The following words and terms, when used in this Subchapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Full-time student" means:

1. (A) an undergraduate student enrolled in 12 or more semester credits toward teacher education degree requirements;
2. (B) an undergraduate student who is a teacher education major who is enrolled in or has completed an internship or student teaching credit hours in order to complete their degree program prior to certification and who has been approved by the institution to take less than twelve credit hours; or
3. (C) an undergraduate student who is a teacher education major with an approved reasonable accommodation from Student Accessibility Services at the institution due to a documented disability and who has been approved to take less than twelve credit hours.

"Internship" or "Student teaching" means: A minimum of 12 weeks or 360 hours of full-time student teaching or its equivalent completed by all initial candidates prior to teacher education program completion. The student teaching internship must be completed in an accredited Oklahoma PK-12 school to fulfill the mandatory requirement for a teacher education degree at an accredited Oklahoma institution.

"OSRHE" means the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

"SAP" means satisfactory academic progress according to the standards of the Oklahoma educational institution in which the student is enrolled.

Added at 40 Ok Reg 144, eff 10-12-22 (emergency)

Added at 40 Ok Reg 1198, eff 8-11-23

Amended at 41 Ok Reg, Number 21, effective 7-25-24