Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 13-109
The State Board of Education shall appoint and employ and fix the compensation and duties of necessary personnel and incur other necessary expenses, including cost of consultants, to administer and carry out the provisions of this article, and such compensation and other expenses shall be paid from any funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of this article.
Added by Laws 1971, HB 1155, c. 281, § 13-109.