1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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3 SENATE BILL 332 By: Dossett
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to teachers; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
7 Section 6-101.3, which relates to definitions for
8 teachers; modifying certain definition; providing an
8 effective date; and declaring an emergency.
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11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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12 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6-101.3, is
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13 amended to read as follows:
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14 Section 6-101.3. As used in Section 6-101 et seq. of this
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15 title:
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16 1. “Administrator” means a duly certified person who devotes a
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17 majority of time to service as a superintendent, elementary
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18 superintendent, principal, supervisor, vice principal, or in any
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19 other administrative or supervisory capacity in the school district;
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20 2. “Dismissal” means the discontinuance of the teaching service
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21 of an administrator or teacher during the term of a written
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22 contract, as provided by law;
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23 3. “Nonreemployment” means the nonrenewal of the contract of an
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24 administrator or teacher upon expiration of the contract;
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 1 4. “Career teacher” means a teacher who:
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2 a. is employed by a school district prior to the 2017-
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3 2018 school year and has completed three (3) or more
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4 consecutive complete school years as a teacher in one
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5 school district under a written continuing or
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6 temporary teaching contract, or
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7 b. is employed for the first time by a school district
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8 under a written continuing or temporary teaching
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9 contract during the 2017-2018 school year and
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10 thereafter and:
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11 (1) has completed three (3) consecutive complete
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12 school years as a teacher in one or more school
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13 district districts under a written continuing or
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14 temporary teaching contract and has achieved a
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15 district evaluation rating of “superior” as
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16 measured pursuant to the TLE as set forth in
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17 Section 6-101.16 of this title for at least two
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18 (2) of the three (3) school years,
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19 (2) has completed four (4) consecutive complete
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20 school years as a teacher in one or more school
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21 district districts under a written continuing or
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22 temporary teaching contract, has averaged a
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23 district evaluation rating of at least
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24 “effective” as measured pursuant to the TLE for
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 1 the four-year period, and has received district
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2 evaluation ratings of at least “effective” for
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3 the last two (2) years of the four-year period,
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4 or
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5 (3) has completed four (4) or more consecutive
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6 complete school years in one or more school
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7 district districts under a written continuing or
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8 temporary teaching contract and has not met the
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9 requirements of subparagraph a or b of this
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10 paragraph, only if the principal of the school at
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11 which the teacher is employed submits a petition
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12 to the superintendent of the school district
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13 requesting that the teacher be granted career
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14 status, the superintendent agrees with the
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15 petition, and the school district board of
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16 education approves the petition. The principal
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17 shall specify in the petition the underlying
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18 facts supporting the granting of career status to
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19 the teacher;
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20 5. “Teacher hearing” means the hearing before a school district
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21 board of education after a recommendation for dismissal or
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22 nonreemployment of a teacher has been made but before any final
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23 action is taken on the recommendation, held for the purpose of
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24 affording the teacher all rights guaranteed by the United States
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 1 Constitution and the Constitution of Oklahoma under circumstances
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2 and for enabling the board to determine whether to approve or
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3 disapprove the recommendation;
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4 6. “Probationary teacher” means a teacher who:
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5 a. is employed by a school district prior to the 2017-
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6 2018 school year and has completed fewer than three
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7 (3) consecutive complete school years as a teacher in
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8 one school district under a written teaching contract,
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9 or
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10 b. is employed for the first time by a school district
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11 under a written teaching contract during the 2017-2018
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12 school year and thereafter and has not met the
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13 requirements for career teacher as provided in
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14 paragraph 4 of this section;
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15 7. “Suspension” or “suspended” means the temporary
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16 discontinuance of the services of an administrator or teacher, as
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17 provided by law;
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18 8. “Teacher” means a person defined as a teacher in Section 1-
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19 116 of this title; and
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20 9. “District evaluation rating” means the rating issued based
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21 on the components of the TLE as set forth in subsection B of Section
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22 6-101.16 of this title.
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23 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
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 1 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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2 of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
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3 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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4 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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