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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 749 By: Woods
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to school district bond elections and
66	66	technology center school district bond elections;
67	67	amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section s 14-108 and 15-103,
68	68	which relate to the School Code of 1971; making
69	69	certain real property owners qualified elect ors for
70	70	certain elections; updating statutory language; and
71	71	providing an effective date.
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77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF O KLAHOMA:
78	78	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 14 -108, is
79	79	amended to read as follows:
80	80	Section 14-108. A. The State Board of Career an d Technology
81	81	Education shall prescrib e criteria and procedures for the
82	82	establishment and governance of technology center school districts,
83	83	as provided by Section 9B, Article X, Okl ahoma Constitution, and
84	84	such districts so established shall be operated in a ccordance with
85	85	rules of the State Boa rd of Career and Technology Education, except
86	86	as otherwise provided in this title.
87	87	B. A technology center school district shall be a body
88	88	corporate and shall possess the usual powers of a corporation for
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140	140	public purposes. Its official name shall be design ated by the State
141	141	Board of Career and Technology Edu cation, in which name it may sue
142	142	and be sued, and be capable of contracting and being contr acted
143	143	with, and holding real and personal estate.
144	144	C. The governing board of a technology center school district
145	145	shall be a board of education consisting of not less than five (5)
146	146	nor more than seven (7) members. Except as otherwise provided for
147	147	in subsection D of this section, all members of the board of
148	148	education shall be ele cted in a manner prescribed by the Stat e Board
149	149	of Career and Technology Education. The Sta te Board shall
150	150	promulgate rules prescribing the manner in which the elections
151	151	required by this subsection are held.
152	152	D. In a technology center school district that s erves seventy
153	153	or more public school dis tricts, the territory of the school
154	154	district shall be divided into district zones by the State Board of
155	155	Career and Technology Education. Bet ween August 1 and December 31
156	156	of the year following the submission by the Un ited States Department
157	157	of Commerce to the President of the United States of the official
158	158	Federal Decennial Census, the Board shall reapportion the territory
159	159	of the technology cente r school district into district zones. All
160	160	boundaries of district zones sha ll follow clearly visible,
161	161	definable, and observable physical boundaries which are based up on
162	162	criteria established and recognized by the Bureau of the Census of
163	163	the United States Department of Commerce for purposes of defining
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215	215	census blocks for its decenni al census and shall follow, as much as
216	216	possible, precinct boundaries. District zones shall be compact,
217	217	contiguous and shall be as equal in population as practical with not
218	218	more than a five-percent variance between the most populous and
219	219	least populous district zones. The board of education of a
220	220	technology center school district shall consist of one member
221	221	elected from each of the district zones of the school district
222	222	created pursuant to this subsection. The electors of each district
223	223	zone shall elect a per son, who is a resident of the district zone,
224	224	to represent the district zone on the school b oard. If during the
225	225	term of office to which a person was elected, that member ceases to
226	226	be a resident of the district zone for which the person was elected,
227	227	the office shall become vacant and the vacancy shall be filled as
228	228	provided in Section 13A -110 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
229	229	The State Board of Career and Technology Education sha ll promulgate
230	230	rules prescribing the manner in which the elections required b y this
231	231	subsection are held.
232	232	E. The board of education of a technology center school
233	233	district shall have the same powers and duties that boards of
234	234	education of independent school d istricts have. It may require
235	235	nonresident students to pay reasonable tuitio n fees, which may be
236	236	paid for a student by the independent or elementary school district
237	237	in which the student resides.
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289	289	F. An election to vote on the question of making a levy of n ot
290	290	to exceed five (5) mills on the dollar valuation of the taxable
291	291	property in a technology center school district under the provisions
292	292	of subsection A, Section 9B, Ar ticle X, Oklahoma Constitution, shall
293	293	be called by the board of education and conducted b y the county
294	294	election board of such district in the same manner that electio ns
295	295	for emergency levies in school distr icts under the provisions of
296	296	Section 9(d), Article X , Oklahoma Constitution, are called and
297	297	conducted. When such levy is approved by a major ity of the electors
298	298	of the technology center school district voting on the q uestion at
299	299	such election, the levy shal l be made each fiscal year thereafter
300	300	until repealed by a majority of the electors of the district voting
301	301	on the question at an election call ed for such purpose. An election
302	302	to vote on the question of making a local incentive levy of not to
303	303	exceed five (5) mills on the dollar valuation of the taxable
304	304	property in a technology center school district under the provisions
305	305	of subsection B of Sectio n 9B of Article X of the Oklahoma
306	306	Constitution, may be called by the board o f education; and elections
307	307	on a levy for a building fund for an area school district under the
308	308	provisions of Section 10, Article X, Oklahoma Constitution, shall be
309	309	called by the board of education of such district and conducted by
310	310	the county election board in the same manner that elections for
311	311	similar levies are called and conducted in independe nt school
312	312	districts. Provided, qualified electors voting on elections
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365	365	real property located within a technology center school district.
366	366	G. Annual estimates of needs of technology center sc hool
367	367	districts shall be made and approved in the same manner that those
368	368	of independent school districts are made and approved. Provided,
369	369	that the State Board of Car eer and Technology Education shall
370	370	prescribe a list of appropriation accounts by which the funds of
371	371	technology center school districts shall be budgeted, accounted for
372	372	and expended. Any such estimate of needs may include an estimate of
373	373	federal funds as probable income from sources other than a d valorem
374	374	tax of the district and other than any exc ise or other tax assessed
375	375	by legislative enactment and distributed in lieu of ad valorem
376	376	taxes. If a technology center school district lies in more than one
377	377	county, the district’s estimate of needs shall be filed with and
378	378	approved by the county excise boa rd of the county designated by the
379	379	school district board of education.
380	380	H. Territory may be annexed to or detached from a technology
381	381	center school district, in accor dance with rules prescribed by the
382	382	State Board of Career and Technology Education. If the State Board
383	383	of Career and Technology Education requires the submission of a
384	384	petition in order for an election to be called for the purpose of
385	385	annexation or deannexat ion of territory to a technology center
386	386	school district, such petition shall not be require d to bear a
387	387	number of technology center school district electors ’ signatures
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439	439	which exceed fifty percent (50%) of the number of technology center
440	440	school district elec tors who voted in the last school board election
441	441	in the territory proposed to be annexed or deannexed. Provided, the
442	442	period of time from which the petition is initiated to its time of
443	443	filing with the State Board shall not exceed ninety (90) days.
444	444	I. Schools of technology center school distric ts shall be
445	445	subject to classification, inspection , and accreditation by the
446	446	State Board of Education.
447	447	J. The technology center school board of education may
448	448	designate a county treasurer to serve as treasurer of the s chool
449	449	district or may appoint an indepe ndent treasurer.
450	450	K. Within four (4) years after the creation of a technology
451	451	center school district, such school district may, at its discretion,
452	452	permit a teacher to transfer any or all accrued benefits upon
453	453	employment including credit for years of servic e in the previous
454	454	school district by the technology center school district, if the
455	455	teacher at the time of hiring is employed as a teacher by an
456	456	independent or elementary school district which is all or partly
457	457	within the boundaries of the technology center school district or is
458	458	employed as a teacher in a ski lls center within the boundaries of
459	459	the school district.
460	460	L. The board of education of a technology center school
461	461	district may convey surplus personal property witho ut consideration
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514	514	1. A school district that is within the boundary of the
515	515	technology center school district;
516	516	2. A public school offering secondary level education which was
517	517	created and is operated by the State of Oklahoma this state and that
518	518	is within the boundary of the technology center school district;
519	519	3. A technology center school dis trict; or
520	520	4. The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education
521	521	for the support or delivery of department initiatives .
522	522	M. The board of education of a technology cente r school
523	523	district may, without prior approval of the State Board of Career
524	524	and Technology Education, approv e all plans and specifications for
525	525	technology center school buildings, additions, and major
526	526	modifications to school buildings that are designed to pr ovide for
527	527	the offering of vocational-technical education programs and services
528	528	when the cost of the buildin g project is to be paid with local
529	529	levies or state bond monies or both local levies and state bond
530	530	monies.
531	531	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 15-103, is
532	532	amended to read as follows:
533	533	Section 15-103. On the question of issuance of said bonds, no
534	534	person shall be qualified to vote unless he or she be in all
535	535	respects a school district elector of such district or unless a
536	536	person owns real property located within the school district. In
537	537	case three-fifths (3/5) of the voters thereof voting at su ch
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589	589	election shall vote affirmatively for the issuance of said bonds,
590	590	then the said board of education shall issue the same and not
591	591	otherwise. The amount of the bonds so voted upon and issued shall
592	592	not cause the school district to become indebted in an amo unt,
593	593	including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five
594	594	percent (5%) of the valuation of the taxable property therein, to be
595	595	ascertained from the l ast assessment for state and county purposes
596	596	previous to the incurring of such indebtedness; bu t if the school
597	597	district has an absolute need therefor, such district may, with the
598	598	assent of three-fifths (3/5) of the voters thereo f, voting at such
599	599	election, incur indebtedness to an amount, including existing
600	600	indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding fi ve percent (5%) but not
601	601	exceeding ten percent (10%) of the valuation of the taxable property
602	602	therein, to be ascertained from the last assessment for state and
603	603	county purposes previous to the incurring of such inde btedness, for
604	604	the purpose of acquiring or i mproving school sites, constructing,
605	605	repairing, remodeling or equipping buildings or acquiring school
606	606	furniture, fixtures or equipmen t or more than one or all of such
607	607	purposes; and such assent to such indebtedness shall be deemed to be
608	608	a sufficient showing of such absolute need. Section 26, Article X,
609	609	of the Oklahoma Constitution, as amended on April 5, 1955, shall
610	610	hereafter be in full force and effect. Provided , that any bond
611	611	election that shall have heretofore been called or held in
612	612	accordance with the provisions of Section 26, Article X, of the
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664	664	Oklahoma Constitution, as amended on April 5, 1955, is hereby
665	665	validated if the bonds so a uthorized at such election h ave not yet
666	666	been sold and delivered.
667	667	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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