2023 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 70. Schools
§70-1730. Teacher contracts for the Oklahoma School for the Deaf or Oklahoma School for the Blind.
A. Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, a person who is certified to teach by the State Board of Education and hired or employed as a teacher by the Oklahoma School for the Deaf or Oklahoma School for the Blind shall enter into an employment contract which begins on August 1 and ends on July 31 of the subsequent calendar year. The employment contract shall establish a maximum amount of one thousand two hundred (1,200) working hours for the duration of the contract.
B. As used in this section, "working hours" means instructional time, professional development time, volunteer time, or extra duty time which is unpaid. Working hours shall not include time spent in stipend positions or paid extra duty, extracurricular activity, or athletic coaching time. Volunteer time occurring outside of the school year shall not be included in the working hours maximum established in subsection A of this section.
C. Teachers employed by the Oklahoma School for the Deaf or Oklahoma School for the Blind shall be compensated for using their planning time, lunch period, or other available time to cover for an absent teacher. The amount of compensation shall be determined by dividing the daily rate of a certified substitute teacher by the number of class periods or hours covered by the teacher.
Added by Laws 2022, c. 197, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.
