OK SB553

State Department of Education must deny or revoke teaching certificates for individuals convicted of knowingly and willfully failing to report suspected child abuse or neglect under Title 10A Section 1-2-101

Career teachers may be dismissed or not reemployed for "knowing and willful failure to report suspected child abuse or neglect," added as a new grounds for termination alongside existing reasons like incompetency and moral turpitude

School employees must annually sign an attestation acknowledging their responsibility to report suspected child abuse or neglect

Professional development programs must now include information about mandatory reporting requirements under Title 10A and the penalties for failure to report

Employment reference letters from former school districts must now disclose whether the teacher was the subject of any allegation of inappropriate behavior with a student