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| 669 | | - | teachers as defined in Sec tion 6-101.3 of this title. |
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| 672 | | - | a school district shall be granted a year of service credi t toward |
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| 673 | | - | career status in that district . |
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| 674 | | - | F. E. No teacher shall be hired on a temporary contract by a |
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| 681 | | - | 2. Teacher who is a retired member of the Teacher s' Retirement |
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| 682 | | - | System of Oklahoma. |
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| 683 | | - | G. F. No teacher shall be offered a temporary con tract with a |
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| 721 | | - | Section 6-101.24 A. Upon full implementation of the O klahoma |
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| 722 | | - | Teacher and Leader Effectivenes s Evaluation System (TLE) as set |
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| 725 | | - | 101.16 of this title that may lead to a recommendati on for the |
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| 733 | | - | 2. Establish a reasonable time for improvement, not to exceed |
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| 734 | | - | two (2) months, taking in to consideration the rating on the |
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| 735 | | - | evaluation or the nature and gravi ty of the performance or conduct. |
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| 736 | | - | B. If the teacher does not correct the po or performance or |
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| 737 | | - | conduct cited in the admonition within the time specified, the |
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| 766 | | - | teacher. |
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| 767 | | - | C. Whenever a member of the bo ard of education, superintendent, |
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| 770 | | - | teacher within the district, the administrator who has |
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| 773 | | - | this section. If the administrator fails or refuses to admonish the |
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| 774 | | - | teacher within ten (10) days after being so informe d by the board, |
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| 776 | | - | or other administrator shall admonish the teacher purs uant to the |
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| 777 | | - | provisions of this sec tion. |
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| 778 | | - | D. Repeated negligence in performance of duty, willful neglect |
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| 780 | | - | unsatisfactory teaching perform ance, for a career teacher , or any |
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| 781 | | - | cause related to inadequate t eaching performance for a probatio nary |
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| 782 | | - | teacher, shall not be a basis for a reco mmendation to dismiss or not |
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| 783 | | - | reemploy a teacher unless and until the provis ions of this section |
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| 784 | | - | have been complied with. |
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| 814 | | - | district shall employ and contract in writin g, as required in |
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| 815 | | - | Section 6-101 of this title, only with persons c ertified to teach by |
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| 816 | | - | the State Board of Education in accordance with t he Oklahoma Teacher |
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| 817 | | - | Preparation Act, except a s otherwise provided for by Section 6 -101 |
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| 818 | | - | of this title and by other law. |
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| 819 | | - | B. The Board shall issue a certificate to teach to any person |
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| 820 | | - | who: |
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| 821 | | - | 1. Has successfully completed th e teacher education program |
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| 822 | | - | required by the Commission for Educational Quality an d |
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| 823 | | - | Accountability; |
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| 824 | | - | 2. Has graduated fro m an accredited institution of highe r |
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| 825 | | - | education that has approval or accre ditation for teacher educati on; |
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| 826 | | - | 3. Has met all other requirem ents as may be established by the |
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| 827 | | - | Board; |
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| 828 | | - | 4. Has made the necessary application a nd paid the competency |
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| 829 | | - | examination fee in an amount and as prescribed by th e Commission; |
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| 830 | | - | 5. Has successfully com pleted the competency examin ation |
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| 831 | | - | required in Section 6 -187 of this title; and |
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| 832 | | - | 6. Beginning November 1, 2001, has on file with the Board a |
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| 833 | | - | current Oklahoma criminal history record f rom the Oklahoma State |
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| 834 | | - | Bureau of Investigation as well as a national crimi nal history |
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| 835 | | - | record check as defined in Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma |
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| 836 | | - | Statutes. Upon receipt of the Oklahoma criminal history recor d, the |
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| 865 | | - | record. The person applying for a cer tificate shall be responsible |
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| 866 | | - | for the cost of the criminal history records. |
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| 867 | | - | C. The Board shall issue a certificate to t each to any person |
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| 868 | | - | who: |
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| 869 | | - | 1. Holds an out-of-state certificate and meets th e requirements |
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| 870 | | - | set forth in subsection G of this section; |
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| 871 | | - | 2. Holds certification from the Nationa l Board for Professional |
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| 872 | | - | Teaching Standards; |
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| 873 | | - | 3. Holds an out-of-country certificate and meets the |
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| 875 | | - | 4. Has successfully complet ed a competency examination used i n |
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| 876 | | - | the majority of other states or co mparable customized exam and meets |
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| 877 | | - | the requirements set forth in subsection H of thi s section. |
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| 878 | | - | D. Beginning July 1, 200 4, any person applying for initial |
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| 879 | | - | Oklahoma certification shall ha ve on file with the Board a curren t |
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| 880 | | - | Oklahoma criminal history record f rom the Oklahoma State Bureau of |
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| 881 | | - | Investigation as well as a national criminal histor y record check as |
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| 885 | | - | the national fingerprint -based criminal history record. The person |
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| 915 | | - | January 1, 1997, shall be a c ertified teacher for purposes of the |
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| 916 | | - | Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Act, subj ect to any professional |
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| 917 | | - | development requirements prescribed by the Oklahoma Teacher |
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| 918 | | - | Preparation Act or by the State Board of Education. |
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| 920 | | - | who holds a valid out-of-country certificate and meets any |
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| 927 | | - | in those subject areas and grad e levels most closely aligned to the |
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| 967 | | - | which out-of-country certificates will be reviewed and evaluated fo r |
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| 974 | | - | the out-of-state certificate. |
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| 1028 | | - | of the national fingerprint-based criminal history r ecord check. |
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| 1032 | | - | person who upon application: |
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| 1065 | | - | 4. Has earned a "highly effective" or "superior" rating |
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| 1067 | | - | 5. 4. May have a teaching load of not more than seventy-five |
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| 1068 | | - | percent (75%) student instruction to allow t he teacher to mentor |
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| 1069 | | - | other teachers. |
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| 1075 | | - | teacher, and |
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| 1079 | | - | to Section 6-101.16 of this title and holds or |
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| 1080 | | - | has held a National B oard certification from the |
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| 1081 | | - | National Board for Professional Teaching |
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| 1082 | | - | Standards. |
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| 1083 | | - | 2. Teachers with a master teach ing certificate may assum e |
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| 1084 | | - | leadership roles that include but are not limited to: |
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| 1118 | | - | evaluations of other teachers. |
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| 1120 | | - | teaching load of not more than fi fty percent (50%) student |
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| 1121 | | - | instruction to allow the lead teacher t o spend time on: |
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| 1127 | | - | to satisfy the qualita tive evaluation component for |
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| 1128 | | - | teachers as required by Section 6 -101.16 of this title |
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| 1129 | | - | by performing the duties set forth in this paragraph . |
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| 1130 | | - | K. The State Board of Education shall a dopt rules to implement |
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| 1131 | | - | a renewal schedule and associated fees for lead and m aster teaching |
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| 1132 | | - | certificates. The rules shall allow a teacher tha t no longer meets |
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| 1133 | | - | the requirements of a lead or master teaching certificate to make |
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| 1134 | | - | application for the standard t eaching certificate. |
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| 1161 | | - | L. The terms of the contracts issued to those holding l ead and |
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| 1162 | | - | master teaching certificates shall include the following: |
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| 1163 | | - | 1. Lead: an additional ten (10) days to be used to strengthen |
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| 1164 | | - | instructional leadership. A person with a lead t eaching certificate |
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| 1165 | | - | shall receive an annual salary supplement of at least Thr ee Thousand |
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| 1166 | | - | Dollars ($3,000.00) or the district 's daily rate of pay, whichever |
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| 1167 | | - | is higher, in addition to the salary for which the teacher qualif ies |
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| 1168 | | - | pursuant to Section 18 -114.14 of this title; and |
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| 1169 | | - | 2. Master: an addit ional fifteen (15) days to be used to |
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| 1170 | | - | strengthen leadership. A person with a master teaching certifica te |
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| 1171 | | - | shall receive an annual sal ary supplement of at least Five Thousand |
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| 1172 | | - | Dollars ($5,000.00) or the district 's daily rate of pay, whichever |
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| 1173 | | - | is higher, in addition to the salary for which the te acher qualifies |
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| 1174 | | - | pursuant to Section 18-114.14 of this title. |
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| 1175 | | - | If a person with a lead or master teaching certificate changes |
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| 1176 | | - | school districts dur ing the life of the certificate, th e terms of |
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| 1177 | | - | the contracts required in th is subsection shall be subject to |
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| 1178 | | - | approval by the new employing school district. |
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| 1179 | | - | M. 1. Any person who is eligible for a lead or mas ter teaching |
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| 1180 | | - | certificate described in this sectio n shall make application for the |
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| 1181 | | - | following school year with the State Boar d of Education. The |
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| 1182 | | - | application shall include a recommendation from the local school |
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| 1183 | | - | district board of education and determination that the applicant has |
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| 1184 | | - | met the statutory criteria. In reviewing an application, the local |
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| 1213 | | - | additional requiremen ts described in subsections I and J of this |
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| 1214 | | - | section before making a rec ommendation to the State Board of |
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| 1215 | | - | Education. |
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| 1216 | | - | 2. The State Department of E ducation shall develop an |
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| 1217 | | - | application to implement the provisio ns of this subsection and make |
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| 1218 | | - | it available to school districts. |
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| 1219 | | - | N. Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, the Depart ment shall |
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| 1220 | | - | make the teaching certif icates provided for in this section |
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| 1221 | | - | available for any person who has received a recommendation from |
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| 1222 | | - | their local school district board of education and who meets the |
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| 1223 | | - | eligibility criteria. |
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| 1224 | | - | O. For the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years, the Department |
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| 1225 | | - | shall identify school districts to implemen t the teaching |
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| 1226 | | - | certificates provided f or in this section on a p ilot program basis |
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| 1227 | | - | with the assistance of public -private partnerships, funding from |
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| 1228 | | - | philanthropic organizations , or federal grants. |
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| 1229 | | - | P. The Department sha ll seek funding necessary for the |
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| 1230 | | - | administration of this section. If funding for the administration |
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| 1231 | | - | of the teaching certificates listed in subsection s I and J of this |
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| 1232 | | - | section is not available, the Department shall not be required to |
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| 1233 | | - | fulfill the requirements listed in sub sections L, M, N, and O of |
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| 1234 | | - | this section. |
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| 1261 | | - | Q. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules to |
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| 1265 | | - | SECTION 8. This act shall be come effective July 1, 2022. |
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| 1266 | | - | SECTION 9. It being immediately necessary for the preser vation |
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| 1315 | | - | BILL NO. 1535 By: Pugh of the Senate |
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| 1457 | | - | deductions, employment applications submitted by person s not hired |
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| 1458 | | - | by the public body, and transcripts from instit utions of higher |
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| 1459 | | - | education maintained in the personnel files of certif ied public |
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| 1460 | | - | school employees; provided, however, that nothing in this subsection |
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| 1461 | | - | shall be construed to exempt from disclosure th e degree obtained and |
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| 1462 | | - | the curriculum on the transcripts of certified public school |
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| 1463 | | - | employees. |
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| 1464 | | - | B. All personnel records not speci fically falling within the |
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| 1465 | | - | exceptions provided in subsection A or D of this section shall be |
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| 1466 | | - | available for public inspection an d copying including, but not |
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| 1467 | | - | limited to, records of: |
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| 1468 | | - | 1. An employment application of a person who becomes a public |
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| 1469 | | - | official; |
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| 1470 | | - | 2. The gross receipts of public funds; |
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| 1471 | | - | 3. The dates of employment, title or position; and |
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| 1472 | | - | 4. Any final disciplinary action resu lting in loss of pay, |
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| 1473 | | - | suspension, demotion of position, or termination. |
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| 1500 | | - | C. Except as may otherwise be made confidential by statu te, an |
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| 1501 | | - | employee of a public body shall have a r ight of access to his own |
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| 1502 | | - | personnel file. |
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| 1503 | | - | D. The home addresses, home telephone numbers, Social Security |
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| 1504 | | - | numbers, private email addresses, and private mobile phone numb ers |
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| 1505 | | - | of current and former public employe es shall not be open to public |
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| 1506 | | - | inspection or disclosure; provided, however, that not hing in this |
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| 1507 | | - | subsection shall be construed to exempt from disclosure public |
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| 1508 | | - | records created using a pr ivate email address or private mobile |
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| 1509 | | - | phone. |
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| 1510 | | - | E. Except as otherwise r equired by Section 6-101.16 of Title 70 |
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| 1511 | | - | of the Oklahoma Statutes, public bodies shal l keep confidential all |
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| 1512 | | - | records created pursuant to the Oklahoma Teacher and Leader |
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| 1513 | | - | Effectiveness Evaluation System (TLE) which ide ntify a current or |
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| 1514 | | - | former public employee and contain any evaluation, observation or |
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| 1515 | | - | other TLE record of such employee. |
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| 1518 | | - | Section 5-141. A. Each school dist rict of this state shall |
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| 1519 | | - | adopt a minimum salary schedule and shall transmit a c opy of it to |
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| 1520 | | - | the State Board of Educat ion within thirty (30) days after adoption. |
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| 1521 | | - | A school district shall not calculate salaries of teachers solely as |
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| 1522 | | - | a proportion of the salar ies of the administrators of the district. |
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| 1549 | | - | B. Districts shall be encouraged to provide compensation |
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| 1550 | | - | schedules to reflect district policies and circumstances , including |
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| 1551 | | - | differential pay for different subject areas and s pecial incentives |
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| 1552 | | - | for teachers in districts with specific geographical attributes. |
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| 1553 | | - | Districts may also adopt a salar y schedule that provides additional |
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| 1554 | | - | compensation for achieving certain ratings un der the Oklahoma |
|---|
| 1555 | | - | Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluatio n System (TLE) as set |
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| 1556 | | - | forth in Section 6 of this act. Any salary schedule adopted by a |
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| 1557 | | - | district pursuant to this se ction shall not set salaries at amount s |
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| 1558 | | - | less than those set pursuant to Section 18-114.12 18-114.14 of this |
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| 1559 | | - | title. |
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| 1560 | | - | C. The State Department of Education shall compile a report o f |
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| 1561 | | - | the minimum salary schedules fo r every school district in the state |
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| 1562 | | - | and shall submit the report to the Governor, Speaker of the House of |
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| 1563 | | - | Representatives, and President Pro Tempore of the Senate no later |
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| 1564 | | - | than December 15 of each year. |
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| 1565 | | - | D. Each school district shall file within fifteen (1 5) days of |
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| 1566 | | - | signing the contract, the employmen t contract of the superintendent |
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| 1567 | | - | of the school district with the State Department of Education. The |
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| 1568 | | - | Department shall keep all contracts ava ilable for inspection by the |
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| 1569 | | - | public. The school district shall not be authorized to pay any |
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| 1570 | | - | salary, benefits, or other compensation to a superintendent w hich |
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| 1571 | | - | are not specified in the contract on f ile and shall not pay |
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| 1572 | | - | administrators any amounts for accumu lated sick leave that are not |
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| 1599 | | - | calculated on the same formula used for determining payment for |
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| 1600 | | - | accumulated sick leave benefits for other full -time employees of |
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| 1601 | | - | that school district and shall not pay administrators any amounts |
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| 1602 | | - | for accumulated vacation leave benefits that are not calculated on |
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| 1603 | | - | the same formula used for determin ing payment for accumulated |
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| 1604 | | - | vacation leave benefits for other twelve -month full-time employees |
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| 1605 | | - | of that school district. |
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| 1606 | | - | E. By October 1 of each year each district board of education |
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| 1607 | | - | shall prepare a schedule of salaries and fringe benefits paid |
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| 1608 | | - | administrators employed by the district, including a description of |
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| 1609 | | - | the fringe benefits. The s chedule shall be a public record and |
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| 1610 | | - | shall be disclosed as required by the Oklahoma Open Records Act. |
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| 1611 | | - | The board shall file a copy of the s chedule with the State |
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| 1612 | | - | Department of Education within one week of completion. |
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| 1613 | | - | F. For purposes of this section the te rm “administrator” shall |
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| 1614 | | - | include employees who are employed and certified as superintendents, |
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| 1615 | | - | assistant superintendents, principals, and as sistant principals and |
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| 1616 | | - | who have responsibilities for supervising classroom teac hers. |
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| 1619 | | - | Section 5-141.2. A. In addition to incentive pay plans |
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| 1620 | | - | authorized pursuant to Section 4 of t his act, the The State Board of |
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| 1621 | | - | Education shall develop not fewer than five differen t model |
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| 1622 | | - | incentive pay plans and shall distr ibute information abo ut each plan |
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| 1649 | | - | to every school district board of education. No plan develope d by |
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| 1650 | | - | the Board or implemented by a school district board of education |
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| 1651 | | - | shall permit payment in any one (1) year of inc entives to any one |
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| 1652 | | - | teacher amounting to mor e than fifty percent (50%) of the regular |
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| 1653 | | - | salary of the teacher, exclusive of fringe benefits or extra duty |
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| 1654 | | - | pay. Any incentive p ay award shall be an annual award and shall no t |
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| 1655 | | - | be a part of a continuing contract of a teacher. Any incentive pay |
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| 1656 | | - | awards received shall be exclude d from the compensation of a teacher |
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| 1657 | | - | for purposes of calculating retirement pursuant to the Teachers ’ |
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| 1658 | | - | Retirement System of Oklahoma and shall not be subje ct to taxes |
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| 1659 | | - | levied by the Federal Insu rance Contributions Act (F.I.C.A.), to the |
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| 1660 | | - | extent an exemption is provided by federal law. |
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| 1661 | | - | B. A school district board of education may ado pt an |
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| 1662 | | - | academically based, distric t incentive pay plan for the classroom |
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| 1663 | | - | teachers in the district. The district may a dopt any incentive pay |
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| 1664 | | - | plan consistent with the requirements of this section, which may |
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| 1665 | | - | include any incentive pay plan developed by the Sta te Board of |
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| 1666 | | - | Education pursuant to this section. The school district board of |
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| 1667 | | - | education shall appoint an advisory com mittee consisting of |
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| 1668 | | - | teachers, parents, bus iness persons or farm ers, and other local |
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| 1669 | | - | citizens to advise the board in formulating an incenti ve pay plan. |
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| 1670 | | - | Prior to the adoption of a plan, the board of education shall pla ce |
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| 1671 | | - | the plan on the school board agenda for public comment and shall |
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| 1672 | | - | submit the plan to the State Board of Education for final approval |
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| 1699 | | - | on or before March 1 prior to implementati on of the plan during the |
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| 1700 | | - | succeeding school year. The board of education shall comply with |
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| 1701 | | - | the provisions of this su bsection for any year a plan is to be |
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| 1702 | | - | modified. |
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| 1703 | | - | C. A school district shall be required to adopt and i mplement |
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| 1704 | | - | an academically based, distr ict incentive pay plan for any sc hool |
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| 1705 | | - | year following the receipt by the school district board of |
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| 1706 | | - | education, of a peti tion signed by twenty percent (20%) of the |
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| 1707 | | - | classroom teachers emp loyed in the district which calls for the |
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| 1708 | | - | adoption of an incentive pay pla n for the district. |
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| 1709 | | - | D. Student test scores shall not be the sole criterion for |
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| 1710 | | - | allocation of incentive pay under any plan developed or approved by |
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| 1711 | | - | the Board. |
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| 1712 | | - | E. For the purposes of this section only, “classroom teacher” |
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| 1713 | | - | shall mean any employee who holds certification and assignment |
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| 1714 | | - | outside the classification of administrator. |
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| 1715 | | - | F. The State Board of Education shall prom ulgate rules |
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| 1716 | | - | necessary for the effective im plementation and admin istration of |
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| 1717 | | - | this section. |
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| 1718 | | - | G. Each school district board of education sha ll provide for a |
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| 1719 | | - | local evaluation committee which shall advise the board on whi ch |
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| 1720 | | - | teachers are to receive incentive p ay awards and the amount of each |
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| 1721 | | - | incentive pay award according to the plan. |
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| 1749 | | - | supplementing any monies appropriated t o the district for the |
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| 1750 | | - | purposes of funding the incentive pay plan of the district with |
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| 1751 | | - | monies from the general fund for the district. |
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| 1754 | | - | Section 5-141.4. A. 1. In addition to incentive pay pl ans |
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| 1755 | | - | authorized pursuant to Section 5 -141.2 of this title, beginning with |
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| 1756 | | - | the 2012-13 school year, a school district may implement an |
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| 1757 | | - | incentive pay plan that rewards teachers who are increasing student |
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| 1759 | | - | 2. Teacher performan ce shall be measured using the Oklahoma |
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| 1760 | | - | Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluatio n System (TLE) as set |
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| 1761 | | - | forth in Section 6-101.16 of this title. |
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| 1762 | | - | 3. Individual teacher incentive pay awards shall be based upon: |
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| 1763 | | - | a. achieving either a “superior” or “highly effective” |
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| 1764 | | - | rating under the TLE, and |
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| 1765 | | - | b. grade level, subject area, or school level p erformance |
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| 1766 | | - | success. |
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| 1767 | | - | B. 1. Beginning with the 2012 -13 school year, a school |
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| 1768 | | - | district may implement an incentive pay plan as auth orized pursuant |
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| 1769 | | - | to this section. |
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| 1797 | | - | assistant principal or any other school administrator who is |
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| 1798 | | - | responsible for supervising classroom teachers. |
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| 1799 | | - | 3. School leader effectiveness shall be measured us ing the |
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| 1800 | | - | Oklahoma Teacher and Leader Effective ness Evaluation System (TLE) as |
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| 1801 | | - | set forth in Section 6-101.16 of this title. |
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| 1802 | | - | 4. Individual school leader incentive pay awards shall be bas ed |
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| 1803 | | - | upon: |
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| 1804 | | - | a. achieving either a “superior” or “highly effective” |
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| 1805 | | - | rating under the TLE, and |
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| 1806 | | - | b. grade level, subject are a, or school level performance |
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| 1807 | | - | success. |
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| 1808 | | - | C. Incentive pay plans implemented pursua nt to subsections A |
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| 1809 | | - | and B of this section shall be develo ped through a collaborative |
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| 1810 | | - | planning process involving stakeholders, inc luding teachers and |
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| 1811 | | - | school leaders. |
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| 1812 | | - | D. In addition to individual teacher and leader incentive pay |
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| 1813 | | - | plans, as authorized pursuan t to this section, School districts may |
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| 1814 | | - | develop and implement incentive pay systems for: |
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| 1815 | | - | 1. Teaching in critical shortage subjec t areas including, but |
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| 1816 | | - | not limited to, foreign language; |
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| 1817 | | - | 2. Teachers and leaders wh o work in schools identified as in |
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| 1818 | | - | need of improvement as determined by the State Board of Education; |
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| 1846 | | - | technology, Engineering engineering, and Math mathematics (STEM); or |
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| 1847 | | - | 4. Teachers and lea ders who work in schools or school district s |
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| 1849 | | - | purposes of this section, “leader” means a principal, assista nt |
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| 1850 | | - | principal, or any other school administrat or who is responsible for |
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| 1851 | | - | supervising classroom teachers. |
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| 1852 | | - | E. B. 1. Prior to implementation of any incen tive pay plan |
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| 1853 | | - | developed pursuant to this section, the school district bo ard of |
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| 1854 | | - | education shall place the p lan on the agenda for public comment at a |
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| 1855 | | - | meeting of the district board of education . |
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| 1856 | | - | 2. After approval of the incentive pay p lan, the school |
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| 1857 | | - | district board of education shall submit th e plan to the State Board |
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| 1858 | | - | of Education for final approval. Within six ty (60) days of receipt |
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| 1859 | | - | of the plan, the Stat e Board shall review and approve or rej ect the |
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| 1860 | | - | plan. If it is determined that the plan meets the require ments of |
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| 1861 | | - | this section, the State Boa rd shall approve the plan. If the p lan |
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| 1862 | | - | does not meet the requirements of this section, the State Board |
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| 1863 | | - | shall reject the plan and provide written notifica tion to the school |
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| 1864 | | - | district board of educat ion along with the grou nds for rejection. |
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| 1865 | | - | 3. The district board of education shall comply with the |
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| 1866 | | - | provisions of this subsection for any year a plan is to be modified. |
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| 1867 | | - | F. C. Any incentive pay award shall be an a nnual award and |
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| 1868 | | - | shall not be a part of a co ntinuing contract for an e mployee. Any |
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| 1895 | | - | incentive pay award to any teacher or leader shall not exceed more |
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| 1896 | | - | than fifty percent (50 %) of the regular salary of the teacher or |
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| 1897 | | - | leader, exclusive of fringe benefits or e xtra duty pay. Any |
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| 1898 | | - | incentive pay awards re ceived shall be excluded f rom compensation |
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| 1899 | | - | for purposes of calculating retirement pursuant to t he Teachers’ |
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| 1900 | | - | Retirement System of Oklahoma and shall not be subject to taxes |
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| 1901 | | - | levied by the Federal Insurance Contribut ions Act (F.I.C.A.), to the |
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| 1902 | | - | extent such exemption is provided by fede ral law. |
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| 1903 | | - | SECTION 14. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021 , Section 6-101.3, is |
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| 1904 | | - | amended to read as follows: |
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| 1905 | | - | Section 6-101.3. As used in Section 6-101 et seq. of this |
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| 1906 | | - | title: |
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| 1907 | | - | 1. “Administrator” means a duly certified pe rson who devotes a |
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| 1908 | | - | majority of time to service as a superin tendent, elementary |
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| 1909 | | - | superintendent, principal, supervisor, vice princi pal, or in any |
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| 1910 | | - | other administrative or superv isory capacity in the school district; |
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| 1911 | | - | 2. “Dismissal” means the discontinuance of the teaching service |
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| 1912 | | - | of an administrator or teacher during the term of a written |
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| 1913 | | - | contract, as provided by law; |
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| 1914 | | - | 3. “Nonreemployment” means the nonrenewal of the contract of an |
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| 1915 | | - | administrator or teacher upon expira tion of the contract; |
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| 1916 | | - | 4. “Career teacher” means a teacher who: |
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| 1917 | | - | a. is employed by a school district pr ior to the 2017- |
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| 1918 | | - | 2018 school year and has completed three (3) or more |
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| 1949 | | - | under a written continuing or tempor ary teaching |
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| 1950 | | - | contract during the 2 017-2018 school year and |
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| 1951 | | - | thereafter: |
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| 1952 | | - | (1) has completed three (3) consecutive complet e |
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| 1953 | | - | school years as a teacher in one school d istrict |
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| 1954 | | - | under a written continuing or temporary teaching |
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| 1955 | | - | contract and has achieved a district e valuation |
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| 1956 | | - | rating of “superior” as measured pursuant to the |
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| 1957 | | - | TLE as set forth in Section 6-101.16 of this |
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| 1958 | | - | title for at least two (2) of the three (3) |
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| 1959 | | - | school years, |
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| 1960 | | - | (2) has completed four (4) consecutive complete |
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| 1961 | | - | school years as a teacher in one school distri ct |
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| 1962 | | - | under a written continuing or t emporary teaching |
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| 1963 | | - | contract, has averaged a di strict evaluation |
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| 1964 | | - | rating of at least “effective” as measured |
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| 1965 | | - | pursuant to the TLE f or the four-year period, and |
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| 1966 | | - | has received district evaluati on ratings of at |
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| 1967 | | - | least “effective” for the last two (2) years of |
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| 1968 | | - | the four-year period, or |
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| 1997 | | - | under a written continuing or temporary teaching |
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| 1998 | | - | contract and has not met the requirements of |
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| 1999 | | - | subparagraph a or b of this paragraph, only if |
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| 2000 | | - | the principal of the school at which the teacher |
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| 2001 | | - | is employed submits a petition to the |
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| 2002 | | - | superintendent of the school district reque sting |
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| 2003 | | - | that the teacher be granted career status, the |
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| 2004 | | - | superintendent agrees with the petition, a nd the |
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| 2005 | | - | school district board of ed ucation approves the |
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| 2006 | | - | petition. The principal shall specify in the |
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| 2007 | | - | petition the underlying facts supporting the |
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| 2008 | | - | granting of career status to the teacher ; |
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| 2009 | | - | 5. “Teacher hearing” means the hearing before a school district |
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| 2010 | | - | board of education after a recommenda tion for dismissal or |
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| 2011 | | - | nonreemployment of a te acher has been made but before any fina l |
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| 2012 | | - | action is taken on the recommendation, he ld for the purpose of |
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| 2013 | | - | affording the teacher all rights guar anteed by the United States |
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| 2014 | | - | Constitution and the Constitution of Oklah oma under circumstances |
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| 2015 | | - | and for enabling the board to determine whether to approve o r |
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| 2016 | | - | disapprove the recommendation; |
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| 2017 | | - | 6. “Probationary teacher” means a teacher who: |
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| 2046 | | - | (3) consecutive complete schoo l years as a teacher in |
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| 2047 | | - | one school district under a written teaching contract , |
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| 2048 | | - | or |
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| 2049 | | - | b. is employed for the first time by a school district |
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| 2050 | | - | under a written teaching contract during the 2017-2018 |
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| 2051 | | - | school year and thereafter and has not met the |
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| 2052 | | - | requirements for career teacher as provided in |
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| 2053 | | - | paragraph 4 of this section; |
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| 2054 | | - | 7. “Suspension” or “suspended” means the temporary |
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| 2055 | | - | discontinuance of the services of an administrator or teacher, as |
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| 2056 | | - | provided by law; and |
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| 2057 | | - | 8. “Teacher” means a person defined as a teacher has the same |
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| 2058 | | - | meaning as provided for in Section 1-116 of this title; and |
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| 2059 | | - | 9. “District evaluation rating” means the rating issued based |
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| 2060 | | - | on the components of the TLE as set forth in subs ection B of Section |
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| 2061 | | - | 6-101.16 of this title. |
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| 2062 | | - | SECTION 15. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 20 21, Section 6-101.10, |
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| 2063 | | - | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 2064 | | - | Section 6-101.10. A. Each school district board of education |
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| 2065 | | - | shall may maintain and annually review , following consultation with |
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| 2066 | | - | or involvement of representatives selected by local teachers, a |
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| 2067 | | - | written policy of evalua tion and corresponding professional |
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| 2094 | | - | development for all teachers and administrators. In those school |
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| 2095 | | - | districts in which there exists a pr ofessional negotiations |
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| 2096 | | - | agreement made in accordance with Section 509.1 et seq. of this |
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| 2097 | | - | title, the procedure for evalu ating members of the negotiations unit |
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| 2098 | | - | and any standards of performance and conduct proposed for adopt ion |
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| 2099 | | - | beyond those established by the State Board of Education shall be |
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| 2100 | | - | negotiable items. Nothing in this section shall be construed to |
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| 2101 | | - | annul, modify, or to preclude the renewal or continuing of any |
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| 2102 | | - | existing agreement heretofore entered into between any sch ool |
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| 2103 | | - | district and any organizational representative of its employees. |
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| 2104 | | - | Every A school district policy of evaluation adopted by a board of |
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| 2105 | | - | education shall may: |
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| 2106 | | - | 1. Be based upon a set of minimum crit eria developed by the |
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| 2107 | | - | State Board of Education, which shall be revised and based upon the |
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| 2108 | | - | Oklahoma Teacher and Leader Effectivene ss Evaluation System (TLE) |
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| 2109 | | - | developed by the State Board of Education as provided in Section 6- |
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| 2110 | | - | 101.16 of this title. The revisi ons to each policy of evaluation |
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| 2111 | | - | shall be phased in accordi ng to the following schedule: |
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| 2112 | | - | a. for the 2014-2015, 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 school |
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| 2113 | | - | years, the evaluation rating of teachers and |
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| 2114 | | - | administrators shall be ba sed on the qualitative |
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| 2115 | | - | component of the TLE . For the 2016-2017 school year, |
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| 2116 | | - | the State Department of E ducation shall work with |
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| 2117 | | - | school districts to develop individualized pr ograms of |
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| 2144 | | - | professional development as describ ed in subsection B |
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| 2145 | | - | of this section. Ho wever, nothing in this |
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| 2146 | | - | subparagraph shall p reclude a school district with an |
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| 2147 | | - | average daily attendance of more than thirty-five |
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| 2148 | | - | thousand (35,000) from continuing to use quan titative |
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| 2149 | | - | components which the district has in corporated at its |
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| 2150 | | - | own expense prior to the 2015-2016 school year into |
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| 2151 | | - | its evaluation system of teachers and administrators, |
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| 2152 | | - | as defined by the district’s written policy, |
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| 2153 | | - | b. for evaluations of teachers and adminis trators |
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| 2154 | | - | conducted during the 2017-2018 school year, and each |
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| 2155 | | - | school year thereafter, school districts shall |
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| 2156 | | - | incorporate and put into operation the qualitative |
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| 2157 | | - | component of the TLE as pro vided for in subsection B |
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| 2158 | | - | of Section 6-101.16 of this title into the e valuations |
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| 2159 | | - | used in all school sites within th e district. For the |
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| 2160 | | - | 2017-2018 school year, and each school year |
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| 2161 | | - | thereafter, teachers and administrators shall receive |
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| 2162 | | - | a district evaluation rating based on the components |
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| 2163 | | - | of the TLE as set forth in subsection B of Section 6- |
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| 2164 | | - | 101.16 of this title. For the 2017-2018 school year, |
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| 2165 | | - | school districts shall incorporate the individualized |
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| 2166 | | - | programs of professional development as described in |
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| 2195 | | - | c. for evaluations of teachers and administrators |
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| 2196 | | - | conducted during the 2018-2019 school year, and each |
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| 2197 | | - | school year thereafter, school districts shall fully |
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| 2198 | | - | incorporate and put into operation the individualize d |
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| 2199 | | - | programs of professional developme nt as described in |
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| 2200 | | - | subsection B of this section school district board of |
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| 2201 | | - | education; |
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| 2202 | | - | 2. Be prescribed in writing at th e time of adoption and at all |
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| 2203 | | - | times when amendments to the policy are adopted. The original |
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| 2204 | | - | policy and all amendments to the policy shall be promptly made |
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| 2205 | | - | available to all persons subject to the policy; |
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| 2206 | | - | 3. Provide that all evaluations be made in writing and that |
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| 2207 | | - | evaluation documents and responses thereto be maintained in a |
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| 2208 | | - | personnel file for each evaluat ed person; |
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| 2209 | | - | 4. Provide that every pr obationary teacher receive formati ve |
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| 2210 | | - | feedback from the evaluation process at le ast two times per school |
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| 2211 | | - | year, once during the fall semester and once during the s pring |
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| 2212 | | - | semester; |
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| 2213 | | - | 5. Provide for the development of a focuse d and individualized |
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| 2214 | | - | program of professional development for the teach er or |
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| 2215 | | - | administrator; |
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| 2243 | | - | except for career teachers receiving a distri ct evaluation rating of |
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| 2244 | | - | “superior” or “highly effective” under the TLE who may be evaluated |
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| 2245 | | - | once every three (3) years for the frequency of evaluation of |
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| 2246 | | - | teachers and administrators; and |
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| 2247 | | - | 6. 7. Provide that, except for the evaluation of |
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| 2248 | | - | superintendents of independent and elementary school districts and |
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| 2249 | | - | superintendents of area school districts who shall be evaluated by |
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| 2250 | | - | the school district board of education, all and the evaluation of |
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| 2251 | | - | certified personnel shall be evaluated by a principal, assistant |
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| 2252 | | - | principal, designee of the principal, supervisor, content expert, |
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| 2253 | | - | department chair, peer committee , or other trained persons or groups |
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| 2254 | | - | of persons designated by the school district boar d of education. |
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| 2255 | | - | B. 1. Every policy of professional development adopted by a |
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| 2256 | | - | school district board of education shall provide for the develo pment |
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| 2257 | | - | of a focused and individualize d program of professional developm ent |
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| 2258 | | - | for the teacher or administrator that is consistent with the |
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| 2261 | | - | a. establish an annual professional grow th goal for the |
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| 2262 | | - | teacher or administr ator that is developed by the |
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| 2263 | | - | teacher or administrator in collaboration with th e |
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| 2264 | | - | evaluator, |
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| 2291 | | - | b. be tailored to addre ss a specific area or criteria |
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| 2292 | | - | identified through the qualitative component of the |
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| 2293 | | - | TLE, |
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| 2294 | | - | c. allow the teacher or administrator to actively eng age |
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| 2295 | | - | with learning practices that a re evidence-based, |
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| 2296 | | - | researched practices that are correlated with |
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| 2297 | | - | increased student achievement, and |
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| 2299 | | - | and supplied by the school dist rict and the State |
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| 2300 | | - | Department of Education. |
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| 2301 | | - | 2. School districts shall monitor compliance with each |
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| 2302 | | - | individualized program of professional development implemented |
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| 2303 | | - | pursuant to this subsection. All professional development completed |
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| 2304 | | - | pursuant to an individua lized program of professional develo pment |
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| 2305 | | - | shall count toward the total number of points a teacher or |
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| 2306 | | - | administrator is required to complete as establish ed by a school |
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| 2307 | | - | district board of education pur suant to Section 6-194 of this title. |
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| 2308 | | - | The implementation o f the individualized program of prof essional |
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| 2309 | | - | development required by t his subsection shall not be construed as |
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| 2310 | | - | increasing the professional development points requirements. |
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| 2311 | | - | 3. Individualized progra ms of professional development required |
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| 2312 | | - | by this subsection may include but are not limited to t he following |
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| 2313 | | - | learning practices: |
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| 2314 | | - | a. presenter-led workshops, |
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| 2341 | | - | b. individual or faculty studies of books, scholarly |
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| 2342 | | - | articles and video productions, |
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| 2343 | | - | c. peer observations, |
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| 2344 | | - | d. committee studies to address student achievement |
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| 2345 | | - | issues, |
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| 2346 | | - | e. work related to a specifi c subject area or areas |
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| 2347 | | - | associated with obtaining an advanced degree or |
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| 2348 | | - | professional certification, |
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| 2349 | | - | f. action research projects designed to improve student |
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| 2350 | | - | achievement, and |
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| 2351 | | - | g. participation in local, regional or state in itiatives |
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| 2352 | | - | associated with the develo pment or implementation of |
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| 2353 | | - | curriculum standards. |
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| 2354 | | - | C. All individuals designated by the school district board of |
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| 2355 | | - | education to conduct the personnel evaluations sh all be required to |
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| 2356 | | - | participate in training conducted by the State Department of |
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| 2357 | | - | Education or training provided by the school dist rict using |
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| 2358 | | - | guidelines and materials developed by the State Department of |
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| 2359 | | - | Education prior to conducting evaluations. |
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| 2360 | | - | D. The State Department of Education shall may develop and |
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| 2361 | | - | conduct workshops pursuant to statewide criter ia which train |
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| 2362 | | - | individuals in conducting evaluations. |
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| 2363 | | - | E. The State Board of Ed ucation shall monitor compliance with |
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| 2364 | | - | the provisions of this section by school dis tricts. |
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| 2365 | | - | |
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| 2391 | | - | F. The State Board of Education shall study contin ued |
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| 2392 | | - | implementation of the TLE to pro duce a system that promotes |
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| 2393 | | - | reflection and professional growth for teachers and leaders. |
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| 2394 | | - | G. Refusal by a school distr ict to comply with the provisions |
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| 2395 | | - | of this section shall be grounds for withholding State Aid funds |
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| 2396 | | - | until compliance occurs. |
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| 2397 | | - | H. C. Data collected pursuant to this section pursuant to a |
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| 2398 | | - | school district’s evaluation policy shall not be subject to the |
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| 2399 | | - | Oklahoma Open Meeting Act or the Oklahoma Open Rec ords Act. |
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| 2400 | | - | SECTION 16. AMENDATORY 7 0 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -101.11, |
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| 2402 | | - | Section 6-101.11. Whenever any evaluation is made of a teacher |
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| 2403 | | - | or administrator pursuant to the provisions of Section 6 -101.10 of |
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| 2404 | | - | this title, a true copy of the evaluation shall be presented to the |
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| 2405 | | - | person evaluated, who shall ack nowledge the written evaluation by |
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| 2406 | | - | signing the original. Within two (2) weeks after the evaluation, |
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| 2407 | | - | the person evaluated may respond and said response shall be made |
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| 2408 | | - | part of the record. Except by order of a court of com petent |
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| 2409 | | - | jurisdiction, evaluation docu ments and the responses thereto sh all |
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| 2410 | | - | be available only to the evaluated person , the board of education, |
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| 2411 | | - | the administrative staff making the evaluation, the boar d and |
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| 2412 | | - | administrative staff of any school to which such eval uated person |
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| 2413 | | - | applies for employment , and such other persons as are spe cified by |
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| 2414 | | - | the teacher in writing and shall be subject to disclosure at any |
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| 2441 | | - | hearing involving a teacher or administrator ’s dismissal or |
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| 2442 | | - | nonrenewal from employment. Data collected pursuan t to Section 6- |
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| 2443 | | - | 101.10 shall be avail able to authorized representatives of the State |
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| 2444 | | - | Department of Education and its contracting designees who must be |
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| 2445 | | - | contractually bound to the Department to mainta in confidentiality of |
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| 2446 | | - | all information received from the Dep artment when such evaluation |
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| 2447 | | - | data is used by the Department for data c ollection/analysis purposes |
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| 2448 | | - | under the Oklahoma Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Eval uation |
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| 2449 | | - | System, and such other persons as ar e specified by the teacher in |
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| 2450 | | - | writing and shall be subject to disclosure at any hearing involvi ng |
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| 2451 | | - | a teacher or administrator ’s dismissal or nonrenewal from |
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| 2452 | | - | employment. |
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| 2453 | | - | SECTION 17. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -101.13, |
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| 2454 | | - | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 2455 | | - | Section 6-101.13. A. Whenever the school district board of |
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| 2456 | | - | education or the administration of a school d istrict shall determine |
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| 2457 | | - | that the dismissal or nonreemployment of a full -time certified |
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| 2458 | | - | administrator from the administrative po sition within the school |
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| 2459 | | - | district should be effected, the a dministrator shall be entitled to |
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| 2460 | | - | the following due process procedures : |
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| 2461 | | - | 1. A statement shall be submitted to the a dministrator in |
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| 2462 | | - | writing prior to the dismissal or nonreemployment which states the |
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| 2463 | | - | proposed action, lists the reasons for effecting the actio n, and |
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| 2490 | | - | notifies the administrator of his or her right to a hearing bef ore |
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| 2491 | | - | the school district board of education pr ior to the action; and |
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| 2492 | | - | 2. A hearing before the school district board of education |
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| 2493 | | - | shall be granted upon the request of the administrator pri or to the |
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| 2494 | | - | dismissal or nonreemployme nt. A request for a hearing shall be |
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| 2495 | | - | submitted to the board of education not l ater than ten (10) days |
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| 2496 | | - | after the administrator has been notified of the proposed action. |
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| 2497 | | - | B. Failure of the administrator to request a heari ng before the |
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| 2498 | | - | school district board of education within ten (10) days after |
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| 2499 | | - | receiving the written statement shall c onstitute a waiver of the |
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| 2500 | | - | right to a hearing. No decision of the board of educati on |
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| 2501 | | - | concerning the dismissal or nonreemployment of a full -time certified |
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| 2502 | | - | administrator shall be effective until the administrator has been |
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| 2503 | | - | afforded due process as specified in this section. The decisio n of |
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| 2504 | | - | the school district board of education concerning the dismissal or |
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| 2505 | | - | nonreemployment, following the hearing, sh all be final. |
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| 2506 | | - | C. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year and thereaf ter, a |
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| 2507 | | - | principal who has received district ev aluation ratings of |
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| 2508 | | - | “ineffective” as measured pursuant to the TLE as set forth in |
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| 2509 | | - | Section 6-101.16 of this title for two (2) consecutive scho ol years |
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| 2510 | | - | may be dismissed or not ree mployed by the school district, su bject |
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| 2511 | | - | to the due process procedures of this s ection. |
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| 2512 | | - | SECTION 18. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -101.22, |
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| 2513 | | - | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 2540 | | - | Section 6-101.22. A. Subject to the provisions of the Te acher |
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| 2541 | | - | Due Process Act of 1990, a c areer teacher may be dismissed or not |
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| 2542 | | - | reemployed for: |
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| 2543 | | - | 1. Willful neglect of duty; |
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| 2544 | | - | 2. Repeated negligence in performance of duty; |
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| 2545 | | - | 3. Mental or physical abuse to a child; |
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| 2546 | | - | 4. Incompetency; |
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| 2547 | | - | 5. Instructional ineffectivenes s; |
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| 2548 | | - | 6. Unsatisfactory teaching per formance; |
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| 2549 | | - | 7. Commission of an act of moral t urpitude; or |
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| 2550 | | - | 8. Abandonment of contrac t. |
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| 2551 | | - | B. Subject to the provisions of the T eacher Due Process Act of |
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| 2552 | | - | 1990, a probationary teacher may be dismissed or not reemployed for |
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| 2553 | | - | cause. |
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| 2554 | | - | C. During the 2017-2018 school year and thereafter: |
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| 2555 | | - | 1. A career teacher w ho has received a district evaluation |
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| 2556 | | - | rating of “ineffective” for two (2) consecutive school years shall |
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| 2557 | | - | be dismissed or not reemployed on th e grounds of instructional |
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| 2558 | | - | ineffectiveness by the school district, sub ject to the provisions of |
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| 2559 | | - | the Teacher Due Process Act of 1990. However, the superin tendent |
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| 2560 | | - | may recommend and the school dist rict board of education may approve |
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| 2561 | | - | continued employment of t he teacher; and |
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| 2562 | | - | 2. A career teacher who has received a district evalu ation |
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| 2563 | | - | rating of “needs improvement” or lower for three (3) consecutive |
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| 2590 | | - | school years may be dismissed or not reemployed on the grounds of |
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| 2591 | | - | instructional ineffectiveness by the school distr ict, subject to the |
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| 2592 | | - | provisions of the Teacher Due Process Act of 1990. |
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| 2593 | | - | D. During the 2017-2018 school year and the reafter: |
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| 2594 | | - | 1. A probationary teacher who has received a district |
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| 2595 | | - | evaluation rating of “ineffective” as measured pursuant to the TLE |
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| 2596 | | - | for two (2) consecutive school years may be di smissed or not |
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| 2597 | | - | reemployed by the school district subject to the provisions of t he |
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| 2598 | | - | Teacher Due Process Act of 1990; and |
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| 2599 | | - | 2. A probationary teacher who has not a ttained career teacher |
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| 2600 | | - | status within a four -year period may be dismissed or not reemployed |
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| 2601 | | - | by the school district, subject to the p rovisions of the Teacher Due |
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| 2602 | | - | Process Act of 1990. |
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| 2603 | | - | E. A teacher shall be dismissed o r not reemployed, unless a |
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| 2604 | | - | presidential or gubernatorial pardon has been issued, if during the |
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| 2605 | | - | term of employment the teacher is convicted in this state, the |
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| 2606 | | - | United States, or another state of: |
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| 2607 | | - | 1. Any sex offense sub ject to the Sex Offenders Registration |
|---|
| 2608 | | - | Act in this state or subject to another st ate’s or the federal sex |
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| 2609 | | - | offender registration provisions; o r |
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| 2610 | | - | 2. Any felony offense. |
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| 2611 | | - | F. D. A teacher may be dismissed, refused e mployment, or not |
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| 2612 | | - | reemployed after a finding that such person has engaged in acts th at |
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| 2613 | | - | could form the basis of criminal charges sufficient to result in the |
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| 2640 | | - | denial or revocation of a cert ificate for a reason set forth in |
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| 2641 | | - | subparagraph a of paragraph 6 of Sec tion 3-104 of this title. |
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| 2642 | | - | G. E. As used in this section, “abandonment of contract ” means |
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| 2643 | | - | the failure of a teacher to report at the beginning of the contract |
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| 2644 | | - | term or otherwise perform th e duties of a contract of employment |
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| 2645 | | - | when the teacher has accepted oth er employment or is performing work |
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| 2646 | | - | for another employer that prevents the teacher f rom fulfilling the |
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| 2647 | | - | obligations of the contr act of employment. |
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| 2648 | | - | H. F. A school district shall notify th e State Board of |
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| 2649 | | - | Education within ten (10) days of the dismissal or no nreemployment |
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| 2650 | | - | of a probationary or career tea cher for reasons outlined in |
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| 2651 | | - | subsection F D of this section. |
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| 2652 | | - | SECTION 19. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -101.23, |
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| 2653 | | - | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 2654 | | - | Section 6-101.23. A. The dismissal, s uspension, and |
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| 2655 | | - | nonreemployment provisions of the Teacher Due Process Act of 1990 |
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| 2656 | | - | shall not apply to: |
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| 2657 | | - | 1. Substitute teachers; |
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| 2658 | | - | 2. Adult education teachers; and |
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| 2659 | | - | 3. Teachers who are emplo yed on temporary contracts. |
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| 2660 | | - | B. The dismissal and suspension provision s of the Teacher Due |
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