1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|HOUSE BILL 1884 By: Waldron | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to schools; enacting the Big Yellow | | School Bus Act; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section | 8| 6-101.42, which relates to support employee pay; | | providing for increase in compensation of certain | 9| school support employees; prescribing amount of | | increase; providing increase in compensation as | 10| additional to certain other compensation and fringe | | benefits; providing for prorated computation; | 11| providing for noncodification; providing an effective | | date; and declaring an emergency. | 12| | | | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 16| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be | | | 17|codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows: | | | 18| This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Big Yellow | | | 19|School Bus Act". | | | 20| SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6-101.42, is | | | 21|amended to read as follows: | | | 22| Section 6-101.42 A. For the 2023-2024 school year, each school | | | 23|district shall provide to every support employee, as defined in | | | 24|paragraph 8 of Section 1-116 of this title, with a salary of less | | | Req. No. 5017 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|than Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00) per year, a twenty-percent | | | 2|(20%) wage increase over the base amount the employee earned during | | | 3|the 2022-2023 school year if the support employee is employed by the | | | 4|same school district for the 2023-2024 school year. The dollar | | | 5|amount of the salary increase required by this subsection shall be | | | 6|prorated based upon the number of total hours of work performed by a | | | 7|full-time-equivalent support employee. If a support employee is a | | | 8|new employee of the school district, his or her starting salary | | | 9|shall be a twenty-percent (20%) increase from the starting salary | | | 10|for the same position during the 2022-2023 school year. | | | 11| B. For the 2018-19 school year, each school district shall | | | 12|provide to every support employee a wage increase over the base | | | 13|amount the employee earned during the 2017-18 school year if the | | | 14|support employee is employed by the same school district for the | | | 15|2018-19 school year in the amount of One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty | | | 16|Dollars ($1,250.00). The dollar amount of salary increase | | | 17|authorized by this subsection shall be prorated based upon the | | | 18|number of total hours of work performed by a full-time-equivalent | | | 19|support employee. | | | 20|B.C. Theincreaseincreases prescribed by this section shall | | | 21|be in addition to any other compensation, increase in compensation, | | | 22|and fringe benefits provided by the district or state, or mandated | | | 23|by law or collective bargaining agreement, unless the hours or | | | 24|duties of the support employee are reduced proportionately. | | | Req. No. 5017 Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | | | 2| SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 3|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 4|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 5|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 6| | | | 7| 59-1-5017 EK 01/08/23 | | | 8| | | | 9| | | | 10| | | | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15| | | | 16| | | | 17| | | | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 5017 Page 3