Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-101.23

A. The dismissal, suspension and nonreemployment provisions of

the Teacher Due Process Act of 1990 shall not apply to:

1. Substitute teachers;

2. Adult education teachers; and

3. Teachers who are employed on temporary contracts.

B. The dismissal and suspension provisions of the Teacher Due

Process Act of 1990 shall apply to teachers who are employed on

temporary contracts for a complete school year and to teachers who

are employed in positions fully funded by federal or private

categorical grants, except that such teachers shall be employed only

for the duration of the temporary contract or the grant.

C. The evaluation provisions in Sections 6-101.10 and 6-101.11

of this title and in the Teacher Due Process Act of 1990 shall apply

to teachers who are employed on temporary contracts for a complete

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school year and to teachers who are employed in positions fully

funded by federal or private categorical grants, except that such

teachers shall be employed only for the duration of the temporary

contract or the grant.

D. Teachers other than those specifically excepted in

subsection A of this section who are employed on contracts shall be

afforded all substantive and procedural rights set forth in the

Teacher Due Process Act of 1990 including the dismissal, suspension,

and nonreemployment provisions applicable to probationary or career

teachers as defined in Section 6-101.3 of this title.

E. On and after July 1, 1999, any teacher who has worked a

complete school year under a temporary contract in a school district

shall be granted a year of service credit toward career status in

that district.

F. No teacher shall be hired on a temporary contract by a

school district for more than four semesters or on multiple

temporary contracts by a school district that together are for more

than four semesters, except for a:

1. Teacher hired to replace a teacher who is on an approved

leave of absence and who is expected to return to employment with

the school district;

2. Teacher who is a retired member of the Teachers' Retirement

System of Oklahoma; or

3. Teacher who is employed by a school district on an emergency

or provisional certificate.

G. No teacher shall be offered a temporary contract with a

school district without a full written disclosure at the time a

position is offered by the administration of the school district

which sets forth the terms and conditions of the temporary contract.

In the event the school district fails to provide such written

disclosure, the teacher shall be considered as employed on a

continuing contract basis.

H. On and after July 1, 1999, no teacher who is employed on a

continuing contract basis by a school district shall be reemployed

on a temporary contract in that school district.