Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-132.1

Termination of Statewide Virtual Charter School Board — Transfer to

Statewide Charter School Board.

A. There is hereby created the Statewide Charter School Board.

Beginning July 1, 2024, the Board shall have the sole authority to

sponsor statewide virtual charter schools in this state and may

sponsor charter schools in this state. The Board shall be composed

of nine (9) voting members as follows:

1. Three members appointed by the Governor;

2. Two members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate;

3. Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of

Representatives;

4. The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his or her

designee; and

5. The State Auditor and Inspector or his or her designee.

B. Initial appointments shall be made by October 31, 2023. The

President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of

Representatives shall each appoint one member for one (1) year and

one member for two (2) years. The Governor shall appoint one member

for one (1) year and two members for two (2) years. Members shall

serve until their successors are duly appointed for a term of three

(3) years. Appointments shall be made by and take effect on July 31

of the year in which the appointment is made. Annually by December

30 the Board shall elect from its membership a chair and vice chair.

C. A member may be removed from the Board by the appointing

authority for cause which shall include but not be limited to:

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1. Being found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction of a

felony or any offense involving moral turpitude;

2. Being found guilty of malfeasance, misfeasance, or

nonfeasance in relation to Board duties;

3. Being found mentally incompetent by a court of competent

jurisdiction; or

4. Failing to attend three successive meetings of the Board

without just cause, as determined by the Board.

D. Vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority.

E. No member of the Senate or House of Representatives may be

appointed to the Board while serving as a member of the Legislature

or for two (2) full years following the expiration of the term of

office.

F. Members of the Statewide Charter School Board shall not

receive compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary travel

expenses pursuant to the provisions of the State Travel

Reimbursement Act.

G. The Statewide Charter School Board shall meet at the call of

the chair. The first meeting of the Board shall be held no later

than sixty (60) days after the effective date of this act.

H. Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum, and an

affirmative vote of at least five members shall be required for the

Board to take any final action.

I. Beginning July 1, 2024, statewide virtual charter schools

shall be sponsored only by the Statewide Charter School Board

created pursuant to this section. Effective July 1, 2024, the

Statewide Virtual Charter School Board shall be abolished and the

Statewide Charter School Board shall succeed to any contractual

rights and responsibilities and settlement agreements incurred by

the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board in a virtual charter

school sponsorship contract executed prior to July 1, 2024.

1. All powers, duties, responsibilities, policies, personnel,

property, equipment, supplies, records, assets, funds, current and

future liabilities, encumbrances, obligations, and indebtedness of

the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board or associated with a

virtual charter school sponsorship contract entered into by the

Statewide Virtual Charter School Board prior to July 1, 2024, shall

be transferred to the Statewide Charter School Board. No items

shall be expended or used for any purpose other than the performance

of duties and responsibilities as directed and required in this act.

Appropriate conveyances and other documents shall be executed to

effectuate the transfer of property associated with a sponsorship
ewide Virtual Charter School Board prior to July 1, 2024, shall

be transferred to the Statewide Charter School Board. No items

shall be expended or used for any purpose other than the performance

of duties and responsibilities as directed and required in this act.

Appropriate conveyances and other documents shall be executed to

effectuate the transfer of property associated with a sponsorship

contract. The Statewide Charter School Board may contract for

additional legal and administrative services as necessary to

effectuate the transfers provided in this subsection.

2. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall coordinate the transfer of funds, allotments,

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purchase orders, and outstanding financial obligations and

encumbrances relating to the regulation of virtual charter schools

as transferred pursuant to the provisions of this act.

3. Upon succession of sponsorship contracts, the Statewide

Charter School Board shall assume sponsorship of the virtual charter

schools for the remainder of the term of the contracts. Prior to

the end of the current term of the contract, the Statewide Charter

School Board shall allow a virtual charter school to apply for

renewal of the sponsorship contract in accordance with the renewal

procedures established pursuant to Section 3-137 of Title 70 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

4. Effective July 1, 2024, all administrative rules promulgated

by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board relating to the

implementation and enforcement of the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act

shall be enforceable by the Statewide Charter School Board. The

rules shall continue in force and effect and the Statewide Charter

School Board shall have authority to amend, repeal, recodify, or

make additions to the rules pursuant to the Administrative

Procedures Act.

J. Effective July 1, 2024, the Statewide Charter School Board

shall succeed to any contractual rights and responsibilities and

settlement agreements incurred by the State Board of Education in a

charter school sponsorship contract executed prior to July 1, 2024.

All property, equipment, supplies, records, assets, funds, current

and future liabilities, encumbrances, obligations, and indebtedness

associated with a charter school sponsorship contract entered into

by the State Board of Education prior to July 1, 2024, shall be

transferred to the Statewide Charter School Board. Appropriate

conveyances and other documents shall be executed to effectuate the

transfer of property associated with a sponsorship contract. Upon

succession of sponsorship contracts, the Statewide Charter School

Board shall assume sponsorship of the charter schools for the

remainder of the term of the contracts. Prior to the end of the

current term of the contract, the Statewide Charter School Board

shall allow a charter school to apply for renewal of the sponsorship

contract in accordance with the renewal procedures established

pursuant to Section 3-137 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

K. Beginning July 1, 2024, at the end of the current term of a

charter school sponsorship contract with a school district, an

accredited comprehensive or regional institution that is a member of

The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, a community college,

or a federally recognized Indian tribe, a charter school may apply

for contract renewal with the Statewide Charter School Board for

sponsorship.