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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 16, 2022
AS AMENDED
SENATE BILL NO. 1631 By: Pugh
[ teachers - mentor teacher training program - pilot
program - codification - effective date -
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 3-116.6 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Commission for Education al Quality and Accountability
shall establish a two-year pilot program for mentor teacher training
with the goal of retaining teachers in this state . For the purposes
of this section, “mentor teacher” shall have the same meaning as
provided for in Section 6-182 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. The pilot program sh all provide mentor teachers , who have
taught for at least five (5) years , with coaching tools to guide,
support, and assist teachers who have been employed by a publ ic
school district in this state for one year in the areas of classroom
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management, curriculum, differentiation of instruction , and other
pedagogical techniques. The goal of the pilot program shall be to
provide training to one mentor teacher from each school district in
this state over the two-year period.
C. Subject to the availability of funds, mentor teachers who
complete the training pilot program created by this section shall be
provided a one-time stipend of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00).
D. The Commission shall a dminister an introductory survey and
an exit survey to teachers placed under the mentorship of a mentor
teacher who completed the training pilot program created by this
section. The Commission shall cr eate a standardized survey form to
measure a teacher’s mentorship experience.
E. By July 1, 2026, the Commission shall submit a report to the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the Hou se of
Representatives, and the c hairs of the education committees in the
Senate and House of Representatives . The report shall include but
not be limited to aggregate data from the surveys administered
pursuant to subsection D of thi s section and recommendations
regarding continuation o r expansion of the pilot program.
F. The Commission shall promulgate rules to implement the
provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary fo r the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is he reby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval .
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
February 16, 2022 - DO PASS AS AMENDED