OK SB412

Reduces required training for new school board members from 12 hours to 3 hours, covering school finance, Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, and school law/ethics (1 hour each)

Changes training from mandatory to optional and extends completion deadline from 15 months to 6 months after election or appointment

Eliminates the written pledge requirement for candidates and removes continuing education requirements for incumbent board members seeking reelection

Removes penalty provisions that declared board seats vacant for failing to complete training and prohibited non-compliant members from serving for two years

Transfers recordkeeping responsibility from the State Board of Education to individual school districts, which must post training attendance records on their websites