Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma SB1735: Career and technology education; directing technology center schools to be subject to certain provisions of the State Board of Career and Technology Education. Effective date. Emergency.
Status: Chaptered, May 6, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to career and technology education; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 14-108, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 326, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 14-108), which relates to technology center school districts and their boards of education; directing technology center school district schools to be subject to certain provisions of the State Board of Career and Technology Education rather than the State Board of Education; updating statutory language; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. SUBJECT: Technology center school districts.
From the enrolled text, April 28, 2026:
An Act relating to career and technology education; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 14-108, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 326, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 14-108), which relates to technology center school districts and their boards of education; directing technology center school district schools to be subject to certain provisions of the State Board of Career and Technology Education rather than the State Board of Education; updating statutory language; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. SUBJECT: Technology center school districts SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 14-108, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 326, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 14-108), is amended to read as follows: Section 14-108. A. The State Board of Career and Technology Education shall prescribe criteria and procedures for the establishment and governance of technology center school districts, as provided by Section 9B of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution, and such districts so established shall be operated in accordance with rules of the State Board of Career and Technology Education, except as otherwise provided in this title. B. A technology center school district shall be a body corporate and shall possess the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes. Its official name shall be designated by the State Board of Career and Technology Education, in which …