Teacher preparation; directing the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability to establish TeachForwardOK.

Updated the document title and header to indicate this is the 'House of Representatives - Floor Version' and 'Engrossed Senate Bill', replacing the 'Committee Substitute' label.

Added Section 2 establishing a specific effective date of July 1, 2025, which was missing in the final enrolled version.

Added Section 3 declaring an emergency to allow the bill to take effect immediately upon the Governor's signature, bypassing standard waiting periods.

Replaced the generic title page with a formal committee substitute header and updated the act description to include the new effective date and emergency declaration.

Removed the 'An Act' title line and the 'ENROLLED SENATE' designation, as this version is a working draft for further review.

Removed internal legislative markup, bracketed explanatory text, and page headers to produce a clean, official version of the bill.

Added the official Act title, subject line, and signature blocks for the Senate, House, Governor, and Secretary of State to finalize the legislative process.

Updated the Senate passage date from March 13, 2025, to May 22, 2025, reflecting the final approval timeline.

Updated the bill title header to reflect it is now the 'Engrossed Senate Bill' rather than the 'Engrossed House Amendment'.

Added a new blank line on Page 4 between the Senate signature block and the House signature block.

Adjusted the title page header to remove 'Amendment No. 1' and 'House' references, aligning the document with the Senate's final version.

Changed the Senate passage date from a blank line to 'March 13, 2025'.

Changed the House passage date from 'May 6, 2025' to a blank line, indicating the House has not yet passed this version.

The deadline for teacher education programs to submit a response to evaluation findings was extended from 60 days to 90 days.

New requirements mandate that funded programs must develop specific recruitment pathways, such as converting paraprofessionals to teachers or creating apprenticeship models with on-the-job training.

The evaluation criteria were updated to specifically require programs to propose 'innovative ways to recruit nontraditional teacher candidates unique to the teacher education program.'

The amendment clarifies that grants can be used as incentives to encourage participation and to contract with technical assistance providers.

The bill now explicitly defines the goal of providing 'new, high-quality pathways to enter the teaching profession' and lists specific examples of innovative recruitment methods.