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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2676 By: Baker
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to teachers; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
Section 3-129.11, which relates to the School
District Empowerment Program; deleting statutory
reference; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -101.3,
which relates to definitions; modifying definitions
for certain types of teachers ; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
Sections 6-101.10, 6-101.11, and 6-101.16, which
relate to teacher evaluations; deleting requirement
for annual review of certain written policy; removing
requirement for a focused and individualized program
of professional development; deleting references to
policy and program; striking provision providing for
release of certain data; striking statutory
reference; removing individualized program of
professional development requirement; permitting
school districts to submit a request to use an
alternative evaluation system; clarifying frequency
of certain evaluations; allowing certain evaluation
schedule to be designated by local policy; limiting
collection of certain information only for federal
reporting requirements; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
Sections 6-101.23 and 6-101.24, which relate to the
Teacher Due Process Act of 1990; deleting reference
to certain evaluation provisions; removing statutory
citation; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6-101.31,
which relates to teacher evaluation ratings; deleting
statutory reference; providing an effective d ate; and
declaring an emergency.
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE PE OPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3 -129.11, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 3-129.11 A. There is hereby established the School
District Empowerment Program which shall be administe red by the
State Board of Education. The purpose of the pro gram is to empower
locally elected school board members to govern school districts and
make decisions based on the needs of their students and
circumstances.
B. 1. Subject to the provisions of t his section, a school
district shall be allowed to submit a request to the State Board of
Education for an exemption from all statutory requirements and State
Board of Education rules from which charter s chools are exempt, a s
provided for in the Oklahoma C harter Schools Act. Any request for
exemption shall include a plan which outlines the goals sought to be
achieved at a minimum, include including the educational and fiscal
benefits and the anticipated i mpacts or outcomes the plan wi ll have
in the district.
2. Within ninety (90) days after receiving the request a nd
plan, the State Board shall approve or disapprove the request. If
the State Board does not approve the request, it shall provide to
the school district a written explanat ion of the basis for i ts
decision. The school district may resubmit an amended re quest at
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any time after the denial. The request shall be approved by the
State Board before implementation by the school district. An
approved request and plan shall be for no longer than three (3)
years. Prior to the beginning of the third year, the sc hool
district may apply for renewal of the approved reque st and plan.
The school district shall be required to submit an annual report and
the State Board shall annually ass ess the academic achie vement and
fiscal status of the school district.
C. Nothing in this section shall prevent a school district
board of education from choosing to follow any or all state laws,
rules or regulations from whi ch a charter school is exempt. A
school district which has been granted approval by the State Board
for an exemption as set forth in subsection B of this section shall
have the option to adopt policies to implement any requirement for
the school district that is consistent with any statu tory
requirement or mandate or State Board rule, but a participating
school district shall comply with the following requirements:
1. Students who reside in the school district shall be entitled
to attend school in the dis trict as set forth in Section 1 -114 of
this title;
2. School districts shall comply with the requirements of th e
minimum salary schedule for teachers as set forth in Section 18-
114.12 18-114.14 of this title;
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3. Employees of school districts shall contin ue to participate
as members of the Teachers ' Retirement System of Oklahoma as set
forth in Section 17-101 et seq. of this title;
4. School districts shall comply with the requirement to
provide a health insurance plan for school district employees as set
forth in Section 5-117.5 of this title and to estab lish or make
available to school district employees a cafete ria plan as set forth
in Section 26-104 of this title;
5. School districts sha ll require any person employed by the
school district to file wit h the district board a current Oklahoma
criminal history record check from the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation as well as a national criminal history record check as
defined in Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Each
district shall adopt a policy regarding criminal history record
checks as set forth in Section 5 -142 of this title;
6. School districts shall comply with the requirement
requirements to evaluate teachers and to train personnel designated
to conduct personnel evaluation s as set forth in Sections 6-101.10
and Section 6-101.11 of this title, the dismissal and due process
procedures for administrators as set forth in Sections 6 -101.13
through 6-101.15 of this title and the due pro cess procedures for
teachers as set forth in Sections 6-101.21 through 6-101.26 of this
title;
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7. School districts shall comply with the requirement to mak e
payroll deductions for either or both professional organization dues
and political contributions u pon the request of an employee as set
forth in Section 5-139 of this title;
8. School districts shall comply with the dismissal and due
process procedures for education support employees as set forth in
Sections 6-101.40 through 6-101.47 of this title;
9. School districts shall employ as teachers, counselors,
librarians, school nurses, superintende nts, principals, supervisors
or any other instructional, sup ervisory or administrative employee
only those persons who are certified by the State Board of Educa tion
in accordance with the Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Act, except for
persons exempt from the certification requirements as otherwise
provided by law;
10. School districts shall provide for negotiations between
school employees and school districts as set forth in Sections 509.1
through 509.11 of this title;
11. School districts shall be require d to offer and students
enrolled in the school district shal l be required to complete the
curriculum requirements as set forth in Section 11 -103.6 of this
title;
12. Students enrolled in the school distr ict shall be required
to demonstrate mastery of the state academic content standards as
set forth in Section 121 0.523 of this title; and
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13. Members of the school district board of education shall be
required to satisfy the instruction and continuing educ ation
requirements as set forth in Sections 5 -110, 5-110.1 and 5-110.2 of
this title.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -101.3, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 6-101.3 As used in Section 6 -101 et seq. of this ti tle:
1. "Administrator" means a duly certified person who devotes a
majority of time to service as a superinten dent, elementary
superintendent, principal, supervisor, vice principal or in any
other administrative or supervisory capacity in the school dist rict;
2. "Dismissal" means the discontinuance of the teaching service
of an administrator or teacher during the term of a written
contract, as provided by law;
3. "Nonreemployment" means the nonrenewal of the contract of an
administrator or teacher upon expiration of the contract;
4. "Career teacher" means a teacher who:
a. is employed by a school district prior to the 2017-
2018 school year and has completed three (3) or more
consecutive complete school years as a teacher in one
school district under a w ritten continuing or
temporary teaching contract, or
b. is employed for the first time by a school district
under a written continuing or temporary teaching
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contract during the 2017 -2018 school year and
thereafter:
(1) has completed three (3) consecutive c omplete
school years as a teacher in one school district
under a written continuing or temporary teaching
contract and has achieved a district evaluation
rating of "superior" as measured pursuant to the
TLE as set forth in Section 6 -101.16 of this
title for at least two (2) of the three (3)
school years,
(2) has completed four (4) consecutive complete
school years as a teacher in one school district
under a written continuing or temporar y teaching
contract, has averaged a district evaluation
rating of at least "effective" as measured
pursuant to the TLE for the four-year period, and
has received district evaluation r atings of at
least "effective" for the last two (2) years of
the four-year period, or
(3) has completed four (4) or more consecutive
complete school years in one school district
under a written continuing or temporary teaching
contract and has not met the requirements of
subparagraph a or b of this paragraph, only if
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the principal of the school at which the teacher
is employed submits a petition t o the
superintendent of the school di strict requesting
that the teacher be granted career status, the
superintendent agrees with the petition, and the
school district board of education approves the
petition. The principal shall specify in the
petition the underlying facts supporting the
granting of career status to the teacher ;
5. "Teacher hearing" means the hearing before a school district
board of education after a recommendation fo r dismissal or
nonreemployment of a teacher has been made but before an y final
action is taken on the recomm endation, held for the purpose of
affording the teacher all rights guarante ed by the United States
Constitution and the Constitution of Oklahoma und er circumstances
and for enabling the board to determine whether to app rove or
disapprove the recommendation ;
6. "Probationary teacher" means a teacher who:
a. is employed by a schoo l district prior to the 2017-
2018 school year and has completed fewer tha n three
(3) consecutive complete school years as a teacher in
one school district under a written teaching c ontract,
or
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b. is employed for the first time by a school district
under a written teaching contract during the 2017 -2018
school year and thereafter and has not met the
requirements for career teacher as provided in
paragraph 4 of this section ;
7. "Suspension" or "suspended" means the temporary
discontinuance of the services of an administrator or teacher, as
provided by law;
8. "Teacher" means a person defined as a teacher has the same
meaning as provided in Section 1-116 of this title; and
9. "District evaluation rating" means the rating issued based
on the components of the TLE Oklahoma Teacher and Leader
Effectiveness Evaluation System (TLE) as set forth in subsection B
of Section 6-101.16 of this title.
SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6-101.10, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 6-101.10 A. Each school district board of education
shall maintain and annually rev iew, following consultation with or
involvement of representat ives selected by local teachers, a written
policy of evaluation and corresponding professional development fo r
all teachers and administrators. In those school districts in which
there exists a professional negotiations agreement made in
accordance with Section 509.1 et seq. of this title, the procedure
for evaluating members of the negotiations unit and any sta ndards of
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performance and conduct proposed for adoption beyond those
established by the State Board of Education shall be negotiable
items. Nothing in this section shall be construed to annul, modif y
or to preclude the renewal or continuing of any existin g agreement
heretofore entered into between any school district and any
organizational representative of its employees. Every policy of
evaluation adopted by a board of education shall:
1. Be based upon a set of minimum criteria developed by the
State Board of Education, which shall be revised and based upon the
Oklahoma Teacher and Lead er Effectiveness Evaluation System (TLE)
developed by the Stat e Board of Education as provided in Section 6 -
101.16 of this title. The revisions to each policy of evaluati on
shall be phased in according to the following schedule:
a. for the 2014-2015, 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 school
years, the evaluation rating of tea chers and
administrators shall be based on the quali tative
component of the TLE. For the 2016 -2017 school year,
the State Department of Education shall work with
school districts to develop ind ividualized programs of
professional development as described in subsection B
of this section. However, nothing i n this
subparagraph shall preclude a school district with an
average daily attendance of more than thirty -five
thousand (35,000) from continui ng to use quantitative
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components which the district has incor porated at its
own expense prior to the 2015 -2016 school year into
its evaluation system of teachers and admi nistrators,
as defined by the district 's written policy,
b. for evaluations of teache rs and administrators
conducted during the 2017 -2018 school year, and each
school year thereafter, school district s shall
incorporate and put into operation the qualitativ e
component of the TLE as provided for in subsection B
of Section 6-101.16 of this title into the evaluations
used in all school sites within the d istrict. For the
2017-2018 school year, and each sc hool year
thereafter, teachers and administrators shall r eceive
a district evaluation rating based on the components
of the TLE as set forth i n subsection B of Section 6 -
101.16 of this title. For the 201 7-2018 school year,
school districts shall incorpora te the individualized
programs of professional developmen t as described in
subsection B of this section on a pilot program basis,
and
c. for evaluations of teachers and administrators
conducted during the 2018-2019 school year, and each
school year thereafter, school districts shall fully
incorporate and put int o operation the individualized
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programs of professional development as described in
subsection B of this section;
2. Be prescribed in writing at t he time of adoption and at all
times when amendments to the policy are adopted. The original
policy and all amendments to the policy shall be promptly made
available to all persons subject to t he policy;
3. Provide that all evaluations be made in writing and that
evaluation documents and responses thereto be maintained in a
personnel file for each evaluated per son;
4. Provide that every probationary teacher receive formative
feedback from the evaluation process at least two times per school
year, once during the fall semester and once during the spring
semester;
5. Provide that every teacher be evaluated once every year,
except for career teachers receiving a district evaluation rating of
"superior" or "highly effective" under the TLE who may be evaluate d
once every three (3) years; and
6. Provide that, except for superintendents of independent and
elementary school districts and superintendents of area school
districts who shall be evaluated by the school district board of
education, all certified perso nnel shall be evaluated by a
principal, assistant pr incipal, designee of the principal,
supervisor, content e xpert, department chair, peer committee or
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other trained persons or groups of persons designated by the school
district board of education.
B. 1. Every policy of professional development adopted by a
school district board of education shall provide for t he development
of a focused and individualized program of professional development
for the teacher or administrator that is consistent with the
qualitative component of the TLE. The policy of profes sional
development shall:
a. establish an annual professi onal growth goal for the
teacher or administrator that is developed by the
teacher or administrator in collaboration with the
evaluator,
b. be tailored to address a specific area or criteria
identified through the qualitative component of the
TLE,
c. allow the teacher or administrator to actively engage
with learning practices that are evi dence-based,
researched practices that are correlated with
increased student achievement, and
d. be supported by resources that are easily available
and supplied by the sc hool district and the State
Department of Education.
2. School districts shall monit or compliance with each
individualized program of professional development implemented
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pursuant to this subsection . All professional development completed
pursuant to an individualized program of professional development
shall count toward the total numbe r of points a teacher or
administrator is required to complete as established by a school
district board of educat ion pursuant to Section 6 -194 of this title.
The implementation of the individualized program of professional
development required by this su bsection shall not be construed as
increasing the professional development points requirements.
3. Individualized programs of professional development required
by this subsection may include but are not limited to the following
learning practices:
a. presenter-led workshops,
b. individual or faculty studies of books , scholarly
articles and video productions,
c. peer observations,
d. committee studies to address student ach ievement
issues,
e. work related to a specific subject area or areas
associated with obtaining an advanced degree or
professional certification,
f. action research projects designed to improve studen t
achievement, and
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g. participation in local, regional or state initiatives
associated with the development or implementation of
curriculum standards.
C. All individuals designated by the school district board of
education to conduct the personnel evaluat ions shall be required to
participate in training conduct ed by the State Department of
Education or training provided by the school district u sing
guidelines and materials developed by the State Departmen t of
Education prior to conducting evaluations.
D. B. The State Department of Education shall develop and
conduct workshops pursuant to statewide criteria which train
individuals in conducting evaluations.
E. The State Board of Education shall monitor co mpliance with
the provisions of this section by scho ol districts.
F. The State Board of Education shall stud y continued
implementation of the TLE to produce a system that promotes
reflection and professional growth for teachers and leaders.
G. Refusal by a school district to comply with the provisions
of this section shall be grounds for withholding State Aid f unds
until compliance occurs.
H. Data collected pursuant to this section shall not b e subject
to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act or the Oklahoma Ope n Records Act.
SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -101.11, is
amended to read as follows:
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Section 6-101.11 Whenever any evaluation is made of a teacher
or administrator, a true copy of the evaluation shall be presented
to the person evaluated, who shall acknowledg e the written
evaluation by signing the original. Within two (2) w eeks after the
evaluation, the pers on evaluated may respond and said response shal l
be made part of the record. Except by order of a court of c ompetent
jurisdiction, evaluation documents a nd the responses thereto shall
be available only to the evaluated p erson, the board of education,
the administrative staff making the evaluation, the board and
administrative staff of any school to which such ev aluated person
applies for employment and suc h other persons as are specified by
the teacher in writing and shal l be subject to disclosure at any
hearing involving a teacher or administrator 's dismissal or
nonrenewal from employment. Data collected pursua nt to Section 6-
101.10 shall be available to authorized representatives of the State
Department of Education and its contracting designees who must be
contractually bound to the Department to ma intain confidentiality of
all information received from the De partment when such evaluation
data is used by the Department for data collection/analysis purposes
under the Oklahoma Teacher and Leader Effectiven ess Evaluation
System, and such other persons a s are specified by the teacher in
writing and shall be subject to disclosure at any hearing involving
a teacher or administrator's dismissal or nonrenewal from
employment.
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SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -101.16, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 6-101.16 A. By December 15, 2011, the State Board of
Education shall adopt a new statewide system of evaluation to be
known as the Oklahoma Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation
System (TLE). The Board shall work cooperatively with school
districts to incorporate the compon ents of the TLE in all school
districts by the 2017 -2018 school year as provided for in Section 6 -
101.10 of this title.
B. The TLE shall include the following co mponents:
1. Annual evaluations that provide feedback to improve student
learning and outcome s, except as provided for in subsection C of
this section;
2. A five-tier district evaluation rating system as follows:
a. superior,
b. highly effective,
c. effective,
d. needs improvement, and
e. ineffective;
3. An evidence-based qualitative assessment tool for the
teacher qualitative portion of the TLE that will include observable
and measurable characteristics of personnel and classroom practices
that are correlated to student performance su ccess, including, but
not limited to:
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a. organizational and cl assroom management skills,
b. ability to provide eff ective instruction,
c. focus on continuous improvement and professional
growth,
d. interpersonal skills, and
e. leadership skills;
4. An evidence-based qualitative assessment tool for the leader
qualitative portion of the TLE that will include observable and
measurable characteristics of personnel and site manage ment
practices that are correlated to student perfo rmance success,
including, but not limited to:
a. organizational and school management, includ ing
retention and development of effective teachers and
dismissal of ineffective teachers,
b. instructional leadership,
c. professional growth and responsibility,
d. interpersonal skills,
e. leadership skills, and
f. stakeholder perceptions;
5. An individualized program of professional development for
all teachers and administrators as adopted by the school distri ct
board of education as set forth in subsection B of Section 6-101.10
of this title;
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6. For districts choosing to use, at their own expense,
quantitative measures of teachers and leaders as part of the
district evaluation rating, such measures shall incl ude a minimum of
one reliable, research -based measure as approved by the State Boar d
of Education pursuant to subsection D E of this section; and
7. 6. For all district evaluations, student perfor mance,
including performance on the statewide criterion -referenced tests if
available, shall be discussed with the teacher and may be one of the
considerations for the teacher 's district evaluation rating .
C. Career School districts may submit a request to the S tate
Board of Education to use an alternate evaluatio n system other than
the system selected by the Board pursuant to subsection A of this
section if the school district establishes the capacity to implement
a research-based performance review evaluation s ystem which meets
the criteria of the TLE system.
D. All school district certified personnel shall be evaluated
annually, except career teachers receiving a district evaluation
rating of "superior" or "highly effective" under the TLE, who may be
evaluated once every three (3) years as designated by loca l board of
education policy.
D. E. By December 1, 2015, the Teacher and Leader Effectiveness
Commission shall recommend to the State Board of Education multiple
reliable, research-based measures to provide a quantitative
evaluation component for teachers . The State Board of Education
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shall approve and publish a list of approved measures by February 1,
2016.
E. F. A school district with an ave rage daily attendance of
more than thirty-five thousand (35,000) which has incorpor ated
quantitative components of t he TLE into its evaluation sys tem of
teachers and administrators prior to the 2015 -2016 school year may
continue using its evaluation system , as defined by the school
district's written policies, notwithstanding the provisi ons of this
section and regardles s of the State Board of Educat ion's adoption of
quantitative components pursuant to this section.
F. G. The State Department of Education s hall provide to the
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the Oklahoma
Commission for Educational Quality an d Accountability timely
electronic data linked to teachers and leaders derived from the TLE
for purposes of providing a basis for the deve lopment of
accountability and quality improvements of the teacher preparation
system. The data shall be provided in a manner and at such times as
agreed upon between the Department, the State Regents and the
Commission.
G. H. For purposes of this section , "leader" means a principal,
assistant principal or any other school administrator who is
responsible for supervising classroom teachers.
H. I. The State Department of Education may collect school
district evaluation information only as is required for f ederal
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reporting. The Department shall keep all data collected pursuant to
the TLE and records of annual evaluations received pursuant to this
section confidential. Records created pursuant to this section
which identify, in any way, a current or former public employee
shall not be subject to disclosure under the Oklahoma Open Records
Act. Nothing in this subsection sh all be construed to prohibit
disclosure otherwise required by this section; provided, however,
any provisions requiri ng disclosure of TLE records shall be
construed narrowly and all individually identifying information
shall be removed from such records to the fullest extent possible.
SECTION 6. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -101.23, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 6-101.23 A. The dismissal, suspension and
nonreemployment provisions of the Teacher Due Process Act of 19 90
shall not apply to:
1. Substitute teachers;
2. Adult education teachers; and
3. Teachers who are emp loyed on temporary contracts.
B. The dismissal and suspension provisions of the Teacher Due
Process Act of 1990 shall apply to teachers who are emplo yed on
temporary contracts f or a complete school year and to teachers who
are employed in positions fully funded by federal or private
categorical grants, except that such teachers shall be employed only
for the duration of the temporary contract or the gr ant.
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C. The evaluation provisions in Sections 6-101.10 and 6-101.11
of this title and in the Teacher Due Process Act of 1990 shall apply
to teachers who are employed on temporary contracts for a co mplete
school year and to teachers who are employed in pos itions fully
funded by federal or private categorical grants, except that such
teachers shall be employed only for the duration of the temporary
contract or the grant.
D. Teachers other than those specifically excepted in
subsection A of this section who are employed on contracts sh all be
afforded all substantive and procedural rights set forth in the
Teacher Due Process Act of 1990 including the dismissal, suspension,
and nonreemployment provisions applicable to probationary or career
teachers as defined in Section 6-101.3 of this title.
E. D. On and after the effective date of this act July 1, 2000,
any teacher who has w orked a complete school year under a temporary
contract in a school district shall be grante d a year of service
credit toward career sta tus in that district.
F. E. No teacher shall be hired on a temporary contract by a
school district for more than four s emesters or on multiple
temporary contracts by a school district that together are for more
than four semesters, except for a:
1. Teacher hired to replace a teache r who is on an approved
leave of absence and who is expected to return to employment with
the school district; or
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2. Teacher who is a retired member of the Teachers ' Retirement
System of Oklahoma.
G. F. No teacher shall be off ered a temporary contract wi th a
school district without a full written disclosure at the time a
position is offered by the administration of the school district
which sets forth the terms and conditions of the t emporary contract.
In the event the school district fails to provide su ch written
disclosure, the teacher shall be considered as employed on a
continuing contract basis.
H. G. On and after the effective date of this act July 1, 2000,
no teacher who is employed on a co ntinuing contract basis by a
school district shall be reem ployed on a temporary contract in that
school district.
SECTION 7. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021 , Section 6-101.24, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 6-101.24 A. Upon full implementation of the Oklahoma
Teacher and Leader Effecti veness Evaluation System (TLE) as set
forth in Section 6-101.10 of this title, when a teacher receives a
rating as measured pursuant to the TLE as set forth in Section 6-
101.16 of this title that may lead to a recommendat ion for the
dismissal or nonreemplo yment of the teacher or when an administrator
identifies poor performance or conduct that the administrator
believes may lead to a recommendation for the di smissal or
nonreemployment of the teacher, the administrator shal l:
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1. Admonish the teacher, in wri ting, and make a reasonable
effort to assist the tea cher in correcting the poor performance or
conduct; and
2. Establish a reasonable time for improvement, not to exceed
two (2) months, taking into consideration the rati ng on the
evaluation or the nature and gravity of the performance or conduct.
B. If the teacher does not correct the poor performance or
conduct cited in the admonition within the time speci fied, the
administrator shall may make a recommendation to the su perintendent
of the school district for the dismissal or nonreemployment of the
teacher.
C. Whenever a member of the board of education, superintenden t,
or other administrator identifies poo r performance or conduct that
may lead to a recommendation for di smissal or nonreemployment of a
teacher within the district, the administrator who has
responsibility for evaluation of the teacher shall be informed, and
that administrator shall comply with the procedures set forth in
this section. If the administrator fails or refuses to admonish the
teacher within ten (10) days after being so informed by th e board,
superintendent, or other administrator, such board, superintendent
or other administrator s hall admonish the teacher pursuant to the
provisions of this sect ion.
D. Repeated negligence in per formance of duty, willful neglect
of duty, incompetency, instructional ineffectiveness or
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unsatisfactory teaching pe rformance, for a career teacher, or any
cause related to inadequate teaching performance for a probationa ry
teacher, shall not be a basis fo r a recommendation to dismiss or not
reemploy a teacher unless and until the provisions of this section
have been complied with.
SECTION 8. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -101.31, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 6-101.31 Upon full implementation of the Oklahoma
Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System (TLE) as set
forth in Section 6-101.10 of this title, the primary basis used i n
determining the retention or reassignment o f affected teachers and
administrators when a school district implements a reduction -in-
force plan shall be the ratings of the teachers and administrators
as measured pursuant to the TLE as set forth in Section 6-101.16 of
this title.
SECTION 9. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
SECTION 10. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, h ealth or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect a nd
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
59-1-7625 EK 02/21/23