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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th L egislature (2024)
HOUSE BILL 3939 By: Provenzano
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to education; creating the Apprentice
Scholarship Program Revolving Fund; specifying source
of fund; providing for expenditures; providing
purpose of fund; directing the Oklahoma State Board
of Career and Techno logy Education to award grants;
establishing permitted use of gran ts; directing Board
to establish criteria and process for application;
directing that grant s be considered on statewide
basis; directing regents to promulgate rules;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new secti on of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 14-150 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a r evolving
fund for the Oklahoma State Board of Career and Technology Education
to be designated the "Apprentice Scholarship Program Revolving
Fund". The fund shall be a continu ing fund, not subject to fiscal
year limitations, and shall consist of monies appropriated by the
Legislature and private dollars given to the Oklahoma State Board of
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Career and Technology Educat ion for the purpose of supporting the
Apprentice Scholarship Program. All monies accruing to the credit
of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended
by the Oklahoma State Board of Career and Technology Educat ion for
the purpose of running and distributing the Apprentice Scholarship
Program described in subsection B of this section. Expenditures
from the fund shall be made on warrants issued by the State
Treasurer against claims filed by the Oklahoma State Board of Career
and Technology Educat ion with the Director of the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
B. Contingent upon the amount of funds available in the
Apprentice Scholarship Program Revolving Fund, the Oklahoma State
Board of Career and Technology Educat ion shall award one or more
grants annually to support paying the tuition and fees of eligible
high school graduates enrolling in federally approved apprenticeship
programs in technical trades. Eligible students must enroll in
apprenticeship schools that are Joint Apprenticeship & Training
Committees designated programs. The Oklahoma State Board of Career
and Technology Educat ion shall determine the criteria for and
establish a process for the submission of grant applications. The
applications shall be considered on a statewide competi tive basis.
The Oklahoma State Board of Career and Technology Educat ion shall
promulgate rules for the implementation of the grants iss ued
pursuant to this section.
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
59-2-9023 MJ 01/08/24