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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1792 By: Jett
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to school district boards of
education; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5-110,
which relates to instruction for board of education
members; removing outdated language; removing
language requiring certain member to agree in writing
to education requirements; allowing rather than
requiring certain instruction; changing time period
in which member may complete certain training;
reducing number of hours of instruction; removing
requirement for training in certain topics; removing
ability for certain type of organization to offer
certain training; removing education requirements for
certain incumbent board members; directing board
members to represent certain interests; removing
language regarding penalties for failing to complete
certain instruction; allowing a board member’s
district to be charged for certain attendance upon
completion; updating statutory references; amending
70 O.S. 2021, Section 5-110.2, which relates to
attendance records of school board members; directing
school districts to maintain records rather than the
State Board of Education; requiring records to be
posted on certain website; removing language
regarding certain notification; repealing 70 O.S.
2021, Section 5-110.1, which relates to continuing
education requirements for board members; providing
an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5-110, is
amended to read as follows:
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Section 5-110. A. A school district elector who is elected or
appointed to be a member of a school district board of education
prior to January 1, 2014, shall obtain instruction on education
issues in accordance with rules promulgated by the State Board of
Education. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, at
the time a school district elector files a notification and
declaration of candidacy for the office of school district board of
education membership or is appointed to be a member of a school
district board of education on or after January 1, 2014, the elector
shall agree and pledge in writing that, within fifteen (15) Within
six (6) months of election or appointment as a member of the a
school district board of education, the member will may complete at
least twelve (12) three (3) hours of instruction on education issues
in the following areas: school finance; legal issues, which include
but are not limited to employment, due process, new laws, the
Oklahoma Open Records Act and the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act; and
duties and responsibilities, which include but are not limited to
special education and ethics, of district board of education
members. Each elector shall agree and pledge in writing to complete
at least one (1) hour of instruction in school finance, one (1) hour
of instruction in the Oklahoma Open Records Act and the Oklahoma
Open Meeting Act, and one (1) hour of instruction in school law and
ethics. The remaining hours may be satisfied by attending a two-day
workshop to be held within the state Training shall be provided by
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the State Department of Education, by or the Oklahoma Department of
Career and Technology Education, or by attending workshops, seminars
or classes which address the above-mentioned subject matter, and
which are sponsored by any organization approved by the State Board
of Education, including but not limited to institutions of higher
education. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules by
which an organization or particular courses offered by an
organization may be approved for purposes of fulfilling the
instructional requirements set out in this section.
B. When an incumbent of a district board of education files a
notification and declaration of candidacy for reelection to the
district board of education, the member shall be required to agree
and pledge in writing that upon reelection the member will complete
six (6) hours of instruction, within fifteen (15) months of
election, including one (1) hour of instruction in school finance,
one (1) hour of instruction in the Oklahoma Open Records Act and the
Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and one (1) hour of instruction in ethics.
The remaining hours may be satisfied by attending a workshop, class
or seminar addressing the education issues set forth in subsection A
of this section. Each elected or appointed school district board of
education member shall represent the interests of his or her
constituents and hold the school district superintendent to the
same.
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C. The State Department of Education shall, immediately after
the annual elections of various district board of education members,
determine the members of the district boards of education pledged to
complete the instructional requirements established in subsections A
and B of this section, and shall notify the members of the time and
place where training workshops, classes, and seminars are to be
conducted. Upon completion of the instructional requirements, the
certificate of completion shall be included in the public records of
the school board’s minutes. Each school board member, except for an
incumbent member, shall be required within fifteen (15) months
following or preceding election to complete the workshop established
by subsection A of this section or to attend twelve (12) hours of
other state workshops, classes or seminars conducted as instruction
on the subjects of school finance, legal issues, and the ethics,
duties and responsibilities of district board of education members,
including at least one (1) hour of instruction in school finance,
one (1) hour of instruction in the Oklahoma Open Records Act and the
Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and one (1) hour of instruction in ethics.
D. If a school board member, including an incumbent member, has
not satisfied the instructional requirements as set forth in this
section within fifteen (15) months of election, reelection or
appointment, the district board of education shall declare the seat
of the member vacant within sixty (60) days of the final date that
the member has to complete the requirements as indicated by receipt
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of the certified notice from the State Board of Education as
provided for pursuant to Section 5-110.2 of this title and shall
fill the vacancy according to law. A school board member who is
required to vacate a school board seat pursuant to this subsection
and Section 5-110.2 of this title shall be ineligible to be
reappointed to, to run for reelection to or to hold that respective
board seat on the school district board of education or to run for
election to or to hold any other board seat on the board of
education for a two-year period.
E. All government departments, agencies, and institutions of
this state are directed to lend assistance as may be required by the
State Department of Education for the proper conduct and
administration of the workshops as authorized in subsection A C of
this section. The State Department of Education shall maintain a
permanent record of the instructional hours and continuing education
hours earned for each district board of education member.
F. E. The State Department of Education, or the Oklahoma
Department of Career and Technology Education, and, upon approval of
the State Board of Education, any organization or association
representing district boards of education in this state are
authorized to charge persons pledged to attend the school board
member’s district for attendance at a training workshop, class, or
seminar for purposes of meeting the instructional requirements
components of this section, a registration fee sufficient to defray
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the estimated costs of presenting the training workshop, class, or
seminar, and to collect the fees at the time of registration
completion of the training workshop, class, or seminar.
G. F. Any member of a school district board of education or any
individual elected, certified as the elected member by the county
election board, but not sworn in and seated as a member of a
district board of education at the time of a training workshop,
class, or seminar presented by the State Board Department of
Education, or the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology
Education, or an organization or association representing district
boards of education within the state who attends and successfully
completes a workshop, class, or seminar for training as required by
subsection A or B C of this section shall be reimbursed by the
school district in accordance with the travel reimbursement policy
of the district.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5-110.2, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 5-110.2. The State Board of Education Each school
district shall maintain and post on its website records of
attendance by school board members at continuing education events
required pursuant to Sections the three (3) hours of training
described by subsection A of Section 5-110 and 5-110.1 of this
title. Prior to the final opportunity for each school board member
who has not completed the continuing education requirements to
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complete the same, the Board shall notify the school board member
and the school district superintendent by mail before March 1 of
each year of any final opportunity to complete these requirements
and the consequences of not completing the requirements. Upon
determining that a school board member did not complete the
continuing education requirements of Sections 5-110 or 5-110.1
within the respective period of time, the Board shall immediately
notify by certified mail the school board member and the school
district superintendent and inform the member of the violation of
the continuing education requirements. The school board member
shall have sixty (60) days after the date of receipt of the
certified notice to complete the requirements. If the school board
member does not complete the requirements by the end of the sixty-
day time period, the school district board of education is required
to declare the seat of that member vacant.
SECTION 3. REPEALER 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5-110.1, is
hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
SECTION 5. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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