1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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3 SENATE BILL 482 By: Pugh
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to teacher compensation; establishing
7 minimum salary schedule for teachers; defining fringe
8 benefits; specifying certain recognition of college
8 degrees; requiring the State Board of Education to
9 accept certain teaching experience; requiring certain
9 notification; limiting teaching credit for certain
10 service and experience; allowing school district to
10 offer more credit; directing the Board to recognize
11 certain experiences; prohibiting application of
11 minimum salary schedule to certain retired teachers;
12 requiring certain certified personnel to receive
12 certain salary increase above certain level paid
13 during certain school year; providing for
13 codification; providing an effective date; and
14 declaring an emergency.
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17 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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18 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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19 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 18-114.15 of Title 70, unless
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20 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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21 A. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, certified
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22 personnel, as defined in Section 26-103 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
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23 Statutes, in the public schools of Oklahoma shall receive in salary
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 1 and/or fringe benefits not less than the amounts specified in the
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2 following schedule:
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3 MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE
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4 National
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5 Years of Bachelor’s Board Master’s Doctor’s
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6 Experience Degree Certification Degree Degree
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7 0 $39,601 $40,759 $40,991 $42,381
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8 1 $40,035 $41,193 $41,425 $42,815
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9 2 $40,469 $41,628 $41,859 $43,249
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10 3 $40,904 $42,062 $42,294 $43,684
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11 4 $41,338 $42,496 $42,728 $44,118
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12 5 $42,810 $43,968 $44,200 $45,590
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13 6 $43,273 $44,432 $44,663 $46,054
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14 7 $43,737 $44,895 $45,127 $46,517
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15 8 $44,200 $45,358 $45,590 $46,980
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16 9 $44,663 $45,822 $46,054 $47,444
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17 10 $46,684 $47,844 $48,568 $50,945
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18 11 $47,177 $48,336 $49,061 $51,438
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19 12 $47,670 $48,829 $49,554 $51,931
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20 13 $48,162 $49,322 $50,047 $52,424
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21 14 $48,655 $49,815 $50,539 $52,916
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22 15 $50,167 $51,327 $52,052 $54,430
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23 16 $50,660 $51,820 $52,545 $54,923
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24 17 $51,153 $52,313 $53,038 $55,416
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 1 18 $51,646 $52,806 $53,531 $55,909
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2 19 $52,139 $53,299 $54,024 $56,402
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3 20 $52,652 $53,83 $54,538 $56,917
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4 21 $53,145 $54,306 $55,031 $57,410
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5 22 $53,639 $54,799 $55,524 $57,903
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6 23 $54,132 $55,292 $56,018 $58,397
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7 24 $54,625 $55,785 $56,511 $58,890
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8 25 $56,049 $57,232 $57,971 $60,395
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9 Master’s Degree +
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10 Years of National Board
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11 Experience Certification
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12 0 $42,149
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13 1 $42,583
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14 2 $43,018
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15 3 $43,452
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16 4 $43,886
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17 5 $45,358
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18 6 $45,822
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19 7 $46,285
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20 8 $46,749
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21 9 $47,212
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22 10 $49,728
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23 11 $50,221
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24 12 $50,713
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 1 13 $51,206
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2 14 $51,699
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3 15 $53,212
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4 16 $53,705
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5 17 $54,198
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6 18 $54,691
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7 19 $55,184
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8 20 $55,698
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9 21 $56,192
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10 22 $56,685
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11 23 $57,178
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12 24 $57,671
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13 25 $59,153
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14 B. 1. When determining the Minimum Salary Schedule, “fringe
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15 benefits” shall mean all or part of retirement benefits, excluding
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16 the contributions made pursuant to subsection A of Section 17-108.1
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17 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the flexible benefit
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18 allowance pursuant to Section 26-105 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
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19 Statutes from the flexible benefit allowance funds disbursed by the
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20 State Board of Education and the State Board of Career and
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21 Technology Education pursuant to Section 26-104 of Title 70 of the
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22 Oklahoma Statutes.
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23 2. If a school district intends to provide retirement benefits
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24 to a teacher such that the teacher’s salary would be less than the
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 1 amounts set forth in the minimum salary schedule specified in
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2 subsection A of this section, the district shall be required to
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3 provide written notification to the teacher prior to his or her
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4 employment or, if already employed by the district, no later than
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5 thirty (30) days prior to the date the district elects to provide
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6 retirement benefits such that the teacher’s salary would be less
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7 than the minimum salary schedule.
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8 C. Any of the degrees referred to in this section shall be from
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9 a college recognized by the State Board of Education. The Board
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10 shall accept teaching experience from out-of-state school districts
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11 that are accredited by the State Board of Education or appropriate
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12 state accrediting agency for the districts. The Board shall accept
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13 teaching experience from out-of-country schools that are accredited
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14 or otherwise endorsed by the appropriate national or regional
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15 accrediting or endorsement authority. Out-of-country certification
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16 documentation in a language other than English shall be analyzed by
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17 an educational credential evaluation service in accordance with
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18 industry standards and guidelines and approved by the State
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19 Department of Education. The person seeking to have credit granted
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20 for out-of-country teaching experience shall be responsible for all
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21 costs of the analysis by a credential evaluation service. The Board
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22 shall accept teaching experience from primary and secondary schools
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23 that are operated by the United States Department of Defense or are
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24 affiliated with the United States Department of State.
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 1 D. For the purpose of state salary increments and retirement,
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2 no teacher shall be granted credit for more than five (5) years of
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3 active duty in the military service or out-of-state or out-of-
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4 country teaching experience as a certified teacher or its
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5 equivalent. Nothing in this section shall prohibit boards of
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6 education from crediting more years of experience on district salary
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7 schedules than those allowed for state purposes.
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8 E. The State Board of Education shall recognize, for purposes
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9 of certification and salary increments, all the years of experience
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10 of a:
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11 1. Certified teacher who teaches in the educational program of
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12 the Department of Corrections, beginning with fiscal year 1981;
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13 2. Vocational rehabilitation counselor under the Department of
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14 Human Services if the counselor was employed as a certified teacher
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15 by the State Department of Education when the Division of Vocational
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16 Rehabilitation was transferred from the State Board of Career and
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17 Technology Education or the State Board of Education to the Oklahoma
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18 Public Welfare Commission on July 1, 1968;
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19 3. Vocational rehabilitation counselor which were completed
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20 while employed by the Department of Human Services if such counselor
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21 was certified as a teacher or was eligible for certification as a
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22 teacher in Oklahoma;
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 1 4. Certified teacher which were completed while employed by the
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2 Child Study Center located at University Hospital, if the teacher
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3 was certified as a teacher in Oklahoma; and
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4 5. Certified school psychologist or psychometrist which were
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5 completed while employed as a doctoral intern, psychological
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6 assistant, or psychologist with any agency of the State of Oklahoma
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7 if the experience primarily involved work with persons of school- or
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8 preschool-age and if the person was, at the time the experience was
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9 acquired, certified as, or eligible for certification as, a school
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10 psychologist or psychometrist.
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11 F. The provisions of this section shall not apply to teachers
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12 who have entered into postretirement employment with a public school
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13 in Oklahoma and are still receiving a monthly retirement benefit.
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14 G. If a person employed as certified personnel, as defined in
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15 Section 26-103 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, by a school
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16 district during the 2022-2023 school year was receiving a salary
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17 above the step level indicated by the State Minimum Salary Schedule
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18 for the 2022-2023 school year, the person shall receive a salary
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19 increase amount equal to the amount indicated in subsection A for
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20 the step level indicated for the person, provided they remain
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21 employed by the same district, unless the hours or the duties of the
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22 certified personnel are reduced proportionately.
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23 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
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 1 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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2 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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3 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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4 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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