1| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION |
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2| STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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3| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) |
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4|HOUSE BILL 1544 By: Moore of the House |
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6| Rader of the Senate |
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9| AS INTRODUCED |
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10| [ schools - definition for athletic trainer - |
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11| effective date ] |
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14|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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15| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1-116, is |
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16|amended to read as follows: |
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17| Section 1-116. As used in this title: |
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18| 1. "Teacher" means any person who is employed to serve as |
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19|district superintendent, principal, supervisor, a counselor, |
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20|librarian, school nurse, athletic trainer, or classroom teacher or |
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21|in any other instructional, supervisory or administrative capacity. |
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22|The person shall not be deemed qualified unless the person holds a |
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23|valid certificate issued by and in accordance with the rules of the |
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24|State Board of Education or the rules of the State Board of Career |
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1|and Technology Education, to perform the particular services for |
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2|which the person is employed; |
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3| 2. "Superintendent" or "superintendent of schools" means the |
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4|executive officer of the board of education and the administrative |
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5|head of the school system of a district maintaining an accredited |
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6|school, provided the person holds an administrator's certificate |
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7|recognized by the State Board of Education; |
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8| 3. "Principal" means any person other than a district |
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9|superintendent of schools having supervisory or administrative |
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10|authority over any school or school building having two or more |
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11|teachers. A teaching principal shall be a principal who devotes at |
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12|least one-half (1/2) the time school is in session to classroom |
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13|teaching. Teaching principals shall be required to hold |
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14|administrative certificates; |
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15| 4. "Teachers" means, for purposes of complying with the State |
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16|Aid Law and other statutes, but not any other provision of law, |
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17|which apportion money on the basis of teaching units or the number |
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18|of teachers employed or qualified, all persons holding proper |
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19|certificates and connected in any capacity with the instruction of |
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20|pupils; |
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21| 5. "Inductee" means any certified teacher who is employed in a |
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22|local school to serve as a classroom teacher under the guidance and |
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23|assistance of a mentor teacher or teachers; |
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1| 6. "Student teacher" means any student who is enrolled in an |
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2|institution of higher learning approved by the State Board of |
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3|Education for teacher training and who is jointly assigned by the |
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4|institution of higher learning and a board of education of a school |
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5|district to perform practice teaching under the direction of a |
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6|regularly employed and certified teacher. A student teacher, while |
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7|serving an internship under the supervision of a certified teacher, |
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8|shall be accorded the same protection of the laws as that accorded |
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9|the certified teacher and shall be eligible to receive compensation |
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10|beginning on the first day of the internship for up to one full |
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11|school year; provided, however, that such compensation shall not be |
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12|considered compensation for purposes of teacher retirement or the |
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13|minimum salary schedule; |
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14| 7. "School nurse" means a person employed full time by a board |
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15|of education who is a registered nurse licensed by the Oklahoma |
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16|State Board of Nurse Registration and Nursing Education and is |
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17|certified the same as a teacher by the State Board of Education. |
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18|Provided, that any person who is employed as a full-time school |
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19|nurse in any school district in Oklahoma who is not registered on |
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20|July 2, 1971, may continue to serve in the same capacity; however, |
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21|such person shall, under rules adopted by the State Board of |
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22|Education, attend classes in nursing and prepare to become |
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23|registered. A school nurse employed by a board of education shall |
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1|be accorded the same protection of laws and all other benefits |
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2|accorded as a certified teacher; and |
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3| 8. "Athletic trainer" means a person employed full time by a |
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4|board of education who is a Certified Athletic Trainer with current |
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5|certification from the Board of Certification of the National |
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6|Athletic Trainers' Association and is also currently licensed to |
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7|practice in the state in accordance with the Oklahoma Board of |
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8|Medical Licensure and Supervision. An athletic trainer employed by |
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9|a board of education shall be accorded the same protection of laws |
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10|and all other benefits as a certified teacher; and |
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11| 9. "Support employee" means an employee who provides those |
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12|services which are not performed by certified teachers, principals, |
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13|superintendents or administrators and which are necessary for the |
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14|efficient and satisfactory functioning of a school district. |
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15| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. |
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17|COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET, dated |
|03/02/2023 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored. |
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