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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1206 By: Haste
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to school employees; amending 70 O.S.
2021, Section 1-116, which relates to definitions of
positions in a school system; modifying certain
definition; updating references; adding definition;
providing an effecti ve date; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, S ection 1-116, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1-116. As used in this title:
1. "Teacher" means any person who is e mployed to serve as
district superintendent, principal, s upervisor, a counselor,
librarian, school nurse, school licensed mental heal th professional,
or classroom teacher or in any oth er instructional, supervisory , or
administrative capacity. The person sha ll not be deemed qualified
unless the person holds a valid certificate issued by and in
accordance with the rules of the State Board of Education or the
rules of the State Board of Ca reer and Technology Education , to
perform the particular services for whi ch the person is employed;
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2. "Superintendent" or "superintendent of schools " means the
executive officer of the board of education and the administrative
head of the school system o f a district maintaining an accredited
school, provided the person holds an administrator's certificate
recognized by the State Board of Education;
3. "Principal" means any person other than a district
superintendent of schools having supervisory or admin istrative
authority over any school or school building having two or more
teachers. A teaching principal shal l be a principal who devotes at
least one-half (1/2) the time school is in session to classroom
teaching. Teaching principals shall be required t o hold
administrative certificates;
4. "Teachers" means, for purposes of complying with the State
Aid Law and other statutes, but not any other provision of law,
which apportion money on the basis of teaching units or the number
of teachers employed or qu alified, all persons holding proper
certificates and connected in any cap acity with the instruction of
pupils;
5. "Inductee" means any certified teacher who is employed in a
local school to serve as a classroom teacher under the guidance and
assistance of a mentor teacher or teachers;
6. "Student teacher" means any student wh o is enrolled in an
institution of higher learning approved by the State Board of
Education Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability for
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teacher training and who is jointly assigned by the institution of
higher learning and a board of education of a school district to
perform practice teaching under the direct ion of a regularly
employed and certified teacher. A student t eacher, while serving an
internship under the supervision of a certified teacher, shall be
accorded the same protection of the laws as that accorded the
certified teacher and shall be eligible to receive compensation
beginning on the first day of the inter nship for up to one full
school year; provided, however, that such compensation shall not be
considered compensation for purposes of teacher retirement or the
minimum salary schedule;
7. "School nurse" means a person employed full time by a board
of education who is a registered nurse license d by the Oklahoma
State Board of Nurse Registration and Nursing Educ ation Oklahoma
Board of Nursing and is certified the same as a teacher by the State
Board of Education. Provided, that any person who is emplo yed as a
full-time school nurse in any school distr ict in Oklahoma who is not
registered on July 2, 1971, may continue to serve in t he same
capacity; however, such perso n shall, under rules adopt ed by the
State Board of Education, attend classes in nursing and prepare to
become registered.
A school nurse employed by a board of education shall be
accorded the same protection of laws and all other benefits accorded
a certified teacher; and
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8. “School licensed mental health professional” means a person
employed full time by a board of education who is a licensed mental
health professional as defined in Section 1 -103 of Title 43A of the
Oklahoma Statutes and is certified the same as a teacher by the
State Board of Education. A school licensed mental health
professional employed by a board of education shall be accorded the
same protection of law and all other benefits accorded to a
certified teacher; and
9. "Support employee" means an employee who provides those
services which are not perfo rmed by certified teac hers, principals,
superintendents, or administrators and which are necessary for the
efficient and satisfactory functioning of a school district.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by r eason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its p assage and approval.
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