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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 218. Office of Educational Quality and Accountability |
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Chapter 10. Educational Quality |
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Subchapter 8. Teaching Certification Scholarship Program |
SECTION 218:10-8-1. Teaching Certification Scholarship Program
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- (a) Scholarship Program. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability shall establish the Teaching Certification Scholarship Program. The purpose of the program shall be to provide qualifying teacher candidates who are seeking certification with a scholarship toward the cost of competency examinations required by Section 6-187 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, subject to the availability of funds.(1) Scholarships are limited to one per teacher candidate.(2) Teacher candidates must be currently seeking initial certification.(b) Scholarship application. OEQA will develop the scholarship application and any associated deadlines.(c) The Application Review Committee. OEQA will designate the place and time for applications to be read and scored by the Application Review Committee. The Application Review Committee will consist of one representative from(1) Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education(2) Oklahoma State Department of Education(3) Office of Educational Quality and Accountability(4) Oklahoma Association of Colleges for Teacher Education(5) Oklahoma Pre-K through 12 grade public school teacher(d) Selection of scholarship recipient.(1) The Application Review Committee will consider one or more of the following:(A) Degree which applicant's essay conveys scholarship need(B) Conveyance of commitment to teaching in an accredited school district in Oklahoma(C) Demonstration of professional disposition(2) Scholarship recipients will be selected based on scores determined within the application process, ranking from highest to lowest based on application score(e) Payment and reimbursement of competency examination fees.(1) OEQA will make payment for competency examination fees for each scholarship candidate upon signing a letter of intent(2) If the scholarship recipient does not teach at a school district in Oklahoma upon achieving certification, he or she shall be required to reimburse OEQA for the full amount awarded