Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 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.