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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 2748 By: Baker
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; creating an early
childhood or elementary education alternative teacher
certification; requiring candidate hol d certain
degree; requiring certain training and education
hours within certain period; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6 -122.10 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the State Board
of Education shall issue a one-year alternative teacher certificate,
renewable for up to three (3) years, to teach early childhood
education or elementary education to any qualified candidate who:
1. a. Has successfully completed a terminal degree, such as
a doctorate of philosophy, a doctorate in education,
professional doctorates, a master of fine arts degree
or a master of library science degree, from an
institution accredited by a national or regional
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accrediting agency which is recognized by the
Secretary of the United States De partment of
Education. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
Education shall be consulted to verify other terminal
degrees, or
b. Holds at least a baccalaureate degree from an
institution whose accreditation is recognized by the
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and has
two (2) years postdegree -completion qualified work
experience in a field that corresponds to early
childhood education or elementary education ; and
2. Declares the intention to earn standard certification by
means of the early ch ildhood and elementary education alternative
certification program in not more than three (3) years and has:
a. within the first year satisfactorily completed six (6)
credit hours in classroom management and reading
instruction from an educator preparation program
approved and accredited by the Commission for
Educational Quality and Accountability, completed the
required State Department of Education approved
training on cognitive science of how students learn to
read and participated in a yearlong mentorsh ip or
instructional coaching in reading and classroom
management provided by the employing school district
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prior to the renewal of the provisional certificate
for a second year,
b. within the second year satisfactorily completed six
(6) credit hours in chi ld development and math
instruction from an educator preparation program
approved and accredited by the Commission for
Educational Quality and Accountability, participated
in an additional yearlong mentorship and/or
instructional coaching in child developm ent and math
instruction provided by the employing school district
prior to the renewal of the provisional certificate
for a third year, and successfully completed the
general education and subject area portions of the
competency examination required in Se ction 6-187 of
Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes in the area of
specialization for which certification is sought, and
c. within the third year satisfactorily completed six (6)
additional credit hours of professional education
coursework from an educator pr eparation program
approved and accredited by the Commission for
Educational Quality and Accountability, participated
in an additional yearlong mentorship and/or
instructional coaching provided by the employing
school district, and successfully passed the
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professional knowledge portions of the competency
examination required in Section 6 -187 of Title 70 of
the Oklahoma Statutes in the area of specialization
for which certification is sought.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective Novembe r 1, 2021.
58-1-5958 AMM 01/07/21