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70 OK Stat § 70-2166 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2166. Televised instruction system - Cooperative agreements - Revolving fund - Appropriation.

|The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education may establish and maintain as a part of the state system of higher education a system of televised instruction designed primarily for persons living in industrial communities remote from campuses of colleges and universities and for the interchange of classes and teachers between campuses of the state's public and private colleges and universities; and may enter into cooperative agreements with federal agencies, state agencies and public and private educational institutions and receive, use and administer grants, contributions and donations of funds and property for such purpose. All such funds shall be deposited in a revolving fund, which is hereby created, to be known as the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Televised Instruction Revolving Fund, which revolving fund shall be nonfiscal and be used and expended by the State Regents for the aforesaid purpose. Up to One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) of the funds received by or credited to the account of the State Regents from investments by the State Treasurer from proceeds of building bonds as provided by Senate Bill No. 349 and Senate Bill No. 350 of the First Session of the Thirty-Second Legislature, or similar funds hereafter provided in legislation vitalizing Section 38, Article X, Oklahoma Constitution, may be used and expended by the State Regents for the purpose of planning and installing the televised instruction system. There is also hereby appropriated to the State Regents from any monies in the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and operating the televised instruction system, the sum so appropriated to be nonfiscal and to be subject to encumbrance at any time within thirty (30) months after the effective date of this act. |Laws 1970, c. 3, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 3, 1970.
70 OK Stat § 70-2167 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2167. Legislative intent.

|It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Regents continue to study and determine the feasibility of establishing a statewide joint system to make use of the above services in all colleges, municipal or community junior colleges and technology center schools in Oklahoma, or make use of the above services in any one of such colleges upon proper agreement. |Added by Laws 1970, c. 3, § 2, emerg. eff. Feb. 3, 1970. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 33, § 137, eff. July 1, 2001.
70 OK Stat § 70-2204 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2204. Agreements or contracts with United States.

|The Board may enter into any agreement or contracts with the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof which it may consider advisable or necessary in order to obtain a grant of funds or other aid to be used in connection with the proceeds of the bonds in paying the cost of the construction, furnishing, and equipment of the building. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 560, § 4, emerg. eff. June 29, 1961.
70 OK Stat § 70-2205 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2205. Deposit of proceeds from bond sales.

|The proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds herein authorized shall be deposited by the Treasurer of the Board of Education to the credit of the Board and kept in a separate fund and used solely for the purpose for which the bonds are authorized. The Board is authorized to make all contracts and execute all instruments which in its discretion may be deemed necessary or advisable to provide for the construction, furnishing, and equipment of the building, and the Treasurer is hereby directed and authorized to issue warrants against such funds for such amounts as he may from time to time find to be due upon audited itemized estimates and claims which bear the approval of the officials designated by the Board for such purpose. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 560, § 5, emerg. eff. June 29, 1961.
70 OK Stat § 70-2206 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2206. Deposit of income and revenues - Payment of principal and interest.

|Except as to revenues paid directly to a trustee under the provisions of subsection (e) of Section 3 hereof, all income and revenues derived from the operation of the building shall be deposited as collected in a fund to be applied solely to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds and, to the extent so provided in the resolution authorizing the bonds, to the payment of the cost of maintaining and operating the building and the establishment of reserves for such purpose. As principal and interest become due from time to time the Treasurer shall, not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the payment date, transmit to the paying agent for the bonds money from said fund in an amount sufficient to pay the principal or interest so falling due. Said fund and the money therein is hereby irrevocably pledged to such purposes. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 560, § 6, emerg. eff. June 29, 1961.
70 OK Stat § 70-2207 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2207. Approval of bonds - Incontestability.

|All bonds issued hereunder shall have on the backs thereof the certificate required by Section 29 of Article X of the Constitution of Oklahoma. Such bonds shall be submitted to the Attorney General of Oklahoma for his examination and when such bonds have been examined and certified as legal obligations by the Attorney General, in accordance with such requirements as he may make, shall be incontestable in any court in the State of Oklahoma unless suit thereon shall be brought in a court having jurisdiction thereof within thirty (30) days from the date of such approval. Bonds so approved by the Attorney General shall be prima facie valid and binding obligations according to their terms, and the only defense which may be offered thereto in any suit instituted after such thirty-day period shall have expired shall be forgery, fraud, or violation of the Constitution. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 560, § 7, emerg. eff. June 29, 1961.
70 OK Stat § 70-2208 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2208. Bonds as legal investment.

|Any bank, trust, or insurance company organized under the laws of Oklahoma may invest its capital, surplus, and reserves in bonds issued under the provisions of this act. The officers having charge of any sinking fund or any other fund of the state or any department, agency, or institution thereof, including the various funds established by Chapter 27 of Title 70 (House Bill No. 244 of the Session Laws of 1945), or any county, city, town, township, or school district in the state, may invest such funds in bonds issued under the provisions of this act at the reasonable market value thereof. Such bonds are also approved as collateral security for the deposit of any public funds and for the investment of trust funds. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 561, § 8, emerg. eff. June 29, 1961.
70 OK Stat § 70-2209 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2209. Borrowing of money in anticipation of issuance of bonds.

|Whenever the Board shall have adopted a resolution authorizing the issuance of any series of bonds hereunder and said bonds have been sold but prior to the time as of which the bonds can be delivered the Board finds it necessary to borrow money for the purpose for which the bonds were authorized, the Board may, by appropriate resolution, authorize the borrowing of money in anticipation of the issuance of the bonds, and the issuance of the note or notes of the Board to evidence such borrowing. The amount so borrowed shall not exceed the principal amount of the bonds and shall not bear interest at a rate exceeding the average interest rate of the bonds. Such note or notes shall be signed in the manner prescribed by the Board and shall be made payable at such time or times as the Board may prescribe not later than one (1) year from their respective dates and may be renewed from time to time by the issuance of new notes hereunder. The proceeds of any loan made under this section shall be devoted exclusively to the purposes for which the bonds shall have been authorized and the note or notes and the interest thereon shall be paid with the proceeds of the bonds simultaneously with the delivery of the bonds. If for any reason the bonds shall not be issued, the holder or holders of the notes shall be entitled to all rights which would have been enjoyed by the holders of the bonds had they been issued, and the notes shall be paid from the revenues provided for the payment of the bonds and shall be entitled to the benefit of all covenants, agreements, the rights appearing in the resolution authorizing the bonds for the benefit of the bonds. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 561, § 9, emerg. eff. June 29, 1961.
70 OK Stat § 70-2210 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2210. Approval of bonds by Supreme Court.

|The Board is authorized in its discretion to file an application with the Supreme Court of Oklahoma for the approval of any series of bonds to be issued hereunder, and exclusive original jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court to hear and determine each such application. It shall be the duty of the Court to give such applications precedence over the other business of the Court and to consider and pass upon the applications and any protests which may be filed thereto as speedily as possible. Notice of the hearing on each application shall be given by a notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in the state that on a day named the Board will ask the court to hear its application and approve the bonds. Such notice shall inform all persons interested that they may file protests against the issuance of the bonds and be present at the hearing and contest the legality thereof. Such notice shall be published one time not less than ten (10) days prior to the date named for the hearing and the hearing may be adjourned from time to time in the discretion of the Court. If the Court shall be satisfied that the bonds have been properly authorized in accordance with this act and that when issued they will constitute valid obligations in accordance with their terms, the Court shall render its written opinion approving the bonds and shall fix the time within which a petition for rehearing may be filed. The decision of the Court shall be a judicial determination of the validity of the bonds, shall be conclusive as to the Board, its officers, and agents, and thereafter the bonds so approved and the revenues pledged to their payment shall be incontestable in any court in the State of Oklahoma. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 561, § 10, emerg. eff. June 29, 1961.
70 OK Stat § 70-2211 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2211. Leases to nonprofit corporations.

|In any instance in which the Board shall consider it preferable to acquire the building or additions to existing buildings and equipment therefor in the manner authorized in this section rather than through the issuance of bonds by the Board, it may do so by complying with this section. In each such case the Board is authorized to lease to any nonprofit corporation, organized for the purpose of constructing the building or additions to existing buildings, such portion or portions of the campus of the institution as may be necessary as sites therefor. The lease shall contain such provisions with respect to the type, construction, and operation of any such building or addition as the Board may consider desirable, and the Board may enter into agreements with the nonprofit corporation as to the use which will be made of any such building or addition, the operation, maintenance, and supervision of said building or addition, the imposition of fees and charges by the Board for the use of the building or addition, and the collection and disposition to be made of the proceeds of such fees and charges. The Board may agree to make such fees and charges adequate to provide a sum sufficient to pay the cost of the maintenance and operation of the building or any addition to existing buildings and the amortization of the cost of the building or any addition to existing buildings and equipment therefor, over a specified period of years, and when such cost shall have been paid and any obligations issued by the nonprofit corporation to finance such cost shall have been fully paid as to principal and interest, the lease shall terminate and title to the building or any addition to existing buildings and equipment shall vest in the Board. The agreements herein authorized to be entered into by the Board may, in the discretion of the Board, include a lease of the buildings from the nonprofit corporation and the payment of rentals therefor. The Board may furnish, without charge, heat, light, water, power, and similar facilities for any building erected under the provisions of this section and all buildings and additions to existing buildings so erected and equipment therefor shall be exempt from taxation. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 561, § 11, emerg. eff. June 29, 1961.
70 OK Stat § 70-2212 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2212. Use of other funds - Bonds not obligation of State.

|No provision of this act shall be construed to authorize the pledging or use of revenue of existing buildings and facilities for other than auxiliary enterprise and other self-liquidating buildings and facilities nor shall any provisions of this act be construed to authorize the pledging or use of any revolving funds. No bonds issued under the authorization of this act shall ever become an obligation or debt of the State of Oklahoma. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 562, § 12, emerg. eff. June 29, 1961.
70 OK Stat § 70-2251 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2251. Validation of Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement subscribed to by State Board of Vocational and Technical Education and State Regents For Higher Education.

|The Legislature takes note of the implications and significance of this historic development in the administration of affairs relating to public education in Oklahoma and validates the Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement subscribed to by these two agencies of state government. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 549, S.J.R. No. 35, § 1.
70 OK Stat § 70-2252 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2252. Definitions.

|The term "higher education" as used in Article XIII-A of the Constitution of Oklahoma and the vitalizing statutes or the term "postsecondary education" shall mean all education of any kind beyond the twelfth grade in which students pursue study and for which the credit earned may apply toward meeting requirements for a degree, diploma, or other postsecondary academic or collegiate award, and shall also include bona fide postsecondary adult and continuing education, extension and public service education, and organized research as may be authorized by the State Regents as a part of the functions and courses of study of a member institution in the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 550, S.J.R. No. 35, § 2.
70 OK Stat § 70-2253 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2253. Manipulative skills - Development.

|The development of vocational and occupational education which involves manipulative skills such as machine shop, printing, carpentry, stenography and distributive education shall be accomplished primarily at the secondary level of learning in programs provided by the high schools and technology center schools under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Career and Technology Education. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 550, S.J.R. No. 35, § 3. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 33, § 138, eff. July 1, 2001.
70 OK Stat § 70-2254 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2254. Skill-type programs.

|Educational programs in practical nursing, cosmetology and other skill-type programs requiring the completion of a certain number of clock hours of training for licensing shall be the responsibility of the technology center schools under the jurisdiction of the State Board. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 550, S.J.R. No. 35, § 4. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 33, § 139, eff. July 1, 2001.
70 OK Stat § 70-2255 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2255. Out-of-school youth and adults - Programs.

|Programs in initial skill training, refresher skill training and upgrade skill training for out-of-school youth and adults shall be the responsibility of the State Board. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 550, S.J.R. No. 35, § 5.
70 OK Stat § 70-2256 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2256. Cooperation with industrial development efforts.

|It is a responsibility of the State Board to cooperate with the industrial development efforts of the state by providing special training programs to support the activity. The State Board will continue to provide this assistance in the area of initial skill training for workers to be employed in new industry locations. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 550, S.J.R. No. 35, § 6.
70 OK Stat § 70-2257 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2257. Theory oriented education programs.

|The development of technical and occupational education that is more theory oriented and requires knowledge of mathematics and/or the physical sciences for specialization in the engineering and/or scientific fields for preparation of support technician personnel such as engineering technicians, registered nurses and medical technicians, though not exclusive of other similar areas, shall be accomplished in institutions of higher education under the jurisdiction of the State Regents. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 550, S.J.R. No. 35, § 7.
70 OK Stat § 70-2258 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2258. Approval of programs - Supplemental funding.

|Technical and occupational education programs to be operated at the postsecondary level must be authorized and approved by the State Regents. Programs of technical and occupational education when approved by the State Regents may be eligible for supplemental funding provided by the State Board in accordance with terms of a contract existing between the State Board and the State Regents. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 550, S.J.R. No. 35, § 8.
70 OK Stat § 70-2259 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2259. Research and planning.

|Research and planning for the further development of higher education programs is accomplished by the State Regents including reports relating to enrollments, program operations, admissions, finances and the like, which are submitted by colleges and universities to the State Regents as provided by law and regulation, and information so gathered from these surveys and reports is analyzed and utilized by the State Regents in evaluating the progress of Oklahoma higher education and in planning for its future development, provided that the information will be used by the State Regents in making reports to the State Board regarding the operation of those programs for which the State Board provides supplemental funding and the results of other research will be shared as may be appropriate and useful. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 550, S.J.R. No. 35, § 9.
70 OK Stat § 70-2260 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2260. Manpower supply and demand data.

|The State Board shall make available to the State Regents manpower supply and demand data and recommend the initiation, expansion or discontinuance of postsecondary occupational education programs as need for such is indicated by the demand data available. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 551, S.J.R. No. 35, § 10.
70 OK Stat § 70-2261 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2261. Review and assessment.

|The State Regents and the State Board should cooperate in a comprehensive review and assessment of the needs, status and direction of vocational, technical and occupational education in Oklahoma with the view of preparing a statewide plan for the orderly, systematic and coordinated development of programs as deemed necessary to meet the needs of the people of Oklahoma in this field of education, which state plan should delineate between educational programs to be offered at the secondary level and those to be offered at the postsecondary level in order that any unnecessary duplication or overlap existing will be eliminated and that such will be avoided in the development of secondary-postsecondary programs of vocational, technical and occupational education in the future. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 551, S.J.R. No. 35, § 11.
70 OK Stat § 70-2262 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2262. Budget by State Regents.

|The State Regents shall budget funds for the primary support of Regents' approved technical and occupational programs of education at junior colleges, technical institutes and other institutions in the State System to the extent of financial resources available and will anticipate supplemental funding from the State Board as needed and as may be available. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 551, S.J.R. No. 35, § 12.
70 OK Stat § 70-2263 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2263. Budget by State Board.

|The State Board shall budget a portion of its funds received from state and federal sources for supplementing the funding of postsecondary programs of technical and occupational education offered in the State System, provided that the number of postsecondary educational programs being offered and the number of students enrolled in these programs at junior colleges, technical institutes and other institutions in the State System shall be taken into consideration in the State Board's determination of the amount of funds to be allotted for supplementing the funding of postsecondary programs, and provided further, that the professional staff of the State Board will be made available for technical assistance to the State Regents' staff in the development and review of postsecondary technical and occupational education programs. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 551, S.J.R. No. 35, § 13.
70 OK Stat § 70-2264 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2264. Supplemental funding contracts.

|The State Board shall contract with the State Regents for the administration of the amount of funds set aside for supplementing the funding of postsecondary programs, and the State Regents shall assume responsibility under terms of the contract to allocate the funds for supplemental support of bona fide programs consistent with federal laws and regulations and shall be accountable for expenditure of the funds accordingly, provided that the State Board will include in the supplemental funding contract with the State Regents an amount of funds to underwrite the costs of one or more professional positions on the staff of the State Regents for the purpose of working with institutions in the promotion and development of technical and occupational education, and provided that the contract should be negotiated early in the spring of the year to allow for the planning and budgeting for best use of the funds by various institutions receiving supplemental allocations. |Laws 1973, p. 551, S.J.R. No. 35, § 14.
70 OK Stat § 70-2265 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2265. Administration of federal funds.

|The State Board, acting as the designated state agency for the federal Vocational Education Act of 1963, as amended, shall contract with the State Regents for the administration of that portion of federal funds received for allotment and expenditure for supplemental funding of postsecondary technical and occupational education programs approved by the State Regents. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 552, S.J.R. No. 35, § 15.