Oklahoma § 70-1730 - Teacher contracts for the Oklahoma School for the Deaf or
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 70-1730 — Teacher contracts for the Oklahoma School for the Deaf or, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 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.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools
Added by Laws 2022, c. 197, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 70-1730 ("Teacher contracts for the Oklahoma School for the Deaf or") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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