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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1203 By: Bullard
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; directing the St ate Board
of Career and Technology Educat ion to establish
certain pilot program to provi de certain grants;
providing eligibility for grants; providing for grant
applications to be made to certain board on certain
form; providing for review , approval, and disapproval
of applications; requiring school districts with
certain average daily members hips to be included in
pilot program; directing the State Board of Career
and Technology Education, subject to availability of
funds, to allocate certain amount of funds for the
pilot program; requiring pilot program grant
recipients to submit certain repo rt; providing for
contents of report; directing the State Board of
Education to determine if certain programs are
eligible for certain academic credit; providing for
promulgation of rules; providing for codification;
providing an effective date; and declar ing an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOM A:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 14-137 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication i n numbering, reads as follows:
A. The State Board of Career and T echnology Education, in
conjunction with the State Board of Educa tion, shall establish and
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maintain a pilot program to provide grants to pub lic school
districts to offer career and technology programs to ninth through
twelfth grade students.
B. A public school distric t may be eligible to receiv e a grant
pursuant to this section if:
1. The public school district can demonstrate that the career
and technology program to be offered is not currently available at a
technology center school within fifty (50) miles of the school
district;
2. The public school dis trict can demonstrate with data and
research that the career and technology program wil l meet a
workforce need;
3. The public school district can demonstrate public support
for the career and technology program including student interest in
enrolling in the program ; and
4. The public school district meets any other requirements
established by the State Board of Career and T echnology Education
and the State Board of Edu cation.
C. 1. A public school distri ct seeking to participate in the
pilot program shall apply to the State Bo ard of Career and
Technology Education for a grant in the mann er and on a form
prescribed by the Board. Grant applications shall be reviewed and
approved or disapproved by the State Board of Career and Technology
Education and the State Board of Education.
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2. The State Board of Career and Technology Education and t he
State Board of Education shall ensure that pilot program grants are
given to a representative sample of Oklahoma school districts , which
shall include:
a. a school district with an average daily member ship
(ADM) of more than two thousand five hundred (2,500)
students but less th an ten thousand (10,000) students,
b. a school district with an ADM of two thousand five
hundred (2,500) students or less, and
c. a school district with an ADM of one thousand (1,000)
students or less.
D. Subject to the availabil ity of funds, Five Million Dollars
($5,000,000.00) shall be allocated by the S tate Board of Career and
Technology Education to fund pilot program grants. Grant amounts
shall be determined based on the numbe r of approved applicants and
the cost of the proposed career and technology program.
E. One year after implementation of the pilot program, school
districts that receive pilot program grants pursuant to this section
shall provide a report to the S tate Board of Education and the State
Board of Career and Technology Education that includes an itemized
expenditure list, data on student participation, and
recommendations, if any, for future program operations .
F. The State Board of Education shall review career and
technology programs established pursuant to this section to
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determine if they are eligible for academic credit toward meeting
the graduation requirements set forth in Secti on 11-103.6 of Title
70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
G. The State Board of Career and T echnology Education and the
State Board of Education shall promulgate rules necessary to
implement the provisions of this s ection.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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