70 OK Stat § 70-14-110 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-14-110. Technology center school districts and independent school districts - Separate boards - Existing boards - Election procedure.

|A. If the territory comprising an independent school district has been established by the State Board of Career and Technology Education as a technology center school district, and the boundaries of each are coterminous, the board of education of the technology center school district shall be separate from the board of education of the independent school district and no member of either board shall be eligible to serve on the other. |B. Existing boards of education of technology center school districts which are comprised of members of the board of education of an independent school district with coterminous boundaries shall be dissolved by the State Board of Career and Technology Education, and the offices of the members of such boards shall become vacant on the first Monday in June, 1982. The State Board of Career and Technology Education shall establish election districts for such a technology center school district which shall have boundaries coterminous with the election districts of the independent school district and which shall be numbered identically to the election districts of the independent school district.C. A separate board of education shall be created for such a technology center school district and its members elected in the manner prescribed by the rules of the State Board of Career and Technology Education except as hereafter provided:1. The Governor shall appoint members to those offices of the board of education of such a technology center school district which will become vacant on the first Monday in June, 1982, to staggered terms as follows:a.two members shall be appointed to a term of one (1) year. Each of these offices shall become vacant on the first Monday in June, 1983,b.two members shall be appointed to a term of two (2) years. Each of these offices shall become vacant on the first Monday in June, 1984,c.two members shall be appointed to a term of three (3) years. Each of these offices shall become vacant on the first Monday in June, 1985, andd.one member shall be appointed to a term of four (4) years. This office shall become vacant on the first Monday in June, 1986;2. Upon the expiration of the term of an office of the board of education of a technology center school district prior to the expiration of the term of an office of the board of education of the independent school district in a coterminous election district, the Governor shall appoint a board member to the office of the technology center school district for the number of years necessary to establish a coterminous term between the board members of the technology center school board and the independent school district in the coterminous election district;3. Thereafter, as the office of each member appointed to the board of education of the technology center school district becomes vacant, it shall be filled by a member elected as prescribed by the rules of the State Board of Career and Technology Education except as herein provided;4. Elections of members to the board of education of the technology center school district shall be held on the same day as elections are held for election of members to the independent school district;5. One member shall be elected from each election district by the voters of that election district; and6. The term of office of each member elected to the board of education of the technology center school district shall be four (4) years.Added by Laws 1971, c. 281, § 14-110, eff. July 2, 1971. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 91, § 1, emerg. eff. April 1, 1982; Laws 1983, c. 12, § 1, emerg. eff. March 23, 1983; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 100, eff. July 1, 2001.