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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1485 By: Johns of the House
and
Reinhardt of the Senate
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to teachers; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
Section 6-101.23, which relates to the Teachers Due
Process Act of 1990; authorizing c ertain temporary
contracts for teachers with emergency or provisional
certificates; updating citations; 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 -101.23, is
amended to read as fo llows:
Section 6-101.23. A. The dismissal, suspension and
nonreemployment provisions of the Teacher Due Process Act of 1990
shall not apply to:
1. Substitute teachers;
2. Adult education teachers; and
3. Teachers who are employed on temporary contracts.
B. The dismissal and suspension provisions of the Teacher Due
Process Act of 1990 shall a pply to teachers who are employed on
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temporary contracts for a complete school year a nd to teachers who
are employed in positions fully funded by federal or privat e
categorical grants, except that such teachers shall be employed only
for the duration of th e temporary contract or the grant.
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 complete
school year and to te achers who are employed in positions fully
funded by federal or private categorical g rants, except that such
teachers shall be employed only for the duration of th e temporary
contract or the grant.
D. Teachers other than those specifically excepted in
subsection A of this section who are employed on contracts shall be
afforded all substan tive 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. On and after the effective date of this act July 1, 1999,
any teacher who has worked a complete school year under a temporary
contract in a school district shall be granted a year of servi ce
credit toward career status in that district.
F. No teacher shall be hired on a t emporary contract by a
school district for more than four semesters or on multiple
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temporary contracts by a school district that together are for more
than four semesters, except for a:
1. Teacher hired to replace a teacher who is on an approved
leave of absence and who is expected to return to employment with
the school district; or
2. Teacher who is a retired member of the Teachers ' Retirement
System of Oklahoma; or
3. Teacher who is employed by a school district on an emergency
or provisional certific ate.
G. No teacher shall be offered a temporary contract with 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 temporary con tract.
In the event the school district fails to provide such written
disclosure, the teacher shall be considered as employed on a
continuing contract basis.
H. On and after the effective date of this act July 1, 1999, no
teacher who is employed on a con tinuing contract basis by a school
district shall be reemployed on a temporary contract in that school
district.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effectiv e July 1, 2025.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the pr eservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and afte r its passage and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION OVERSIGHT, dated
03/05/2025 - DO PASS, As Coauthored.