ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3523 By: Vancuren and Waldron of the House
and
Stanley of the Senate
An Act relating to schools; requiring an annual report on the status of adjunct teachers; providing for contents of report; directing report be published on the State Department of Education website; mandating copies be provided to elected members of the Legislature; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.
SUBJECT: Schools
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-122.12 of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The State Department of Education shall publish an annual report on the status of adjunct teachers, authorized by Section 6-122.3 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, in this state. The report shall include:
1. Qualifications adopted by the State Board of Education to determine eligibility of adjunct teacher candidates;
2. The subject areas or courses in which adjunct teachers are teaching; and
3. The types of distinguished qualifications adjunct teachers have to make them qualified to teach in certain subject areas or courses.
B. The annual report shall be published on the website of the State Department of Education and copies of the report shall be provided to elected members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the Oklahoma State Senate no later than January 15 of each year.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
Passed the House of
Representatives the 12th day of March, 2024.
Presiding
Officer of the House
of
Representatives
Passed the Senate the 24th day of
April, 2024.
Presiding
Officer of the Senate
OFFICE
OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________ day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________ day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________ day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________