Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4405
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Powers and duties of board
Official statutory text
The governing board of a community junior college shall have the
supervision, management, and control of the community junior
college, and shall have the following additional specific powers and
duties:
a. Adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to
govern the community junior college.
b. Employ and fix the compensation and duties of such personnel
as it deems necessary for the operation of the community junior
college; and establish appropriate policies for retirement, group
insurance, and other staff benefits as provided for employees of
other public colleges in Oklahoma.
c. Purchase, construct, or rent such buildings as it deems
necessary for the operation of the community junior college.
d. Enter into contracts, purchase supplies, materials, and
equipment, and incur such other expenses as may be necessary to make
any of its powers effective.
e. Receive and make disposition of monies, grants, and property
from Federal agencies and the State, and administer the same in
accordance with Federal and State requirements.
f. Accept gifts of real and personal property, money, and other
things, and to use or dispose of the same in accordance with the
direction of the donors or grantors thereof.
g. Establish a schedule of student fees to pay all or part of
the cost of operation of the college, which schedule of fees must
bear the approval of the State Regents.
h. Do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the
powers expressly granted to it, or to make the community junior
college effective for the purposes for which it is maintained or
operated.
supervision, management, and control of the community junior
college, and shall have the following additional specific powers and
duties:
a. Adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to
govern the community junior college.
b. Employ and fix the compensation and duties of such personnel
as it deems necessary for the operation of the community junior
college; and establish appropriate policies for retirement, group
insurance, and other staff benefits as provided for employees of
other public colleges in Oklahoma.
c. Purchase, construct, or rent such buildings as it deems
necessary for the operation of the community junior college.
d. Enter into contracts, purchase supplies, materials, and
equipment, and incur such other expenses as may be necessary to make
any of its powers effective.
e. Receive and make disposition of monies, grants, and property
from Federal agencies and the State, and administer the same in
accordance with Federal and State requirements.
f. Accept gifts of real and personal property, money, and other
things, and to use or dispose of the same in accordance with the
direction of the donors or grantors thereof.
g. Establish a schedule of student fees to pay all or part of
the cost of operation of the college, which schedule of fees must
bear the approval of the State Regents.
h. Do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the
powers expressly granted to it, or to make the community junior
college effective for the purposes for which it is maintained or
operated.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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