Education; modifying eligibility under the Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act.

Summary

The bill rewrites Oklahoma’s teacher incentive scholarship program, renaming it the NEXT‑ED Program and increasing the scholarship payouts. It sets eligibility for high‑school, homeschool or GED graduates who declare a teacher‑preparation major, and requires recipients to teach in an Oklahoma public school for five consecutive years after licensure. The measure also creates an annual $4,000 employment incentive for up to five years and establishes a reporting committee.

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