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CareerTech: Governor signs emergency rule to create industry-specialist certification pathway

3040035 · April 17, 2025
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Summary

The Oklahoma State Board of Career and Technology Education was notified that the governor signed an emergency rule creating a pathway for industry professionals to become certified instructors without requiring a college degree; applications open May 1.

The governor signed an emergency rule on April 1 that establishes an industry-specialist certification pathway allowing professionals hired from industry to qualify to teach in Oklahoma technology centers without returning to a degree program, agency staff told the State Board of Career and Technology Education.

Gina Hubbard, director of Statewide Outreach for the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education (ODCTE), told the board the rule was approved at the board’s prior meeting and signed…

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