Oklahoma HB 4106: Schools; requiring violence de-escalation training for certified teachers and emergency teachers; effective date.

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 57th Legislature (2020)

HOUSE BILL 4106 By: Ranson

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2011,
Sections 6-187, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter
50, O.S.L. 2017 and Section 6-194, as last amended by
Section 1, Chapter 16, O.S.L. 2019 (70 O.S. Supp.
2019, Sections 6-187 and 6-194), which relate to the
Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Act; requiring violence
de-escalation training for certified teachers;
requiring violence de-escalation training for
emergency teachers; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2011, Section 6-187, as
last amended by Section 1, Chapter 50, O.S.L. 2017 (70 O.S. Supp.
2019, Section 6-187), is amended to read as follows:
Section 6-187. A. Prior to July 1, 2014, a competency
examination shall be adopted by the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher
Preparation and beginning July 1, 2014, a competency examination
shall be adopted by the Commission for Educational Quality and
Accountability for the general education, professional education and
various subject areas and grade levels for purposes of ensuring

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academic achievement and competency of each teacher candidate or
teacher in the subject area the person is seeking certification to
teach which shall also include certification as an administrator, as
prescribed by the State Board of Education.
The Commission, consistent with the purposes of this section,
shall promulgate rules and procedures to guarantee the
confidentiality of examinations.
B. No teacher candidate shall be eligible for certification
until successfully completing the competency examination except
those candidates who make application to the State Board and meet
the criteria for the alternative placement program pursuant to
Section 6-122.3 of this title. Certification shall be limited to
areas of approval in which the certified teacher has successfully
completed the examination. Subject to the provisions of subsection
C of this section, testing for certification for subjects in which a
teacher candidate or teacher is seeking a minor teaching assignment
or an endorsement to teach shall be limited to the specific subject
area test.
A teacher candidate or teacher may take the general education,
professional education or subject area portions of the examination
subject to any limit imposed by the Commission.
C. 1. Except as otherwise provided for in this subsection, a
teacher may be certified in as many areas as the teacher meets the

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necessary requirements provided by law and has successfully
completed the subject area portion of the examination.
2. Except as otherwise provided for in this paragraph,
certification in early childhood, elementary, or special education
shall require completion of an appropriate teacher education program
approved by the Commission.
Any teacher who is certified to teach elementary education may
be certified in early childhood education upon meeting the
requirements provided in law and successful completion of the
appropriate subject area portion of the examination. Any teacher
who is certified to teach early childhood education may be certified
in elementary education upon meeting the requirements provided in
law and successful completion of the appropriate subject area
portion of the examination. Any special education teacher who
becomes certified to teach through completion of an accredited
teacher preparation program may be certified in early childhood or
elementary education upon meeting the requirements provided in law
and successful completion of the appropriate subject portion of the
examination. Any teacher who becomes certified to teach through
completion of an accredited teacher preparation program or becomes
alternatively certified to teach through the Troops to Teachers
program may be certified in special education upon meeting the
requirements provided in law and successful completion of the
appropriate subject area portion of the examination. Any special

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education teacher who has not completed a Commission-approved
teacher education program in elementary education or early childhood
education but who has successfully completed the subject area
portion of the examination may be certified in elementary education
or early childhood education for the purpose of providing direct
instruction and serving as the teacher of record for grading
purposes in special education settings only.
D. The Commission shall offer the competency examination at
least four times per calendar year on dates to be established by the
Commission.
E. If a teacher candidate or teacher is a non-nati