1|ENGROSSED HOUSE AMENDMENT |
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2|ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 482 By: Pugh, Pemberton, Stanley, |
| and Stephens of the Senate |
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| McBride and Dollens of the |
5| House |
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8| An Act relating to teacher compensation; establishing |
| minimum salary schedule for teachers; defining fringe |
9| benefits; specifying certain recognition of college |
| degrees; requiring the State Board of Education to |
10| accept certain teaching experience; requiring certain |
| notification; limiting teaching credit for certain |
11| service and experience; allowing school district to |
| offer more credit; directing the Board to recognize |
12| certain experiences; prohibiting application of |
| minimum salary schedule to certain retired teachers; |
13| requiring certain certified personnel to receive |
| certain salary increase above certain level paid |
14| during certain school year; providing for |
| codification; providing an effective date; and |
15| declaring an emergency. |
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18|AUTHOR: Add the following House Coauthors: Provenzano, Bennett, |
| Lowe (Dick) and Conley |
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20|AMENDMENT NO. 1. Strike the title, enacting clause, and entire bill |
| and insert: |
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22| "[ schools - minimum salary schedule - effective date |
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23| - emergency ] |
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24|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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1| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 18-114.14, |
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2|is amended to read as follows: |
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3| Section 18-114.14 A. Beginning with the 2018-2019 2023-2024 |
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4|school year, certified personnel, as defined in Section 26-103 of |
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5|this title, in the public schools of Oklahoma shall receive in |
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6|salary and/or fringe benefits not less than the amounts specified in |
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7|the following schedule: |
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8| MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE |
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9| National |
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10|Years of Bachelor's Board Master's Doctor's |
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11|Experience Degree Certification Degree Degree |
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12| 0 $36,601 $37,759 $37,991 $39,381 |
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13| 1 $37,035 $38,193 $38,425 $39,815 |
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14| 2 $37,469 $38,628 $38,859 $40,249 |
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15| 3 $37,904 $39,062 $39,294 $40,684 |
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16| 4 $38,338 $39,496 $39,728 $41,118 |
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17| 5 $38,810 $39,968 $40,200 $41,590 |
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18| 6 $39,273 $40,432 $40,663 $42,054 |
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19| 7 $39,737 $40,895 $41,127 $42,517 |
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20| 8 $40,200 $41,358 $41,590 $42,980 |
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21| 9 $40,663 $41,822 $42,054 $43,444 |
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22| 10 $41,684 $42,844 $43,568 $45,945 |
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23| 11 $42,177 $43,336 $44,061 $46,438 |
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24| 12 $42,670 $43,829 $44,554 $46,931 |
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1| 13 $43,162 $44,322 $45,047 $47,424 |
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2| 14 $43,655 $44,815 $45,539 $47,916 |
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3| 15 $44,167 $45,327 $46,052 $48,430 |
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4| 16 $44,660 $45,820 $46,545 $48,923 |
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5| 17 $45,153 $46,313 $47,038 $49,416 |
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6| 18 $45,646 $46,806 $47,531 $49,909 |
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7| 19 $46,139 $47,299 $48,024 $50,402 |
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8| 20 $46,652 $47,813 $48,538 $50,917 |
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9| 21 $47,145 $48,306 $49,031 $51,410 |
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10| 22 $47,639 $48,799 $49,524 $51,903 |
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11| 23 $48,132 $49,292 $50,018 $52,397 |
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12| 24 $48,625 $49,785 $50,511 $52,890 |
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13| 25 $50,049 $51,232 $51,971 $54,395 |
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14| 26 $50,542 $51,725 $52,464 $54,888 |
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15| 27 $51,035 $52,218 $52,957 $55,381 |
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16| 28 $51,528 $52,711 $53,450 $55,874 |
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17| 29 $52,021 $53,204 $53,943 $56,367 |
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18| 30 $52,514 $53,697 $54,436 $56,860 |
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19| 31 $53,007 $54,190 $54,929 $57,353 |
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20| 32 $53,500 $54,683 $55,422 $57,846 |
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21| 33 $53,993 $55,176 $55,915 $58,339 |
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22| 34 $54,486 $55,669 $56,408 $58,832 |
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23| 35 $54,979 $56,162 $56,901 $59,325 |
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24| Master's Degree + |
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1|Years of National Board |
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2|Experience Certification |
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3| 0 $39,149 |
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4| 1 $39,583 |
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5| 2 $40,018 |
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6| 3 $40,452 |
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7| 4 $40,886 |
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8| 5 $41,358 |
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9| 6 $41,822 |
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10| 7 $42,285 |
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11| 8 $42,749 |
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12| 9 $43,212 |
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13| 10 $44,728 |
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14| 11 $45,221 |
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15| 12 $45,713 |
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16| 13 $46,206 |
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17| 14 $46,699 |
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18| 15 $47,212 |
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19| 16 $47,705 |
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20| 17 $48,198 |
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21| 18 $48,691 |
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22| 19 $49,184 |
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23| 20 $49,698 |
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24| 21 $50,192 |
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1| 22 $50,685 |
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2| 23 $51,178 |
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3| 24 $51,671 |
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4| 25 $53,153 |
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5| 26 $53,646 |
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6| 27 $54,139 |
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7| 28 $54,632 |
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8| 29 $55,125 |
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9| 30 $55,618 |
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10| 31 $56,111 |
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11| 32 $56,604 |
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12| 33 $57,097 |
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13| 34 $57,590 |
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14| 35 $58,083 |
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15| B. 1. When determining the Minimum Salary Schedule minimum |
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16|salary schedule, "fringe benefits" shall mean all or part of |
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17|retirement benefits, excluding the contributions made pursuant to |
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18|subsection A of Section 17-108.1 of this title and the flexible |
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19|benefit allowance pursuant to Section 26-105 of this title from the |
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20|flexible benefit allowance funds disbursed by the State Board of |
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21|Education and the State Board of Career and Technology Education |
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22|pursuant to Section 26-104 of this title. |
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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 |
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4|out-of-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 this title, by a school district during the |
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16|2017-2018 school year was receiving a salary above the step level |
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17|indicated by the State Minimum Salary Schedule state minimum salary |
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18|schedule for the 2017-2018 school year, the person shall receive a |
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19|salary increase amount equal to the amount indicated in subsection A |
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20|for 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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6| Passed the House of Representatives the 27th day of April, 2023. |
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11| Passed the Senate the ____ day of __________, 2023. |
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