Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.567: Alternative school or education program - Abbreviated

schedule - Teacher certification.

A. Upon application of a district board of education, the State

Board of Education shall authorize an abbreviated day schedule for

an alternative school or alternative education program that is or

will be administered by the district pursuant to the provisions of

this act or for the education provided for students in a residential

or treatment facility located within the district. A student

enrolled in an alternative school, an alternative education program

or receiving educational services in a residential or treatment

facility within the district who attends for a full abbreviated day

shall be counted in attendance for purposes of computing average

daily attendance and average daily membership for the district.

B. A district board of education shall hire only certified

teachers to teach in an alternative education program or alternative

education school offered by the district or to teach students who

are in a residential or treatment facility.

C. A certified teacher in an alternative education program or

school shall be paid five percent (5%) more than the designated

salary step for that teacher within the adopted salary schedule of

the school district.

D. A person providing counseling or social services in an

alternative education program or school shall be certified as a

school counselor by the State Board of Education or as a mental

health provider.

E. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules by which

a certified teacher who is qualified to teach in an alternative

education program or alternative school as determined by the

district board of education offering the alternative education

program or alternative school or who teaches students in a

residential or treatment facility may be certified to teach subjects

in which the teacher does not hold certification. The rules shall

provide:

1. The certification may be granted only upon application of a

district board of education offering an alternative education

program or alternative school pursuant to the provisions of this act

or upon application of a district board of education offering a

residential or treatment facility; and

2. The teacher's certification in subjects in which the teacher

does not otherwise hold certification pursuant to the provisions of

this section shall be valid only for purposes of teaching in the

alternative education program or alternative school offered by the

district board or in a residential or treatment facility located

within the district making application.