1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) |
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3|HOUSE BILL 2097 By: Bennett |
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6| AS INTRODUCED |
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7| An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021, |
| Section 14-106, which relates to the Oklahoma |
8| Department of Career and Technology Education |
| equipment pool; creating an exception for use of |
9| equipment pool; authorizing technology center school |
| district board of education to donate certain |
10| equipment; providing for terms of donation; |
| specifying eligible recipients of donation; and |
11| providing an effective date. |
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14|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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15| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 14-106, is |
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16|amended to read as follows: |
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17| Section 14-106. A. The 1. Except as provided in subsection B |
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18|of this section, the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology |
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19|Education may operate and maintain an equipment pool, at which there |
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20|shall be kept equipment for the use of technology center school |
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21|districts and schools supported by public funds, and said department |
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22|the Department and schools shall be eligible for surplus property |
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23|and equipment. |
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1| B. 2. Whenever the Department determines that any such a |
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2|district or school has, and does not have a need for, equipment |
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3|purchased wholly or partly with state or federal funds, it may, if |
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4|consistent with federal laws and regulations, order the equipment |
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5|transferred to the equipment pool; and the district or school, or |
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6|its officials thereof, shall thereupon have the duty to comply with |
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7|such the order. Provided, any equipment which has been purchased |
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8|wholly or in part with local school funds shall require the |
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9|concurrence of the governing board of that local school before the |
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10|equipment shall be transferred to the state equipment pool. |
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11| C. 3. Whenever the Department determines that a technology |
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12|center school district or school supported by public funds has a |
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13|need for any equipment in the equipment pool, the Department may |
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14|transfer the equipment to such district or school. |
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15| B. The board of education of a technology center school |
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16|district is authorized, in its discretion, consistent with federal |
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17|laws and regulations, and upon terms, conditions, and for such |
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18|consideration as it deems advisable, to donate obsolete, surplus, or |
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19|unneeded equipment, which it may have, to the board of education of |
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20|a school district or technology center school district in the state |
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21|for use in connection with any training, maintenance, or other |
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22|similar educational program administered by the school district or |
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23|technology center school district. |
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1| D. C. The State Board of Career and Technology Education shall |
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2|adopt and enforce such rules as it deems necessary to carry out the |
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3|provisions of this section. |
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4| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. |
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