Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-8005: Adult Literacy Services Advisory Committee - Members

A. The Adult Literacy Services Advisory Committee shall be

composed of fifteen (15) members:

1. The Governor shall appoint two members who are executives of

business or industry;

2. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint

one member to serve as cochair of the Committee who is a member of

the House of Representatives and one member who is a volunteer of a

local literacy program;

3. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall appoint one

member to serve as cochair of the Committee who is a member of the

Senate and one member who is a volunteer of a local literacy

program;

4. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall appoint

two members who work with a local adult basic education program and

one member who is employed in the Lifelong Learning Section of the

State Department of Education;

5. The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries shall

appoint one member who is employed in the Literacy Resource Office

of the Department of Libraries;

6. The Executive Director of the Oklahoma Educational

Television Authority shall appoint one member;

7. The Director of the Center for the Study of Literacy at

Northeastern State University shall appoint one member;

8. The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and

Technology Education shall appoint one member who is employed by the

Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education and who works

in adult education;

9. The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services

shall appoint one member who is employed by the Department and is

knowledgeable about adult literacy and education needs; and

10. One member who serves as President of the Oklahoma Literacy

Coalition, Incorporated.

B. The Committee cochairs shall convene an organizational

meeting no later than August 31, 2000, at which time the Committee

may adopt rules governing its operation and elect other officers to

serve the Committee. The presence of seven members of the Committee

shall constitute a quorum.

C. Appointed members shall serve at the pleasure of the

appointing authority.

D. Nonlegislative members of the Committee shall be reimbursed

by the appointing authority for travel expenses incurred in the

performance of their duties pursuant to the State Travel

Reimbursement Act.

E. Legislative members of the Committee shall be reimbursed by

their appointing authorities for necessary travel expenses incurred

in the performance of their duties in accordance with Section 456 of

Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.