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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 794 By: Seifried
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to teacher preparation; directing the
7 Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability
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8 term; providing for promulgation of rules; providing
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9 declaring an emergency.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-187E of Title 70, unless there
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16 A. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability
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17 shall establish student teaching requirements for teacher candidates
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18 who are enrolled in an educator preparation program accredited by
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19 the Commission. The requirements shall include:
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20 1. Completion of a minimum number of weeks of field experience;
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22 2. Completion of a qualified job-embedded, competency-based
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23 teacher registered apprenticeship program. For the purposes of this
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3 B. The Commission shall promulgate rules to implement the
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5 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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6 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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7 of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
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8 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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