1|ENGROSSED SENATE AMENDMENT |
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2|ENGROSSED HOUSE |
|BILL NO. 2673 By: Baker, West (Tammy), Lowe |
3| (Dick), McBride, Waldron, |
| Hasenbeck, and Provenzano |
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6| Pugh of the Senate |
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9| [ schools - career-readiness assessments - effective |
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10| date - emergency ] |
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13|AUTHOR: Add the following House Coauthors: Pittman, Townley, |
| Talley, Alonso-Sandoval, and Deck |
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15|AMENDMENT NO. 1. Page 1, strike the stricken title, enacting clause |
| and entire bill and insert: |
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17| "An Act relating to schools; amending Section 1, |
| Chapter 289, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section |
18| 18-114.15), which relates to the minimum salary |
| schedule for certified personnel; updating statutory |
19| references; modifying language regarding |
| implementation of salary increases for school |
20| districts that receive either Foundation Aid or |
| Salary Incentive Aid or that receive neither |
21| Foundation Aid nor Salary Incentive Aid; directing |
| funds appropriated for certain purpose to be |
22| allocated; directing the State Department of |
| Education rather than the State Board of Education to |
23| make certain allocation; updating statutory language; |
| and declaring an emergency. |
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1| | | | 2|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 3| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 289, O.S.L. | | | 4|2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 18-114.15), is amended to read as | | | 5|follows: | | | 6| Section 18-114.15. A. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school | | | 7|year, certified personnel, as defined in Section 26-103 ofTitle 70| | | 8|of the Oklahoma Statutesthis title, in the public schools of | | | 9|Oklahomathis state shall receive in salary and/or fringe benefits | | | 10|not less than the amounts specified in the following schedule: | | | 11| MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE | | | 12| National | | | 13| Years of Bachelor's Board Master's Doctor's | | | 14| Experience Degree Certification Degree Degree | | | 15| 0 $39,601 $40,759 $40,991 $42,381 | | | 16| 1 $40,035 $41,193 $41,425 $42,815 | | | 17| 2 $40,469 $41,628 $41,859 $43,249 | | | 18| 3 $40,904 $42,062 $42,294 $43,684 | | | 19| 4 $41,338 $42,496 $42,728 $44,118 | | | 20| 5 $42,810 $43,968 $44,200 $45,590 | | | 21| 6 $43,273 $44,432 $44,663 $46,054 | | | 22| 7 $43,737 $44,895 $45,127 $46,517 | | | 23| 8 $44,200 $45,358 $45,590 $46,980 | | | 24| 9 $44,663 $45,822 $46,054 $47,444 | | | Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| 10 $46,684 $47,844 $48,568 $50,945 |
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2| 11 $47,177 $48,336 $49,061 $51,438 |
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3| 12 $47,670 $48,829 $49,554 $51,931 |
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4| 13 $48,162 $49,322 $50,047 $52,424 |
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5| 14 $48,655 $49,815 $50,539 $52,916 |
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6| 15 $50,167 $51,327 $52,052 $54,430 |
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7| 16 $50,660 $51,820 $52,545 $54,923 |
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8| 17 $51,153 $52,313 $53,038 $55,416 |
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9| 18 $51,646 $52,806 $53,531 $55,909 |
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10| 19 $52,139 $53,299 $54,024 $56,402 |
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11| 20 $52,652 $53,813 $54,538 $56,917 |
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12| 21 $53,145 $54,306 $55,031 $57,410 |
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13| 22 $53,639 $54,799 $55,524 $57,903 |
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14| 23 $54,132 $55,292 $56,018 $58,397 |
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15| 24 $54,625 $55,785 $56,511 $58,890 |
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16| 25 $56,049 $57,232 $57,971 $60,395 |
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17| Master's Degree + |
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18|Years of National Board |
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19|Experience Certification |
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20| 0 $42,149 |
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21| 1 $42,583 |
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22| 2 $43,018 |
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23| 3 $43,452 |
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24| 4 $43,886 |
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1| 5 $45,358 |
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2| 6 $45,822 |
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3| 7 $46,285 |
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4| 8 $46,749 |
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5| 9 $47,212 |
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6| 10 $49,728 |
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7| 11 $50,221 |
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8| 12 $50,713 |
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9| 13 $51,206 |
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10| 14 $51,699 |
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11| 15 $53,212 |
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12| 16 $53,705 |
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13| 17 $54,198 |
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14| 18 $54,691 |
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15| 19 $55,184 |
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16| 20 $55,698 |
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17| 21 $56,192 |
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18| 22 $56,685 |
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19| 23 $57,178 |
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20| 24 $57,671 |
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21| 25 $59,153 |
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22| B. 1. When determining the Minimum Salary Schedule, "fringe |
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23|benefits" shall mean all or part of retirement benefits, excluding |
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24|the contributions made pursuant to subsection A of Section 17-108.1 |
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1|ofTitle 70 of the Oklahoma Statutesthis title and the flexible | | | 2|benefit allowance pursuant to Section 26-105 ofTitle 70 of the| | | 3|Oklahoma Statutesthis title from the flexible benefit allowance | | | 4|funds disbursed by the State Board of Education and the State Board | | | 5|of Career and Technology Education pursuant to Section 26-104 of | | | 6|Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutesthis title. | | | 7| 2. If a school district intends to provide retirement benefits | | | 8|to a teacher such that the teacher's salary would be less than the | | | 9|amounts set forth in the minimum salary schedule specified in | | | 10|subsection A of this section, the district shall be required to | | | 11|provide written notification to the teacher prior to his or her | | | 12|employment or, if already employed by the district, no later than | | | 13|thirty (30) days prior to the date the district elects to provide | | | 14|retirement benefits such that the teacher's salary would be less | | | 15|than the minimum salary schedule. | | | 16| C. Any of the degrees referred to in this section shall be from | | | 17|a college recognized by the State Board of Education. The Board | | | 18|shall accept teaching experience from out-of-state school districts | | | 19|that are accredited by theState Board of Educationstate board of | | | 20|education or appropriate state accrediting agency for the districts. | | | 21| The Board shall accept teaching experience from out-of-country | | | 22|schools that are accredited or otherwise endorsed by the appropriate | | | 23|national or regional accrediting or endorsement authority. | | | 24|Out-of-country certification documentation in a language other than | | | Page 5 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|English shall be analyzed by an educational credential evaluation |
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2|service in accordance with industry standards and guidelines and |
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3|approved by the State Department of Education. The person seeking |
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4|to have credit granted for out-of-country teaching experience shall |
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5|be responsible for all costs of the analysis by a credential |
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6|evaluation service. The Board shall accept teaching experience from |
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7|primary and secondary schools that are operated by the United States |
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8|Department of Defense or are affiliated with the United States |
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9|Department of State. |
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10| D. For the purpose of state salary increments and retirement, |
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11|no teacher shall be granted credit for more than five (5) years of |
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12|active duty in the military service or out-of-state or |
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13|out-of-country teaching experience as a certified teacher or its |
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14|equivalent. Nothing in this section shall prohibit boards of |
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15|education from crediting more years of experience on district salary |
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16|schedules than those allowed for state purposes. |
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17| E. The State Board of Education shall recognize, for purposes |
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18|of certification and salary increments, all the years of experience |
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19|of a: |
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20| 1. Certified teacher who teaches in the educational program of |
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21|the Department of Corrections, beginning with fiscal year 1981; |
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22| 2. Vocational rehabilitation counselor under the Department of |
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23|Human Services if the counselor was employed as a certified teacher |
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24|by the State Department of Education when the Division of Vocational |
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1|Rehabilitation was transferred from the State Board of Career and | | | 2|Technology Education or the State Board of Education to the Oklahoma | | | 3|Public Welfare Commission on July 1, 1968; | | | 4| 3. Vocational rehabilitation counselor which were completed | | | 5|while employed by the Department of Human Services if such counselor | | | 6|was certified as a teacher or was eligible for certification as a | | | 7|teacher inOklahomathis state; | | | 8| 4. Certified teacher which were completed while employed by the | | | 9|Child Study Center located at University Hospital, if the teacher | | | 10|was certified as a teacher inOklahomathis state; and | | | 11| 5. Certified school psychologist or psychometrist which were | | | 12|completed while employed as a doctoral intern, psychological | | | 13|assistant, or psychologist with any agency ofthe State of Oklahoma| | | 14|this state if the experience primarily involved work with persons of | | | 15|school- or preschool-age and if the person was, at the time the | | | 16|experience was acquired, certified as, or eligible for certification | | | 17|as, a school psychologist or psychometrist. | | | 18| F. The provisions of this section shall not apply to teachers | | | 19|who have entered into postretirement employment with a public school | | | 20|inOklahomathis state and are still receiving a monthly retirement | | | 21|benefit. | | | 22| G. If a person employed as certified personnel, as defined in | | | 23|Section 26-103 ofTitle 70 of the Oklahoma Statutesthis title, by a | | | 24|school district during the 2022-2023 school year was receiving a | | | Page 7 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|salary above the step level indicated by the State Minimum Salary | | | 2|Schedule for the 2022-2023 school year, the person shall receive a | | | 3|salary increase amount equal to the amount indicated in subsection A | | | 4|of this section for the step level indicated for the person, | | | 5|provided they remain employed by the same district, unless the hours | | | 6|or the duties of the certified personnel are reduced | | | 7|proportionately. | | | 8| H.IfFor the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, if a school | | | 9|districtdoes not receivereceives either Foundation Aid or Salary | | | 10|Incentive Aid or receives neither Foundation Aid nor Salary | | | 11|Incentive Aid pursuant to Section 18-200.1 ofTitle 70 of the| | | 12|Oklahoma Statutesthis title, funds appropriated for the financial | | | 13|support of public schools shall be allocated by the StateBoard| | | 14|Department of Education to implement the salary increases indicated | | | 15|in subsection A of this section. | | | 16| I. Persons employed as classroom instructional employees of | | | 17|technology center school districts supervised by the State Board of | | | 18|Career and Technology Education shall receive a salary increase | | | 19|amount equal to the amount indicated in subsection A of this section | | | 20|for the step level indicated for thepersonpersons, provided they | | | 21|remain employed by the same technology center school district, | | | 22|unless the hours or the duties of the classroom instructional | | | 23|employees are reduced proportionately. | | | 24| | | | Page 8 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| J. Persons employed as correctional teachers or vocational | | | 2|instructors by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Section | | | 3|510.6a of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes or persons employed as | | | 4|teachers by the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall receive a salary | | | 5|increase amount equal to the amount indicated in subsection A of | | | 6|this section for the step level indicated for thepersonpersons, | | | 7|provided they remain employed by the same Department of Corrections | | | 8|or Office of Juvenile Affairs facility, unless the hours or the | | | 9|duties of the correctional teachers, vocational instructors, or | | | 10|teachers are reduced proportionately. | | | 11| K. Persons employed as teachers by the State Department of | | | 12|Rehabilitation Services shall receive a salary increase amount equal | | | 13|to the amount indicated in subsection A of this section for the step | | | 14|level indicated for thepersonpersons, provided they remain | | | 15|employed by the State Department of Rehabilitation Services, unless | | | 16|the hours or the duties of the teachers are reduced proportionately. | | | 17| SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 18|of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 19|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 20|be in full force from and after its passage and approval." | | | 21| Passed the Senate the 12th day of March, 2024. | | | 22| | | | 23| | | Presiding Officer of the Senate | 24| | | | Page 9 ___________________________________________________________________________
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