Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-14-101

Successor to State Board of Vocational and Technical Education.

A. There is hereby created the State Board of Career and

Technology Education which shall succeed to all of the powers and

duties heretofore invested in the State Board for Vocational

Education. The membership of the State Board of Career and

Technology Education shall consist of:

1. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction who shall be

an ex officio voting member;

2. Two appointed members of the State Board of Education,

selected by the Governor, to serve as ex officio voting members.

One State Board member shall be selected for a one-year term and one

State Board member shall be selected for a two-year term;

3. Five members to be appointed by the Governor with the advice

and consent of the Senate. Each appointed member shall be an owner,

chief executive or operating officer, or business executive with

policy-making or hiring authority for a business or industry located

in the state or with a business or industry where a significant

number of the workforce performs a task for which training or other

educational service may be obtained from the career and technology

education system. The Governor shall appoint one such appointive

member from each of the congressional districts and any remaining

members shall be appointed from the state at large.

However, when congressional districts are redrawn each member

appointed prior to July 1 of the year in which such modification

becomes effective shall complete the current term of office and

appointments made after July 1 of the year in which such

modification becomes effective shall be based on the redrawn

districts. Appointments made after July 1 of the year in which such

modification becomes effective shall be from any redrawn districts

which are not represented by a board member until such time as each

of the modified congressional districts are represented by a board

member. No member shall be appointed pursuant to this paragraph who

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has not resided in the relevant congressional district for at least

six (6) months prior to the date of appointment; and

4. One member who represents the public, private and/or

educational interests of the state shall be appointed by the

Governor from the state at large with the advice and consent of the

Senate.

B. All initial appointments made by the Governor pursuant to

this act shall be for terms as follows:

1. Initial appointments of the two members of the State Board

of Education pursuant to paragraph 2 of subsection A of this section

shall be for terms as follows:

a. one for a term to expire on April 1, 2004, and

b. one for a term to expire on April 1, 2005;

2. Initial appointments of the six members pursuant to

paragraphs 3 and 4 of subsection A of this section shall be for

terms as follows:

a. one for a term to expire on April 1, 2004,

b. one for a term to expire on April 1, 2005,

c. one for a term to expire on April 1, 2006,

d. one for a term to expire on April 1, 2007,

e. one for a term to expire on April 1, 2008, and

f. one for a term to expire on April 1, 2009;

3. The member appointed to represent the state at large shall

be the initial appointment for the term ending April 1, 2009;

4. After the initial terms, all members appointed by the

Governor shall be appointed for terms of six (6) years. Initial

appointments pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be

made no later than September 1, 2003. All terms shall expire on the

first day of April of the year in which the term of each member

expires, except for the terms of office of members serving on the

Board on the effective date of this section, which shall expire

August 31, 2003;

5. The Chair of the Board shall be the State Superintendent of

Public Instruction. The Director of the Oklahoma Department of

Career and Technology Education shall serve as an ex officio
st day of April of the year in which the term of each member

expires, except for the terms of office of members serving on the

Board on the effective date of this section, which shall expire

August 31, 2003;

5. The Chair of the Board shall be the State Superintendent of

Public Instruction. The Director of the Oklahoma Department of

Career and Technology Education shall serve as an ex officio

nonvoting member and shall be the executive officer of the Board;

and

6. Members of the State Board of Career and Technology

Education shall be subject to the orientation and continuing

education requirements for school board members specified in

Sections 5-110 and 5-110.1 of this title. Failure of a member to

satisfy these requirements shall result in the member vacating the

seat and the vacancy being filled as provided by law.

C. No person shall be eligible to be appointed to serve on the

Board unless the person has been awarded a high school diploma or

certificate of high school equivalency.

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D. For each additional month employed, the additional salary

shall be calculated on the basis of one-tenth (1/10) of the base

salary as prescribed by the school district for a teacher of like

qualifications employed on a ten-months' basis.

E. The official name of the Board which is known as the “State

Board of Vocational and Technical Education” shall be designated in

all future references as the “State Board of Career and Technology

Education”. Any references in the statutes to the State Board of

Vocational and Technical Education shall be deemed references to the

State Board of Career and Technology Education.