An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2748 By: Baker, Fugate, McDugle and
Waldron of the House
and
Stanley of the Senate
An Act relating to schools; creating an early
childhood or elementary education alternative teacher
certification; requiring candidate h old certain
degree; requiring certain training and education
hours within certain period; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
SUBJECT: Schools
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 -122.11 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
accrediting agency which is recognized by the
Secretary of the United States Department of
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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 post-degree-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 childhood 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 mentorship or
instructional coaching in reading and classroom
management provided by the employing school district
prior to the renewal of the provisional certificate
for a second year,
b. within the second year satisfactorily completed six
(6) credit hours in child 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 development 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 Section 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
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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 su ccessfully passed the
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 November 1, 202 1.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 18th day of February,
2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 22nd day of April, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________