1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) |
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3|HOUSE BILL 1037 By: Rosecrants |
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6| AS INTRODUCED |
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7| An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021, |
| Section 6-206, which relates to an annual salary |
8| bonus for certain school employees; requiring annual |
| salary bonuses for school psychologists, |
9| speech-language pathologists, and audiologists; |
| deleting outdated statutory reference; and providing |
10| an effective date. |
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13|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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14| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6-206, is |
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15|amended to read as follows: |
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16| Section 6-206. A. Subject to the availability of funds, the |
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17|The State Board of Education shall provide an annual salary bonus in |
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18|the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) no later than |
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19|January 31 of each year to the following employees of public school |
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20|districts: |
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21| 1. Any school psychologist who has been designated as a |
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22|Nationally Certified School Psychologist by the National School |
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23|Psychology Certification Board; and |
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1| 2. Any speech-language pathologist or audiologist who holds a |
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2|Certificate of Clinical Competence awarded by the American |
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3|Speech-Language-Hearing Association. |
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4| B. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the |
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5|provision of the bonus pursuant to this section to include, but not |
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6|be limited to, a process by which a nationally certified school |
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7|psychologist, speech-language pathologist and audiologist may verify |
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8|that: |
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9| 1. The individual is still employed by a school district; |
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10| 2. The certification required in subsection A of this section |
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11|has been attained and has not lapsed; and |
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12| 3. The individual is licensed to practice in this state. |
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13| C. An individual who qualifies for the bonus pursuant to this |
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14|section and who is employed by a school district on less than a |
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15|full-time basis, shall receive a pro-rated bonus based on the |
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16|proportionate equivalency to full-time employment. |
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17| D. No school or school district shall be liable for payment of |
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18|bonuses pursuant to this section. The bonus shall not be included |
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19|in the calculation of salary for purposes of meeting the district or |
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20|statutory minimum salary schedule or for purposes of calculating |
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21|Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma contributions or benefits. |
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22| E. The amount of the salary bonus pursuant to subsection A of |
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23|this section shall be increased to Seven Thousand Dollars |
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1|($7,000.00) upon implementation of subsection N of Section 6-204.2 |
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2|of this title. |
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