Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 780 - Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education › Chapter 15 - Technology Centers › Subchapter 3 - Technology Centers Education › Section 780:15-3-3 - Elections in existing technology center districts

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Election of five-year term board
				member.
A regular election shall be held in each technology center
				district as may be prescribed by law, at which time the technology center
				district electors shall elect a member of the board of education to succeed the
				outgoing member for a term of five years and, if necessary, elect a member of
				the board to fill any vacancy that occurred since the previous
				election.
(b)
Board
				vacancies.
Vacancies for members of the board of education of every
				technology center district shall be filled by appointment by the board. Persons
				appointed to fill vacancies in the first half of the term of office for the
				board position shall serve only until the next succeeding election, at which
				time the office which they hold shall be placed on the ballot for the balance
				of the unexpired term. Vacancies filled by appointment following the delivery
				of the resolution calling for regular elections to the secretary of the county
				election board shall be filled until the regular elections the following year.
				Persons elected to fill unexpired terms shall begin those terms at the next
				regular meeting of the board of education following the election. If the board
				of education does not fill the vacancy by appointment within sixty (60) days of
				the date the board declared the seat vacant, the board of education shall call
				a special election to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.
(c)
Notification and declaration of
				candidacy.
Candidates for election as members of the board of education
				of an existing technology center district shall file a notification and
				declaration of candidacy with the county election board at the time specified
				by law.
(d)
Run-off
				election.
If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the votes
				cast in the election, an election between the two candidates with the highest
				number of votes shall be conducted in accordance with 26 O.S., §13A-103,
				as amended.
(e)
County
				election board.
All technology center elections shall be conducted by
				the county election board in accordance with 26 O.S., §13A-101 et seq., as
				amended.
(f)
Notification of
				results.
The county election board shall notify the State Board and
				local school district boards of the results of the initial election of board
				members. Thereafter, the county election board shall notify the existing area
				school board of education of the election results.
(g)
Organization of the school
				board.
The school board of a technology center district shall be
				organized in accordance with 70 O.S., §5-119, as amended, and the Rules
				for Career and Technology Education, Title 780 Oklahoma Administrative
				Code.
(h)
Responsibilities of
				the board.
The board of education of a technology center district shall
				have powers, duties, and obligations in accordance with 70 O.S., § 5-117,
				as amended. The board will perform all functions necessary for the
				administration of a technology center district in Oklahoma as specified in the
				Oklahoma School Code, and in addition thereto, those powers necessarily implied
				but not delegated by law to any other agency or official.
(i)
Education and training
				requirements.
Technology Center Board members are required to complete
				training requirements specified in Sections
				5-110
				and
				5-110.1
				of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Department is authorized to provide
				new, incumbent, and continuing education workshop and training so technology
				center board members and the State Board of Career and Technology Education
				members have the opportunity to complete the training that is required by
				statute. The training may be conducted and/or coordinated by the Department or
				by an outside entity that has been approved by the Department and has
				contracted with the Department and/or agreed to provide the training. The
				Department shall maintain the records that document training completed by
				technology center board members and State Board of Career and Technology
				Education members. The Department shall provide each technology center school
				district board of education member and State Board of Career and Technology
				Education member with a training status report at least twice a year. If
				resources are available, the Department may post training status reports on a
				web page that is accessible only to appropriate individuals.
(j)
Workshops and training
				seminars.
The Department will provide and/or coordinate, approve and
				document professional development workshops and/or training seminars for
				technology center board members and State Board of Career and Technology
				Education members. If content and method of delivery is approved by the
				Department prior to a board member participating in training, a board member
				may complete some of the training requirements by participating in IETV,
				on-line training, webinars or similar methods of delivery.
Amended at 9 Ok Reg
				  2607, eff 6-25-92; Amended at 10 Ok Reg 2459, eff 6-11-93; Amended at 16 Ok Reg
				  3209, eff 7-12-99; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 3281, eff 7-26-01; Amended at 21 Ok Reg
				  2895, eff 7-11-04; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 2904, eff 7-1-06; Amended at 26 Ok Reg
				  2390, eff 7-1-09; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1991, eff
				  7-1-10