SB209 Summary

• Authorizes the State Board of Career and Technology Education to award competitive grants for dropout recovery programs to technology center school districts serving areas without intensive dropout prevention programs.

• Requires the State Board to increase the number of Dropout Recovery Programs at technology center schools beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, contingent on appropriated funds.

• Mandates that increased programs be approved by the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education and funded through cooperative efforts involving technology center districts, public school districts, and the state education department.

• Requires technology center schools to submit annual reports by September 15 detailing revenue and expenditures for students in Dropout Recovery Grant programs.

• Declares an emergency, making the act effective immediately upon passage and approval, with official effective date of July 1, 2011.