1. A. Subject to the provisions of the Teacher Due Process Act of 1990, a career teacher may be dismissed or not reemployed for:

   1. 1. Willful neglect of duty;
   2. 2. Repeated negligence in performance of duty;
   3. 3. Mental or physical abuse to a child;
   4. 4. Incompetency;
   5. 5. Instructional ineffectiveness;
   6. 6. Unsatisfactory teaching performance;
   7. 7. Commission of an act of moral turpitude; or
   8. 8. Abandonment of contract.
2. B. Subject to the provisions of the Teacher Due Process Act of 1990, a probationary teacher may be dismissed or not reemployed for cause.

3. C. A teacher shall be dismissed or not reemployed, unless a presidential or gubernatorial pardon has been issued, if during the term of employment the teacher is convicted in this state, the United States or another state of:

   1. 1. Any sex offense subject to the Sex Offenders Registration Act in this state or subject to another state's or the federal sex offender registration provisions; or
   2. 2. Any felony offense.

4. D. A teacher may be dismissed, refused employment or not reemployed after a finding that such person has engaged in criminal sexual activity or sexual misconduct that has impeded the effectiveness of the individual's performance of school duties. As used in this subsection:

   1. 1. "Criminal sexual activity" means the commission of an act as defined in Section 886 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, which is the act of sodomy; and
   2. 2. "Sexual misconduct" means the soliciting or imposing of criminal sexual activity.
5. E. As used in this section, "abandonment of contract" means the failure of a teacher to report at the beginning of the contract term or otherwise perform the duties of a contract of employment when the teacher has accepted other employment or is performing work for another employer that prevents the teacher from fulfilling the obligations of the contract of employment.

Laws 1989, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1017, c. 2, § 77, emerg. eff. July 1, 1990; Amended by Laws 1998, SB 1394, c. 411, § 2, eff. July 1, 1998 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2006, HB 2756, c. 112, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 2006 (superseded document available).