An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 1631 By: Pugh of the Senate
and
Vancuren of the House
An Act relating to teachers; directing the Comm ission
for Educational Quality and Accoun tability to
establish certain mentor teacher train ing program;
providing duration of pilot program; providing
definition; providing purpose and goal of pilot
program; directing certain stipend to be provided to
certain mentor teachers subject to availabili ty of
funding; requiring administration of certain surveys;
directing the Commission to submit certain report by
certain date; providing for contents of report;
providing for promulgation of rules; providing for
codification; providing an effective date; a nd
declaring an emergency.
SUBJECT: Mentor teacher training
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 Educational 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,
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support, and assist teachers who have been employed by a public
school district in this state for one year in the areas of classroom
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 eac h 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 administer 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 Represent atives. 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, heal th 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 22nd day of March, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representativ es the 26th day of April, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o' clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklah oma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __