SECTION 210:20-23-4. Requirements for continuing education; certificates; costs

(a)   Continuing education requirements. In addition to the training requirements set forth in 210:20-23-3, every new and incumbent school board member elected to a full term of office of three (3) years or more shall meet the continuing education requirements set forth in 70 O.S. 5-110.1(A) as follows:

(1)   Members elected to a full term of three (3) years or more shall be required to attend a minimum of nine (9) hours of continuing education;

(2)   Members elected to a full term of four (4) years or more shall be required to attend a minimum of twelve (12) hours of continuing education; and

(3)   Members elected to a full term of five (5) years or more shall be required to attend at least fifteen (15) hours of continuing education.

(b)   Approved instruction. Workshops which qualify for credit shall include all in-state workshops, seminars, conferences, and/or conventions that are conducted by the State Department of Education, the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, the Oklahoma State School Boards Association and all approved local professional development programs of the board member's district. Other programs must have joint prior approval in writing by the State Department of Education and the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education. Requests for such approval must be in writing.

(c)   Certificates of completion. School board members who complete any approved workshop shall receive a certificate of completion at the end of the workshop. Copies of the certificate shall be forwarded to the State Department of Education by the director of the workshop. Upon completion of local professional development workshops, copies of the certificate, signed by the professional development coordinator, shall be forwarded by the board president or designee to the State Department of Education.

[Source: Added at 10 Ok Reg 2199, eff 6-11-93; Amended at 12 Ok Reg 499, eff 12-5-94 (emergency); Amended at 12 Ok Reg 1359, eff 5-25-95; Amended at 13 Ok Reg 79, eff 10-5-95 (emergency); Amended at 13 Ok Reg 1331, eff 5-13-96; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 3334, eff 5-5-97 (emergency); Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2248, eff 6-11-98; Amended at 31 Ok Reg 1206, eff 9-12-14]