SB 235 Oklahoma Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Teachers; establishing the Grow Your Own Educator Program; providing for grant application process. Effective date. Emergency.

SB 235 establishes the Grow Your Own Educator Program, which helps school districts train current staff or community members to become teachers. It creates a grant application process for districts to fund these training initiatives, directly affecting school districts and local educators seeking to build teacher pipelines. The bill took effect immediately upon the governor’s approval on June 10, 2025, as an emergency measure. This law provides a concrete framework for districts to secure funding for educator development programs.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Signed Jun 11, 2025
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What changed between versions

Floor (House) Floor (Senate) · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was revised from the House version to the Senate version, primarily updating formatting and committee attribution details. The substantive policy content regarding the Grow Your Own Educator Program remains unchanged, including eligibility criteria, grant application requirements, reporting obligations, and the creation of a revolving fund.
TECHNICAL

Header information was updated to reflect Senate Floor Version with a new date of March 5, 2025, and revised committee report attribution to the Committee on Appropriations.

Line numbering and page references were reorganized to match Senate formatting standards, though the actual bill text content remained consistent.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
43
Key actions
13
Committee
9
Amendments
1
Jun 11, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 06/10/2025
upper
May 28, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
May 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 13
lower
May 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
CCR adopted
lower
May 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 36 Nays: 10
upper
May 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
CCR adopted, GCCA
upper
May 14, 2025
Amended
HAs rejected, conference requested
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 10
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Committee
Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 6
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
Referred to Appropriations
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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