{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-6-190.3","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-190.3","heading":"Short title — Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact Act","body":"— Scope and application of act.\n\nA. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Interstate\n\nTeacher Mobility Compact Act”. The purpose of the Interstate\n\nTeacher Mobility Compact shall be to facilitate the mobility of\n\nteachers through a collective regulatory framework amongst member\n\nstates to expedite and enhance the ability of teachers to move\n\nacross state lines.\n\nB. As used in this act:\n\n1. “Active military member” means any person with full-time\n\nduty status in the armed forces of the United States including\n\nmembers of the National Guard and Reserve;\n\n2. “Adverse action” means any limitation or restriction imposed\n\nby a member state’s licensing authority, such as revocation,\n\nsuspension, reprimand, probation, or limitation on the licensee’s\n\nability to work as a teacher;\n\n3. “Bylaws” means those bylaws established by the Commission;\n\n4. “Career and technical education license” means a current,\n\nvalid authorization issued by a member state’s licensing authority\n\nallowing an individual to serve as a teacher in a pre-kindergarten\n\nthrough twelfth grade public educational setting in a specific\n\ncareer and technical education area;\n\n5. “Charter member state” means a member state that has enacted\n\nlegislation to adopt the compact and enactment predates the initial\n\nmeeting of the Commission after the effective date of the compact;\n\n6. “Commission” means the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact\n\nCommission, an interstate administrative body whose membership\n\nconsists of delegates of all states that have enacted the Interstate\n\nTeacher Mobility Compact;\n\n7. “Commissioner” means the delegate of a member state that has\n\nadopted the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact;\n\n8. “Eligible license” means a license or certification to\n\nengage in the teaching profession which requires at least a\n\nbachelor’s degree and the completion of a state-approved program for\n\nteacher certification;\n\n9. “Eligible military spouse” means the spouse of any\n\nindividual in full-time duty status in the active armed forces of\n\nthe United States including members of the National Guard and\n\nReserve moving as a result of a military mission or military career\n\nprogression requirements or moving as a result of separation or\n\nretirement. Eligible military spouse includes surviving spouses of\n\ndeceased military members;\n\n10. “Executive committee” means a group of commissioners\n\nelected or appointed on behalf of and within the powers granted to\n\nthem by the Commission as provided for herein;\n\n11. “Licensing authority” means an official agency, board, or\n\nother entity of a state that is responsible for the licensing or\n\ncertification and regulation of teachers authorized to teach in pre-\n\nkindergarten through twelfth grade public educational settings;\n\n12. “Member state” means any state that has adopted the\n\nInterstate Teacher Mobility Compact including all agencies and\n\nofficials of the state;\n\n13. “Receiving state” means any state in which a teacher has\n\napplied for certification pursuant to the Interstate Teacher\n\nMobility Compact;\n\n14. “Rule” means any regulation promulgated by the Commission\n\nunder the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact, which shall have the\n\nforce of law in each member state;\n\n15. “State practice laws” means a member state’s laws, rules,\n\nand regulations that govern the teaching profession, define the\n\nscope of the teaching profession, and create methods and grounds for\n\nimposing discipline;\n\n16. “State specific requirements” means a requirement for\n\nteacher certification covered in coursework or examination that\n\nincludes the content of unique interest to the state;\n\n17. “Teacher” means an individual who currently holds an\n\nauthorization from a member state that forms the basis for\n\nemployment in the pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade public\n\neducational settings of the state to provide instruction in a\n\nspecific subject area, grade level, or student population; and\nd in coursework or examination that\n\nincludes the content of unique interest to the state;\n\n17. “Teacher” means an individual who currently holds an\n\nauthorization from a member state that forms the basis for\n\nemployment in the pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade public\n\neducational settings of the state to provide instruction in a\n\nspecific subject area, grade level, or student population; and\n\n18. “Unencumbered license” means a current, valid authorization\n\nissued by a member state’s licensing authority allowing an\n\nindividual to serve as a teacher in a pre-kindergarten through\n\ntwelfth grade public educational setting. An unencumbered license\n\nis not a restricted, probationary, provisional, substitute,\n\nemergency, or temporary credential.\n\nC. 1. Licensure pursuant to the Interstate Teacher Mobility\n\nCompact shall pertain only to the initial grant of a license or\n\ncertificate by the receiving state. Nothing herein shall apply to\n\nany subsequent or ongoing compliance requirements that a receiving\n\nstate may require for teachers.\n\n2. Each member state shall, in accordance with the rules of the\n\nCommission, define, compile, and update as necessary a list of\n\neligible licenses and career and technical education licenses that\n\nthe member state is willing to consider for equivalency pursuant to\n\nthe Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact and provide a list to the\n\nCommission. The list shall include those licenses that a receiving\n\nstate is willing to grant to teachers from other member states,\n\npending a determination of equivalency by the receiving state’s\n\nlicensing authority.\n\n3. Upon receipt of an application for licensure or\n\ncertification by a teacher holding an unencumbered eligible license,\n\nthe receiving state shall determine which of the receiving state’s\n\neligible licenses the teacher is qualified to hold and shall grant\n\nthe license(s) or certification(s) to the applicant. The\n\ndetermination shall be made in the sole discretion of the receiving\n\nstate’s licensing authority and may include a determination that the\n\napplicant is not eligible for any of the receiving state’s eligible\n\nlicenses. For all teachers who hold an unencumbered license, the\n\nreceiving state shall grant one or more unencumbered licenses that,\n\nin the receiving state’s sole discretion, are equivalent to the\n\nlicense(s) held by the teacher in any other member state.\n\n4. For active military members and eligible military spouses\n\nwho hold a license or certification that is not unencumbered, the\n\nreceiving state shall grant an equivalent license or licenses that,\n\nin the receiving state’s sole discretion, are equivalent to the\n\nlicense or licenses held by the teacher in any other member state,\n\nexcept where the receiving state does not have an equivalent license\n\nor certification.\n\n5. For a teacher holding an unencumbered career and technical\n\neducation license, the receiving state shall grant an unencumbered\n\nlicense equivalent to the career and technical education license\n\nheld by the applying teacher and issued by another member state, as\n\ndetermined by the receiving state in its sole discretion, except\n\nwhere a career and technical education teacher does not hold a\n\nbachelor’s degree and the receiving state requires a bachelor’s\n\ndegree for licenses to teach career and technical education. A\n\nreceiving state may require career and technical education teachers\n\nto meet state industry recognized requirements, if required by law\n\nin the receiving state.\n\nD. 1. Except as provided for in subsection C of this section,\n\nnothing in the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact shall be\n\nconstrued to limit or inhibit the authority of a member state to\n\nregulate licensure or endorsements overseen by a member state’s\n\nlicensing authority.\n\n2. When a teacher is required to renew a license or\n\ncertification pursuant to the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact,\n40\n\nD. 1. Except as provided for in subsection C of this section,\n\nnothing in the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact shall be\n\nconstrued to limit or inhibit the authority of a member state to\n\nregulate licensure or endorsements overseen by a member state’s\n\nlicensing authority.\n\n2. When a teacher is required to renew a license or\n\ncertification pursuant to the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact,\n\nthe state granting the license or certification may require the\n\nteacher to complete state specific requirements as a condition of\n\nlicense or certification renewal or advancement in that state.\n\n3. For the purposes of determining compensation, a receiving\n\nstate may require additional information from teachers receiving a\n\nlicense or certification pursuant to the provisions of the\n\nInterstate Teacher Mobility Compact.\n\n4. Nothing in the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact shall be\n\nconstrued to limit the power of a member state to control and\n\nmaintain ownership of its information pertaining to teachers or\n\nlimit the application of a member state’s laws or regulations\n\ngoverning the ownership, use, or dissemination of information\n\npertaining to teachers.\n\n5. Nothing in the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact shall be\n\nconstrued to invalidate or alter any existing agreement or another\n\ncooperative arrangement of which a member state may already be a\n\nparty or limit the ability of a member state to participate in any\n\nfuture agreement or other cooperative arrangement to:\n\na. award teaching licenses, certification, or other\n\nbenefits based on additional professional credentials\n\nincluding but not limited to a National Board\n\nCertification,\n\nb. participate in the exchange of names of teachers whose\n\nlicense or certification has been subject to an\n\nadverse action by a member state, or\n\nc. participate in any agreement or cooperative\n\narrangement with a non-member state.\n\nE. 1. Except as provided for active military members or\n\neligible military spouses in paragraph 4 of subsection C of this\n\nsection, a teacher may only be eligible to receive a license or\n\ncertification pursuant to the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact\n\nwhere that teacher holds an unencumbered license or certification in\n\na member state.\n\n2. A teacher eligible to receive a license or certification\n\npursuant to the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact shall, unless\n\notherwise provided for herein:\n\na. upon his or her application to receive a license or\n\ncertification pursuant to the Interstate Teacher\n\nMobility Compact, undergo a criminal background check\n\nin the receiving state in accordance with the laws and\n\nregulations of the receiving state, and\n\nb. provide the receiving state with information in\n\naddition to the information required for licensure or\n\ncertification for the purposes of determining\n\ncompensation, if applicable.\n\nF. 1. Nothing in the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact shall\n\nbe deemed or construed to limit the authority of a member state to\n\ninvestigate or impose disciplinary measures on teachers according to\n\nthe state’s practice laws.\n\n2. Member states shall be authorized to receive and shall\n\nprovide files and information regarding the investigation and\n\ndiscipline, if any, of teachers in other member states upon request.\n\nAny member state receiving information or files shall protect and\n\nmaintain the security and confidentiality thereof in at least the\n\nsame manner that it maintains its own investigatory or disciplinary\n\nfiles and information. Prior to disclosing any disciplinary or\n\ninvestigatory information received from another member state, the\n\ndisclosing state shall communicate its intention and purpose for\n\ndisclosure to the member state which originally provided the\n\ninformation.","path":["OK Code","Title 70"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os70.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"dd6c95fb8afe9047ca7531af06de83a09931420f995e1002d0dab1ce7c9836e8","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-6-190.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-6-190.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}