Oklahoma § 10-640.1 - Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Board

§ 10-640.1. Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Board

A. There is hereby re-created until July 1, 2029, in accordance

with the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Oklahoma Partnership for School

Readiness Board. The Board shall promote school readiness

supporting community-based efforts to increase the number of

children who are ready to succeed by the time they enter school.

The Board shall additionally serve as the state’s Early Childhood

Advisory Council and fulfill the responsibilities described in the

Head Start Act of 2007 (PL 110-134, Section 642B). The Board shall

consist of representatives from the private and public sectors as

follows:

1. Fifteen private sector representatives appointed by the

Governor to include:

a.

two parents of children eight (8) years of age or

younger, and

b.

one representative of licensed child care providers;

2. One representative of the licensed child care industry

appointed by the Governor;

3. One representative of a state association of federally

funded early childhood programs appointed by the Governor; and

4. To ensure that existing resources are being utilized

effectively, fifteen public sector representatives or their

designees as follows:

a.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction,

b.

State Commissioner of Health,

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c.

Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and

Substance Abuse Services,

d.

Director of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce,

e.

Director of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries,

f.

Director of the Department of Human Services,

g.

Administrator of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority,

h.

Director of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and

Youth,

i.

Director of the State Department of Rehabilitation

Services,

j.

Executive Director of the Oklahoma Educational

Television Authority,

k.

Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and

Technology Education,

l.

Chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education,

m.

Cabinet Secretary with responsibility for education

agencies,

n.

Dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences,

Oklahoma State University, and

o.

State Director of Head Start Collaboration.

B. Members appointed by the Governor shall serve terms of four

(4) years; provided, of those members initially appointed to the

Board, eight members shall be appointed for two-year terms,

beginning September 1, 2003, and seven members shall be appointed

for four-year terms, beginning September 1, 2003, as designated by

the Governor. The member appointed pursuant to paragraph 2 of

subsection A of this section shall be appointed for an initial term

to end on August 31, 2007. The member appointed pursuant to

paragraph 3 of subsection A of this section shall be appointed for

an initial term to end on August 31, 2009. Appointed members shall

continue in office until a successor is appointed by the Governor.

The Governor shall fill all vacancies in the same manner as the

original appointment was made.

C. The Director of the Department of Human Services shall

convene an organizational meeting of the Oklahoma Partnership for

School Readiness Board prior to November 1, 2003, at which time

members of the Board shall elect a chair, a vice chair, and other

officers as needed. A majority of the members of the Board shall

constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

D. Members of the Board shall receive no compensation for

serving on the Board but shall receive travel reimbursement as

follows:

1. State agency officers and employees who are members of the

Board shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in the

performance of their duties by their respective agencies in

accordance with the State Travel Reimbursement Act; and

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2. Remaining members shall be reimbursed by the Board from any

funds received by the Board for travel expenses incurred in the

performance of their duties in accordance with the State Travel

Reimbursement Act.

E. Members of the Board shall be exempt from the dual-officeholding provisions of Section 6 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.

Added by Laws 2003, c. 121, § 3, emerg. eff. April 22, 2003.

Amended by Laws 2004, c. 66, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 2004; Laws

2007, c. 111, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 2007; Laws 2009, c. 15, § 1;

Laws 2010, c. 284, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2013, c. 44, § 1;

Laws 2017, c. 296, § 1; Laws 2021, c. 558, § 2, eff. July 1, 2021;

Laws 2022, c. 181, § 1; Laws 2024, c. 74, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024.