HB4427

Oklahoma HB4427 amends rules for adjunct teachers, requiring certain qualifications and prohibiting them from teaching core curriculum subjects to.

Oklahoma HB4427 amends the qualifications for adjunct teachers, requiring them to have distinguished qualifications in their field and prohibiting them from teaching core curriculum classes in prekindergarten through fourth grade unless they hold a valid certificate. The bill also mandates that adjunct teachers who do not hold a valid certificate must participate in an alternative placement program approved by the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education may grant a waiver for adjunct teachers to instruct core curriculum classes in prekindergarten through fourth grade.