An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 110 By: Weaver of the Senate
and
Lowe (Dick) and Deck of the
House
An Act relating to career and technology education;
amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 14 -108, which relates
to technology center school dis trict governing
boards; directing the State Board of Career and
Technology Education to divide districts with a
certain number of electors into board zones;
providing for selection of board members after
certain date; providing for filling of vacancy if
certain member is no longer a resident of certain
zone; providing for promulgation of rules; and
providing an effective date.
SUBJECT: Career and technology education
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 14 -108, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 14-108. A. The State Board of Career and Technology
Education shall prescribe criteria an d procedures for the
establishment and governance of technology center sc hool districts,
as provided by Section 9B , of Article X, of the Oklahoma
Constitution, and such districts so established shall be operated in
accordance with rules of the State Board of Career and Technology
Education, except as otherwise provided in this title.
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B. A technology center school district shall be a body
corporate and shall possess the usual powe rs of a corporation for
public purposes. Its official name shall be designate d by the State
Board of Career and Technology Education, in which name it may sue
and be sued, and be capable of contracting and b eing contracted
with, and holding real and perso nal estate.
C. The governing board of a technology cen ter school district
shall be a board of education consisting of not less than five (5)
nor more than seven (7) members. Except as otherwise provided for
in subsection subsections D and E of this section, all members of
the board of education shall be elec ted in a manner prescri bed by
the State Board of Career and Technology Education. The State Bo ard
shall promulgate rules prescribing the manner in which the elections
required by this subsection are h eld.
D. In a technology center school district that se rves seventy
or more public school districts, the territory of the school
district shall be di vided into district zones by the State Board of
Career and Technology Education. Between August 1 and Dece mber 31
of the year following the submission by the Uni ted States Department
of Commerce to the President of the United States of the official
Federal Decennial Census, the Board shall reapportion the territo ry
of the technology center school district into district zones. All
boundaries of district zones shal l follow clearly visibl e,
definable, and observable physical boundaries which are based upon
criteria established and recognized by the Bureau of the Cen sus of
the United States Department of Commerce for purposes of defining
census blocks for its decennia l census and shall foll ow, as much as
possible, precinct boundaries. District zones shall be compact,
contiguous and shall be as equal in population as practical with not
more than a five-percent variance between the most populous and
least populous distr ict zones. The board o f education of a
technology center school district shall consist of one member
elected from each of the district zones of the scho ol district
created pursuant to this subsection. The electors of each district
zone shall elect a pers on, who is a resident o f the district zone,
to represent the district zone on the school board . If during the
term of office to which a person was elect ed, that member ceases to
be a resident of the d istrict zone for which the person was elected,
the office shall become vacant and the vacancy shall be filled as
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provided in Section 13A-110 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
The State Board of Career an d Technology Education shall promulgate
rules prescribing the manner in which the elections required by this
subsection are held.
E. In technology center school districts having a population of
more than two hundred twenty-five thousand (225,000) electors, the
territory of the district shall be divided into board zones by the
State Board of Career and Tech nology Education. The board of
education of the technology center school district shall consist of
one member elected from each of the district zones. Beginning July
1, 2024, the board of education s hall have the option upon approval
of a board resolutio n, of requiring that the electors of each
district zone shall elect a person who is a residen t of the district
zone to represent the dist rict zone on the school board and to not
elect all board members at large, or the community continues to vote
for the board members at large . If during the term of office to
which a person was elec ted, that member ceases to be a resident of
the district zone for which the person was elected, the office shall
become vacant, and the vacancy shall be filled as provid ed for in
Section 13A-110 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The State
Board of Career and Technology Education shall promulgate rules
prescribing the manner in which the elections required by this
subsection are held.
F. The board of education of a t echnology center school
district shall have the same powers and duties that boards of
education of independent school districts have. It may require
nonresident students to pay reasonable tuition fees, which may be
paid for a student by the independent or elementary school district
in which the student resides.
F. G. An election to vote on the question of making a levy of
not to exceed five (5) mills on the dollar valuation of the taxable
property in a techno logy center school district under the provision s
of subsection A, of Section 9B, of Article X, of the Oklahoma
Constitution, shall be called by the board of education and
conducted by the county election board of such district in the same
manner that elections for emergency levies in school districts under
the provisions of subsection (d) of Section 9(d), of Article X, of
the Oklahoma Constitution, are called and conducted. When such levy
is approved by a major ity of the electors of the technology center
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school district voting on the question at such election, the levy
shall be made each fiscal year thereafter until repealed by a
majority of the electors of the district voting on the question at
an election called for such purpose. An election to vote on t he
question of making a local incentive levy of not to exceed five (5)
mills on the dollar valuation of the taxable property in a
technology center school district under the provisions of subsection
B of Section 9B of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution , may be
called by the board of education; and election s on a levy for a
building fund for an area school district under the provisions of
Section 10, of Article X, of the Oklahoma Constitution, shall be
called by the board of education of such district an d conducted by
the county election board in the same manner that elections for
similar levies are called and conducted in independent school
districts.
G. H. Annual estimates of needs of technology center school
districts shall be made and approved in the same manner that those
of independent school districts are made and approved. Provided,
that the State Board of Career and Technology Education shall
prescribe a list of appropriation accounts by which the funds of
technology center school districts shal l be budgeted, accounted for
and expended. Any such estimate of needs may include an estimate of
federal funds as probable income from sources other than ad valorem
tax of the district and other than any excise or other ta x assessed
by legislative enactme nt and distributed in lieu of a d valorem
taxes. If a technology center school district lies in more than one
county, the district’s estimate of needs shall be filed with and
approved by the county excise board of the count y designated by the
school district board of education.
H. I. Territory may be annexed to or detached from a technology
center school district, in accordance with rules prescribed by the
State Board of Career and Technology Education. If the State Board
of Career and Technology Educatio n requires the submission of a
petition in order for an election to be called for the purpose of
annexation or deannexation of territory to a technology center
school district, such petition shall not be required to bear a
number of technology center schoo l district electors’ signatures
which exceed fifty percent (50%) of the number of technology center
school district electors who voted in the last school board election
in the territory proposed to be annexed or deannexed. Pr ovided, the
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period of time from which the petition is initiat ed to its time of
filing with the State Board shall not exceed ninety (90) days.
I. J. Schools of technology center school districts shall be
subject to classification, inspection , and accreditation by the
State Board of Education.
J. K. The technology center school board of education may
designate a county treasurer to serve as treasurer of the school
district or may appoint an independent treasurer.
K. L. Within four (4) years after the creation of a t echnology
center school district, such school distr ict may, at its discretion,
permit a teacher to transfer any or all accrued benefits upon
employment including credit for years of service in the previous
school district by the technology center school di strict, if the
teacher at the time of hiring is emp loyed as a teacher by an
independent or elementary school district which is all or partly
within the boundaries of the technology center school district or is
employed as a teacher in a skills center withi n the boundaries of
the school district.
L. M. The board of education of a technology center school
district may convey surplus personal property without consideration
to:
1. A school district that is within the boundary of the
technology center school dis trict;
2. A public school offering secondary lev el education which was
created and is operated by the State of Oklahoma this state and that
is within the boundary of the technology center school district ;
3. A technology center school district; or
4. The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Ed ucation
for the support or delivery of department initiatives.
M. N. The board of education of a technology center school
district may, without prior approval of the State Board of Career
and Technology Education, approv e all plans and specifications for
technology center school buildings, additions, and major
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modifications to school buildings that are designed to provide for
the offering of vocational -technical education programs and services
when the cost of the buildin g project is to be paid with local
levies or state bond monies or both local levies and state bond
monies.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
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Passed the Senate the 24th day of May, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the 17th day of April, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __