Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-14-103

The State Board of Career and Technology Education shall have

the following powers and duties:

1. Have the supervision of the Oklahoma Department of Career

and Technology Education of the State Board of Career and Technology

Education, which department shall keep its principal offices at

Stillwater, and appoint and fix the compensation and duties of the

Director and other personnel of such Department;

2. Have the supervision of the technology center schools and

colleges of Oklahoma, except Oklahoma State University Institute of

Technology-Okmulgee and the Oklahoma State University Technical

Institutes at Oklahoma City and Stillwater, which, however, shall be

eligible to participate in federal programs administered by the

State Board of Career and Technology Education as hereinafter

provided;

3. Cooperate with, and enter into agreements with, and

administer programs of, and receive federal funds from, the United

States Department of Education and other federal agencies in matters

relating to vocational and technical education, youth apprenticeship

programs, and manpower training, and be the sole state agency for

such purposes. Provided that, programs and funds made available

through the Job Training Partnership Act, or its successor programs,

shall be excluded;

4. Provide for the formulation and adoption of curricula,

courses of study, and other instructional aids necessary for the

adequate instruction of students in the technology center schools

and colleges of this state. It is the intent of the Legislature

that instructional models for vocational students should include

higher standards of academic work with increased emphasis on

communication, computation and applied science;

5. Develop a plan to provide adequate vocational offerings

accessible to all students having the ability to benefit;

6. Purchase or otherwise acquire equipment, materials, supplies

and other property, real or personal, as may be necessary for the

operation of the technology center schools of this state, and

provide for the maximum utilization of such property through a

coordinated and cooperative use thereof, including transfer of title

to real and personal property to a technology center school district

for a reasonable cash consideration if said property is to be

utilized in a vocational-technical program administered by the

technology center district board of education. Any conveyance of

real property for a reasonable consideration shall contain a

reversionary clause by which the real property shall revert to the

State Board of Career and Technology Education if the property

ceases to be used in a vocational-technical program administered by

the technology center district board of education;

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7. Enter into such agreements and contracts with the State

Board of Education, boards of trustees of community junior colleges,

boards of education of independent and elementary school districts,

boards of education of school districts for technology center

schools, private educational or training institutions, public or

private industry, and boards of directors of community action

programs, as may be necessary or feasible for the furtherance of

vocational and technical training within this state;

8. Cooperate and enter into agreements with the Oklahoma State

Regents for Higher Education;

9. Cooperate with the State Department of Education in

developing hands-on career exploration activities for students in

grades 6 through 10, integrating academic competencies into

vocational instruction, and ensuring counseling of all students in

order to minimize the number of students graduating from high school

without having completed either a vocational-technical program or

college preparation;

10. Develop and periodically update a plan to allow teacher

training and the purchase and installation of technological
through 10, integrating academic competencies into

vocational instruction, and ensuring counseling of all students in

order to minimize the number of students graduating from high school

without having completed either a vocational-technical program or

college preparation;

10. Develop and periodically update a plan to allow teacher

training and the purchase and installation of technological

equipment necessary to modernize vocational educational programs;

11. Accept and provide for the administration of any land,

money, buildings, gifts, funds, donations or other things of value

which may be offered or bequeathed to the schools or colleges under

the supervision or control of said Board;

12. Enter into cooperative arrangements with one or more other

states for the conduct and administration of programs, services and

activities;

13. Cooperate whenever possible, to avoid any duplication of

training programs with any established training program registered

by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, United States

Department of Labor;

14. Accept and expend funds from any source in order to market,

advertise or promote programs and services available through the

Career and Technology Education system; and

15. Participate in activities pertaining to the recruitment of

companies to locate or expand operations in the state, and

participate in activities that will increase the competitiveness of

companies with headquarters or branch operations located in the

state. These activities may require agency staff to travel, train,

or provide technical assistance outside the State of Oklahoma.