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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1203 By: Bullard
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to schools; directing the St ate Board
66	66	of Career and Technology Educat ion to establish
67	67	certain pilot program to provi de certain grants;
68	68	providing eligibility for grants; providing for grant
69	69	applications to be made to certain board on certain
70	70	form; providing for review , approval, and disapproval
71	71	of applications; requiring school districts with
72	72	certain average daily members hips to be included in
73	73	pilot program; directing the State Board of Career
74	74	and Technology Education, subject to availability of
75	75	funds, to allocate certain amount of funds for the
76	76	pilot program; requiring pilot program grant
77	77	recipients to submit certain repo rt; providing for
78	78	contents of report; directing the State Board of
79	79	Education to determine if certain programs are
80	80	eligible for certain academic credit; providing for
81	81	promulgation of rules; providing for codification;
82	82	providing an effective date; and declar ing an
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89	89	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOM A:
90	90	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
91	91	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 14-137 of Title 70, unless there
92	92	is created a duplication i n numbering, reads as follows:
93	93	A. The State Board of Career and T echnology Education, in
94	94	conjunction with the State Board of Educa tion, shall establish and
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146	146	maintain a pilot program to provide grants to pub lic school
147	147	districts to offer career and technology programs to ninth through
148	148	twelfth grade students.
149	149	B. A public school distric t may be eligible to receiv e a grant
150	150	pursuant to this section if:
151	151	1. The public school district can demonstrate that the career
152	152	and technology program to be offered is not currently available at a
153	153	technology center school within fifty (50) miles of the school
154	154	district;
155	155	2. The public school dis trict can demonstrate with data and
156	156	research that the career and technology program wil l meet a
157	157	workforce need;
158	158	3. The public school district can demonstrate public support
159	159	for the career and technology program including student interest in
160	160	enrolling in the program ; and
161	161	4. The public school district meets any other requirements
162	162	established by the State Board of Career and T echnology Education
163	163	and the State Board of Edu cation.
164	164	C. 1. A public school distri ct seeking to participate in the
165	165	pilot program shall apply to the State Bo ard of Career and
166	166	Technology Education for a grant in the mann er and on a form
167	167	prescribed by the Board. Grant applications shall be reviewed and
168	168	approved or disapproved by the State Board of Career and Technology
169	169	Education and the State Board of Education.
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221	221	2. The State Board of Career and Technology Education and t he
222	222	State Board of Education shall ensure that pilot program grants are
223	223	given to a representative sample of Oklahoma school districts , which
224	224	shall include:
225	225	a. a school district with an average daily member ship
226	226	(ADM) of more than two thousand five hundred (2,500)
227	227	students but less th an ten thousand (10,000) students,
228	228	b. a school district with an ADM of two thousand five
229	229	hundred (2,500) students or less, and
230	230	c. a school district with an ADM of one thousand (1,000)
231	231	students or less.
232	232	D. Subject to the availabil ity of funds, Five Million Dollars
233	233	($5,000,000.00) shall be allocated by the S tate Board of Career and
234	234	Technology Education to fund pilot program grants. Grant amounts
235	235	shall be determined based on the numbe r of approved applicants and
236	236	the cost of the proposed career and technology program.
237	237	E. One year after implementation of the pilot program, school
238	238	districts that receive pilot program grants pursuant to this section
239	239	shall provide a report to the S tate Board of Education and the State
240	240	Board of Career and Technology Education that includes an itemized
241	241	expenditure list, data on student participation, and
242	242	recommendations, if any, for future program operations .
243	243	F. The State Board of Education shall review career and
244	244	technology programs established pursuant to this section to
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296	296	determine if they are eligible for academic credit toward meeting
297	297	the graduation requirements set forth in Secti on 11-103.6 of Title
298	298	70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
299	299	G. The State Board of Career and T echnology Education and the
300	300	State Board of Education shall promulgate rules necessary to
301	301	implement the provisions of this s ection.
302	302	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
303	303	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
304	304	of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
305	305	declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
306	306	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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