1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|SENATE BILL 25 By: Pemberton | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to school support personnel; | | directing school districts to receive certain amount | 8| of funds; directing each school district board of | | education to determine how to distribute funds to | 9| school support personnel; prohibiting certain changes | | in hours of support personnel; providing for | 10| noncodification; providing an effective date; and | | declaring an emergency. | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 14| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be | | | 15|codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows: | | | 16| A. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, each school | | | 17|district shall receive an amount equivalent to One Thousand Two | | | 18|Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00) for each member of the district's | | | 19|support personnel, as defined by Section 26-103 of Title 70 of the | | | 20|Oklahoma Statutes. | | | 21| B. Each school district board of education shall decide whether | | | 22|to distribute the funds received pursuant to subsection A of this | | | 23|section to: | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 138 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| 1. Provide a one-time pay increase equal to One Thousand Two | | | 2|Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00) to each member of the district's support | | | 3|personnel; or | | | 4| 2. Provide a one-time pay increase to members of the district's | | | 5|support personnel in an amount to be determined by the school | | | 6|district board of education based on employee performance or on the | | | 7|need to retain employees in high-demand positions. | | | 8| C. A school district shall not lower the hours of any support | | | 9|personnel for the purpose of preventing qualification for or to | | | 10|offset the increase in compensation required by this section. A | | | 11|school district shall not require any support personnel to work more | | | 12|than the hours required to qualify as full-time support personnel, | | | 13|as provided for by Section 26-103 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma | | | 14|Statutes, to be eligible for the increase in compensation required | | | 15|by this section. | | | 16| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | | | 17| SECTION 3. 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| | | | 22| 59-1-138 EB 12/13/2022 2:34:47 PM | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 138 Page 2