ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1335	By:	Lockhart of the House

				and

		Ballenger of the Senate

An Act relating to schools; requiring certain company to provide refund to teacher candidates under certain condition; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT:  Teacher candidate competency examinations

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-187A of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

If a company that provides competency examinations within this state requires payment from a teacher candidate for an examination prior to the release of the previous competency examination results for that candidate, it shall be required to provide a full refund to the teacher candidate in the event he or she successfully passes the previous examination.

SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2013.

Passed the House of Representatives the 19th day of February, 2013.

	
	Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives

Passed the Senate the 17th day of April, 2013.

	
	Presiding Officer of the Senate

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________ day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________ day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.

	_________________________________
	Governor of the State of Oklahoma

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________ day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________