ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1698	By:	Blackwell and Walker of the House

			and

		Treat of the Senate

An Act relating to sunset; amending 72 O.S. 2011, Section 241, which relates to the State Accrediting Agency; re-creating the Agency; and modifying termination date.

SUBJECT:  State Accrediting Agency

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     72 O.S. 2011, Section 241, is amended to read as follows:

Section 241.  There is hereby re-created to continue until July 1, 2013 2017, in accordance with the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the State Accrediting Agency, which hereafter shall be composed of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, or designee, the State Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, or designee, the Chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, or designee, and two honorably discharged war veterans, who are and shall be appointed by, and hold office at the pleasure of, the Governor.  This entity shall be the “state approving agency” referred to in the Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 (Public Law 550 - 82nd Congress), and shall have authority, on behalf of the State of Oklahoma, to enter into and carry out contracts with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or any other federal agency, under the provisions of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (Public Law 346 - 78th Congress), as amended, and the Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 (Public Law 550 - 82nd Congress), and any other federal law, for the approval of courses of on-the-job training, institutional on-farm training, apprentice training, war veterans’ educational programs, or any other veterans’ training programs authorized by federal law, and for other services authorized or required by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or other federal agencies, in connection with any such training or programs; and all such contracts that have heretofore been made or entered into by the State Accrediting Agency, which agency has been performing functions herein specified in this state, are hereby validated and approved, and shall continue in effect according to the terms and provisions thereof.

Passed the House of Representatives the 13th day of May, 2013.

	
	Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives

Passed the Senate the 9th day of April, 2013.

	
	Presiding Officer of the Senate

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________ day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________ day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.

	_________________________________
	Governor of the State of Oklahoma

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________ day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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