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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1200 By: Sacchieri
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to school elections; amending 26 O.S.
7 2021, Section 13A-106, which relates to eligibility
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8 technology center school district; and prohibiting
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9 eligible to be a candidate for or elected to certain
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 13A-106, is
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15 amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 13A-106. A. To be eligible to be a candidate for
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17 member of the board of education of a school district or technology
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18 center school district, a person must have resided in the district
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19 or, if the board seat is in an independent district, have resided in
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20 that district for at least six (6) months preceding the first day of
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21 the filing period, and have been a registered voter registered with
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22 the county election board at an address located within the
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23 geographical boundaries of the district for six (6) months preceding
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24 the first day of the filing period.
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1 B. 1. Beginning May 1, 1990, no person shall be eligible to be
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2 a candidate for or elected to be a member of the board of education
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3 of a school district or technology center school district unless the
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4 person has been awarded a high school diploma or certificate of high
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5 school equivalency. In school districts that are divided into
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6 election districts, a candidate must have resided in the district
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7 for at least six (6) months preceding the first day of the filing
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8 period and have been a registered voter registered with the county
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9 election board at an address located within the geographical
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10 boundaries of the election district for six (6) months preceding the
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11 first day of the filing period. Beginning May 1, 1990, no person
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12 shall be eligible to be a candidate for or elected to be a member of
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13 the board of education unless the person has been awarded a high
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14 school diploma or certificate of high school equivalency.
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15 2. Beginning on the effective date of this act, no person shall
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16 be eligible to be a candidate for or elected to be a member of the
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17 board of education of a school district or technology center school
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18 district if the person has an interest of five percent (5%) or more
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19 in a company, individual, or business concern engaged in:
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20 a. the issuance of bonds for school districts or
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21 technology center school districts in this state, or
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22 b. the construction or remodeling of facilities for
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23 school districts or technology center school districts
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1 B. C. To be eligible to vote in a school district election or a
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2 technology center school district election, a person must be
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3 registered with the county election board at an address located
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4 within the geographical boundaries of the district. To be eligible
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5 to vote in an election district election within a school district, a
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6 person must be registered with the county election board at an
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7 address located within the geographical boundaries of the election
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