Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-130

Recognizing the future significance and challenge of educating a

growing and highly diverse student population in Oklahoma common

schools and acknowledging the underrepresentation of minority

teachers among the state's professional education staff, the

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall have authority to

establish the Minority Teacher Recruitment Center and staff and

administer its work. Upon recommendations and advice from the

Minority Teacher Recruitment Advisory Committee re-created pursuant

to Section 1 of this act, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education are hereby directed to work with the State Board of

Education, the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation and other

agencies, boards and education organizations in the interests of

recruiting, retaining and placing minority teachers in the public

schools of the State of Oklahoma. Such efforts shall include, but

not be limited to:

1. The provision and coordination of support services to

teacher training programs in state institutions of higher education,

including the funding of grants for campus-based recruitment,

retention and placement programs that assist minority students who

intend to become teachers;

2. The establishment and development of recruiting programs for

potential minority teachers, including pre-collegiate curricular

courses that emphasize school success and the opportunity to

investigate teaching as a career choice, future teacher clubs and

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collegiate programs designed to recruit students making transitions

from other careers and other areas of study;

3. The hosting of conferences dealing with issues that effect

minority teacher recruitment, retention, and placement;

4. The creation of activities in the public and private schools

of Oklahoma which enhance the image of the teaching profession; and

5. The creation and development of placement services providing

assistance to both minority educators and school districts seeking

to hire qualified minority teachers.