundaries. Board districts shall
238238 be compact, contiguo us and shall be as equal in
239239 population as practical with not more than a ten
240240 percent (10%) variance between the most populous and
241241 least populous board districts.
242242 b. School districts havin g fewer than one thousand eight
243243 hundred (1,800) students in average d aily membership
244244 during the preceding school year may choo se not to
245245
246246
247247 Req. No. 3457 Page 4 1
248248 2
249249 3
250250 4
251251 5
252252 6
253253 7
254254 8
255255 9
256256 10
257257 11
258258 12
259259 13
260260 14
261261 15
262262 16
263263 17
264264 18
265265 19
266266 20
267267 21
268268 22
269269 23
270270 24
271271 1
272272 2
273273 3
274274 4
275275 5
276276 6
277277 7
278278 8
279279 9
280280 10
281281 11
282282 12
283283 13
284284 14
285285 15
286286 16
287287 17
288288 18
289289 19
290290 20
291291 21
292292 22
293293 23
294294 24
295295
296296 establish board districts and may nominate and elect
297297 all board members at large.
298298 c. Elementary school districts shall ha ve board members
299299 elected at large.
300300 d. A city located in an independen t school district
301301 having four or more wards and an outlyi ng area with
302302 such outlying area comprising no more than twenty
303303 percent (20%) of the population of such indep endent
304304 school district, then such independent school district
305305 may adopt such wards and outl ying area in lieu of the
306306 board districts provided for in subparagraph a of this
307307 paragraph, and at least one member of the board of
308308 education of such independent scho ol district shall be
309309 a member of each ward; and
310310 2. One member of the board of education sh all be elected by the
311311 electors of the school district to represent each such board
312312 district. Provided, however, that in any school district where the
313313 electors of each board district, rat her than the electors of the
314314 entire school district, elect board memb ers to represent that board
315315 district, that district shall elect board members in that manner.
316316 If during the term of office to which a person was elected, that
317317 member ceases to be a reside nt of the board district for which the
318318 person was elected, the office shall become vacant and such vacancy
319319
320320
321321 Req. No. 3457 Page 5 1
322322 2
323323 3
324324 4
325325 5
326326 6
327327 7
328328 8
329329 9
330330 10
331331 11
332332 12
333333 13
334334 14
335335 15
336336 16
337337 17
338338 18
339339 19
340340 20
341341 21
342342 22
343343 23
344344 24
345345 1
346346 2
347347 3
348348 4
349349 5
350350 6
351351 7
352352 8
353353 9
354354 10
355355 11
356356 12
357357 13
358358 14
359359 15
360360 16
361361 17
362362 18
363363 19
364364 20
365365 21
366366 22
367367 23
368368 24
369369
370370 shall be filled as provided in Section 13A -110 of Title 26 of the
371371 Oklahoma Statutes; and
372372 3. In a school district having more t han ten thousand (10,0 00)
373373 children in average daily membership, the following provision and
374374 the provisions of Section 13A -101 et seq. of Title 26 of the
375375 Oklahoma Statutes shall control as to election of the members of the
376376 school district’s board of education:
377377 a. There shall be held an election in which the electors
378378 of each board district in whic h a term is expiring or
379379 in which a vacancy exists shall s elect two candidates
380380 from among the candidates for board member to
381381 represent the board district,
382382 b. If, in the election, one candi date has a majority of
383383 all votes cast, then a run-off election is not
384384 required. If no candidate receives a majority of all
385385 votes cast, then the two candidates receiving the
386386 greatest number of votes shall become the candidates
387387 for the board district in the general election, and
388388 c. At the run-off election, all of the elector s of the
389389 board district shall select one of the two candi dates
390390 as the member of the board of education representing
391391 the board district.
392392 C. Any seven-member board shall have the option of reducing its
393393 board to a five-member board either after approval of a board
394394
395395
396396 Req. No. 3457 Page 6 1
397397 2
398398 3
399399 4
400400 5
401401 6
402402 7
403403 8
404404 9
405405 10
406406 11
407407 12
408408 13
409409 14
410410 15
411411 16
412412 17
413413 18
414414 19
415415 20
416416 21
417417 22
418418 23
419419 24
420420 1
421421 2
422422 3
423423 4
424424 5
425425 6
426426 7
427427 8
428428 9
429429 10
430430 11
431431 12
432432 13
433433 14
434434 15
435435 16
436436 17
437437 18
438438 19
439439 20
440440 21
441441 22
442442 23
443443 24
444444
445445 resolution or a vote of the electors of the school district to take
446446 such action pursuant to Section 13A -109 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma
447447 Statutes. The electio n pursuant to a vote o f the electors of the
448448 school district shall be called upon the submis sion of a petition
449449 requesting the election signed by ten percent (10%) of the school
450450 district electors in the school district, the percentage being
451451 applied to the highest number of voters voting in a regular school
452452 district election in the district in the preceding five (5) years as
453453 determined by the secretary o f the county election board, who shall
454454 certify the adequacy of the number of signatures on the petition.
455455 If the question is put b efore the voters of the district, such
456456 election shall be held along w ith and at the same time and place as
457457 the next school election if all requirements of Section 13A -101 et
458458 seq. of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes for such election are met.
459459 After such resolution or election, the board shall reapportion
460460 the district, determining by resolution or by lot which board member
461461 offices shall be abolished at the end of the current board member ’s
462462 term and which shall become one of the offices of the new board.
463463 Election of the resulting board members shall be carried out
464464 according to procedures stated in this section and Section 13A -101
465465 et seq. of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
466466 School board members currently serving in offices abolished
467467 pursuant to this subsectio n shall continue serving until the end of
468468 their current terms as at -large members.
469469
470470
471471 Req. No. 3457 Page 7 1
472472 2
473473 3
474474 4
475475 5
476476 6
477477 7
478478 8
479479 9
480480 10
481481 11
482482 12
483483 13
484484 14
485485 15
486486 16
487487 17
488488 18
489489 19
490490 20
491491 21
492492 22
493493 23
494494 24
495495 1
496496 2
497497 3
498498 4
499499 5
500500 6
501501 7
502502 8
503503 9
504504 10
505505 11
506506 12
507507 13
508508 14
509509 15
510510 16
511511 17
512512 18
513513 19
514514 20
515515 21
516516 22
517517 23
518518 24
519519
520520 D. Except for the chair of the board of ed ucation elected
521521 pursuant to Section 1 Section 5-107B of this act title, offices of
522522 members of the board of e ducation shall be desi gnated by consecutive
523523 numbers and shall correspond with board distric ts when applicable.
524524 E. Except for those members elected prior to July 1, 1992 , the
525525 terms of office of the members of a five -member board of education
526526 shall commence on the first regular, special, or emergency school
527527 board meeting after the date of the ann ual school election and after
528528 the member has been certified as elected:
529529 Office No. 1 1991
530530 Office No. 2 1992
531531 Office No. 3 1993
532532 Office No. 4 1994
533533 Office No. 5 1995
534534 The terms of office of th e members of a seven-member board of
535535 education shall be staggered, wi th one member being elected in 1991,
536536 two members being elected in 1992, two mem bers being elected in
537537 1993, and two members being elected in 1994 and shall commence o n
538538 the first regular, s pecial, or emergency school board meeting after
539539 the date of the annua l school election and after the member has been
540540 certified as elected; provided, i n districts needing to elect two
541541 members in 1991 to maintain a full complement of bo ard members, two
542542 members shall be elected in 1991, one for a full term and one for a
543543 one-year term, as determined by the local board. If a seven -member
544544
545545
546546 Req. No. 3457 Page 8 1
547547 2
548548 3
549549 4
550550 5
551551 6
552552 7
553553 8
554554 9
555555 10
556556 11
557557 12
558558 13
559559 14
560560 15
561561 16
562562 17
563563 18
564564 19
565565 20
566566 21
567567 22
568568 23
569569 24
570570 1
571571 2
572572 3
573573 4
574574 5
575575 6
576576 7
577577 8
578578 9
579579 10
580580 11
581581 12
582582 13
583583 14
584584 15
585585 16
586586 17
587587 18
588588 19
589589 20
590590 21
591591 22
592592 23
593593 24
594594
595595 board is formed upon consolidation pursuant to Section 7 -105 of this
596596 title, or upon annexation pursuant to Section 7-101 of this title,
597597 the formation agreement shall specify initial short terms as
598598 necessary to extend until the beginning of the regular terms for
599599 seven-member boards established herein.
600600 Upon reduction of a seven -member board pursuant to subsec tion C
601601 of this section, the terms of the five-member board shall be
602602 staggered pursuant to t his subsection.
603603 One member of a three -member board of education shall be elected
604604 each year, and the terms of office shall commence on the first
605605 regular, special, or emergency school board meeting after the member
606606 has been certified as elected.
607607 F. The term of office of each board member elected after July
608608 1, 1992, shall commence on the first regular, special , or emergency
609609 school board meeting after the date of the ann ual school election
610610 and after the member has been certified as elected. Board members
611611 elected prior to July 1, 1992, may remain in office until their
612612 successor is elected an d seated pursuant to Sections 13A -101 through
613613 13A-111 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The remainin g term of
614614 any member who completes the term for which the member was elected
615615 but not wishing to serve until the successor of the member takes
616616 office on the first regular, special , or emergency school board
617617 meeting after the successor has been certified as elected, shall be
618618
619619
620620 Req. No. 3457 Page 9 1
621621 2
622622 3
623623 4
624624 5
625625 6
626626 7
627627 8
628628 9
629629 10
630630 11
631631 12
632632 13
633633 14
634634 15
635635 16
636636 17
637637 18
638638 19
639639 20
640640 21
641641 22
642642 23
643643 24
644644 1
645645 2
646646 3
647647 4
648648 5
649649 6
650650 7
651651 8
652652 9
653653 10
654654 11
655655 12
656656 13
657657 14
658658 15
659659 16
660660 17
661661 18
662662 19
663663 20
664664 21
665665 22
666666 23
667667 24
668668
669669 filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board of
670670 education.
671671 G. A member of a board of education elected to office pursuant
672672 to the provisions of this section after the effective date of this
673673 act shall be eligible to serve no more than five (5) terms on one
674674 board of education as a member or as a chair of the board of
675675 education elected pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 -107B of
676676 this title. Terms of office on one board of education need not be
677677 consecutive in determining t he total number of terms in office. The
678678 terms served by a member of a board of education as a member or as a
679679 chair on a separate board of education shall not be included in the
680680 five-term limitation. A member shall not be eligible to serve an
681681 additional term of office if, b y serving that full additional term,
682682 it would result in the member serving more than a total of five (5)
683683 terms as a member or as a chair of the same board of education;
684684 provided, however, the terms served by any member elected or
685685 appointed to serve less th an a full term to fill a vacancy in
686686 office, as provided for in Section 13A-110 of Title 26 of the
687687 Oklahoma Statutes, shall not be included in the five-term
688688 limitation. A member who has completed five (5) terms in office
689689 shall thereafter not be eligible to serve a partial term as a member
690690 or as a chair of the same board of education.
691691 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5 -107B, is
692692 amended to read as follows:
693693
694694
695695 Req. No. 3457 Page 10 1
696696 2
697697 3
698698 4
699699 5
700700 6
701701 7
702702 8
703703 9
704704 10
705705 11
706706 12
707707 13
708708 14
709709 15
710710 16
711711 17
712712 18
713713 19
714714 20
715715 21
716716 22
717717 23
718718 24
719719 1
720720 2
721721 3
722722 4
723723 5
724724 6
725725 7
726726 8
727727 9
728728 10
729729 11
730730 12
731731 13
732732 14
733733 15
734734 16
735735 17
736736 18
737737 19
738738 20
739739 21
740740 22
741741 23
742742 24
743743
744744 Section 5-107B. A. The board of education of a district with
745745 an average daily membership (ADM) of more than thirty thousand
746746 (30,000) students may be expanded to add a member who shall be
747747 elected at large for a term of four (4) two (2) years and who shall
748748 serve as chair of the board. The term of office of a board chair
749749 elected pursuant to the provis ions of this subsection after the
750750 effective date of this act shall be two (2) years. The chair of the
751751 board position may be added upon a majori ty vote of the district
752752 board of education to add the position. If the board opts to add
753753 the chair of the board po sition, the chair of the board shall be
754754 elected at the next regular election of board members, held pursu ant
755755 to Section 13A-103 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes, following
756756 the decision of the board.
757757 B. The chair of the board of education shall possess the same
758758 qualifications as required for other board members, shall assume
759759 office as provided for other m embers of the board of education,
760760 shall be a full, voting member of the board, an d shall count for
761761 purposes of a quorum or a majority, or other require ments based on
762762 number of members on the board. The chair shall preside at all
763763 meetings of the board of e ducation in accordance with rules of
764764 parliamentary procedure which have been adop ted by a majority vote
765765 of the board, provided that, in the absence of rules adopted by the
766766 board, the chair shall determine and set forth the rules of
767767 parliamentary procedure that shall apply at board meetings; assemble
768768
769769
770770 Req. No. 3457 Page 11 1
771771 2
772772 3
773773 4
774774 5
775775 6
776776 7
777777 8
778778 9
779779 10
780780 11
781781 12
782782 13
783783 14
784784 15
785785 16
786786 17
787787 18
788788 19
789789 20
790790 21
791791 22
792792 23
793793 24
794794 1
795795 2
796796 3
797797 4
798798 5
799799 6
800800 7
801801 8
802802 9
803803 10
804804 11
805805 12
806806 13
807807 14
808808 15
809809 16
810810 17
811811 18
812812 19
813813 20
814814 21
815815 22
816816 23
817817 24
818818
819819 and control the agenda for board mee tings, provided that, upon
820820 approval of a majority of the members of th e board, an item shall be
821821 placed on the agenda for the same or a subsequent meeting, in
822822 accordance with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act; appoin t all
823823 committees whose appointment is not oth erwise provided for by law;
824824 and shall sign all warrants ordered by the board of education to be
825825 drawn upon the treasurer for school money. The chair of the board
826826 shall possess all powers otherwise provided by l aw for a member of a
827827 board of education, all powers provided by law for the presid ent of
828828 a board of education, and such other lawful powers as may be
829829 conferred upon the chair by majority vote of the board. The chair
830830 shall receive compensation and benefits as conferred upon other
831831 members of the distr ict board of education.
832832 C. For a district in which a chair of the boar d has been
833833 elected, the district board of education, during the meeting at
834834 which the chair of the board a ssumes office, shall elect a vice-
835835 chair vice chair who shall serve a one -year term and until a
836836 successor is elected a nd qualified. The vice-chair vice chair shall
837837 perform all duties of the chair of the board in case of the chair ’s
838838 absence or disability. The board shall also elect clerks a nd
839839 deputies as provided in Section 5 -119 of this title. The board
840840 shall not elect a president or vice president.
841841 D. If a district board of education is expanded to include the
842842 chair of the board position, the chair of t he board position shall
843843
844844
845845 Req. No. 3457 Page 12 1
846846 2
847847 3
848848 4
849849 5
850850 6
851851 7
852852 8
853853 9
854854 10
855855 11
856856 12
857857 13
858858 14
859859 15
860860 16
861861 17
862862 18
863863 19
864864 20
865865 21
866866 22
867867 23
868868 24
869869 1
870870 2
871871 3
872872 4
873873 5
874874 6
875875 7
876876 8
877877 9
878878 10
879879 11
880880 12
881881 13
882882 14
883883 15
884884 16
885885 17
886886 18
887887 19
888888 20
889889 21
890890 22
891891 23
892892 24
893893
894894 not be abolished except by a majority vote of the voters of the
895895 school district voting on suc h question at a special election called
896896 for that purpose. The question may be presented only upon a
897897 resolution adopted by three -fourths (3/4) of the board membership or
898898 upon petition for an election on the question, th at complies with
899899 the requirements for petition and election set forth in Section 7 -
900900 101 of this title. If the question is approved, the chair of the
901901 board position shall be abo lished at the end of the term of th e
902902 chair who holds the office when the electio n is held or upon the
903903 chair’s resignation or vacancy of the office following the electi on
904904 on the question.
905905 E. The chair of a board of education elected to office pursuant
906906 to the provisions of this section after the effective date of this
907907 act shall be eligible to serve no more than five (5) terms on one
908908 board of education as chair or as a member of the board of education
909909 elected pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 -107A of this title.
910910 Terms of office on one board of education need not be consecutive in
911911 determining the total number of terms in office. The terms served
912912 by the chair of a board of education as a chair or as a member on a
913913 separate board of education shall not be included in the five-term
914914 limitation. A chair shall not be eligible to serve an additional
915915 term of office if, by ser ving that full additional term, it would
916916 result in the chair serving more than a total of five (5) terms as
917917 chair or as a member of the same board of education; provided,
918918
919919
920920 Req. No. 3457 Page 13 1
921921 2
922922 3
923923 4
924924 5
925925 6
926926 7
927927 8
928928 9
929929 10
930930 11
931931 12
932932 13
933933 14
934934 15
935935 16
936936 17
937937 18
938938 19
939939 20
940940 21
941941 22
942942 23
943943 24
944944 1
945945 2
946946 3
947947 4
948948 5
949949 6
950950 7
951951 8
952952 9
953953 10
954954 11
955955 12
956956 13
957957 14
958958 15
959959 16
960960 17
961961 18
962962 19
963963 20
964964 21
965965 22
966966 23
967967 24
968968
969969 however, the terms served by any chair elected or appointed to serve
970970 less than a full term to fill a vacancy in office, as provided for
971971 in Section 13A-110 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes , shall not
972972 be included in the five-term limitation. A chair who has completed
973973 five (5) terms in office shall th ereafter not be eligible to serve a
974974 partial term as a chair or as a member of the same board of
975975 education.
976976 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective Jul y 1, 2022.
977977 SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preserva tion
978978 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
979979 declared to exist, b y reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
980980 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
981981
982982 58-2-3457 EB 1/19/2022 5:03:55 PM