Board authorizes emergency rulemaking to implement new industry specialist certification

The State Board approved an emergency rulemaking process to publish Chapter 20, Subchapter 3, Section 4—the new industry specialist certification rule required under 2024 legislation (House Bill 3272, as referenced by agency staff). Agency staff said the regulation text was prepared and included in rulemaking intent and impact statements but was inadvertently omitted from the Oklahoma Register and the administrative rules system; the emergency process will make the rule effective in time for a June 1, 2025 launch in the State Department of Education system.