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; or
   7. 7. Any reason involving moral turpitude.
2. B. Subject to the provisions of the Teacher Due Process Act, 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 such 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.

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 July 1, 1998 (superseded document available).