STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

SENATE BILL 372	By:	Shortey

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to school districts; amending 70 O.S. 2001, Section 5-106, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 455, O.S.L. 2003 (70 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 5-106), which relates to school districts; clarifying reference; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     70 O.S. 2001, Section 5-106, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 455, O.S.L. 2003 (70 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 5-106), is amended to read as follows:
Section 5-106.  A.  The governing board of each school district in Oklahoma is hereby designated and shall hereafter be known as the board of education of such district.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, the superintendent of schools appointed and employed by the board shall be the executive officer of the board and shall perform duties as the board directs.
B.  The board may contract with a superintendent for a term as mutually agreed upon but not to exceed three (3) years beyond the fiscal year in which the contract is approved by the board and accepted by the superintendent.  The contract shall include all other terms and conditions as agreed upon in writing by the board and the superintendent.
C.  The boards of two or more school districts may contract with one superintendent to serve as superintendent of the school districts as provided in Section 4 5-106A of this act title.
D.  No board of a school district having average daily membership (ADM) of fewer than five hundred (500) pupils shall be prohibited from allowing a superintendent to serve simultaneously as a principal.
E.  The chief executive officer of the board of education of a district in which a public developmental research school is established shall be the director of the school appointed as provided in Section 1210.577 of this title.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

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