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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL NO. 332 By: Dossett and Jett of the
Senate
and
Vancuren and Provenzano of
the House
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to teachers; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
Section 6-101.3, which relates to definitions for
teachers; modifying definition for career teacher;
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, elementary
superintendent, principal, super visor, vice principal, or in any
other administrative or supe rvisory capacity in the school district;
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2. “Dismissal” means the discontinuance of the teac hing service
of an administrator or teach er during the term of a written
contract, as provided by law;
3. “Nonreemployment” means the nonrenewal of the contract o f an
administrator or teacher upon expiration of the contract;
4. “Career teacher” means a teacher who:
a. is employed by a school di strict prior to the 2017-
2018 school year and has completed t hree (3) or more
consecutive complete school years as a teach er 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 school district
under a written continuing or tempora ry teaching
contract and has achieved a dist rict 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,
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(2) has completed four (4) consecutive compl ete
school years as a teacher in one school district
under a written continuing or temp orary teaching
contract, has averaged a dis trict evaluation
rating of at least “effective” as measured
pursuant to the TLE for t he four-year period, and
has received district evaluation ratings 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 p aragraph, only if
the principal of the school at which the teacher
is employed submits a petition to the
superintendent of the school district requestin g
that the teacher be granted career stat us, 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, or
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c. after meeting the requirements of subparagraph a or b
of this paragraph in one school district, is employed
by another school district under a written continuing
or temporary teaching contract and the board of
education of the school district has approved the
granting of career status to the teacher;
5. “Teacher hearing” means the hearing before a school district
board of education aft er a recommendation for dismissal or
nonreemployment of a teacher has been made but before any final
action is taken on the recommendat ion, held for the purpose of
affording the teacher all right s guaranteed by the United States
Constitution and the Consti tution of Oklahoma under circumstances
and for enabling the board to determine whether to appr ove 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 h as completed fewer than three
(3) consecutive complete school years as a teacher in
one school district under a written teaching contra ct,
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
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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 preservati on
of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is h ereby
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: C OMMITTEE ON COMMON EDUCATION, dated 04/11/2023
- DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.