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OK SB534

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/10/2011

Primary Sponsor

Lee Denney

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Origin

Senate

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Modifies grounds for dismissing career teachers in Oklahoma public schools by replacing "repeated negligence" with "negligence" in performance of duty.

  • Adds four new grounds for dismissal: insubordination (failure to comply with reasonable administrative directives), failure to comply with state-adopted standards of conduct for teachers, and failure to comply with school district policies.

  • Expands the definition of "moral turpitude" to specifically include acts of dishonesty, sexual harassment of students or staff, and threats of bodily harm to students, patrons, or employees.

  • Removes the two-month time limit for teachers to correct poor performance or conduct cited in written admonition, replacing it with a "reasonable time" that considers the severity of the issue.

  • Effective date: July 1, 2012.

Legislative Description

An act relating to school employment; modifying grounds for dismissal or a career teacher; adding grounds for dismissal; deleting certain grounds for dismissal; modifying grounds for recommendation for dismissal. Effective date.

Education - Common

Last Action

Laid over

4/26/2011

Committee Referrals

Education2/8/2011

Full Bill Text

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