Oklahoma § 70-1210.308 - Advisory committee for educational programs Members, meetings - Duties

§ 70-1210.308. Advisory committee for educational programs Members, meetings - Duties

A. For the purpose of meeting the duty of each school district

as set forth in Section 1210.307 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, each district board of education shall create a local

advisory committee on education for gifted and talented children or

expand the duties of a curriculum advisory committee for the

district to assist the district on gifted and talented programs. If

the district creates a local advisory committee for gifted and

talented children it shall consist of at least three but no more

than eleven members. The district board shall appoint all members,

at least one-third (1/3) of whom shall be selected from a list of

nominations submitted by associations whose purpose is advocacy for

gifted and talented children. The committee shall be broadly

representative of the community. The committee shall be appointed

no later than September 15 of each school year for two-year terms

and shall consist of parents of children identified as gifted and

talented and community members who may be but are not required to be

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parents of students within the district. At the first meeting the

committee shall elect a chair and a vice-chair. If the district

utilizes the curriculum advisory committee it shall appoint at least

one member who is a parent of a child identified as gifted and

talented or is a knowledgeable advocate for gifted and talented

children.

B. A meeting of the local advisory committee or the curriculum

advisory committee shall be called by the district superintendent no

later than October 1 of each year for the purpose of addressing

gifted and talented program issues. The advisory committee or

curriculum advisory committee may meet at other times during the

year as is necessary in meeting space furnished by the district.

The district shall furnish staff for the advisory committee. All

meetings of the committees shall be subject to the provisions of the

Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.

C. The duties of the advisory committee for gifted and talented

children or the curriculum advisory committee shall be to assist in

the formulation of district goals for gifted education, to assist in

development of the district plan for gifted child educational

programs, to assist in preparation of the district report on gifted

child educational programs, and to perform other advisory duties as

may be requested by the board of education.

Added by Laws 1994, c. 359, § 5, eff. July 1, 1994.