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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 2562 By: McBride and Baker
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
Section 3-101, which relates to the State Board of
Education; modifying mem bership of the Board;
requiring Senate confirmation f or certain
appointments; providing for members to serve at the
pleasure of the appointing authority ; directing
vacancies to be filled by the appointing authority ;
providing for initial appointments within specified
time; establishing termination date for initial
appointments; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3 -101, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 3-101. A. The State Board of Education shall consist
of seven (7) eleven (11) members. The State Superinten dent of
Public Instruction shall be a member and the chairperson of the
Board. The remaining six ten (10) members shall be appointed as
follows:
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1. Six (6) members appointed by the Governor by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate. Except as otherwise provided for
in subsection B of this section, upon assuming off ice each Governor
shall appoint one member from each congressional district and one
member from the state at large.;
2. Two (2) members appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma
House of Representatives , one which shall be a rural resident of the
state and one which shall be a former school superi ntendent from a
district with an enrollment of less t han ten thousand (10,000)
students; and
3. Two (2) members a ppointed by the President Pro Tempore of
the Oklahoma State Senate, one which shall be a rural resid ent of
the state and one which shall be a former school superintendent from
a district with an enrollment of more than ten thousa nd (10,000)
students.
Each appointment shall be made to take eff ect on April 2. The term
of each appointed member shall be four (4) years. Appointed members
shall serve until a successor is appointed . Appointed members shall
serve at the pleasure of the Governor appointing authority . Upon
the occurrence of a vacancy the same shall be f illed by the Governor
appointing authority , subject to confirmation by the Senate at the
next session of the Legislature if the vacancy is a member appointed
by the Governor. The appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made
for the unexpired term.
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B. On the effective date of this act, all appoint ed positions
of the current State Board of Education shall be deemed vacant and
the terms of persons serving on the Board shall b e deemed
terminated. The Governor appointing authorities shall make initial
appointments pursuant to t he provisions of this su bsection within
thirty (30) days of the ef fective date of this act, with one member
appointed from each congressional district an d one member appointed
from the state at large . The appointments Members appointed by the
Governor shall be subject to confirm ation by the Senate at the next
session of the Legislature. The terms for members appoin ted
pursuant to this subsection shall te rminate on April 2, 2015 2024.
Thereafter, members shall be appointed as provided for in subsection
A of this section.
C. No person shall be eligible to be appointed to serve on the
State Board unless the person has been awarded a high school diploma
or certificate of high school equivalency. Any member appointed to
the State Board shall complete the workshop requirements of a new
school board member pursuant to Section 5-110 of this title within
thirteen (13) months fo llowing or preceding the appointmen t of the
member. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
State Department of Education shall not charge any member of the
State Board of Education a fee for any workshop provided by the
Department for board members pursuant to Section 5 -110 of this title
and shall not pay a fee to any organization or institution of higher
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education on behalf of a member of the State Board of Education, or
reimburse any member of the Board for a fee paid to any organizati on
or institution of higher educati on, for attendance at a workshop or
courses to satisfy the requirements of Section 5 -110 of this title.
D. Members of the Board shall receive necessary traveling
expenses while in the performance of their duties in accordance with
the State Travel Reimbur sement Act.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON CO MMON EDUCATION, dated 02/21/2023
- DO PASS.