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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 28, 2023
SENATE BILL NO. 332 By: Dossett
An Act relating to teachers; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
Section 6-101.3, which relates to definitions for
teachers; modifying certain definition; providing an
effective date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. 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
title:
1. “Administrator” means a duly certified person who devotes a
majority of time to service as a superintendent, eleme ntary
superintendent, principal, super visor, vice principal , or in any
other administrative or supervisory capacity in the school district;
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:
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a. is employed by a school district prior to the 201 7-
2018 school year and has completed t hree (3) or more
consecutive complete school years as a teacher in one
school district under a written continuing or
temporary teaching contract, or
b. is employed for the first time by a school district
under a written continuing or temporary teaching
contract during the 2017 -2018 school year and
thereafter and:
(1) has completed three ( 3) consecutive complete
school years as a teacher in one or more school
district districts 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 or more school
district districts under a written continuing or
temporary 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
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evaluation ratings o f 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 or more school
district districts under a written continuing or
temporary teaching contract and has no t met the
requirements of subparagraph a or b of this
paragraph, only if the princi pal of the school at
which the teacher is employed submits a petition
to the superintendent of the school district
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 any final
action is taken on the recommendation, held for the purp ose of
affording the teacher all right s guaranteed by the United States
Constitution and the Constitution of Oklahoma und er circumstances
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and for enabling the board to determine whether to approve or
disapprove the recommendation;
6. “Probationary teacher ” means a teacher who:
a. is employed by a school 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 contract,
or
b. is employed for the first time by a school distric t
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 se rvices of an administrator or teacher, as
provided by law;
8. “Teacher” means a person defined as a teacher in Section 1 -
116 of this title; and
9. “District evaluation rating ” means the rating issued based
on the components of the TLE as set forth in sub section B of Section
6-101.16 of this title.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is h ereby
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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 EDUCATION
February 28, 2023 - DO PASS