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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
HOUSE BILL 3549 By: Sterling
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 2021,
Section 13A-106, which relates to eligibility f or
school district elections; provi ding eligibility for
certain candidates; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 13A -106, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 13A-106. A. To be eligible to be a cand idate for
member of the board of education of a school district or technology
center school district, a person must have resided in the district
or, if the board seat is in an independent district, have resided in
that district for at least six (6) months preceding the first day of
the filing period, and have been a registered voter registered with
the county election board at an address located within the
geographical boundaries of the district for six (6) months p receding
the first day of the filing perio d. Beginning May 1, 1990, no
person shall be eligible to be a candidate for or elected to be a
member of the board of education of a school district or technology
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center school district unless the person has been awarded a high
school diploma or certifica te of high school equivalency. In school
districts that are divided into election districts, a candidate must
have resided in the district fo r at least six (6) months prece ding
the first day of the filing period a nd have been a registered voter
registered with the county election board at an address located
within the geographical boundaries of the election district for six
(6) months preceding the first day of the filing pe riod. Beginning
May 1, 1990, no person s hall be eligible to be a candidate for or
elected to be a member of the board of education unless the person
has been awarded a high school diploma or certificate of high school
equivalency.
B. To be eligible to vo te in a school district election or a
technology center school district election, a person must be
registered with the county election board at an address located
within the geographical boundaries of the district. To be eligible
to vote in an election di strict election within a school district, a
person must be registered with the coun ty election board at an
address located within the geographical boundaries of the election
district.
C. In addition to the requirement s in subsection A of this
section, if a person resides in a dependent school district that
does not have a secondary school district, the person shall be
eligible to file as a candidate for the board of education of a
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school district geographically adjacent to the current dependent
district in which the person resides.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effect ive November 1, 2024.
59-2-9545 LRB 01/08/24