Opinion No. (1979)

Dear Mr. Burns,

The Attorney General has received your request for an opinion wherein you ask, in effect, the following questions:(1) May a county with a dependent school district abolish the office ofCounty Superintendent of Schools if the office has been vacant for aperiod of one (1) year or more? (2) What procedure is to be followed to formalize abolition of theoffice of County School Superintendent?

Title 70 O.S. 4-101 (1978) provides, in part, as follows:

"B. The office of county superintendent of schools in and for each county in Oklahoma having no dependent school districts in the county…