Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-101.26
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Mailing or delivery of recommendation to teacher -
Official statutory text
Teacher hearing.
A. Whenever a board of education receives a recommendation from
the superintendent for the dismissal or nonreemployment of a
teacher, the board or individual designated by the board shall mail
a copy of the recommendation to the teacher by certified mail,
restricted delivery, return receipt requested, by personal delivery
to the teacher with a signed acknowledgement of receipt, or by
delivery by a process server. By the same means, the board shall
notify the teacher of the right to a hearing before the board and
the date, time and place set by the board for the hearing, which
shall be held within the school district not sooner than twenty (20)
days or later than sixty (60) days after receipt of notice by the
teacher, the date on the personal receipt by hand-delivery to the
teacher, or the date of delivery by a process server. The notice
shall specify the statutory grounds upon which the recommendation is
based upon for a career teacher or shall specify the cause upon
which the recommendation is based upon for a probationary teacher.
The notice shall also specify the underlying facts supporting the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 362
recommendation. At the hearing, the teacher shall be entitled to
all rights guaranteed under the circumstances by the United States
Constitution and the Constitution of Oklahoma.
B. The teacher hearing shall be conducted by the district board
according to procedures established by the State Board of Education.
C. Only after due consideration of the evidence and testimony
presented at the hearing shall the district board decide whether to
dismiss or nonreemploy the teacher. The vote of the board shall be
made in an open meeting. The board shall also notify the teacher of
the decision, including the basis for the decision, by certified
mail, restricted delivery, return receipt requested, or substitute
process as provided by law. The decision of the board regarding a
teacher shall be final and nonappealable. At the hearing the burden
of proof shall be upon the superintendent or designee, and the
standard of proof shall be by the preponderance of the evidence.
The teacher shall receive any compensation or benefits to which the
teacher is otherwise entitled until the decision of the board
becomes final. If the hearing for a teacher is for nonreemployment,
such compensation and benefits may be continued only until the end
of the current contract of the teacher.
A. Whenever a board of education receives a recommendation from
the superintendent for the dismissal or nonreemployment of a
teacher, the board or individual designated by the board shall mail
a copy of the recommendation to the teacher by certified mail,
restricted delivery, return receipt requested, by personal delivery
to the teacher with a signed acknowledgement of receipt, or by
delivery by a process server. By the same means, the board shall
notify the teacher of the right to a hearing before the board and
the date, time and place set by the board for the hearing, which
shall be held within the school district not sooner than twenty (20)
days or later than sixty (60) days after receipt of notice by the
teacher, the date on the personal receipt by hand-delivery to the
teacher, or the date of delivery by a process server. The notice
shall specify the statutory grounds upon which the recommendation is
based upon for a career teacher or shall specify the cause upon
which the recommendation is based upon for a probationary teacher.
The notice shall also specify the underlying facts supporting the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 362
recommendation. At the hearing, the teacher shall be entitled to
all rights guaranteed under the circumstances by the United States
Constitution and the Constitution of Oklahoma.
B. The teacher hearing shall be conducted by the district board
according to procedures established by the State Board of Education.
C. Only after due consideration of the evidence and testimony
presented at the hearing shall the district board decide whether to
dismiss or nonreemploy the teacher. The vote of the board shall be
made in an open meeting. The board shall also notify the teacher of
the decision, including the basis for the decision, by certified
mail, restricted delivery, return receipt requested, or substitute
process as provided by law. The decision of the board regarding a
teacher shall be final and nonappealable. At the hearing the burden
of proof shall be upon the superintendent or designee, and the
standard of proof shall be by the preponderance of the evidence.
The teacher shall receive any compensation or benefits to which the
teacher is otherwise entitled until the decision of the board
becomes final. If the hearing for a teacher is for nonreemployment,
such compensation and benefits may be continued only until the end
of the current contract of the teacher.
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