HB 2418 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

Teachers; adjunct teachers; State Board of Career and Technology Education to promulgate certain rules; requiring State Department of Education to assist in implementing rules; effective date; emergency.

HB 2418 creates a new alternative teaching certification for individuals with relevant degrees or work experience (e.g., bachelor's degree with 2.5 GPA, terminal degrees, or field experience), requiring them to earn standard certification within three years. It establishes "adjunct teachers" who need "distinguished qualifications" in their field but do not require standard certification, and clarifies they are not considered "teachers" under certain statutes. The State Department of Education must collaborate with the Career and Technology Education Board to implement these rules, including credentialing. This directly affects prospective teachers, career tech programs, and public school districts hiring in math, science, and foreign language fields.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Apr 1, 2025
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What changed between versions

House Committee Substitute Floor (House) · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a Committee Substitute version to a Floor version, with the primary change being the addition of Senate sponsor information (Frix) and the removal of the original House sponsor-only header. The substantive legislative content regarding teacher certification requirements remains unchanged.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and sponsor attribution were modified.
TECHNICAL

Header was updated to include both House and Senate sponsors (Fetgatter and Frix) instead of House sponsor only.

Removed the 'COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE' label from the title page, as this version is now the Floor version.

Added Senate sponsor name (Frix) to the bill header.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 26, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 0
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced
Amended by floor substitute
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Common Education
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors