ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1837	By:	Hamilton, Shelton and Shumate of the House

			    and

		Eason McIntyre of the Senate

An Act relating to schools; authorizing the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation to establish the Inner City Schools Rescue program; stating purpose of the program; defining an inner city school; directing the Commission to take certain steps to fulfill the objectives of the program; providing for selection of teachers for the program; directing the Commission to promulgate rules; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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 6-210 of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  The Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation is authorized to establish the Inner City Schools Rescue program.  The purpose of the program shall be to recruit and train licensed or certified teachers to work in inner city schools and to provide technical assistance and support to those teachers who participate in the program and become employed in an inner city school.

B.  For purposes of this section, an inner city school shall mean a school that is on the school improvement list as determined by the Commission pursuant to the No Child Left Behind Act or where ninety-five percent (95%) or more of the students enrolled in the school qualify for the free and reduced lunch program.

C.  To fulfill the objectives of the Inner City Schools Rescue program the Commission shall:

1.  Inform teachers of the program;

2.  Collect and review applications for the program from interested teachers; and

3.  Establish an applicant review committee to identify participants for the program.

D.  Each year the Commission shall select a certain number of teachers, as determined by the Commission, who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence in teaching and to working with at-risk students in the inner city.

E.  The Commission shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.

SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2009.

SECTION 3.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby 
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

Passed the House of Representatives the 15th day of May, 2009.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the 18th day of May, 2009.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate