The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would appoint legislative leadership to the Oklahoma State Board of Education.
House Bill 2562 by Rep. Mark McBride (R-Moore) would break the governor's 14-year near-monopoly on OSBE and is similar to the bill passed by the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday.
McBride's bill, introduced last year, would add four members to the board, two to be appointed by the Senate President Pro Tem and two by the House Speaker. The board currently consists of six members appointed by the governor and the elected state Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The governor will continue to appoint a majority of the board.
Unlike the Senate bill, which does not place any conditions on legislative appointees, McBride's bill requires that one of the two appointees appointed by the Speaker of the House must be a “local resident” and the other “with an enrollment of 10. A person must be a former superintendent of a school district with fewer than 1,000 students. Thousand (10,000) students. ”
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One of the Senate President Pro Tem's appointees must be a local resident and the other must be a “former superintendent of a school district with 10,000 or more students.”
Presumably, the intent is to prevent one person from meeting two requirements.
HB 2562 passed easily, but perhaps with less enthusiasm than some had hoped.
Even if the House or Senate bill, or a mix of both, makes it to Gov. Kevin Stitt's desk, the vote count Wednesday was 60-29 (12 no votes), with Stitt not prepared to share his opinion. The total was 8 short of the total needed to override the veto if it were determined to be veto. State Board of Education.
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