1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|SENATE BILL 332 By: Dossett | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to teachers; amending 70 O.S. 2021, | | Section 6-101.3, which relates to definitions for | 8| teachers; modifying certain definition; providing an | | effective date; and declaring an emergency. | 9| | | | 10| | | | 11|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 12| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6-101.3, is | | | 13|amended to read as follows: | | | 14| Section 6-101.3. As used in Section 6-101 et seq. of this | | | 15|title: | | | 16| 1. "Administrator" means a duly certified person who devotes a | | | 17|majority of time to service as a superintendent, elementary | | | 18|superintendent, principal, supervisor, vice principal, or in any | | | 19|other administrative or supervisory capacity in the school district; | | | 20| 2. "Dismissal" means the discontinuance of the teaching service | | | 21|of an administrator or teacher during the term of a written | | | 22|contract, as provided by law; | | | 23| 3. "Nonreemployment" means the nonrenewal of the contract of an | | | 24|administrator or teacher upon expiration of the contract; | | | Req. No. 646 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| 4. "Career teacher" means a teacher who: | | | 2| a. is employed by a school district prior to the | | | 3| 2017-2018 school year and has completed three (3) or | | | 4| more consecutive complete school years as a teacher in | | | 5| one school district under a written continuing or | | | 6| temporary teaching contract, or | | | 7| b. is employed for the first time by a school district | | | 8| under a written continuing or temporary teaching | | | 9| contract during the 2017-2018 school year and | | | 10| thereafter and: | | | 11| (1) has completed three (3) consecutive complete | | | 12| school years as a teacher in one or more school | | | 13|districtdistricts under a written continuing or | | | 14| temporary teaching contract and has achieved a | | | 15| district evaluation rating of "superior" as | | | 16| measured pursuant to the TLE as set forth in | | | 17| Section 6-101.16 of this title for at least two | | | 18| (2) of the three (3) school years, | | | 19| (2) has completed four (4) consecutive complete | | | 20| school years as a teacher in one or more school | | | 21|districtdistricts under a written continuing or | | | 22| temporary teaching contract, has averaged a | | | 23| district evaluation rating of at least | | | 24| "effective" as measured pursuant to the TLE for | | | Req. No. 646 Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| the four-year period, and has received district | | | 2| evaluation ratings of at least "effective" for | | | 3| the last two (2) years of the four-year period, | | | 4| or | | | 5| (3) has completed four (4) or more consecutive | | | 6| complete school years in one or more school | | | 7|districtdistricts under a written continuing or | | | 8| temporary teaching contract and has not met the | | | 9| requirements of subparagraph a or b of this | | | 10| paragraph, only if the principal of the school at | | | 11| which the teacher is employed submits a petition | | | 12| to the superintendent of the school district | | | 13| requesting that the teacher be granted career | | | 14| status, the superintendent agrees with the | | | 15| petition, and the school district board of | | | 16| education approves the petition. The principal | | | 17| shall specify in the petition the underlying | | | 18| facts supporting the granting of career status to | | | 19| the teacher; | | | 20| 5. "Teacher hearing" means the hearing before a school district | | | 21|board of education after a recommendation for dismissal or | | | 22|nonreemployment of a teacher has been made but before any final | | | 23|action is taken on the recommendation, held for the purpose of | | | 24|affording the teacher all rights guaranteed by the United States | | | Req. No. 646 Page 3 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|Constitution and the Constitution of Oklahoma under circumstances | | | 2|and for enabling the board to determine whether to approve or | | | 3|disapprove the recommendation; | | | 4| 6. "Probationary teacher" means a teacher who: | | | 5| a. is employed by a school district prior to the | | | 6| 2017-2018 school year and has completed fewer than | | | 7| three (3) consecutive complete school years as a | | | 8| teacher in one school district under a written | | | 9| teaching contract, or | | | 10| b. is employed for the first time by a school district | | | 11| under a written teaching contract during the 2017-2018 | | | 12| school year and thereafter and has not met the | | | 13| requirements for career teacher as provided in | | | 14| paragraph 4 of this section; | | | 15| 7. "Suspension" or "suspended" means the temporary | | | 16|discontinuance of the services of an administrator or teacher, as | | | 17|provided by law; | | | 18| 8. "Teacher" means a person defined as a teacher in Section | | | 19|1-116 of this title; and | | | 20| 9. "District evaluation rating" means the rating issued based | | | 21|on the components of the TLE as set forth in subsection B of Section | | | 22|6-101.16 of this title. | | | 23| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 646 Page 4 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 2|of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 3|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 4|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 5| | | | 6| 59-1-646 EB 1/13/2023 5:21:20 PM | | | 7| | | | 8| | | | 9| | | | 10| | | | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15| | | | 16| | | | 17| | | | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 646 Page 5