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ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 1630 By: Pugh of the Senate
and
Baker of the House
An Act relating to teachers; directing public s chool
districts to conduct exit interview s with certain
teachers; directing exit interviews to include
certain form; providing for contents of form;
directing aggregate data to be submitted to the State
Department of Education and the Office of Educational
Quality and Accountability; providing fo r use of
data; providing for codification; providing an
effective date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-101.33 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Each public school district shall conduct an exit interview
with teachers who leave the district ’s employment due to dismissal,
nonreemployment, resignation, or retirement. The exit interview
shall include a standardized form created by the State Department of
Education that includes but is not limited to :
1. The reason for leaving the school district’s employment
including whether the individual is retiring, pursuing employment at
another school district, or leaving the teaching profession;
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2. Whether the teacher felt supported by school district
administrators, the school district board of education , and/or
parents and legal guardians of students enrolled in the di strict;
and
3. Recommendations for impro ving the climate of the school
district.
B. Data collected pursuant to subsection A of this section
shall be submitted in the aggregate to the State Department of
Education, which shall use the data to inform decisions regarding
professional development o ffered to teachers, and to the Office of
Educational Quality and Accountability, which shall share the data
with teacher education programs .
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 reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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Passed the Senate the 15th day of March, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
2022.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives