NBC Stipend Bill Advances
National Board Certified teachers, school psychologists, speech-language pathologists and audiologists would receive $5,000 stipends for the upcoming fiscal year and the next 10 years under Senate Bill 1879. The Oklahoma House of Representatives Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education voted 10-1 Monday, April 2, 2012, to pass the bill. Rep. Ann Coody, R-Lawton, the House author of the bill, said the bill keeps a promise to educators.
SB 1879 would require the state to pay the stipends to educators already certified for the number of years remaining on the 10-year National Board Certification.
District Empowerment Bill Stymied
The School District Empowerment Program, Senate Bill 1530, failed by a vote of 4-8 in the Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Monday. The bill would have given school districts the same relief from regulations that charter schools enjoy.
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Virtual Commission Gets Approval
Senate Bill 1816, which would create a State Virtual School Sponsoring Commission passed by a vote of 10-1 in the Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Monday. The commission would provide oversight of approved virtual education providers and report by November 1 each year to the governor, president pro tempore of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives the performance of students enrolled with the providers, enrollment numbers and expenditures.
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