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| 28 | 28 | | STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) |
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| 32 | 32 | | HOUSE BILL 1886 By: Boatman |
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| 38 | 38 | | AS INTRODUCED |
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| 40 | 40 | | An Act relating to schools; amending Section 6-194, |
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| 41 | 41 | | as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 16, O.S.L. 2019 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (70 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 6 -194), which relates to |
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| 43 | 43 | | professional development programs; requiring mental |
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| 44 | 44 | | health training; mandating length and frequency of |
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| 45 | 45 | | training; allowing school districts to contract with |
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| 46 | 46 | | approved nonprofits and community partners; |
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| 47 | 47 | | authorizing school districts to develop training; |
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| 48 | 48 | | listing minimum components of training; and providing |
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| 49 | 49 | | an effective date. |
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| 56 | 56 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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| 57 | 57 | | SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2011, Section 6 -194, as |
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| 58 | 58 | | last amended by Section 1, Chapter 16, O.S.L. 2019 (70 O.S. Supp. |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2020, Section 6-194), is amended to read as follows: |
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| 60 | 60 | | Section 6-194. A. The district boards of education of this |
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| 61 | 61 | | state shall establish professional development programs for the |
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| 62 | 62 | | certified teachers and adminis trators of the district. Programs |
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| 63 | 63 | | shall be adopted by each board based upon recommendations of a |
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| 64 | 64 | | professional development committee appointed by the board of |
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| 65 | 65 | | education for the district. For the fiscal years ending June 30, |
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| 92 | 92 | | 2011, and June 30, 2012, a scho ol district board of education may |
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| 93 | 93 | | elect not to adopt and offer a professional development program for |
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| 94 | 94 | | certified teachers and administrators of the district. If a school |
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| 95 | 95 | | district elects not to adopt and offer a professional development |
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| 96 | 96 | | program, the district may expend any monies allocated for |
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| 97 | 97 | | professional development for any purpose related to the support and |
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| 98 | 98 | | maintenance of the school district as determined by the board of |
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| 99 | 99 | | education of the school district. |
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| 100 | 100 | | B. Each professional development committee shall include |
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| 101 | 101 | | classroom teachers, administrators, school counselors or licensed |
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| 102 | 102 | | mental health providers, and parents, guardians or custodians of |
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| 103 | 103 | | children in the school district and shall consult with a higher |
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| 104 | 104 | | education faculty. A majority of the members of the professional |
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| 105 | 105 | | development committee shall be composed of classroom teachers. The |
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| 106 | 106 | | teacher members shall be selected by a designated administrator of |
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| 107 | 107 | | the school district from a list of names submitted by the teachers |
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| 108 | 108 | | in the school district. The members sele cted shall be subject to |
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| 109 | 109 | | the approval of a majority vote of the teachers in the district. |
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| 110 | 110 | | C. In developing program recommendations, each professional |
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| 111 | 111 | | development committee shall annually utilize a data -driven approach |
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| 112 | 112 | | to analyze student data and determine district and school |
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| 113 | 113 | | professional development needs. The professional development |
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| 114 | 114 | | programs adopted shall be directed toward development of |
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| 141 | 141 | | competencies and instructional strategies in the core curriculum |
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| 142 | 142 | | areas for the following goals: |
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| 143 | 143 | | 1. Increasing the a cademic performance data scores for the |
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| 144 | 144 | | district and each school site; |
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| 145 | 145 | | 2. Closing achievement gaps among student subgroups; |
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| 146 | 146 | | 3. Increasing student achievement as demonstrated on state - |
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| 147 | 147 | | mandated tests and the ACT; |
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| 148 | 148 | | 4. Increasing high school graduation rates ; and |
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| 149 | 149 | | 5. Decreasing college remediation rates. |
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| 150 | 150 | | Each program may also include components on classroom management |
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| 151 | 151 | | and student discipline strategies, outreach to parents, guardians or |
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| 152 | 152 | | custodians of students, special education, and racial and ethnic |
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| 153 | 153 | | education, which all personnel defined as teachers in Section 1 -116 |
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| 154 | 154 | | of this title shall be required to complete on a periodic basis. |
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| 155 | 155 | | The State Board of Education shall provide guidelines to assist |
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| 156 | 156 | | school districts in developing and implementing racial and ethnic |
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| 157 | 157 | | education components into professional development programs. |
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| 158 | 158 | | D. At a minimum of once an academic year a program shall be |
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| 159 | 159 | | offered which includes the following: |
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| 160 | 160 | | 1. Training on recognition of child abuse and neglect; |
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| 161 | 161 | | 2. Recognition of child sexual abuse; |
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| 162 | 162 | | 3. Proper reporting of suspected abuse; and |
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| 163 | 163 | | 4. Available resources. |
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| 190 | 190 | | E. One time per year, beginning in the 2009 -2010 school year, |
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| 191 | 191 | | training in the area of autism shall be offered and all resident |
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| 192 | 192 | | teachers of students in early childhood programs through gra de three |
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| 193 | 193 | | shall be required to complete the autism training during the |
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| 194 | 194 | | resident year and at least one time every three (3) years |
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| 195 | 195 | | thereafter. All other teachers and education support professionals |
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| 196 | 196 | | of students in early childhood programs through grade three shall be |
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| 197 | 197 | | required to complete the autism training at least one time every |
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| 198 | 198 | | three (3) years. The autism training shall include a minimum |
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| 199 | 199 | | awareness of the characteristics of autistic children, resources |
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| 200 | 200 | | available and an introduction to positive behavior supp orts to |
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| 201 | 201 | | challenging behavior. Each adopted program shall allow school |
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| 202 | 202 | | counselors to receive at least one -third (1/3) of the hours or |
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| 203 | 203 | | credit required each year through programs or courses specifically |
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| 204 | 204 | | designed for school counselors. |
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| 205 | 205 | | Districts are authorize d to utilize any means for professional |
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| 206 | 206 | | development that is not prohibited by law including, but not limited |
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| 207 | 207 | | to, professional development provided by the district, any state |
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| 208 | 208 | | agency, institution of higher education, or any private entity. |
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| 209 | 209 | | F. One time per year, beginning in the 2020 -2021 school year, a |
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| 210 | 210 | | dyslexia awareness program shall be offered. At a minimum, the |
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| 211 | 211 | | program shall include: |
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| 212 | 212 | | 1. Training in awareness of dyslexia characteristics in |
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| 213 | 213 | | students; |
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| 240 | 240 | | 2. Training in effective classroom instruction to meet the |
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| 241 | 241 | | needs of students with dyslexia; and |
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| 242 | 242 | | 3. Available dyslexia resources for teachers, students and |
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| 243 | 243 | | parents. |
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| 244 | 244 | | G. Beginning in the 2022 -2023 school year, all certified |
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| 245 | 245 | | teachers and administrators and all classroom support staff |
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| 246 | 246 | | including, but not limited to, paraprofessionals , teacher assistants |
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| 247 | 247 | | and teacher aides in direct contact with students shall complete at |
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| 248 | 248 | | least eight (8) hours of mental health training in the first year of |
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| 249 | 249 | | employment and at least five (5) hours of mental health training |
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| 250 | 250 | | once every three (3) years thereafter . The mental health training |
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| 251 | 251 | | hours completed pursuant to this subsection shall be transferred |
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| 252 | 252 | | with the employee if he or she moves to another school district in |
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| 253 | 253 | | the state. School districts may enter into agreements with |
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| 254 | 254 | | nonprofit entities and other community partners to assist with or |
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| 255 | 255 | | provide mental health training to teachers, administrators and staff |
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| 256 | 256 | | pursuant to this subsection if the nonprofits and community partners |
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| 257 | 257 | | are approved by the State Department of Education and the Dep artment |
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| 258 | 258 | | of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. School districts may |
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| 259 | 259 | | develop their own mental health training if approved by the State |
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| 260 | 260 | | Department of Education and the Department of Mental Health and |
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| 261 | 261 | | Substance Abuse Services. At a minimum, the training shall include: |
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| 288 | 288 | | 1. Strategies and action plans for helping students who are |
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| 289 | 289 | | experiencing a mental health or addiction challenge or who are in |
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| 291 | 291 | | 2. Introduction to common mental health challenges for youth; |
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| 292 | 292 | | 3. Review of typical adolescent devel opment; |
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| 293 | 293 | | 4. Information on topics, including, but not limited to, |
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| 294 | 294 | | anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may |
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| 295 | 295 | | occur, disruptive behavior disorders and eating disorders; |
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| 296 | 296 | | 5. Information about the services provided by community -based |
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| 297 | 297 | | organizations related to mental health, substance abuse and trauma; |
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| 298 | 298 | | 6. Information about the impact trauma and adverse childhood |
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| 299 | 299 | | experiences can have on a student 's ability to learn; |
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| 300 | 300 | | 7. The availability of mental health evaluation and treatment |
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| 301 | 301 | | by telemedicine; and |
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| 302 | 302 | | 8. Information about evidence -based strategies for prevention |
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| 303 | 303 | | of at-risk behaviors. |
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| 304 | 304 | | H. Except as otherwise provided for in this subsection, each |
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| 305 | 305 | | certified teacher in this state shall be required by the district |
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| 306 | 306 | | board of education to meet the professional development requirements |
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| 307 | 307 | | established by the board, or established through the negotiation |
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| 308 | 308 | | process. Except as otherwise provided for in this subsection, the |
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| 309 | 309 | | professional development requirements established by each board of |
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| 310 | 310 | | education shall require every teacher to annually complete a minimum |
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| 338 | 338 | | employment. Failure of any teacher to meet district board of |
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| 339 | 339 | | education professional development requirements may be grounds for |
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| 340 | 340 | | nonrenewal of such teacher's contract by the board. Such failure |
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| 341 | 341 | | may also be grounds for nonconsideration of salary increments |
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| 342 | 342 | | affecting the teacher. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2011, |
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| 343 | 343 | | and June 30, 2012, a certified teacher shall not be required to |
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| 344 | 344 | | complete any points of the total number of professional development |
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| 345 | 345 | | points required. Provided, a teacher may elect to complete some or |
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| 346 | 346 | | all of the minimum number of points required for the two (2) fiscal |
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| 347 | 347 | | years and any points completed shall be counted toward the total |
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| 348 | 348 | | number of points required to maintain employment. If a teacher does |
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| 349 | 349 | | not complete some or all of the minimum number of points required |
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| 350 | 350 | | for one (1) or both fiscal years, the total number of points |
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| 351 | 351 | | required to maintain employment shall be adjusted and reduced by the |
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| 352 | 352 | | number of points not completed. |
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| 353 | 353 | | H. I. Each district shall annually submit a report to the State |
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| 354 | 354 | | Department of Education on the district level professional |
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| 355 | 355 | | development needs, activities completed, expenditures, and results |
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| 356 | 356 | | achieved for each school y ear by each goal as provided in subsection |
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| 357 | 357 | | C of this section. If a school district elects not to adopt and |
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| 358 | 358 | | offer a professional development program as provided for in |
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| 359 | 359 | | subsection A of this section, the district shall not be required to |
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| 360 | 360 | | submit an annual rep ort as required pursuant to this subsection but |
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| 361 | 361 | | shall report to the State Department of Education its election not |
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| 388 | 388 | | to offer a program and all professional development activities |
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| 389 | 389 | | completed by teachers and administrators of the school district. |
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| 390 | 390 | | I. J. Subject to the availability of funds, the Department |
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| 391 | 391 | | shall develop an online system for reporting as required in |
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| 392 | 392 | | subsection H I of this section. The Department shall also make such |
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| 393 | 393 | | information available on its website. |
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| 394 | 394 | | SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021. |
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| 396 | 396 | | 58-1-6415 EK 01/18/21 |
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