SECTION 210:20-29-5. Principle III

(a)   A career teacher may be dismissed or not reemployed for:

(1)   Willful neglect of duty;

(2)   Repeated negligence in performance of duty;

(3)   Mental or physical abuse to a child;

(4)   Incompetency;

(5)   Instructional ineffectiveness;

(6)   Unsatisfactory teaching performance;

(7)   Any reason involving moral turpitude; or

(8)   Abandonment of contract.

(b)   Subject to the provisions of the Teacher Due Process Act, a probationary teacher may be dismissed or not reemployed for cause.

(c)   A teacher shall be dismissed or not reemployed, unless a presidential or gubernatorial pardon has been issued, if during the term of employment the teacher is convicted in any state or federal court of any felony offense, or any sex offense subject to the Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act or any other state or federal sex offender registration provisions.

(d)   A teacher may be dismissed, refused employment, or not reemployed after a finding that such person has engaged in acts that could form the basis of criminal charges sufficient to result in the denial or revocation of a certificate for a reason set forth in subparagraph a of paragraph 6 of 70 O.S. § 3-104.

[Source: Added at 9 Ok Reg 3369, eff 7-8-92 (emergency); Added at 10 Ok Reg 2709, eff 6-25-93; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 3334, eff 5-5-97 (emergency); Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2248, eff 6-11-98; Amended at 34 Ok Reg 1088, eff 9-11-17]