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                              STATE OF OKLAHOMA
                  1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
  HOUSE BILL 2562                         By: McBride and Baker
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                                AS INTRODUCED
           An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
              Section 3-101, which relates to the State Board of
           Education; modifying membership of the Board;
              requiring Senate confirmation for certain
           appointments; providing for members to serve at the
              pleasure of the appointing authority; directing
          vacancies to be filled by the appointing authority;
              providing for initial appointments within specified
          time; establishing termination date for initial
              appointments; and providing an effective date.
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 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
     SECTION 1.       AMENDATORY      70 O.S. 2021, Section 3-101, is
 amended to read as follows:
     Section 3-101.    A.   The State Board of Education shall consist
 of seven (7) eleven (11) members.    The State Superintendent of
 Public Instruction shall be a member and the chairperson of the
 Board.   The remaining six ten (10) members shall be appointed as
 follows:
     1.   Six (6) members appointed by the Governor by and with the
 advice and consent of the Senate.     Except as otherwise provided for
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  in subsection B of this section, upon assuming office each Governor
  shall appoint one member from each congressional district and one
  member from the state at large.;
      2.   Two (2) members appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma
  House of Representatives, one which shall be a rural resident of the
  state and one which shall be a former school superintendent from a
  district with an enrollment of less than ten thousand (10,000)
  students; and
      3.   Two (2) members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of
 the Oklahoma State Senate, one which shall be a rural resident of
 the state and one which shall be a former school superintendent from
 a district with an enrollment of more than ten thousand (10,000)
 students.
 Each appointment shall be made to take effect on April 2.   The term
 of each appointed member shall be four (4) years.   Appointed members
 shall serve until a successor is appointed.   Appointed members shall
 serve at the pleasure of the Governor appointing authority.   Upon
 the occurrence of a vacancy the same shall be filled by the Governor
 appointing authority, subject to confirmation by the Senate at the
 next session of the Legislature if the vacancy is a member appointed
 by the Governor.   The appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made
 for the unexpired term.
     B.   On the effective date of this act, all appointed positions
 of the current State Board of Education shall be deemed vacant and
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  the terms of persons serving on the Board shall be deemed
  terminated.     The Governor appointing authorities shall make initial
  appointments pursuant to the provisions of this subsection within
  thirty (30) days of the effective date of this act, with one member
  appointed from each congressional district and one member appointed
  from the state at large.     The appointments Members appointed by the
  Governor shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate at the next
  session of the Legislature.    The terms for members appointed
  pursuant to this subsection shall terminate on April 2, 2015 2024.
 Thereafter, members shall be appointed as provided for in subsection
 A of this section.
     C.    No person shall be eligible to be appointed to serve on the
 State Board unless the person has been awarded a high school diploma
 or certificate of high school equivalency.    Any member appointed to
 the State Board shall complete the workshop requirements of a new
 school board member pursuant to Section 5-110 of this title within
 thirteen (13) months following or preceding the appointment of the
 member.    Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
 State Department of Education shall not charge any member of the
 State Board of Education a fee for any workshop provided by the
 Department for board members pursuant to Section 5-110 of this title
 and shall not pay a fee to any organization or institution of higher
 education on behalf of a member of the State Board of Education, or
 reimburse any member of the Board for a fee paid to any organization
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  or institution of higher education, for attendance at a workshop or
  courses to satisfy the requirements of Section 5-110 of this title.
     D.   Members of the Board shall receive necessary traveling
  expenses while in the performance of their duties in accordance with
  the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
     SECTION 2.   This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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