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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 1342 By: Davis
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to scholarship programs; amending 70
41	41	O.S. 2021, Section 69 8.1, as amended by Sec tion 1,
42	42	Chapter 344, O.S.L. 2022 (70 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section
43	43	698.1), which relates to the Oklahoma Future Teacher
44	44	Scholarship and Employ ment Incentive Program;
45	45	providing program eligibility to home school
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52	52	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE ST ATE OF OKLAHOMA:
53	53	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 698.1, as
54	54	amended by Section 1, Chapter 344, O.S.L. 2022 (70 O.S. Supp. 2022,
55	55	Section 698.1), is amended to read as follows:
56	56	Section 698.1 A. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
57	57	Education shall establish and maintain an incentive scholars hip
58	58	program and teacher employment incentive program, as f unding is
59	59	available, to encourage the pre paration of public school teachers
60	60	for prekindergarten throu gh twelfth grade, including minority
61	61	teachers, at all state public higher education institutions or
62	62	private higher education institutions accredited pursuant to Section
63	63	4103 of this title and incentivize employment as public teachers for
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90	90	prekindergarten thro ugh twelfth grade in the state for at least five
91	91	(5) years, to be known as the Oklahoma Future Teacher Scholarship
92	92	and Employment Incentive Program. Prospective teachers planning to
93	93	pursue an undergraduat e teacher education program at an accredited
94	94	Oklahoma teacher preparation program shall be considered if they
95	95	graduated received a diploma from an Oklahoma high school or
96	96	completed high-school level instruction at home , meet the higher
97	97	education admission standards, and declare a major in an approved
98	98	Oklahoma teacher preparation degree program leading to a standard
99	99	teaching certificate. To the extent that funds are avail able,
100	100	scholarships, renewable for up to three (3) additional years for
101	101	qualified students meeting satisfactory academic progress standards
102	102	in completing a teacher preparation degree program leading to a
103	103	standard teaching certificate, shall be awarded to cover costs of
104	104	tuition, general enrollment fees , other fees, books, materials, and
105	105	services provided by the institution, including ro om and board, in
106	106	the following manner:
107	107	1. One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per academic year for up to
108	108	three (3) academic yea rs for full-time students who have earned less
109	109	than ninety (90) credit hours; and
110	110	2. Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) for the final
111	111	academic year for full-time students who have earned ninety (90) or
112	112	more credit hours.
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139	139	The maximum amount of scholarship funds awarded as provided in this
140	140	subsection to any qualified student shall not exceed Five Thousand
141	141	Five Hundred Dollars ($ 5,500.00).
142	142	B. It is the intent of the Oklahoma Legislature that the
143	143	Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education create a committee
144	144	composed of educators, teac her educators from the participating
145	145	institutions, and representatives of the public schools and the
146	146	State Department of Education to provide recommendations to the
147	147	State Regents to improve effectiveness of the program .
148	148	The committee shall prepare and deliver a report on the program
149	149	to the Legislature on or before July 1 of each year.
150	150	C. Each scholarship participant, prior to entry into the
151	151	program, shall have agreed to teach in an Oklahoma public
152	152	prekindergarten through twelfth grade school for a minimum of five
153	153	(5) consecutive years up on graduation and licensure as a teacher.
154	154	Any scholarship participant failing to maintain a 2.5 grade point
155	155	average, changing to an ineligible area of study, failing to meet
156	156	satisfactory academic progr ess standards, withdrawing or otherwise
157	157	leaving school, or failing to meet requirements for licensure and
158	158	certification to teach as established by law shall be subject to
159	159	disqualification from the program.
160	160	D. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Educati on are
161	161	authorized to make employment incen tive payments pursuant to the
162	162	provisions of this section to program participants who are employed
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189	189	as traditionally certified teachers in Oklahoma public
190	190	prekindergarten through twelfth grade schools following graduation.
191	191	Incentive payments may be awarded fo llowing each consecutive year of
192	192	satisfactory service as documented by the employing school di strict,
193	193	up to five (5) years of service for scholarship recipients as
194	194	provided in subsection A of this section, upon graduation from an
195	195	accredited Oklahoma teacher preparation degree program. The maximum
196	196	amount of employment incentive payments for any qualified
197	197	participant shall be Four Thousand Dollars ( $4,000.00) per year for
198	198	up to five (5) years, not to exceed a total of Twenty Thousand
199	199	Dollars ($20,000.00) per participant.
200	200	E. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Edu cation shall
201	201	require the execution of appropriate contracts with eligible program
202	202	participants. Participants failing to comply with the requirements
203	203	of this section or failing to provide current c ontact information
204	204	shall not be eligible for the employment incentive payments provided
205	205	for in this section. The Chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regent s
206	206	for Higher Education, with the approval of the State Reg ents, may
207	207	contract with any other appropriate organization or unit of
208	208	government for the administration of the provisions of this section.
209	209	F. If sufficient funds are not available for employment
210	210	incentive payments to qualified participants during any fiscal year,
211	211	the Chancellor may make reductions in the payments made to qualified
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239	239	G. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education may, at the
240	240	time an award is mad e on behalf of the Oklahoma Future Teacher
241	241	Scholarship and Employment Incentive Program, set aside funds for
242	242	the full commitment made to an eligible student.
243	243	H. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education may utilize
244	244	Oklahoma Future Teacher Scholarship and Employment Incen tive Program
245	245	designated funds for administration of the program.
246	246	SECTION 2. This act shall become ef fective November 1, 2023.
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