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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 778 By: Rader
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to workforce training for educators;
7 providing for certain annual training; providing
8 purpose of training; directing certain components of
8 training to be included; requiring annual update;
9 allowing certain time of training; requiring certain
9 inclusion; directing certain posting of required
10 training; providing for codification; providing an
10 effective date; and declaring an emergency.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 905 of Title 40, unless there is
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16 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. The Oklahoma Workforce Commission shall develop workforce
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18 and industry training for the use of teachers and administrators
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19 across the state no later than August 1, 2026, and each year
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20 thereafter. The purpose of the training shall be to improve the
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21 knowledge of teachers and administrators on the conditions of
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22 Oklahoma's workforce and to ensure that the students of the state
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23 are fully prepared to access career pathways upon graduation.
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1 1. The training shall include instruction over the key
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2 industries of Oklahoma as determined by the Oklahoma Workforce
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3 Commission, as well as workforce shortages in those industries. The
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4 training shall be updated annually to reflect changes in Oklahoma's
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5 key industries and the workforce demand of those industries no later
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6 than August 1, 2027.
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7 2. The training shall be no more than one (1) hour in duration
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8 and shall be accessible in an online video format compatible with
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9 the State Department of Education online professional learning
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10 platform.
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11 B. All teachers pursuant to Section 1-116 of Title 70 of the
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12 Oklahoma Statutes or any subsequent statute shall be required to
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13 watch the training on an annual basis, starting no later than May 1,
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14 2027.
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15 C. The State Department of Education shall be responsible for
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16 annually posting the training on its online professional learning
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17 platform no later than October 30, 2026, and each year thereafter.
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18 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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19 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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20 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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21 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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22 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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