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70 OK Stat § 70-4418 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4418. Board of Regents of Western Oklahoma State College.

|The State Regents for Higher Education upon said finding of need and feasibility as provided in Section 4417 of this title are directed to negotiate with the Board of the now existing Altus Community College and make all appropriate arrangements for the conversion of this institution to a state junior college, including the continued use of existing facilities, faculty and other resources for the period of time necessary to achieve the conversion, and to maintain and operate the college during the transition period. After the conversion has been fully accomplished by the State Regents, a governing board composed of seven (7) members to serve seven-year overlapping terms and to be known as the Board of Regents of Western Oklahoma State College shall be created to be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, which board shall have the same powers and duties as the Board of Regents of Tulsa Community College, set out in Section 4413 of this title. No more than four members of Advisory Board shall be residents of any one county involved. |Added by Laws 1969, c. 295, § 3, emerg. eff. May 7, 1969. Amended by Laws 1974, c. 16, § 4; Laws 1996, c. 276, § 8, emerg. eff. May 30, 1996.
70 OK Stat § 70-4418.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4418.1. Changing name of Altus Junior College to Western Oklahoma State College.

|The state educational institution located at Altus shall continue at the same location and its official name shall be Western Oklahoma State College. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 16, § 1.
70 OK Stat § 70-4418.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4418.2. References deemed to be to Western Oklahoma State College - Legal status not affected.

|Wherever the laws of this state refer to this institution as Altus Junior College or any other name, the reference shall be deemed to be to Western Oklahoma State College. The name herein prescribed shall not affect in any manner whatsoever any legal relationships, bonds, contracts, supervisory authority by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, title to property, obligations, or any other phase or aspect of the legal status of the institution or its Board of Regents for any purpose, except that this institution shall be referred to as "Western Oklahoma State College" and its Board of Regents shall be referred to as the "Board of Regents of Western Oklahoma State College." |Added by Laws 1974, c. 16, § 2.
70 OK Stat § 70-4420.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4420.1. College technology center school districts.

|A. Any county contiguous with a county that is entirely included in a college technology center school district, upon adoption of a resolution by the board of regents of any institution of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education whose main campus is located within such contiguous county, shall become a college technology center school district and be governed by the members of said board of regents, sitting as a board of education. The laws applicable to technology center school districts, including laws authorizing submission of tax levies pursuant to Section 9B of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution which may be in addition to established levies of districts overlapping with said district, and the laws pertaining to expenditure of funds and eligibility for participation in federal funds, shall be applicable to such district. Not more than five (5) mills on the dollar valuation of the taxable property in the district may be voted on and thereafter be levied pursuant to subsection A of Section 9B of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution. Not more than five (5) mills on the dollar valuation of the taxable property in the district may be voted on and thereafter be levied pursuant to subsection B of Section 9B of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution. Funds received pursuant to ad valorem levies shall not be used for state purposes but shall be used for postsecondary vocational and/or technical and adult education purposes in the district. |B. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall not take the ad valorem tax revenue of the district into consideration when allocating state-appropriated funds to the institution.Added by Laws 1989, c. 41, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 33, § 157, eff. July 1, 2001.
70 OK Stat § 70-4420.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4420.2. Eligibility for state funds appropriated to State Board of Career and Technology Education.

|College technology center school districts authorized by Sections 4410, 4411, 4420, and 4420.1 of this title shall not be eligible to receive any state funds appropriated by the Legislature to the State Board of Career and Technology Education. Nothing provided in this section shall be construed as prohibiting contracts and cooperative agreements between college technology center districts and technology center school districts or prohibiting contracts or agreements between or among technology center schools or the State Board of Career and Technology Education and institutions of The Oklahoma State System for Higher Education or their governing boards of regents or trustees or the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. |Added by Laws 1991, c. 206, § 2, emerg. eff. May 17, 1991. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 33, § 158, eff. July 1, 2001.
70 OK Stat § 70-4421 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4421. Separate technology center district for vocational and/or technical secondary and adult education programs not authorized or prohibited.

|Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize or prohibit the separate establishment of a technology center district for vocational and/or technical secondary and adult education programs within the allowable remaining fiscal limits as authorized by Section 9B, Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 278, § 3, emerg. eff. May 30, 1973. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 33, § 159, eff. July 1, 2001.
70 OK Stat § 70-4422 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4422. Legislative intent.

|It is the intent of the Oklahoma Legislature to make the best use of all assets and properties owned by the State Board of Regents for Higher Education; therefore, the Oklahoma Legislature authorizes and directs the State Board of Regents for Higher Education to trade all or part of any properties now owned in Tulsa County within the innerdispersal loop for any suitable site in northeast Tulsa, to facilitate a proper and expeditious development of the multicampus concept for a junior college program. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 278, § 4, emerg. eff. May 30, 1973.
70 OK Stat § 70-4423.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4423.1. Carl Albert State College - Name change.

|The state educational institution located at Poteau which is known as "Carl Albert Junior College" and is presently designated as "Carl Albert Junior College" shall continue at the same location and the official name of the institution shall be designated in all future references as "Carl Albert State College". Any reference in the statutes to Carl Albert Junior College shall be deemed a reference to Carl Albert State College. |Added by Laws 1990, c. 218, § 9, emerg. eff. May 18, 1990.
70 OK Stat § 70-4423.1A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4423.1A. Courses and programs for people of Sallisaw - Branch of Carl Albert State College.

|A. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall make resident college credit courses and programs available to the people of Sallisaw. |B. The State Regents for Higher Education shall provide classes and programs through a branch of Carl Albert State College, which shall be established and located in Sallisaw. The branch campus of Carl Albert State College shall be governed by the Board of Regents of Carl Albert State College and administered through Carl Albert State College. The Board of Regents of Carl Albert State College may provide resources to the branch campus of Carl Albert State College to maintain its facilities in accordance with its function and mission as provided by law. The people locally shall provide suitable physical plant accommodations for the branch campus.Added by Laws 1996, c. 276, § 6, emerg. eff. May 30, 1996. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 271, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
70 OK Stat § 70-4423.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4423.2. El Reno Junior College - Name change.

|A. The institution of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education located at El Reno and formerly known as "El Reno Junior College" shall continue at the same location and its official name shall be "Redlands Community College". |B. It is the intent of the Legislature that expendable supplies, including but not limited to letterheads, which on the effective date of this section carry or are labeled with the name "El Reno Junior College" shall be utilized after the effective date of this section until such supplies are depleted. For purposes of this section, "supplies" shall not mean college catalogs and shall not mean signs designating the name of the college.Added by Laws 1991, c. 61, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
70 OK Stat § 70-4423.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4423.3. Seminole Junior College - Name change.

|A. The state educational institution located at Seminole which is known and designated as "Seminole Junior College" shall continue at the same location and the official name of the institution shall be designated in all future references as "Seminole State College". |B. It is the intent of the Legislature that expendable supplies including, but not limited to, letterheads, which on the effective date of this section carry or are labeled with the name "Seminole Junior College" shall be utilized after the effective date of this section until such supplies are depleted. For purposes of this section, "supplies" shall not mean college catalogs and shall not mean signs designating the name of the college.Added by Laws 1996, c. 171, § 3, emerg. eff. May 14, 1996.
70 OK Stat § 70-4425 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4425. McCurtain County Higher Education Program - Acceptance of property and equipment.

|A. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are authorized to accept from McCurtain County the property used for accommodating the McCurtain County Higher Education Program located near Idabel and known as the E. T. Dunlap Higher Education Center, including the land, buildings, equipment and other appurtenances. The facility shall be accepted on behalf of the State of Oklahoma and it together with the higher education program operated therein shall become an integral part of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and shall continue to be maintained and operated for the purpose and in the same manner as at present. |B. The Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges are authorized to accept from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education all property acquired by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education pursuant to subsection A of this section. The property shall be used as part of the Southeastern Oklahoma State University branch campus in McCurtain County.Added by Laws 1982, c. 375, § 2, emerg. eff. July 23, 1982. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 402, § 4, eff. July 1, 2005.
70 OK Stat § 70-4427 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4427. McCurtain County Higher Education Program - Board of trustees - Advisory board.

|A. Until the effective date of this act, there is hereby created a board of nine (9) trustees to be appointed by the Governor by and with the consent of the Senate to serve as the administrative agency for the McCurtain County Higher Education Program. The initial nine (9) members shall serve their terms for the period to which originally appointed, in numbered positions having dates of expiration identical to the dates of expiration of the original appointments: |Position No. 1. The term of office of one member shall expire on the 30th day of June, 1986, and each nine (9) years thereafter;Position No. 2. The term of office of one member shall expire on the 30th day of June, 1987, and each nine (9) years thereafter;Position No. 3. The term of office of one member shall expire on the 30th day of June, 1988, and each nine (9) years thereafter;Position No. 4. The term of office of one member shall expire on the 30th day of June, 1989, and each nine (9) years thereafter;Position No. 5. The term of office of one member shall expire on the 30th day of June, 1990, and each nine (9) years thereafter;Position No. 6. The term of office of one member shall expire on the 30th day of June, 1991, and each nine (9) years thereafter;Position No. 7. The term of office of one member shall expire on the 30th day of June, 1992, and each nine (9) years thereafter;Position No. 8. The term of office of one member shall expire on the 30th day of June, 1993, and each nine (9) years thereafter;Position No. 9. The term of office of one member shall expire on the 30th day of June, 1994, and each nine (9) years thereafter.The board so created shall have the same powers and duties as members of the board of trustees for the University Center of Southern Oklahoma. The board shall organize and elect a chair, vice-chair and secretary annually.B. Beginning with the effective date of this act the board of trustees created by this section shall serve as an advisory board to the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges and the President of Southeastern Oklahoma State University for the Southeastern Oklahoma State University branch campus in McCurtain County. The advisory board shall make recommendations on courses and programs, student services, student financial services, and services to the community to be furnished by the Southeastern Oklahoma State University branch campus in McCurtain County.Added by Laws 1982, c. 375, § 4, emerg. eff. July 23, 1982. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 317, § 6, emerg. eff. July 26, 1985; Laws 1987, c. 204, § 66, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1992, c. 223, § 7, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 2005, c. 402, § 5, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2012, c. 252, § 4, eff. July 1, 2012.
70 OK Stat § 70-4428 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4428. Sayre Junior College - Merger with Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

|Sayre Junior College is hereby merged with Southwestern Oklahoma State University, which shall have administrative responsibility for the programs of higher education henceforth to be offered at the Sayre branch campus. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 204, § 61, operative July 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 402, § 6, eff. July 1, 2005.
70 OK Stat § 70-4429 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4429. Sayre Junior College - Transfer of assets, etc.

|All property, equipment, and other assets except cash and expendable supplies, and all debts and other obligations of Sayre Junior College shall, as of the effective date of this section, become assets and obligations of the Sayre Public Schools, District I-31, Beckham County, Oklahoma. All cash, expendable supplies, academic records and all other documents of Sayre Junior College that are not required by the Sayre Public Schools for the management of the district's assets and obligations shall, as of the effective date of this act, be transferred to and become the responsibility of Southwestern Oklahoma State University. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 204, § 62, operative July 1, 1987.
70 OK Stat § 70-4511 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4511. Continuous school program.

|All public school districts of any type or class are authorized to establish, maintain and operate their educational program under a continuous school program, to be conducted throughout the entire year. |The board of education of any school district may, after notification to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, establish and operate in one or more of the schools within the district, or in all schools within the district, a continuous school program pursuant to the provisions of this act.Added by Laws 1975, c. 332, § 1, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975.
70 OK Stat § 70-4515 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4515. Public hearing.

|Prior to implementing a continuous school program in any school of the district, the school district's board of education shall consult in good faith in an effort to reach agreement with the employees of the school, with the parents of pupils who would be affected by the change, and with the community at large. Such consultation shall include at least one public hearing for which the board has given adequate notice to the employees and to the parents of pupils affected. |In school districts where a continuous school program is implemented in fewer than all of the schools maintained by the school district, the board of education of such a school district shall make every reasonable effort to assign employees who prefer the regular school schedule to schools of the same level retaining the regular school schedule.The board of education of any school district operating pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall divide the students of each selected school into as many groups as necessary to adequately accommodate a continuous school program so established and conducted. Students of the same family shall be placed in the same group unless one or more of such students is enrolled in a special education class or unless the parent or guardian of such students requests that the students be placed in different groups.Added by Laws 1975, c. 332, § 5, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975.
70 OK Stat § 70-4516 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4516. School calendar.

|The board of education of any school district operating pursuant to the provisions of Section 4511 et seq. of this title shall establish a school calendar whereby the teaching sessions and vacation periods during the school year are on a rotating basis. |Each selected school shall be closed for all students and employees on regular school holidays.The schools and classes shall be conducted for a total of no less than one hundred eighty (180) days or no less than one thousand eighty (1,080) hours during the academic year as provided for in Section 1-109 of this title.The provisions of all other laws relating to compulsory full-time education and the enrollment and attendance of pupils in the kindergarten, elementary and secondary grades shall be applicable with respect to the regular school days prescribed for the entire academic year established for the school at which a program pursuant to Section 4511 et seq. of this title is conducted, and to the attendance area established for such school.Added by Laws 1975, c. 332, § 6, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 103, § 4, emerg. eff. April 24, 2009; Laws 2019, c. 490, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2019.
70 OK Stat § 70-4517 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4517. Salary schedule.

|The board of education of any school district operating the continuous school program pursuant to this act shall prescribe a separate salary schedule for the employees of the district who are employed at any school maintaining the continuous school program pursuant to this act, and who, because of such employment, will be engaged in rendering services for the district for a greater number of total days during the academic year than would be the case for a regular academic year. |Each school district maintaining a continuous school program in any school within the district pursuant to this act shall be entitled to receive the same support, but not more support, from the State Board of Education due to the average daily attendance at such school than it would have received if the school had been operating under the provisions of law relating to the regular school year as provided in Section 18-109 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.State aid shall not be increased to any district operating on a continuous school program; there shall be paid no amount greater than said district would have received if it were operating on a regular school year.Added by Laws 1975, c. 332, § 7, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975.
70 OK Stat § 70-4518 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4518. Program evaluation.

|The state superintendent of public instruction may require the submission of such reports and information as designated by the Department of Education to properly evaluate all programs established pursuant to this act. |Added by Laws 1975, c. 332, § 8, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975.
70 OK Stat § 70-4661 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4661. Higher education in Tulsa - Legislative findings.

|The Legislature finds that a structured, coherent system of higher education in the Tulsa metropolitan area offering a whole range of higher education courses for lower and upper division undergraduate students, traditional and nontraditional students, and graduate students would be of great benefit. The Legislature also finds that the existing resources can be reconfigured and maximized to offer the citizens of the Tulsa metropolitan area high quality higher education opportunities at a minimum cost to the State of Oklahoma. The Legislature intends to afford the citizens of the Tulsa metropolitan area a coordinated, vertically integrated system of higher education from freshman through graduate levels. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 325, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998.
70 OK Stat § 70-4662 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4662. Oklahoma State University/Tulsa - Programs and degrees.

|On January 1, 1999, there shall be established as a successor to Rogers University in Tulsa a branch institution of Oklahoma State University which shall be known as Oklahoma State University/Tulsa and shall offer upper division undergraduate courses and baccalaureate degree programs. No later than July 1, 2001, the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges, in cooperation with the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, shall have developed and implemented programs leading to baccalaureate degrees that can be earned at Oklahoma State University/Tulsa. Beginning with the 2001 - 2002 academic year, degrees earned at Oklahoma State University/Tulsa shall be designated as awarded by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education acting through Oklahoma State University; provided that dual degree programs may be offered at Oklahoma State University/Tulsa and dual degrees may be awarded through Oklahoma State University and other institutions. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 325, § 2, eff. July 1, 1998.
70 OK Stat § 70-4664 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4664. Oklahoma State University/Tulsa - Funding.

|The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall allocate funds from its consolidated appropriation to Oklahoma State University/Tulsa in the same manner as allocations are made to other higher education institutions. The funding for Oklahoma State University/Tulsa shall be at essentially the same rates based on program costs as the rates for the Oklahoma State University campus in Stillwater. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 325, § 4, eff. July 1, 1998.
70 OK Stat § 70-4665 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-4665. Nonduplication of courses.

|Courses offered at the undergraduate level through Oklahoma State University/Tulsa shall not duplicate those offered by Tulsa Community College. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 325, § 5, eff. July 1, 1998.