Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4423
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Redlands Community College - Carl Albert State College -
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Seminole State College - Rose State College - Oklahoma City
Community College.
A. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are hereby
authorized and directed to maintain two-year colleges at El Reno,
which shall be known as the Redlands Community College, at Poteau,
which shall be known as the Carl Albert State College, at Seminole,
which shall be known as the Seminole State College, at Midwest City,
which shall be known as the Rose State College, and in South
Oklahoma City, which shall be known as the Oklahoma City Community
College; and, each of said colleges shall be an integral and full-
fledged part of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education.
B. Each of the colleges which at the time it became a member of
the State System was operating a technical area school district
program to carry out the function of postsecondary technical
education for the people of the district shall continue to do so as
then operated and in accordance with Section 4410 of this title, and
all property acquired by virtue of the technical area school
district operation shall remain as property of the technical area
school district and be maintained in the custody of the Board of
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Regents of the college acting as the governing board of the
technical area school district for use by the postsecondary area
district program.
C. For each of the colleges above named and identified, there
shall be created a separate Board of Regents, and said Board of
Regents shall consist of seven (7) members to serve seven-year
overlapping terms, with members of said Board to be appointed by the
Governor by and with the advice and consent of the State Senate.
Each Board shall have the same powers and duties as the Board of
Regents of Tulsa Community College. Four members of the Board of
Regents for the colleges located at El Reno, Poteau and Seminole
shall be from the county in which said college is located. Four
members of the Board of Regents for Rose State College shall be
residents of the original district of the college. Four members of
the Board of Regents for Oklahoma City Community College shall be
residents of South Oklahoma City. For purposes of this section,
“South Oklahoma City” shall mean the original district of Oklahoma
City Community College and the portion of Oklahoma City that lies in
Cleveland County and is bounded on the west by County Line Road and
on the east by Bryant Avenue.
With respect to Rose State College and Oklahoma City Community
College, it is further provided that the college and its governing
Board of Regents shall continue to operate the technical area school
district program to carry out the function of postsecondary
technical education for the people of the technical education school
district as now operated, and in accordance with Section 4410 of
this title.
Community College.
A. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are hereby
authorized and directed to maintain two-year colleges at El Reno,
which shall be known as the Redlands Community College, at Poteau,
which shall be known as the Carl Albert State College, at Seminole,
which shall be known as the Seminole State College, at Midwest City,
which shall be known as the Rose State College, and in South
Oklahoma City, which shall be known as the Oklahoma City Community
College; and, each of said colleges shall be an integral and full-
fledged part of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education.
B. Each of the colleges which at the time it became a member of
the State System was operating a technical area school district
program to carry out the function of postsecondary technical
education for the people of the district shall continue to do so as
then operated and in accordance with Section 4410 of this title, and
all property acquired by virtue of the technical area school
district operation shall remain as property of the technical area
school district and be maintained in the custody of the Board of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1656
Regents of the college acting as the governing board of the
technical area school district for use by the postsecondary area
district program.
C. For each of the colleges above named and identified, there
shall be created a separate Board of Regents, and said Board of
Regents shall consist of seven (7) members to serve seven-year
overlapping terms, with members of said Board to be appointed by the
Governor by and with the advice and consent of the State Senate.
Each Board shall have the same powers and duties as the Board of
Regents of Tulsa Community College. Four members of the Board of
Regents for the colleges located at El Reno, Poteau and Seminole
shall be from the county in which said college is located. Four
members of the Board of Regents for Rose State College shall be
residents of the original district of the college. Four members of
the Board of Regents for Oklahoma City Community College shall be
residents of South Oklahoma City. For purposes of this section,
“South Oklahoma City” shall mean the original district of Oklahoma
City Community College and the portion of Oklahoma City that lies in
Cleveland County and is bounded on the west by County Line Road and
on the east by Bryant Avenue.
With respect to Rose State College and Oklahoma City Community
College, it is further provided that the college and its governing
Board of Regents shall continue to operate the technical area school
district program to carry out the function of postsecondary
technical education for the people of the technical education school
district as now operated, and in accordance with Section 4410 of
this title.
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