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31	28		STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33	30		1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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35		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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37		-	HOUSE BILL NO. 1823 By: Conley of the House
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	32	+	HOUSE BILL 1823 By: Conley
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47		-	An Act relating to elections; amending 11 O.S. 2021,
48		-	Sections 16-103, 16-107, 16-109, 16-110, and 16-213,
49		-	which relate to municipal elections; modifying
50		-	election dates; modifying terms of office; 26 O.S.
51		-	2021, Sections 1-101, 1-102, 3-101, 13A-103, 13A-105,
52		-	and 13-101.1, which relate to the election code;
53		-	authorizing certain election date s as determined by
54		-	the legislature; modifying election dates; 70 O.S.
55		-	2021, Section 5-107A, 5-110.1, which relate to school
56		-	districts and board of edu cation; modifying terms of
57		-	office; removing obsolete language; modifying
58		-	continuing education requirements ; and providing an
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	38	+	AS INTRODUCED
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	40	+	An Act relating to elections; creating the Elections
	41	+	Reform Act of 2023; providing for noncodification;
	42	+	and providing an effective date .
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65	48		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF T HE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
66		-	SECTION 1. ~~AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021,~~ Section ~~16 -103, is~~
67		-	~~amended to read~~ as follows:
68		-	~~Section 16-103. General municipal elections~~ shall be ~~held in~~
69		-	~~cities and towns on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in~~
70		-	~~April~~ November ~~in each odd-numbered year~~.
	49	+	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
	50	+	codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
	51	+	This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Elections
	52	+	Reform Act of 2023".
	53	+	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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98		-	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 16-107, is
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100		-	Section 16-107. A primary election shall be held in cities and
101		-	towns on the second Tuesday of February June in each odd-numbered
102		-	year, at which time the several politi cal parties shall nominate
103		-	candidates for offices which are to be elected at the upcoming
104		-	general municipal elect ion.
105		-	SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 16 -109, is
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107		-	Section 16-109. To be eligible to become a candidate for a
108		-	political party nomination in a municipality 's partisan primary
109		-	election, or an independent candidate in such municipality's general
110		-	election, a person must for at least six (6) months prior to filing
111		-	a declaration of candida cy be a registered voter at an address
112		-	within the municipality or in the ward if an office is from a ward.
113		-	To become a candidate, a declaration of candidacy must be filed with
114		-	the county election board no earlier than 8:00 a.m. on the first
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116		-	succeeding Wednesday, in odd-numbered years.
117		-	SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 16 -110, is
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119		-	Section 16-110. A candidate may have his or her na me printed
120		-	upon the nonpartisan general munici pal election ballot as candidate
121		-	for any office to be filled at the election. To become a candidate,
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150		-	board no earlier than 8:00 a.m. on the first Monday in February
151		-	April and no later than 5:00 p.m. on the next succeeding Wednesday ,
152		-	in odd-numbered years. A candidate must also be a registered voter
153		-	at an address within the municipality, or of the ward w here the
154		-	office is from a ward for at least six (6) months prior to filing a
155		-	declaration of candidacy. Filing as a candidate in a nonpartisan
156		-	municipal election or voting for such candidate shall not affect
157		-	one's party affiliation or regularity.
158		-	SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 1-101, is
159		-	amended to read as follows:
160		-	Section 1-101. A. On the first Tuesday succeed ing the first
161		-	Monday of November, 1976, and every four (4) years thereafter, a
162		-	General Election shall be held, at which time electors for President
163		-	and Vice President shall be elected. On said dat e, and every two
164		-	(2) years thereafter, United States Senato rs and United States
165		-	Representatives, whose terms expire before the next succeeding
166		-	General Election, and state, district and county officers, whose
167		-	terms expire before the next succeeding General Election, shall be
168		-	elected. No county, municipality or sch ool district shall schedule
169		-	an election on any date during the twenty (20) days immediately
170		-	preceding the date of any such General El ection.
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200		-	General Election may be held as determined by the Legislature.
201		-	SECTION 6. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 202 1, Section 1-102, is
202		-	amended to read as follows:
203		-	Section 1-102. A. A Primary Election shall be held on the last
204		-	Tuesday in June of each even-numbered year, at which time each
205		-	political party recognized by the laws of Oklahoma shall nominate
206		-	its candidates for the offices to be filled at the next succeeding
207		-	General Election, unless otherwise provided by law. No candidate 's
208		-	name shall be printed upon the General Election ballot unless such
209		-	candidate shall have been nominated as herein provided, unless
210		-	otherwise provided by law; provided further that this provision
211		-	shall not exclude the right of a nonpartisan candidate to have his
212		-	or her name printed upon the General Election ballots. No county,
213		-	municipality or school district shall schedule an election on any
214		-	date during the twenty (20) days immediately preceding the da te of
215		-	any such primary election.
216		-	B. On the second Tuesday of June of every odd-numbered year,
217		-	and every two (2) years thereafter, a Primary Election may be held
218		-	as determined by the Legislature.
219		-	SECTION 7. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021 , Section 3-101, is
220		-	amended to read as follows:
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248		-	Section 3-101. A. No election required to be conducted by any
249		-	county election board shall be s cheduled for a day other than
250		-	Tuesday.
251		-	B. Except as otherwise provided by law, no regular or special
252		-	election to fill an elective office shall be held by any county,
253		-	school district, technology center school district, municipality,
254		-	fire protection distri ct or other political sub division authorized
255		-	to call elections except as follows:
256		-	1. The second Tuesday of Febru ary in any year;
257		-	2. The first Tuesday of April in any year;
258		-	3. The date of any regularly scheduled statewide state or
259		-	federal election in an even-numbered year;
260		-	4. The second Tuesday of September in an odd-numbered year;
261		-	5. The second first Tuesday after the first Monday of November
262		-	in an odd-numbered year; and
263		-	6. The second Tuesday of June of an odd-numbered year for a
264		-	special election to fill a vacancy .
265		-	C. Except as otherwise provided by law or by Section 1 of this
266		-	act Enrolled Senate Bill No. 347 of the 1st Session of the 58th
267		-	Oklahoma Legislature , no election for any purpose other than to fill
268		-	an elective office shall be held b y any county, school distric t,
269		-	technology center school district, municipality, fire protection
270		-	district or other political subdivision authorized to call elections
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300		-	August, September, October and the first Tuesday after the first
301		-	Monday in November and the first Tuesday in March and April in odd-
302		-	numbered years; provided, a municipality with a population in excess
303		-	of two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) persons, according to the
304		-	most recent federal decennial census, may also hold an election on
305		-	the second Tuesday of December in odd-numbered years; and
306		-	2. The second Tuesday of January and February, the first
307		-	Tuesday in March and April, the last Tuesday in June, the fourth
308		-	Tuesday in August, and the first Tuesday after the first Mo nday in
309		-	November of any even-numbered year.
310		-	D. In the event that a regular or special election date occurs
311		-	on an official state holiday, the elec tion shall be scheduled for
312		-	the next following Tuesday. In the event that any day of a
313		-	candidate filing perio d occurs on a Saturday, Sunday or any official
314		-	state holiday, that day of the f iling period shall be scheduled for
315		-	the next business day.
316		-	E. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any provision
317		-	of a municipal charter, any municipality, school distr ict,
318		-	technology center district, county, rural fire protection district,
319		-	or any other entity seeking to hold a regular or special election to
320		-	be conducted by a county election board on the same date as a
321		-	regular or special federal or state election, shall file the
322		-	resolution calling for the election with the county election board
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351		-	date. A candidate filing period of three (3) days, if s o required
352		-	by the resolution, shall begin no later than ten (10) days following
353		-	the deadline to file the resolution with the secretary of the county
354		-	election board; provided, the filing period for such municipal
355		-	office may be scheduled on the same dates as the filing period for
356		-	state or federal office to be fi lled at such election.
357		-	F. Any school district, technology center district,
358		-	municipality, including any municipality governed by charter, rural
359		-	fire protection district or any other entity seeking to hold a
360		-	special election for the purpose of filling a vac ancy shall schedule
361		-	a candidate filing period of three (3) days to begin not mo re than
362		-	twenty (20) days following the date the resolution calling the
363		-	election is required to be filed with the secretary of the county
364		-	election board.
365		-	SECTION 8. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 13A-103, is
366		-	amended to read as fo llows:
367		-	Section 13A-103. A. 1. The general election of members of the
368		-	board of education of every school district and te chnology center
369		-	school district shall be conduct ed on the first Tuesday of April
370		-	after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year, and
371		-	every two (2) years thereafter.
372		-	2. The primary election of members of the board of education of
373		-	every school district and technology c enter school district, if
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401		-	necessary, shall be conducted on the second Tuesday in February June
402		-	of each odd-numbered year, except in any year when a Presidential
403		-	Preferential Primary is held in February, then the election shall be
404		-	held on the same day as th e Presidential Preferential Primary .
405		-	3. If only two candidates qualify to have the ir names appear on
406		-	the ballot, the names of both candidates shall appear on the ballot
407		-	at the board of education general election.
408		-	4. If more than two candidates qualify to have their names
409		-	appear on the ballot, the names of all such candidates shall appe ar
410		-	on the ballot at the b oard of education primary election. A
411		-	candidate receiving more tha n fifty percent (50%) of the votes cast
412		-	in the board of education primary electio n shall be elected to the
413		-	office. If no candidate receives more than fifty percent (50%) of
414		-	the votes cast in the board of education primary election, then the
415		-	two candidates with the highest number of votes shall appear on the
416		-	ballot at the board of educ ation general election.
417		-	B. Elections on the question of making a levy or levies fo r
418		-	schools under Section 9 , Section 9B or Section 10 of Article X of
419		-	the Oklahoma Constitutio n shall be held on the second Tuesday in
420		-	February of each year, except in any yea r when a Presidential
421		-	Preferential Primary is held in February, then the election s hall be
422		-	held on the same day as the Presidential Preferential Primary.
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451		-	technology center school district may call a sp ecial election for
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453		-	SECTION 9. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 13A -105, is
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455		-	Section 13A-105. Candidates for member of the board of
456		-	education of every school district or technolog y center school
457		-	district shall file decl arations of candidacy in the same place and
458		-	with the same officials as candidates for coun ty office. The
459		-	declaration of candidacy to be signed by the candidate shall have a n
460		-	attachment to be signed by the candidate listing the requirements of
461		-	a candidate for election or reelectio n to a school board as set
462		-	forth in Sections 13A -106 and 5-105a of this title and Sections 5-
463		-	110, 5-110.1, and 5-113 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Sta tutes, and
464		-	the candidate shall swear or aff irm that he or she is eligible to
465		-	run for the office or serve in the office if elected. Candidates
466		-	shall file on the first Monday in December April through the
467		-	following Wednesday, in odd-numbered years. For school districts
468		-	and technology center school districts located in more than one
469		-	county, filing may be either in the county wherein supervision of
470		-	the district is located or in the county where the candidate
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472		-	SECTION 10. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 13 -101.1,
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501		-	Section 13-101.1 No county election bo ard shall be required to
502		-	conduct elections for any municipality on a date other than an
503		-	election date identified in subsection B of Section 3 -101 of this
504		-	title. Municipalities that hold both primary and general elections,
505		-	in addition to scheduling electio ns on dates identified in Section
506		-	Sections 1-101, 1-102, 3-101, 13A-103, and 13-101.1 of this title,
507		-	shall provide no fewer than thirty -five (35) days between the
508		-	primary and general electio ns.
509		-	SECTION 11. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5-107A, is
510		-	amended to read as follows:
511		-	Section 5-107A. The following provisions and the provisions of
512		-	Section 13A-101 et seq. of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall
513		-	govern the election of membe rs of the board of educat ion for a
514		-	school district:
515		-	A. For purposes of this section, temporary positions added to a
516		-	board of education pursuant to Section 7 -101 or 7-105 of this title
517		-	and the chair of the board of education elected pursuant to Section
518		-	1 5-107B of this act title shall not be considered in determining
519		-	the size of the board. The number and term of each b oard of
520		-	education shall be as follows:
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560		-	1. a. Between August 1 and December 31 of the year following
561		-	the submission by the United States Department of
562		-	Commerce to the President of the United S tates of the
563		-	official Federal Decennial Census, the board of
564		-	education shall reapportion the territory of the
565		-	school district into board distr icts. Beginning with
566		-	the reapportionment following the 1990 Federal
567		-	Decennial Census, all boundaries of board dis tricts
568		-	shall follow clearly visible, definable and observable
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570		-	established and recognized by the Bureau of the Census
571		-	of the United States Department of Commerce for
572		-	purposes of defining census blocks for it s decennial
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603		-	population as practical with not more than a ten
604		-	percent (10%) variance between the most populous and
605		-	least populous board districts.
606		-	b. School districts having fewer than one thousand eight
607		-	hundred (1,800) students in average daily membership
608		-	during the preceding school year may choo se not to
609		-	establish board districts and may nominate and elect
610		-	all board members at large.
611		-	c. Elementary school districts shall have board members
612		-	elected at large.
613		-	d. A city located in an independent school district
614		-	having four or more wards and an outlyi ng area with
615		-	such outlying area comprising no more than twenty
616		-	percent (20%) of the population of such independent
617		-	school district, then such independent school district
618		-	may adopt such wards and outlying area in lieu of the
619		-	board districts provided for in subparagraph a of this
620		-	paragraph, and at least one member of the board of
621		-	education of such independent school district shall be
622		-	a member of each ward; and
623		-	2. One member of the board of education shall be elected by the
624		-	electors of the school district to represent each such board
625		-	district. Provided, however, that in any school district where the
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654		-	entire school district, elect board members to represent that board
655		-	district, that district shall elect board members in that manner.
656		-	If during the term of office to which a person was elected, that
657		-	member ceases to be a resident of the board district for which the
658		-	person was elected, the office shall become vac ant and such vacancy
659		-	shall be filled as provided in Section 13A-110 of Title 26 of the
660		-	Oklahoma Statutes; and
661		-	3. In a school district having more than ten thousand (10,000)
662		-	children in average daily membership, the following provision and
663		-	the provisions of Section 13A-101 et seq. of Title 26 of the
664		-	Oklahoma Statutes shall control as to election of the members of the
665		-	school district's board of education:
666		-	a. There shall be held an election in which the electors
667		-	of each board district in which a term is expir ing or
668		-	in which a vacancy exists shall s elect two candidates
669		-	from among the candidates for board member to
670		-	represent the board district,
671		-	b. If, in the election, one candidate has a majority of
672		-	all votes cast, then a run -off election is not
673		-	required. If no candidate receives a majority of all
674		-	votes cast, then the two candidates receiving the
675		-	greatest number of votes s hall become the candidates
676		-	for the board district in the general election, and
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705		-	board district shall select one of the two candi dates
706		-	as the member of the board of education representing
707		-	the board district.
708		-	C. Any seven-member board shall have the option of reducing its
709		-	board to a five-member board either after approval of a board
710		-	resolution or a vote of the electors of the school district to take
711		-	such action pursuant to Section 13A -109 of Title 26 of t he Oklahoma
712		-	Statutes. The election pursuant to a vote of the electors of the
713		-	school district shall be called upon the submission of a petitio n
714		-	requesting the election signed by ten percent (10%) of the school
715		-	district electors in the school district, the percentage being
716		-	applied to the highest number of voters voting in a regular school
717		-	district election in the district in the preceding five (5 ) years as
718		-	determined by the secretary o f the county election board, who shall
719		-	certify the adequacy of the number of signatures on the petition.
720		-	If the question is put before the voters of the district, such
721		-	election shall be held along with and at the sa me time and place as
722		-	the next school election if all requirements of Section 13A -101 et
723		-	seq. of Title 26 of the Ok lahoma Statutes for such election are met.
724		-	After such resolution or election, the board shall reapportion
725		-	the district, determining by resolut ion or by lot which board member
726		-	offices shall be abolished at the end of the current board member's
727		-	term and which shall become one of the offices of the new board.
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755		-	Election of the resulting board members shall be carried out
756		-	according to procedures state d in this section and Section 13A -101
757		-	et seq. of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
758		-	School board members currently serving in offices abolished
759		-	pursuant to this subsection shall continue serving until the end of
760		-	their current terms as at -large members.
761		-	D. Except for the chair of the board of ed ucation elected
762		-	pursuant to Section 1 of this act, offices of members of t he board
763		-	of education shall be designated by consecutive numbers and shall
764		-	correspond with board districts when applicable.
765		-	E. Except for those members elected prior to July 1, 1992, the
766		-	2024:
767		-	1. The terms of office of the members o f a five-member board of
768		-	education shall be staggered and commence on the first regular,
769		-	special or emergency school board meeting after the date o f the
770		-	annual school election and after the member has been certified as
771		-	elected as follows:
772		-	Office No. 1 1991 2025
773		-	Office No. 2 1992 2025
774		-	Office No. 3 1993 2027
775		-	Office No. 4 1994 2027
776		-	Office No. 5 1995 2029
777		-	2. The terms of office of the members of a seven -member board
778		-	of education shall be staggered, with one member being elected in
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806		-	1991 , two members being elected in 1992 two members being elected
807		-	in 1993 and two members being elected in 1994 and shall commence on
808		-	the first regular, special or emergency s chool board meeting after
809		-	the date of the annual school election and after the member has been
810		-	certified as elected ; provided, in districts needing to elect two
811		-	members in 1991 to maintain a full complement of board members, two
812		-	members shall be elected in 1991, one for a full term a nd one for a
813		-	one-year term, as determ ined by the local board. as follows:
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819		-	Office No. 6 2029
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821		-	If a seven-member board is formed upon consolidation pursuant to
822		-	Section 7-105 of this title, or upon annexation pursuant to Section
823		-	7-101 of this title, the f ormation agreement shall specify initial
824		-	short terms as necessary to extend until the beginning of the
825		-	regular terms for seven-member boards established herein.
826		-	Upon reduction of a seven -member board pursuant to subsection C
827		-	of this section, the terms of t he five-member board shall be
828		-	staggered pursuant to this subsection.
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856		-	One member of a three -member board of education shall be elected
857		-	each year, and the terms of office shall commence on the first
858		-	regular, special or emergency school board meeting after th e member
859		-	has been certified as elected.
860		-	3. The terms of office of the members of a three-member board
861		-	of education shall be staggered, and commence on the first regular,
862		-	special or emergency school board meeting after the date of the
863		-	annual school election and after the member has been certified as
864		-	elected as follows:
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868		-	F. The term of office of each board member elected after July
869		-	1, 1992 2024, shall commence on the first regular, special or
870		-	emergency school board meeting after the date of the annual school
871		-	election and after the member has been certified as electe d. Board
872		-	members elected prior to July 1, 1992 2024, may remain in office
873		-	until their successor is elected an d seated pursuant to Sections
874		-	13A-101 through 13A-111 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The
875		-	remaining term of any member who completes the te rm for which the
876		-	member was elected but not wishing to serve until the succes sor of
877		-	the member takes office on the first regular, special or em ergency
878		-	school board meeting after the successor has been certified as
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906		-	elected, shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of
907		-	the board of education.
908		-	SECTION 12. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5 -110.1, is
909		-	amended to read as follows:
910		-	Section 5-110.1 A. In addition to the requirements of Section
911		-	5-110 of this title, every membe r of a school district board of
912		-	education elected to a full term of office of five (5) years or more
913		-	shall be required to attend a minimum of fifteen (15) hours of
914		-	continuing education , each member elected to a full four-year term
915		-	of office shall be requir ed to attend a minimum of twelve (12) hours
916		-	of continuing education, and each member elected to a full three -
917		-	year term of office shall be required to attend a minimum of nine
918		-	(9) hours of continuing education, prior to the date set for filing
919		-	for reelection to that respective board seat. The continuing
920		-	education courses, workshops , seminars, conferences, and conven tions
921		-	which shall satisfy the continuing education requirement shall be
922		-	approved jointly by the State D epartment of Education and the
923		-	Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.
924		-	B. Local and state continuing education programs conducted
925		-	pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be held in all
926		-	regions of the state at institutions of highe r learning, area
927		-	technology centers or ot her approved sites. Notice of such courses
928		-	and seminars shall be provided to all school board members and to
929		-	the public schools.
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957		-	C. This section shall not apply to those school board members
958		-	who file for reelectio n prior to July 1, 1991.
959		-	D. If a school board member has not satisfied the continuing
960		-	education requirements of this section, the school district board of
961		-	education shall declare the seat of the member vacant within sixty
962		-	(60) days of the final date that the member has to complete the
963		-	requirements as indicated by receipt of the certified notice from
964		-	the State Board of Ed ucation as provided for pursuant to Section 5-
965		-	110.2 of this title and shall fill the vacancy according to law. As
966		-	determined by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 5 -
967		-	110.2 of this title, failure by a board member to satisfy the
968		-	continuing education requirements of this section shall result in
969		-	the ineligibility of the member to be reappointed to, run for
970		-	reelection to or to hold that respective board seat on the school
971		-	district board of education or to run for election to or to hold any
972		-	other board seat on the board of education for a two-year period.
973		-	E. D. The State Department of Education, the Oklahoma
974		-	Department of Career and Technology Education, and any organizati on
975		-	approved by the State Board of Education, including but not limited
976		-	to institutions of higher education, may cha rge persons attending
977		-	continuing education courses a registration fee sufficient to defray
978		-	the estimated costs of presenting the course. The registration fees
979		-	for each course shall be announced prior to the date of su ch course.
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1007		-	F. E. Any member of a school district board of education who
1008		-	attends and completes a course which satisfies in part or in full
1009		-	the requirements of this section shall b e reimbursed by the school
1010		-	district for expenses incurred. In addition, a sc hool district
1011		-	board of education may reim burse members of the board of education
1012		-	for expenses incurred in registering and attending board member
1013		-	training programs or activities ap proved by the board which are in
1014		-	addition to the minimum school board trainin g requirements
1015		-	established by law.
1016		-	SECTION 13. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
1017		-
1018		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS, dated
1019		-	03/01/2023 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.
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