SB 556 — Teacher certification; directing the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability to have certain authority over teacher certification until certain date. Effective date. Emergency.

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The bill transfers authority over teacher certification to the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability until March 31, 2027, and outlines subsequent changes in authority to the State Board of Education.

• 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3-104

  Beginning April 1, 2027, the State Department of Education shall not issue a certificate to and shall revoke the certificate of any person who has been convicted, whether upon a verdict or plea of guilty or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or received a suspended sentence or any probationary term for a crime or an attempt to commit a crime provided for in Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes if the offense involved sexual abuse or sexual exploitation as those terms are defined in Section 1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, Section 741, 843.1, if the offense included sexual abuse or sexual exploitation, 865 et seq., 885, 888, 891, 1021, 1021.2, 1021.3, 1040.13a, 1087, 1088, 1111.1, 1114, or 1123 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes or who enters this state and who has been convicted, received a suspended sentence, or received a deferred judgment for a crime or attempted crime which, i → Beginning on the effective date of this act and until March 31, 2027, the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability shall have authority in matters pertaining to the licensure and certification of persons for instructional, supervisory, and administrative positions and services in the public schools of this state provided for in this paragraph. Beginning on the effective date of this act and until March 31, 2027, the Commission shall enforce rules promulgated by the State Board of Education governing the issuance and revocation of certificates and may charge and collect reasonable fees for the issuance of such certificates pursuant to this paragraph:

  This change temporarily gives the Commission authority over teacher certification and the enforcement of related rules.

• 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3-104

  Beginning April 1, 2027, the State Board of Education shall have authority over the issuance, suspension, and revocation of certain certificates to teach → Beginning on the effective date of this act and until March 31, 2027, the Commission to have authority in matters pertaining to the licensure and certification of certain purposes until certain date; directing the Commission to enforce rules regarding the issuance and revocation of certain certificates and to charge and collect certain fees until certain date; prohibiting the Commission from issuing a certificate to and requiring revocation of a certificate from certain individuals until certain date;

  This specifies that the Commission will have authority over teacher certifications until a specified date.

• 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3-116.2

  The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability shall succeed to any contractual rights and responsibilities incurred by the Teacher Certification Division of the State Department of Education.

  This grants the Commission rights and responsibilities related to contracts from the Teacher Certification Division.

Action History

1. February 04, 2025

   Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee

2. February 03, 2025

   Authored by Senator Mann

3. February 03, 2025

   First Reading

Sponsors

• Mark Mann · Primary

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