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7 | - | BILL NO. 110 By: Weaver of the Senate | |
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30 | + | ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO . 110 By: Weaver of the Senate | |
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18 | 40 | An Act relating to career and technology educ ation; | |
41 | + | amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 14 -108, which relates | |
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43 | + | boards; directing the State Board of Caree r and | |
44 | + | Technology Education to divide districts with a | |
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46 | + | providing for election of board members after certain | |
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56 | + | AMENDMENT NO. 1. Strike the title, enacting clause and entire bill | |
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19 | 63 | amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 14 -108, which relates | |
20 | 64 | to technology center school dis trict governing | |
21 | 65 | boards; directing the State Board of Career and | |
22 | 66 | Technology Education to divide districts with a | |
23 | 67 | certain number of electors into board zones; | |
24 | 68 | providing for selection of board members after | |
25 | 69 | certain date; providing for filling of vacancy if | |
26 | 70 | certain member is no longer a resident of certain | |
27 | 71 | zone; providing for promulgation of rules; and | |
28 | 72 | providing an effective date. | |
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36 | 101 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | |
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38 | 102 | SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 14 -108, is | |
39 | 103 | amended to read as follows: | |
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41 | 104 | Section 14-108. A. The State Board of Career and Technology | |
42 | 105 | Education shall prescribe criteria an d procedures for the | |
43 | 106 | establishment and governance of technology center sc hool districts, | |
44 | 107 | as provided by Section 9B , of Article X, of the Oklahoma | |
45 | 108 | Constitution, and such districts so established shall be operated in | |
46 | 109 | accordance with rules of the State Board of Career and Technology | |
47 | 110 | Education, except as otherwise provided in this title. | |
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51 | 111 | B. A technology center school district shall be a body | |
52 | 112 | corporate and shall possess the usual powe rs of a corporation for | |
53 | 113 | public purposes. Its official name shall be designate d by the State | |
54 | 114 | Board of Career and Technology Education, in which name it may sue | |
55 | 115 | and be sued, and be capable of contracting and b eing contracted | |
56 | 116 | with, and holding real and perso nal estate. | |
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58 | 117 | C. The governing board of a technology cen ter school district | |
59 | 118 | shall be a board of education consisting of not less than five (5) | |
60 | 119 | nor more than seven (7) members. Except as otherwise provided for | |
61 | 120 | in subsection subsections D and E of this section, all members of | |
62 | 121 | the board of education shall be elec ted in a manner prescri bed by | |
63 | 122 | the State Board of Career and Technology Education. The State Boa rd | |
64 | 123 | shall promulgate rules prescribing the manner in which the elections | |
65 | 124 | required by this subsection are h eld. | |
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67 | 151 | D. In a technology center school district that se rves seventy | |
68 | 152 | or more public school districts, the territory of the school | |
69 | 153 | district shall be divi ded into district zones by the State Board of | |
70 | 154 | Career and Technology Education. Between August 1 and Dece mber 31 | |
71 | 155 | of the year following the submission by the Uni ted States Department | |
72 | 156 | of Commerce to the President of the United States of the official | |
73 | 157 | Federal Decennial Census, the Board shall reapportion the territo ry | |
74 | 158 | of the technology center school district into district zones. All | |
75 | 159 | boundaries of district zones shal l follow clearly visibl e, | |
76 | 160 | definable, and observable physical boundaries which are based upon | |
77 | 161 | criteria established and recognized by the Bureau of the Cen sus of | |
78 | 162 | the United States Department of Commerce for purposes of defining | |
79 | 163 | census blocks for its decennia l census and shall foll ow, as much as | |
80 | 164 | possible, precinct boundaries. District zones shall be co mpact, | |
81 | 165 | contiguous and shall be as equal in population as practical with not | |
82 | 166 | more than a five-percent variance between the most populous and | |
83 | 167 | least populous distr ict zones. The board o f education of a | |
84 | 168 | technology center school district shall consist of one m ember | |
85 | 169 | elected from each of the district zones of the scho ol district | |
86 | 170 | created pursuant to this subsection. The electors of each district | |
87 | 171 | zone shall elect a pers on, who is a resident o f the district zone, | |
88 | 172 | to represent the district zone on the school board. If during the | |
89 | 173 | term of office to which a person was elect ed, that member ceases to | |
90 | 174 | be a resident of the d istrict zone for which the person was elected, | |
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94 | 202 | provided in Section 13A-110 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes. | |
95 | 203 | The State Board of Career an d Technology Education shall promulgate | |
96 | 204 | rules prescribing the manner in which the elections required by this | |
97 | 205 | subsection are held. | |
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99 | 206 | E. In technology center school districts having a population of | |
100 | 207 | more than two hundred twenty-five thousand (225,000) electors, the | |
101 | 208 | territory of the district shall be divided into board zones by the | |
102 | 209 | State Board of Career and Tech nology Education. The board of | |
103 | 210 | education of the technology center school district shall consist of | |
104 | 211 | one member elected from each of the district zones. Beginning July | |
105 | 212 | 1, 2024, the board of education s hall have the option upon approval | |
106 | 213 | of a board resolutio n, of requiring that the electors of each | |
107 | 214 | district zone shall elect a person who is a resident of th e district | |
108 | 215 | zone to represent the dist rict zone on the school board and to not | |
109 | 216 | elect all board members at large, or the community continues to vote | |
110 | 217 | for the board members at large . If during the term of office to | |
111 | 218 | which a person was elec ted, that member ceases to be a resident of | |
112 | 219 | the district zone for which the person was elected, the office shall | |
113 | 220 | become vacant, and the vacancy shall be filled as provid ed for in | |
114 | 221 | Section 13A-110 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The State | |
115 | 222 | Board of Career and Technology Education shall promulgate rules | |
116 | 223 | prescribing the manner in which the elections required by this | |
117 | 224 | subsection are held. | |
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119 | 251 | F. The board of education of a t echnology center school | |
120 | 252 | district shall have the same powers and duties that boards of | |
121 | 253 | education of independent school districts have. It may require | |
122 | 254 | nonresident students to pay reasonable tuition fees, which may be | |
123 | 255 | paid for a student by the independent or elementary school district | |
124 | 256 | in which the student resides. | |
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126 | 257 | F. G. An election to vote on the question of making a levy of | |
127 | 258 | not to exceed five (5) mills on the dollar valuation of the taxable | |
128 | 259 | property in a techno logy center school district under the provision s | |
129 | 260 | of subsection A, of Section 9B, of Article X, of the Oklahoma | |
130 | 261 | Constitution, shall be called by the board of education and | |
131 | 262 | conducted by the county election board of such district in the same | |
132 | 263 | manner that elections for emergency levies in school districts under | |
133 | 264 | the provisions of subsection (d) of Section 9(d), of Article X, of | |
134 | 265 | the Oklahoma Constitution, are called and conducted. When such levy | |
135 | 266 | is approved by a major ity of the electors of the technology center | |
267 | + | school district voting on the question at such election, the levy | |
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270 | + | an election called for such purpose. An election to vote on t he | |
271 | + | question of making a local incentive levy of not to exceed five (5) | |
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273 | + | technology center school district under the provisions of subsection | |
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303 | + | Section 10, of Article X, of the Oklahoma Constitution, shall be | |
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308 | + | G. H. Annual estimates of needs of technology center school | |
309 | + | districts shall be made and approved in the same manner that those | |
310 | + | of independent school districts are made and approved. Provided, | |
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312 | + | prescribe a list of appropriation accounts by which the funds of | |
313 | + | technology center school districts shal l be budgeted, accounted for | |
314 | + | and expended. Any such estimate of needs may include an estimate of | |
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316 | + | tax of the district and other than any excise or other ta x assessed | |
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318 | + | taxes. If a technology center school district lies in more than one | |
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356 | + | which exceed fifty percent (50%) of the number of technology center | |
357 | + | school district electors who voted in the last school board election | |
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361 | + | I. J. Schools of technology center school districts shall be | |
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364 | + | J. K. The technology center school board of education may | |
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366 | + | district or may appoint an independent treasurer. | |
367 | + | K. L. Within four (4) years after the creation of a t echnology | |
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369 | + | permit a teacher to transfer any or all accrued benefits upon | |
370 | + | employment including credit for years of service in the previous | |
371 | + | school district by the technology center school di strict, if the | |
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403 | + | L. M. The board of education of a technology center school | |
404 | + | district may convey surplus personal property without consideration | |
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406 | + | 1. A school district that is within the boundary of the | |
407 | + | technology center school dis trict; | |
408 | + | 2. A public school offering secondary lev el education which was | |
409 | + | created and is operated by the State of Oklahoma this state and that | |
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411 | + | 3. A technology center school district; or | |
412 | + | 4. The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Ed ucation | |
413 | + | for the support or delivery of department initiatives. | |
414 | + | M. N. The board of education of a technology center school | |
415 | + | district may, without prior approval of the State Board of Career | |
416 | + | and Technology Education, approv e all plans and specifications for | |
417 | + | technology center school buildings, additions, and major | |
418 | + | modifications to school buildings that are designed to provide for | |
419 | + | the offering of vocational -technical education programs and services | |
420 | + | when the cost of the buildin g project is to be paid with local | |
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494 | + | ENGROSSED SENATE | |
495 | + | BILL NO. 110 By: Weaver of the Senate | |
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504 | + | An Act relating to career and technology educ ation; | |
505 | + | amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 14 -108, which relates | |
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507 | + | boards; directing the State Board of Career and | |
508 | + | Technology Education to divide districts with a | |
509 | + | certain number of electors into board zones; | |
510 | + | providing for election of board members after certain | |
511 | + | date; providing for filling of vac ancy if certain | |
512 | + | member is no longer a resident of certain zone; | |
513 | + | providing for promulgation of rules; and providing an | |
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520 | + | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OK LAHOMA: | |
521 | + | SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 14-108, is | |
522 | + | amended to read as follows: | |
523 | + | Section 14-108. A. The State Board of Career and Technology | |
524 | + | Education shall prescribe criteria and p rocedures for the | |
525 | + | establishment and governance of technology center sc hool districts, | |
526 | + | as provided by Section 9B, of Article X, of the Oklahoma | |
527 | + | Constitution, and such districts so established shall be operated in | |
528 | + | accordance with rules of the State Board of Car eer and Technology | |
529 | + | Education, except as otherwise provided in this title. | |
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556 | + | B. A technology center school district shall be a body | |
557 | + | corporate and shall possess the usual powers of a corporation for | |
558 | + | public purposes. Its official name shall be designated by t he State | |
559 | + | Board of Career and Technolo gy Education, in which name it may sue | |
560 | + | and be sued, and be capable of contracting and being contracted | |
561 | + | with, and holding real and personal estate. | |
562 | + | C. The governing board of a technology center school district | |
563 | + | shall be a board of education consisting of no t less than five (5) | |
564 | + | nor more than seven (7) members. Except as otherwise provided for | |
565 | + | in subsection subsections D and E of this section, all members of | |
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570 | + | D. In a technology center school district that serves seventy | |
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573 | + | Career and Technology Education. Between August 1 and December 31 | |
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575 | + | of Commerce to the President of the United S tates of the official | |
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607 | + | the United States Department of Commerce for purposes of defining | |
608 | + | census blocks for its decennial census and shall follow, as much as | |
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610 | + | contiguous and shall be as equal in population as practical with not | |
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612 | + | least populous district zones. The board of educ ation of a | |
613 | + | technology center school d istrict shall consist of one m ember | |
614 | + | elected from each of the district zones of the school district | |
615 | + | created pursuant to this subsection. The electors of each district | |
616 | + | zone shall elect a person, who is a resident of the district zone, | |
617 | + | to represent the distr ict zone on the school board. If during the | |
618 | + | term of office to which a person was elected, that member ceases to | |
619 | + | be a resident of the district zone for which the person was elected, | |
620 | + | the office shall become vacant and th e vacancy shall be filled as | |
621 | + | provided in Section 13A-110 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes. | |
622 | + | The State Board of Career and Technology Education shall promulgate | |
623 | + | rules prescribing the manner in which the elections required by this | |
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625 | + | E. In technology center school distric ts having a population of | |
626 | + | more than two hundred twenty-five thousand (225,000) electors, the | |
627 | + | territory of the district shall be divided into board zones by the | |
628 | + | State Board of Career and Technology Education. The board of | |
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667 | + | F. The board of education of a t echnology center school | |
668 | + | district shall have the same powers and duties that boards of | |
669 | + | education of independent school districts have. It may require | |
670 | + | nonresident students to pay reasonable tuition fees, which may be | |
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673 | + | F. G. An election to vote on the question of making a levy of | |
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675 | + | property in a technology cente r school district under the provision s | |
676 | + | of subsection A, of Section 9B, of Article X, of the Oklahoma | |
677 | + | Constitution, shall be called by the board of education and | |
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707 | + | the Oklahoma Constitution, are called and conducted. When such levy | |
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138 | 709 | school district voting on the question at such election, the levy | |
139 | 710 | shall be made each fiscal year thereafter until repealed by a | |
140 | 711 | majority of the electors of the district voting on the question at | |
141 | 712 | an election called for such purpose. An election to vote on the | |
142 | 713 | question of making a local incentive levy of not to e xceed five (5) | |
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144 | 715 | technology center school district under the provisions of subsection | |
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146 | 717 | called by the board of education; and elections on a levy for a | |
147 | 718 | building fund for an area school district under the provisions of | |
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149 | 720 | called by the board of education of such district and conducted by | |
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155 | 725 | districts shall be made and approved in the same manner that those | |
156 | 726 | of independent school districts are made a nd approved. Provided, | |
157 | 727 | that the State Board of Career and Technology Education shall | |
158 | 728 | prescribe a list of appropriation accounts by which the funds of | |
159 | 729 | technology center school districts shall be budgeted, accounted for | |
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161 | 757 | federal funds as probable income from sources other than ad valorem | |
162 | 758 | tax of the district and other than any excise or other ta x assessed | |
163 | 759 | by legislative enactment and distributed in lieu of a d valorem | |
164 | 760 | taxes. If a technology c enter school district lies in more than one | |
165 | 761 | county, the district’s estimate of needs shall be filed with and | |
166 | 762 | approved by the county excise board of the count y designated by the | |
167 | 763 | school district board of education. | |
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169 | 764 | H. I. Territory may be annexed to or detac hed from a technology | |
170 | 765 | center school district, in accordance with rules prescribed by the | |
171 | 766 | State Board of Career and Technology Education. If the State Board | |
172 | 767 | of Career and Technology Education requires the submission of a | |
173 | 768 | petition in order for an election t o be called for the purpose of | |
174 | 769 | annexation or deannexation of territory to a technology center | |
175 | 770 | school district, such petition shall not be required to bear a | |
176 | 771 | number of technology center school district electors ’ signatures | |
177 | 772 | which exceed fifty percent (50%) o f the number of technology center | |
178 | 773 | school district electors who voted in the last school board election | |
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190 | 807 | designate a county treasurer to serve as treasurer of the school | |
191 | 808 | district or may appoint an independent treasurer. | |
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193 | 809 | K. L. Within four (4) years after the creation of a t echnology | |
194 | 810 | center school district, such school distr ict may, at its discretion, | |
195 | 811 | permit a teacher to transfer any or all accrued benefits upon | |
196 | 812 | employment including credit for years of service in the previous | |
197 | 813 | school district by the technology center school di strict, if the | |
198 | 814 | teacher at the time of hiring is emp loyed as a teacher by an | |
199 | 815 | independent or elementary school district which is all or partly | |
200 | 816 | within the boundaries of the technology center school district or is | |
201 | 817 | employed as a teacher in a skills center withi n the boundaries of | |
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205 | 820 | district may convey surplus personal property without consideration | |
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211 | 824 | 2. A public school offering secondary lev el education which was | |
212 | 825 | created and is operated by the State of Oklahoma this state and that | |
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221 | 857 | district may, without prior approval of the State Board of Career | |
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226 | 860 | modifications to school buildings that are designed to provide for | |
227 | 861 | the offering of vocational -technical education programs and services | |
228 | 862 | when the cost of the buildin g project is to be paid with local | |
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232 | - | SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024. | |
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236 | - | Passed the Senate the 24th day of May, 2023. | |
865 | + | SECTION 4. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024. | |
866 | + | Passed the Senate the 21st day of February, 2023. | |
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240 | 870 | Presiding Officer of the Senate | |
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243 | - | Passed the House of Representatives the 17th day of April, 2023. | |
873 | + | Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________, | |
874 | + | 2023. | |
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250 | - | OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR | |
251 | - | Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________ | |
252 | - | day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. | |
253 | - | By: _______________________________ __ | |
254 | - | Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____ | |
255 | - | day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. | |
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258 | - | Governor of the State of Oklahoma | |
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261 | - | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE | |
262 | - | Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___ | |
263 | - | day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. | |
264 | - | By: _______________________________ __ |