1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|HOUSE BILL 1961 By: Schreiber | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021, | | Section 5-119, which relates to board of education | 8| membership; specifying timing for election of board | | president and vice president after annual school | 9| election; and providing an effective date. | | | 10| | | | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 14| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5-119, is | | | 15|amended to read as follows: | | | 16| Section 5-119. A. Except for districts that elect a chair of | | | 17|the board pursuant to Section15-107B of thisacttitle, the board | | | 18|of education of each school district shall elect from its membership | | | 19|at the first regular, special, or emergency meeting held sixty (60) | | | 20|days following the annual school election and certification of | | | 21|election of new members, a president and vice president, each of | | | 22|whom shall serve for a term of one (1) year and until a successor is | | | 23|elected and qualified. The board shall also elect a clerk and, in | | | 24|its discretion, a deputy clerk, either of whom may be one of the | | | Req. No. 6871 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|members of the board, and each of whom shall hold office during the | | | 2|pleasure of the board and each of whom shall receive such | | | 3|compensation for services as the board may allow. If the board | | | 4|elects a board clerk who is not one of the members of the board, the | | | 5|board clerk may also be employed as the encumbrance clerk and minute | | | 6|clerk. Provided, no superintendent, principal, treasurer or | | | 7|assistant treasurer, instructor, or teacher employed by such board | | | 8|shall be elected or serve as clerk or deputy clerk of the board nor | | | 9|as encumbrance clerk or minute clerk except that a treasurer or | | | 10|assistant treasurer may serve as a minute clerk. No board member | | | 11|shall serve as encumbrance clerk or minute clerk. The deputy clerk | | | 12|may perform any of the duties and exercise any of the powers of the | | | 13|clerk with the same force and effect as if the same were done or | | | 14|performed by the clerk. Before entering upon the discharge of the | | | 15|duties of the deputy clerk, the deputy clerk shall give a bond in a | | | 16|sum of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) with good and | | | 17|sufficient sureties to be approved by the board conditioned for the | | | 18|faithful performance of the duties of the deputy clerk. | | | 19| B. The board of education shall employ an encumbrance clerk and | | | 20|minute clerk, both functions of which may be performed by the same | | | 21|employee. The encumbrance clerk shall keep the books and documents | | | 22|of the school district and perform such other duties as the board of | | | 23|education or its committees may require. The minute clerk shall | | | 24|keep an accurate journal of the proceedings of the board of | | | Req. No. 6871 Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|education and perform such other duties as the board of education or | | | 2|its committees may require. The board of education may designate a | | | 3|deputy minute clerk. The deputy minute clerk may perform any of the | | | 4|duties and exercise any of the powers of the minute clerk with the | | | 5|same force and effect as if the same were done or performed by the | | | 6|minute clerk. Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of | | | 7|the deputy minute clerk, the deputy minute clerk shall give a bond | | | 8|in a sum of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) with good | | | 9|and sufficient sureties to be approved by the board conditioned for | | | 10|the faithful performance of the duties of the deputy minute clerk. | | | 11|Before entering upon the discharge of their duties, the encumbrance | | | 12|clerk and minute clerk shall each give a bond in a sum of not less | | | 13|than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) with good and sufficient | | | 14|sureties to be approved by the board conditioned for the faithful | | | 15|performance of their duties. If both functions are performed by the | | | 16|same person only one bond in a sum of not less than One Thousand | | | 17|Dollars ($1,000.00) shall be required. | | | 18| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. | | | 19| | | | 20| 59-1-6871 EK 01/16/23 | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 6871 Page 3