Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-190.3

— Scope and application of act.

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Interstate

Teacher Mobility Compact Act”. The purpose of the Interstate

Teacher Mobility Compact shall be to facilitate the mobility of

teachers through a collective regulatory framework amongst member

states to expedite and enhance the ability of teachers to move

across state lines.

B. As used in this act:

1. “Active military member” means any person with full-time

duty status in the armed forces of the United States including

members of the National Guard and Reserve;

2. “Adverse action” means any limitation or restriction imposed

by a member state’s licensing authority, such as revocation,

suspension, reprimand, probation, or limitation on the licensee’s

ability to work as a teacher;

3. “Bylaws” means those bylaws established by the Commission;

4. “Career and technical education license” means a current,

valid authorization issued by a member state’s licensing authority

allowing an individual to serve as a teacher in a pre-kindergarten

through twelfth grade public educational setting in a specific

career and technical education area;

5. “Charter member state” means a member state that has enacted

legislation to adopt the compact and enactment predates the initial

meeting of the Commission after the effective date of the compact;

6. “Commission” means the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact

Commission, an interstate administrative body whose membership

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consists of delegates of all states that have enacted the Interstate

Teacher Mobility Compact;

7. “Commissioner” means the delegate of a member state that has

adopted the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact;

8. “Eligible license” means a license or certification to

engage in the teaching profession which requires at least a

bachelor’s degree and the completion of a state-approved program for

teacher certification;

9. “Eligible military spouse” means the spouse of any

individual in full-time duty status in the active armed forces of

the United States including members of the National Guard and

Reserve moving as a result of a military mission or military career

progression requirements or moving as a result of separation or

retirement. Eligible military spouse includes surviving spouses of

deceased military members;

10. “Executive committee” means a group of commissioners

elected or appointed on behalf of and within the powers granted to

them by the Commission as provided for herein;

11. “Licensing authority” means an official agency, board, or

other entity of a state that is responsible for the licensing or

certification and regulation of teachers authorized to teach in pre-

kindergarten through twelfth grade public educational settings;

12. “Member state” means any state that has adopted the

Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact including all agencies and

officials of the state;

13. “Receiving state” means any state in which a teacher has

applied for certification pursuant to the Interstate Teacher

Mobility Compact;

14. “Rule” means any regulation promulgated by the Commission

under the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact, which shall have the

force of law in each member state;

15. “State practice laws” means a member state’s laws, rules,

and regulations that govern the teaching profession, define the

scope of the teaching profession, and create methods and grounds for

imposing discipline;

16. “State specific requirements” means a requirement for

teacher certification covered in coursework or examination that

includes the content of unique interest to the state;

17. “Teacher” means an individual who currently holds an

authorization from a member state that forms the basis for

employment in the pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade public

educational settings of the state to provide instruction in a

specific subject area, grade level, or student population; and
d in coursework or examination that

includes the content of unique interest to the state;

17. “Teacher” means an individual who currently holds an

authorization from a member state that forms the basis for

employment in the pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade public

educational settings of the state to provide instruction in a

specific subject area, grade level, or student population; and

18. “Unencumbered license” means a current, valid authorization

issued by a member state’s licensing authority allowing an

individual to serve as a teacher in a pre-kindergarten through

twelfth grade public educational setting. An unencumbered license

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is not a restricted, probationary, provisional, substitute,

emergency, or temporary credential.

C. 1. Licensure pursuant to the Interstate Teacher Mobility

Compact shall pertain only to the initial grant of a license or

certificate by the receiving state. Nothing herein shall apply to

any subsequent or ongoing compliance requirements that a receiving

state may require for teachers.

2. Each member state shall, in accordance with the rules of the

Commission, define, compile, and update as necessary a list of

eligible licenses and career and technical education licenses that

the member state is willing to consider for equivalency pursuant to

the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact and provide a list to the

Commission. The list shall include those licenses that a receiving

state is willing to grant to teachers from other member states,

pending a determination of equivalency by the receiving state’s

licensing authority.

3. Upon receipt of an application for licensure or

certification by a teacher holding an unencumbered eligible license,

the receiving state shall determine which of the receiving state’s

eligible licenses the teacher is qualified to hold and shall grant

the license(s) or certification(s) to the applicant. The

determination shall be made in the sole discretion of the receiving

state’s licensing authority and may include a determination that the

applicant is not eligible for any of the receiving state’s eligible

licenses. For all teachers who hold an unencumbered license, the

receiving state shall grant one or more unencumbered licenses that,

in the receiving state’s sole discretion, are equivalent to the

license(s) held by the teacher in any other member state.

4. For active military members and eligible military spouses

who hold a license or certification that is not unencumbered, the

receiving state shall grant an equivalent license or licenses that,

in the receiving state’s sole discretion, are equivalent to the

license or licenses held by the teacher in any other member state,

except where the receiving state does not have an equivalent license

or certification.

5. For a teacher holding an unencumbered career and technical

education license, the receiving state shall grant an unencumbered

license equivalent to the career and technical education license

held by the applying teacher and issued by another member state, as

determined by the receiving state in its sole discretion, except

where a career and technical education teacher does not hold a

bachelor’s degree and the receiving state requires a bachelor’s

degree for licenses to teach career and technical education. A

receiving state may require career and technical education teachers

to meet state industry recognized requirements, if required by law

in the receiving state.

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D. 1. Except as provided for in subsection C of this section,

nothing in the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact shall be

construed to limit or inhibit the authority of a member state to

regulate licensure or endorsements overseen by a member state’s

licensing authority.

2. When a teacher is required to renew a license or

certification pursuant to the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact,
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D. 1. Except as provided for in subsection C of this section,

nothing in the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact shall be

construed to limit or inhibit the authority of a member state to

regulate licensure or endorsements overseen by a member state’s

licensing authority.

2. When a teacher is required to renew a license or

certification pursuant to the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact,

the state granting the license or certification may require the

teacher to complete state specific requirements as a condition of

license or certification renewal or advancement in that state.

3. For the purposes of determining compensation, a receiving

state may require additional information from teachers receiving a

license or certification pursuant to the provisions of the

Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact.

4. Nothing in the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact shall be

construed to limit the power of a member state to control and

maintain ownership of its information pertaining to teachers or

limit the application of a member state’s laws or regulations

governing the ownership, use, or dissemination of information

pertaining to teachers.

5. Nothing in the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact shall be

construed to invalidate or alter any existing agreement or another

cooperative arrangement of which a member state may already be a

party or limit the ability of a member state to participate in any

future agreement or other cooperative arrangement to:

a. award teaching licenses, certification, or other

benefits based on additional professional credentials

including but not limited to a National Board

Certification,

b. participate in the exchange of names of teachers whose

license or certification has been subject to an

adverse action by a member state, or

c. participate in any agreement or cooperative

arrangement with a non-member state.

E. 1. Except as provided for active military members or

eligible military spouses in paragraph 4 of subsection C of this

section, a teacher may only be eligible to receive a license or

certification pursuant to the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact

where that teacher holds an unencumbered license or certification in

a member state.

2. A teacher eligible to receive a license or certification

pursuant to the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact shall, unless

otherwise provided for herein:

a. upon his or her application to receive a license or

certification pursuant to the Interstate Teacher

Mobility Compact, undergo a criminal background check

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in the receiving state in accordance with the laws and

regulations of the receiving state, and

b. provide the receiving state with information in

addition to the information required for licensure or

certification for the purposes of determining

compensation, if applicable.

F. 1. Nothing in the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact shall

be deemed or construed to limit the authority of a member state to

investigate or impose disciplinary measures on teachers according to

the state’s practice laws.

2. Member states shall be authorized to receive and shall

provide files and information regarding the investigation and

discipline, if any, of teachers in other member states upon request.

Any member state receiving information or files shall protect and

maintain the security and confidentiality thereof in at least the

same manner that it maintains its own investigatory or disciplinary

files and information. Prior to disclosing any disciplinary or

investigatory information received from another member state, the

disclosing state shall communicate its intention and purpose for

disclosure to the member state which originally provided the

information.