Oklahoma § 70-4419 - Tulsa Technology Center School District - Board

§ 70-4419. Tulsa Technology Center School District - Board

districts.

A. All of the territory comprising the County of Tulsa, and all

of the territory in adjacent counties comprising a portion of school

districts partially located in Tulsa County shall be a technology

center school district to be known as the Tulsa Technology Center

School District. Territory that is in an existing technology center

school district shall be exempt from consideration. Provided,

nothing in this section shall prohibit the annexation of territory

in adjacent counties by the Tulsa Technology Center School District

in accordance with rules prescribed by the State Board of Career and

Technology Education. Provided, further, any such annexation shall

be approved by the Tulsa Technology Center School Board of Education

prior to such annexation election. The Tulsa Technology Center

School District shall have a board of education consisting of seven

(7) members having the same powers and duties as boards of education

of other technology center school districts. The members shall be

elected in the same manner as boards of education of other

technology center school districts except as otherwise provided in

this title. The terms of office of members shall be staggered so

that the term of office of only one member shall expire each year.

The offices shall be numbered. The Tulsa Technology Center School

Board of Education shall divide the territory of the district into

seven board districts in the same manner as required by independent

school districts. One member of the board of education shall be

elected to represent each board district. Beginning January 1,

1993, the following provisions and the provisions of Section 13A-101

et seq. of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall control as to

election of the members of the Tulsa Technology Center School Board

of Education:

1. There shall be held a nomination election in which the

electors of each board district in which a term is expiring or in

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which a vacancy exists shall select two nominees from among the

candidates for board member to represent the board district;

2. If, in the nominating election, one candidate has a majority

of all votes cast, then that candidate shall be elected to represent

the board district and a general election is not required. If no

candidate receives a majority of all votes cast, then the two

candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall become the

nominees for the board district in the general election; and

3. At the general election, all of the electors of the board

district shall select one of the two nominees as the member of the

board of education representing the board district.

B. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the election

of the governing board and the operation of the Tulsa Technology

Center School District shall be in accordance with rules established

by the State Board of Career and Technology Education as provided

for in Section 9B, Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution.

C. It is hereby provided that not more than five (5) mills on

the dollar valuation of the taxable property in the district shall

be voted on or thereafter be levied annually under Section 9B,

Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution, and the district shall not

become indebted for more than three percent (3%) of the net

valuation of taxable property within the district for capital

improvements for secondary and adult vocational and technical

education purposes. Only programs in secondary and adult vocational

and technical education shall be offered by the district.

D. Programs in post-secondary vocational and/or technical

education shall not be offered or conducted by the Tulsa Technology

Center School District; provided, however, that nothing in this

section shall be construed as prohibiting the establishment of an

authorization to conduct such post-secondary vocational and

technical programs by legislative enactment creating or establishing

such programs within the limits of Section 9B, Article X of the

Oklahoma Constitution.

Added by Laws 1973, c. 278, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 1973. Amended

by Laws 1982, c. 257, § 2, operative July 1, 1982; Laws 1992, c. 40,

§ 1, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 155, eff. July 1, 2001;

Laws 2002, c. 480, § 2, emerg. eff. June 6, 2002.