SB1 Summary

• Amends 70 O.S. 2001, Section 6-101.26 to modify teacher dismissal and non-reemployment procedures by removing specific requirements for career teacher pretermination hearings.

• Eliminates the formal pretermination hearing structure that previously required superintendents to specify statutory grounds and teachers to present reasons against proposed dismissal.

• Repeals 70 O.S. 2001, Section 6-101.27 regarding career teachers' entitlement to trial de novo in district court following dismissal proceedings.

• Modifies 70 O.S. 2001, Section 6-101.29 to remove language extending suspension periods until case adjudication, except in cases involving criminal charges or indictment where suspension may extend through trial.

• Bill simplifies teacher due process procedures under the Teacher Due Process Act of 1990 while maintaining basic notice and hearing requirements in Section 6-101.26.