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|BILL NO. 1936 By: McCall of the House |
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| Treat of the Senate |
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7| An Act relating to schools; requiring school |
| districts to approve intra-district transfer of |
8| students; providing an exception if school site has |
| reached capacity; directing selection of |
9| intra-district transfer students if capacity is |
| exceeded; authorizing board of education to determine |
10| capacity; allowing intra-district transfer student to |
| continue attendance; authorizing denial of continued |
11| intra-district transfer; permitting intra-district |
| transfer for certain children living in a home; |
12| directing board to adopt policy for student capacity; |
| setting deadline for adoption of policy; including |
13| preferential treatment for certain students in |
| policy; authorizing inclusion of certain reasons for |
14| intra-district transfer denial; directing posting of |
| policy on district website; requiring determination |
15| of intra-district capacity to be made by the first |
| day of certain months; directing publication on |
16| school district website; directing submission of |
| certain report to the State Department of Education; |
17| providing for codification; providing an effective |
| date; and declaring an emergency. |
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20|AUTHOR: Add the following House Coauthor: Baker |
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21|AUTHOR: Remove as principal Senate author Treat and substitute as |
| principal Senate author Pugh. Retain Treat as Senate |
22| coauthor. Add the following Senate Coauthors: McCortney, |
| Thompson (Kristen), Stanley, Bullard, Haste, Green, |
23| Seifried, Coleman, Prieto, Bergstrom, Daniels, Rader, |
| Newhouse, Garvin, Pederson, and Rogers |
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1|AMENDMENT NO. 1. Page 1, strike the title, enacting clause and |
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3| "An Act relating to teachers; requiring certain |
| teachers who take and pass certain examination to be |
4| reimbursed certain amount; amending 70 O.S. 2021, |
| Section 6-106.1, which relates to mentor teacher |
5| stipends; directing the allocation of funds to school |
| districts for certain purpose; directing a mentor |
6| teacher to provide certain support to certain |
| teachers; providing for codification; providing an |
7| effective date; and declaring an emergency. |
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10|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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11| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified |
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12|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-101.9 of Title 70, unless |
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13|there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: |
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14| A teacher who is certified pursuant to Section 6-122.3 or 6-187 |
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15|of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes and who, at the request of the |
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16|employing school district, takes and passes a subject area |
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17|competency examination required by Section 6-187 of Title 70 of the |
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18|Oklahoma Statutes to earn certification and teach an additional |
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19|subject in the school district shall be reimbursed by the school |
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20|district. The reimbursement shall be an amount equal to the cost of |
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21|the subject area competency examination. |
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22| SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6-106.1, is |
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23|amended to read as follows: |
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1| Section 6-106.1.If funds are appropriated to theA. The State | | | 2|Board of Education shall allocate funds to school districts for | | | 3|Mentor Teacher Stipends, the. The funds shall be distributed by the | | | 4|Board to the school districts to provide a stipendofnot more than | | | 5|Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per year for each mentor teacher as | | | 6|defined in Section 6-182 of this title. In addition to the | | | 7|distribution of the five-hundred-dollar stipend, each district shall | | | 8|also receive the district's contribution amount necessary to meet | | | 9|the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (F.I.C.A.) requirements. | | | 10| B. A mentor teacher shall provide guidance, support, coaching, | | | 11|and assistance to a teacher in his or her first year of teaching at | | | 12|an employing school district, regardless of the length of time the | | | 13|teacher has been certified. | | | 14| SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | | | 15| SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 16|of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 17|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 18|be in full force from and after its passage and approval." | | | 19| Passed the Senate the 27th day of April, 2023. | | | 20| | | | 21| | | Presiding Officer of the Senate | 22| | | | 23| Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________, | | | 24|2023. | | | Page 3 ___________________________________________________________________________
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