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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION 1042 By: Rosecrants
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people for their approval or
rejection a proposed amendment to Section 5 of
Article XIII of the Constitution of the State of
Oklahoma; removing requirement for the Superintendent
of Public Instruction to serve as President of the
Board of Education; providing ballot title; and
directing filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE
2ND SESSION OF THE 60TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
the following proposed amendment to Section 5 of Article XIII of the
Constitution of the State of Oklahoma to read as follows:
Section 5. The supervision of instruction in the public schools
shall be vested in a Board of Education, whose powers and duties
shall be prescribed by law. The Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall be President of the Board. Until otherwise
provided by law, the Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney
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General shall be ex-officio members, and with the Superintendent,
compose said Board of Education.
SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
the following form:
BALLOT TITLE
Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure amends the Oklahoma Constitution. It amends
Section 5 of Article 13. The Oklahoma Constitution currently
requires that the Superintendent of Public Instruction serve as
the President of the Board of Education. This measure removes
the requirement that the Superintendent of Public instruction
must serve as the President of the Board of Education.
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
SECTION 3. The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives,
immediately after the passage of this act, shall prepare and file
one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2
hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
General.
60-2-15898 SW 01/07/26