Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3224: Instructors to be proficient in speaking English language

- Intent of Legislature - Certification of proficiency - Reports.

A. It is the intent of the Oklahoma Legislature that all

instructors, including all graduate teaching assistants, now

employed or being considered for employment at institutions within

The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall be proficient in

speaking the English language so that they may adequately instruct

students.

B. Exceptions to this statement of intent shall include the

instruction of courses that are:

1. Designed to be taught predominantly in a foreign language;

and

2. Elective, special arrangement courses such as individualized

instruction and independent study courses.

C. It is further the intent of the Legislature that each

institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education

evaluate its instructional faculty for oral, aural, and written

fluency in the English language in the classroom. By September 1 of

each year, each state institution shall file with the Oklahoma State

Regents for Higher Education a certification stating that the

instructional faculty members, whose native language is other than

English, hired either after July 1, 1995, or hired subsequent to the

last annual certification, are proficient in the English language.

D. Each college and university of the State System shall

provide an annual report to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate

and the Speaker of the House of the Oklahoma Legislature by January

1 of each year setting forth the following information:

1. Procedures established to guarantee faculty members have

proficiency in both written and spoken English; and

2. Procedures established to inform students of grievance

procedures regarding instructors who are not able to speak the

English language.