Oklahoma Code § 70-6-101.23

Title 70. Schools: Application of act - Exemptions
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A.  The dismissal, suspension and nonreemployment provisions of
the Teacher Due Process Act of 1990 shall not apply to:
1.  Substitute teachers;
2.  Adult education teachers; and
3.  Teachers who are employed on temporary contracts.
B.  The dismissal and suspension provisions of the Teacher Due
Process Act of 1990 shall apply to teachers who are employed on
temporary contracts for a complete school year and to teachers who
are employed in positions fully funded by federal or private
categorical grants, except that such teachers shall be employed only
for the duration of the temporary contract or the grant.
C.  The evaluation provisions in Sections 6-101.10 and 6-101.11
of this title and in the Teacher Due Process Act of 1990 shall apply
to teachers who are employed on temporary contracts for a complete

school year and to teachers who are employed in positions fully
funded by federal or private categorical grants, except that such
teachers shall be employed only for the duration of the temporary
contract or the grant.
D.  Teachers other than those specifically excepted in
subsection A of this section who are employed on contracts shall be
afforded all substantive and procedural rights set forth in the
Teacher Due Process Act of 1990 including the dismissal, suspension,
and nonreemployment provisions applicable to probationary or career
teachers as defined in Section 6-101.3 of this title.
E.  On and after July 1, 1999, any teacher who has worked a
complete school year under a temporary contract in a school district
shall be granted a year of service credit toward career status in
that district.
F.  No teacher shall be hired on a temporary contract by a
school district for more than four semesters or on multiple
temporary contracts by a school district that together are for more
than four semesters, except for a:
1.  Teacher hired to replace a teacher who is on an approved
leave of absence and who is expected to return to employment with
the school district;
2.  Teacher who is a retired member of the Teachers' Retirement
System of Oklahoma; or
3.  Teacher who is employed by a school district on an emergency
or provisional certificate.
G.  No teacher shall be offered a temporary contract with a
school district without a full written disclosure at the time a
position is offered by the administration of the school district
which sets forth the terms and conditions of the temporary contract.
In the event the school district fails to provide such written
disclosure, the teacher shall be considered as employed on a
continuing contract basis.
H.  On and after July 1, 1999, no teacher who is employed on a
continuing contract basis by a school district shall be reemployed
on a temporary contract in that school district.
Added by Laws 1989, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 78, operative July 1,
1990.  Amended by Laws 1999, c. 114, § 1, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws
2000, c. 357, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2009, c. 25, § 1, eff.
July 1, 2009; Laws 2010, c. 34, § 1, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2013,
c. 92, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013; Laws 2025, c. 54, § 1, eff. July 1,
2025.

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