Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 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, and

d. 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; and

6. The term of office of each member elected to the board of

education of the technology center school district shall be four (4)

years.