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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-4401. Authorization to establish and maintain college.

A community junior college may be established, maintained and operated in any community in accordance with criteria and standards, rules, and regulations prescribed by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, hereinafter referred to as the State Regents.
Laws 1967, c. 100, § 2 (Section 1401), emerg. eff. April 24, 1967.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-4402. Application to establish.

A community junior college may be established only when application therefor has been made to the State Regents by the governing board or boards of one or more cities, counties, towns and/or school districts having territory in such community, provided that existing accredited community junior colleges shall be deemed to have priority for inclusion in the fiscal budgeting for institutions of higher learning after the effective date of this act to fulfill the requirements as per Section 1408 of the act. Provided, that a community junior college may be established in a community consisting of a geographical area whose boundaries are not co-extensive with those of one or more cities, counties, towns and/or school districts, if the population of such area is not less than seventy-five thousand (75,000) and the net assessed valuation in such area is not less than Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00) to be determined by the State Regents, and an application therefor is made by petition signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the legal voters residing in such area. The application shall describe the boundaries of the community in which the community junior college will be established and maintained. The word "community" as used herein shall mean the area set forth in the application.
Laws 1967, c. 100, § 2 (Section 1402); Laws 1969, c. 15, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-4404. Board of Trustees - Tenure - Election of successors - Vacancies.

(a) The governing board of a community junior college shall be known as the Board of Trustees and shall be composed of seven (7) members who are qualified electors of the junior college district, as follows: Position No. 1, with a term expiring one (1) year from the effective date of the first appointment thereto, and each seven (7) years thereafter; Position No. 2, with a term expiring two (2) years from the effective date of the first appointment thereto, and each seven (7) years thereafter; Position No. 3, with a term expiring three (3) years from the effective date of the first appointment thereto, and each seven (7) years thereafter; Position No. 4, with a term expiring four (4) years from the effective date of the first appointment thereto, and each seven (7) years thereafter; Position No. 5, with a term expiring five (5) years from the effective date of the first appointment thereto, and each seven (7) years thereafter; Position No. 6, with a term expiring six (6) years from the effective date of the first appointment thereto, and each seven (7) years thereafter; Position No. 7, with a term expiring seven (7) years from the effective date of the first appointment thereto, and each seven (7) years thereafter.
(b) An election shall be held in such community each year, on the fourth Tuesday in January, to select the successor of the member of the governing board whose term expires during the year. Such election shall be conducted by the county election board of the county having the greatest part of the territory in the community. Each elected member shall be elected for a term of seven (7) years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. Vacancies in the membership of the board shall be filled by the remaining members of the board, for a period extending until the next regular community junior college district election, at which time an election conducted as provided in this section shall be held to fill any balance of the unexpired term; provided however, that if the board does not fill the vacancy by appointment within seventy (70) days after the same occurs, it shall be mandatory on the part of the county election board to call a special election to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term, which election shall be held for the election of a board member only and said election shall be conducted in the same manner as the regular election.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 100, § 2 (Section 1404), emerg. eff. April 24, 1967; Laws 1972, c. 217, § 2, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972; Laws 1973, c. 97, § 1, emerg. eff. May 2, 1973.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-4405. Powers and duties of board.

The governing board of a community junior college shall have the supervision, management, and control of the community junior college, and shall have the following additional specific powers and duties:
a. Adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to govern the community junior college.
b. Employ and fix the compensation and duties of such personnel as it deems necessary for the operation of the community junior college; and establish appropriate policies for retirement, group insurance, and other staff benefits as provided for employees of other public colleges in Oklahoma.
c. Purchase, construct, or rent such buildings as it deems necessary for the operation of the community junior college.
d. Enter into contracts, purchase supplies, materials, and equipment, and incur such other expenses as may be necessary to make any of its powers effective.
e. Receive and make disposition of monies, grants, and property from Federal agencies and the State, and administer the same in accordance with Federal and State requirements.
f. Accept gifts of real and personal property, money, and other things, and to use or dispose of the same in accordance with the direction of the donors or grantors thereof.
g. Establish a schedule of student fees to pay all or part of the cost of operation of the college, which schedule of fees must bear the approval of the State Regents.
h. Do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted to it, or to make the community junior college effective for the purposes for which it is maintained or operated.
Laws 1967, c. 100, § 2 (Section 1405).
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-4406. Cooperative agreements.

The governing board of any public junior college shall have the power and authority to enter into cooperative agreements with any technology center school for the joint use of facilities and personnel, joint courses of study and educational programs and other cooperative efforts to the mutual benefit of each school and the public.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 100, § 2, emerg. eff. April 24, 1967. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 204, § 50, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 152, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-4407. Standards and regulations - Courses - Degrees.

Each community junior college shall comply with, and be accredited under, standards and regulations prescribed by the State Regents; and shall offer courses of study and educational programs and shall grant certificates and degrees as authorized by the State Regents in order that the educational activities of the junior college shall be coordinated with the total public effort for higher education in the state.
Laws 1967, c. 100, § 2 (Section 1407).
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-4408. Financial assistance - Locations authorized.

Any community junior college established, operated, and accredited as provided for herein shall be eligible to receive assistance from the State of Oklahoma in funds for educational and general operation of the institution, which funds shall be allocated by the State Regents from monies appropriated by the Legislature, which allocation shall be on a per capita basis in an amount equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the per capita state-appropriated allocation made to the two-year college member institutions of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. Any municipality or subdivision of the state government represented in the jurisdiction of the community junior college shall have authority to use any of its funds, now or hereafter available, to assist in the establishment, maintenance, and operation of the community junior college. Community junior colleges are hereby authorized to be established at Henryetta, Ardmore and Woodward, Oklahoma.
Laws 1967, c. 100, § 2 (Section 1408); Laws 1970, c. 281, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-4410. Authorization for junior colleges to become technology center schools.

Any community maintaining a community junior college as provided by Sections 4401 - 4409 of this title, in which courses in vocational and/or technical education are to be offered, and meeting the published standards and criteria prescribed by law and/or the State Board of Career and Technology Education for establishing a technology center school district may, by resolution adopted by the Board of Trustees of the college, become a technology center school district; and laws applicable to other technology center school districts, including laws authorizing tax levies and laws pertaining to eligibility for participation in federal funds, shall be applicable to such district, except that in lieu of a board of education its governing board shall be the Board of Trustees of the community junior college; provided that the provision above shall also be applicable to all community and municipal junior colleges now in existence in Oklahoma.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 278, § 1, emerg. eff. May 2, 1968. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 33, § 153, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-4411. Two-year colleges to become technology center school districts by resolution of Regents for Higher Education - Eligibility for federal funds.

It is further provided that a two-year college which is a part of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education may become a technology center school district for the purpose of providing postsecondary vocational and/or technical education programs and services within an area to be geographically defined by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Two-year state colleges thus designated as technology center districts by resolution of the State Regents for Higher Education shall be eligible to receive federal funds for vocational-technical education. Exclusive management and control of higher education institutions now vested by law in the governing boards and the State Regents for Higher Education shall remain unchanged by present provisions. The college technology center districts which receive federal vocational education funds from the State Board of Career and Technology Education shall comply with the standards and rules established by the State Board of Career and Technology Education that are applicable to programs federally funded. The funds derived from local taxing authority as granted heretofore to community college boards shall not be construed to accrue to said boards of regents for state two-year colleges.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 278, § 2, emerg. eff. May 2, 1968. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 206, § 3, emerg. eff. May 17, 1991; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 154, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-4412. State aid for building purposes.

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall have authority to allocate state aid to community junior colleges meeting the standards and criteria for accreditation by the State Regents, for capital improvements purposes from funds appropriated by the State Legislature for this purpose, provided that a long-range comprehensive plan for the campus development of the junior college has been prepared by the institution and approved by the State Regents. After approval of the plan the State Regents may allocate from any funds available for such purpose not more than forty percent (40%) of the estimated cost of proposed construction of buildings and other capital improvements, provided that the institution shall have furnished assurance to the State Regents that the remaining sixty percent (60%) of the estimated cost of the construction project will be provided in the form of federal and/or local funds.
Laws 1968, c. 278, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-4415. Communities as area school districts - Authorization to issue bonds and levy taxes.

Any community that has heretofore been or that may hereafter be authorized to establish a junior college by order of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education pursuant to Chapter 100, Oklahoma Session Laws 1967, as amended (70 O.S. Supp. 1968, Sections 4401 - 4409), and that has been or may be declared to be an area school district by resolution of the Board of Trustees of the junior college, may, through the Board of Trustees of the community college, in accordance with Section 9B, Article X, Oklahoma Constitution, issue general obligation bonds in the same manner as bonds are issued by independent school districts, and cause taxes to be levied against all taxable property in the community to meet payment of principal and interest of the bonds under the procedure prescribed for bonds of independent school districts; and may make levies as provided by Sections 9B and 10, Article X, Oklahoma Constitution, and Section 5 of Chapter 321, Oklahoma Session Laws 1967 (70 O.S. Supp. 1968, Sec. 4-47).
Laws 1969, p. 621, H.J.R.No. 1034, § 1, emerg. eff. April 17, 1969.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-4416. Validation of organization of certain area school districts and bonds and tax levies.

Any such community heretofore declared to be an area school district is hereby validated and confirmed as a duly established area school district for the purpose of Section 9B, Article X, Oklahoma Constitution, and shall have the powers specified in Section 1 of Chapter 278, Oklahoma Session Laws 1968 (70 O.S.Supp.1968, Sec. 4410). Any and all elections heretofore called or held to authorize the issuance of bonds and tax levies by any such community as an area school district, and bonds and tax levies issued or authorized pursuant to such elections in the manner prescribed by law for independent school districts, are hereby validated and confirmed.
Laws 1969, p. 621, H.J.R.No. 1034, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-4417. Western Oklahoma State College.

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are hereby directed to complete the study authorized by House Concurrent Resolution No. 1003 of the First Session of the Thirty-second Legislature within ninety (90) days after the passage of this act and, upon a finding of need and feasibility, are authorized to establish a two-year junior college in Altus, to serve Jackson, Tillman, Kiowa, Greer and Harmon Counties and surrounding area, if provision is made locally for the donation, to the State of Oklahoma, of a suitable site for the college, which shall be known as the Western Oklahoma State College and shall be an integral part of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education; and shall be entitled to the same privileges and be subject to the same laws as other member institutions of such State System.
Added by Laws 1969, c. 295, § 2, emerg. eff. May 7, 1969. Amended by Laws 1974, c. 16, § 3.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-4666. Langston University - Statewide plan and mission.

In strengthening the State of Oklahoma's commitment to Langston's historical significance and future potential, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are directed and authorized to design a statewide plan for Langston University and report to the Legislature by January 1, 1999, for approval by the Legislature.
It is the intent of the Legislature that the functions and programs of Oklahoma State University/Tulsa shall be conducted in such manner as to cooperate with the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education in fulfilling the statewide mission for Langston University.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 325, § 6, eff. July 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-4667. Langston University - Tulsa branch.

On July 1, 2001, there shall be established a branch of Langston University within the Tulsa metropolitan area consistent with the statewide plan for Langston University as provided in Section 6 of this act. Langston University shall continue to meet the missions and programs of the Langston Urban Center in Tulsa. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are authorized to make upper division undergraduate and graduate course offerings at the Langston University Branch in Tulsa available as the State Regents shall determine are appropriate. Undergraduate degree programs offered through Oklahoma State University/Tulsa shall not duplicate those undergraduate degree programs offered by Langston University Branch in Tulsa, as determined by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and shall be consistent with and in furthering implementation of the statewide plan for Langston University as developed by the State Regents pursuant to Section 6 of this act and filed with the Office for Civil Rights, United States Department of Education.
The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall fund Langston University at a level not less than its fiscal year 1998 level, and its Education and General Budget shall be held harmless from reductions in succeeding years. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall allocate funds to Langston University sufficient to fund full time faculty in Tulsa at a level equal to seventy percent (70%) of its faculty level that existed in Tulsa in fiscal year 1998 and adequate building and classroom space which were funded in fiscal year 1998 in order to carry out all functions in Tulsa. The Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges shall allocate space for Langston University in Tulsa.
It is the intent of the Legislature that Langston University be funded at a level consistent with the average allocation and allotment of the institutions in the regional funding tier as established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
Beginning with the 2001 - 2002 academic year, degrees earned at Langston University Branch in Tulsa shall be designated as awarded by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education acting through Langston University.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 325, § 7, eff. July 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-4668. Northeastern State University - Tulsa branch.

On July 1, 2001, there may be established a branch of Northeastern State University within the Tulsa metropolitan area. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are authorized to make upper division undergraduate and graduate course offerings at the Northeastern State University branch available as the State Regents shall determine are appropriate. Undergraduate degree programs offered through Oklahoma State University/Tulsa shall not duplicate those undergraduate degree programs offered by Northeastern State University in Tulsa, as determined by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall fund Northeastern State University at a level not less than its fiscal year 1998 level, and its Education and General Budget shall be held harmless from reductions in succeeding years.
It is the intent of the Legislature that Northeastern State University be funded at a level consistent with the average allocation and allotment of the institutions in the regional funding tier as established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
Beginning with the 2001 - 2002 academic year, degrees earned at Northeastern State University Branch in Tulsa shall be designated as awarded by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education acting through Northeastern State University.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 325, § 8, eff. July 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-4669. Rogers State University - Creation and funding.

A. On January 1, 1999, there shall be created in Claremore, Oklahoma, and its other regionally accredited sites, as a successor to the Claremore campus of Rogers University, an institution of higher education to be known as Rogers State University. Rogers State University shall programmatically and budgetarily function as a regional institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, yet with a community college component. It shall be authorized to offer no less than the average number of programs and courses of study at other regional institutions of similar size and enrollment.
B. Rogers State University shall operate as an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and shall be governed by the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma. The president of Rogers State University shall report directly to the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma.
C. It is the intent of the Legislature that Rogers State University be funded initially at a level consistent with the average allocation and allotment of the institutions in the regional funding tier as established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
D. The Legislature recognizes the decision of the State Regents, pursuant to the powers vested in the State Regents by Section 2 of Article XIII-A of the Oklahoma Constitution, to change the function of Rogers State University, formerly known as the Claremore campus of Rogers University, to include a four-year baccalaureate and graduate degree granting function, as quickly as that can be done, giving due consideration to the protection of the institution's regional accreditation status. The State Regents will provide an annual report on the transition in Rogers State University function to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, beginning on January 1, 2000, and continuing until Rogers State University is regionally accredited as a four-year baccalaureate and graduate degree granting institution.
E. Rogers State University shall maintain a community college component within the university and shall maintain admission standards, academic policies and practices for the community college component consistent with those approved for associate degree granting institutions by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
F. Rogers State University is hereby authorized to contract with other regionally accredited institutions of higher education, specifically including Northeastern State University, for the delivery of courses and programs at any location where Rogers State University is authorized to deliver courses or programs. This authorization shall still remain in force after Rogers State University gains regional accreditation for upper division programs.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 325, § 9, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 274, § 5, eff. June 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 70. Schools › §70-4669.1. Rogers State University - Transfer of governance from Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges to Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Cameron University and Rogers State University - Assumption of obligations for tenure or retirement of employees.

A. The governance, supervision, management and control of Rogers State University is hereby transferred from the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges to the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Cameron University and Rogers State University. All property, assets, and obligations of Rogers State University and any and all obligations of the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges for and on behalf of Rogers State University are hereby transferred to the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Cameron University and Rogers State University.
B. Obligations for tenure or retirement of employees of Rogers State University, either through Rogers State University or the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges, shall be assumed by the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Cameron University, and Rogers State University. For the employees of Rogers State University who were employed by Rogers State University on or after January 1, 1999, and who were participants in the Supplemental Retirement Plan for the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges at the time of their employment by Rogers State University, the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Cameron University, and Rogers State University shall assume or provide a reasonable substitute for the Supplemental Retirement Plan for the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges in accordance with applicable rules and regulations of the Internal Revenue Service or other governmental agencies. These employees shall receive credit for compensation, vesting, and service years in the calculation of benefits under the plan assumed or provided as required in this section to the same extent as though they had not left the employ of the regional university that was participating in the Supplemental Retirement Plan for the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 274, § 1, eff. June 1, 1999.