Oklahoma § 72-241 - State Accrediting Agency - Members - Contracts with

§ 72-241. State Accrediting Agency - Members - Contracts with

federal agencies.

There is hereby re-created to continue until July 1, 2018, in

accordance with the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the State Accrediting

Agency, which hereafter shall be composed of the State

Superintendent of Public Instruction, or designee, the State

Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology

Education, or designee, the Chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents

for Higher Education, or designee, and two honorably discharged war

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors

veterans, who are and shall be appointed by, and hold office at the

pleasure of, the Governor. This entity shall be the "state

approving agency" referred to in the Veterans' Readjustment

Assistance Act of 1952 (Public Law 550 - 82nd Congress), and shall

have authority, on behalf of the State of Oklahoma, to enter into

and carry out contracts with the U.S. Department of Veterans

Affairs, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or any other federal agency,

under the provisions of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944

(Public Law 346 - 78th Congress), as amended, and the Veterans'

Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 (Public Law 550 - 82nd

Congress), and any other federal law, for the approval of courses of

on-the-job training, institutional on-farm training, apprentice

training, war veterans' educational programs, or any other veterans'

training programs authorized by federal law, and for other services

authorized or required by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,

Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or other federal agencies, in

connection with any such training or programs; and all such

contracts that have heretofore been made or entered into by the

State Accrediting Agency, which agency has been performing functions

herein specified in this state, are hereby validated and approved,

and shall continue in effect according to the terms and provisions

thereof.

Added by Laws 1953, p. 401, § 1, emerg. eff. May 18, 1953. Amended

by Laws 1983, c. 176, § 2, emerg. eff. June 7, 1983; Laws 1989, c.

60, § 1, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1995, c. 12, § 1; Laws 2001,

c. 8, § 1; Laws 2007, c. 18, § 1; Laws 2013, c. 297, § 1; Laws 2017,

c. 293, § 1.