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State Board approves emergency (provisional) teacher certification exceptions
Summary
The Oklahoma State Board of Education approved an exception to certification rules to permit emergency (provisional) teacher certificates under 70 O.S. 6-187(G); the motion passed unanimously.
The Oklahoma State Board of Education approved a Department request for exceptions to state teacher certification regulations to permit emergency (provisional) certificates under 70 O.S. 6-187(G). Board Member Chris Van Denhende moved to approve the request and Board Member Ryan Deatherage seconded; the motion carried with all seven members voting yes.
The minutes record the action as an administrative approval; no substantive discussion or supporting details (such as number of certificates authorized or affected districts) are included in the published minutes. The minutes list the vote as: Deatherage, yes; Van Denhende, yes; Nofire, yes; Bobek, yes; Carson, yes; Tinney, yes; Superintendent Fields, yes. The item appears on the agenda as "Emergency (Provisional) Teacher Certification" and cites 70 O.S. 6-187(G).
