1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|SENATE BILL 903 By: Jett | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to teacher compensation; establishing | | minimum salary schedule for teachers; defining fringe | 8| benefits; specifying certain recognition of college | | degrees; requiring the State Board of Education to | 9| accept certain teaching experience; requiring certain | | notification; limiting teaching credit for certain | 10| service and experience; allowing school district to | | offer more credit; directing the Board to recognize | 11| certain experiences; prohibiting application of | | minimum salary schedule to certain retired teachers; | 12| requiring certain certified personnel to receive | | certain salary increase above certain level paid | 13| during certain school year; providing for | | codification; declaring an emergency; and providing | 14| for conditional effective date. | | | 15| | | | 16| | | | 17|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 18| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 19|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 18-114.15 of Title 70, unless | | | 20|there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 21| A. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, certified | | | 22|personnel, as defined in Section 26-103 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma | | | 23|Statutes, in the public schools of Oklahoma shall receive in salary | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 900 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|and/or fringe benefits not less than the amounts specified in the | | | 2|following schedule: | | | 3| MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE | | | 4| National | | | 5| Years of Bachelor's Board Master's Doctor's | | | 6| Experience Degree Certification Degree Degree | | | 7| 0 $41,601 $42,759 $42,991 $44,381 | | | 8| 1 $42,035 $43,193 $43,425 $44,815 | | | 9| 2 $42,469 $43,628 $43,859 $45,249 | | | 10| 3 $42,904 $44,062 $44,294 $45,684 | | | 11| 4 $43,338 $44,496 $44,728 $46,118 | | | 12| 5 $43,810 $44,968 $45,200 $46,590 | | | 13| 6 $44,273 $45,432 $45,663 $47,054 | | | 14| 7 $44,737 $45,895 $46,127 $47,517 | | | 15| 8 $45,200 $46,358 $46,590 $47,980 | | | 16| 9 $45,663 $46,822 $47,054 $48,444 | | | 17| 10 $46,684 $47,844 $48,568 $50,945 | | | 18| 11 $47,177 $48,336 $49,061 $51,438 | | | 19| 12 $47,670 $48,829 $49,554 $51,931 | | | 20| 13 $48,162 $49,322 $50,047 $52,424 | | | 21| 14 $48,655 $49,815 $50,539 $52,916 | | | 22| 15 $49,167 $50,327 $51,052 $53,430 | | | 23| 16 $49,660 $50,820 $51,545 $53,923 | | | 24| 17 $50,153 $51,313 $52,038 $54,416 | | | Req. No. 900 Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| 18 $50,646 $51,806 $52,531 $54,909 | | | 2| 19 $51,139 $52,299 $53,024 $55,402 | | | 3| 20 $51,652 $52,813 $53,538 $55,917 | | | 4| 21 $52,145 $53,306 $54,031 $56,410 | | | 5| 22 $52,639 $53,799 $54,524 $56,903 | | | 6| 23 $53,132 $54,292 $55,018 $57,397 | | | 7| 24 $53,625 $54,785 $55,511 $57,890 | | | 8| 25 $55,049 $56,232 $56,971 $59,395 | | | 9| Master's Degree + | | | 10|Years of National Board | | | 11|Experience Certification | | | 12| 0 $44,149 | | | 13| 1 $44,583 | | | 14| 2 $45,018 | | | 15| 3 $45,452 | | | 16| 4 $45,886 | | | 17| 5 $46,358 | | | 18| 6 $46,822 | | | 19| 7 $47,285 | | | 20| 8 $47,749 | | | 21| 9 $48,212 | | | 22| 10 $49,728 | | | 23| 11 $50,221 | | | 24| 12 $50,713 | | | Req. No. 900 Page 3 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| 13 $51,206 | | | 2| 14 $51,699 | | | 3| 15 $52,212 | | | 4| 16 $52,705 | | | 5| 17 $53,198 | | | 6| 18 $53,691 | | | 7| 19 $54,184 | | | 8| 20 $54,698 | | | 9| 21 $55,192 | | | 10| 22 $55,685 | | | 11| 23 $56,178 | | | 12| 24 $56,671 | | | 13| 25 $58,153 | | | 14| B. 1. When determining the Minimum Salary Schedule, "fringe | | | 15|benefits" shall mean all or part of retirement benefits, excluding | | | 16|the contributions made pursuant to subsection A of Section 17-108.1 | | | 17|of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the flexible benefit | | | 18|allowance pursuant to Section 26-105 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma | | | 19|Statutes from the flexible benefit allowance funds disbursed by the | | | 20|State Board of Education and the State Board of Career and | | | 21|Technology Education pursuant to Section 26-104 of Title 70 of the | | | 22|Oklahoma Statutes. | | | 23| 2. If a school district intends to provide retirement benefits | | | 24|to a teacher such that the teacher's salary would be less than the | | | Req. No. 900 Page 4 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|amounts set forth in the minimum salary schedule specified in | | | 2|subsection A of this section, the district shall be required to | | | 3|provide written notification to the teacher prior to his or her | | | 4|employment or, if already employed by the district, no later than | | | 5|thirty (30) days prior to the date the district elects to provide | | | 6|retirement benefits such that the teacher's salary would be less | | | 7|than the minimum salary schedule. | | | 8| C. Any of the degrees referred to in this section shall be from | | | 9|a college recognized by the State Board of Education. The Board | | | 10|shall accept teaching experience from out-of-state school districts | | | 11|that are accredited by the state board of education or appropriate | | | 12|state accrediting agency for the districts. The Board shall accept | | | 13|teaching experience from out-of-country schools that are accredited | | | 14|or otherwise endorsed by the appropriate national or regional | | | 15|accrediting or endorsement authority. Out-of-country certification | | | 16|documentation in a language other than English shall be analyzed by | | | 17|an educational credential evaluation service in accordance with | | | 18|industry standards and guidelines and approved by the State | | | 19|Department of Education. The person seeking to have credit granted | | | 20|for out-of-country teaching experience shall be responsible for all | | | 21|costs of the analysis by a credential evaluation service. The Board | | | 22|shall accept teaching experience from primary and secondary schools | | | 23|that are operated by the United States Department of Defense or are | | | 24|affiliated with the United States Department of State. | | | Req. No. 900 Page 5 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| D. For the purpose of state salary increments and retirement, | | | 2|no teacher shall be granted credit for more than five (5) years of | | | 3|active duty in the military service or out-of-state or | | | 4|out-of-country teaching experience as a certified teacher or its | | | 5|equivalent. Nothing in this section shall prohibit boards of | | | 6|education from crediting more years of experience on district salary | | | 7|schedules than those allowed for state purposes. | | | 8| E. The State Board of Education shall recognize, for purposes | | | 9|of certification and salary increments, all the years of experience | | | 10|of a: | | | 11| 1. Certified teacher who teaches in the educational program of | | | 12|the Department of Corrections, beginning with fiscal year 1981; | | | 13| 2. Vocational rehabilitation counselor under the Department of | | | 14|Human Services if the counselor was employed as a certified teacher | | | 15|by the State Department of Education when the Division of Vocational | | | 16|Rehabilitation was transferred from the State Board of Career and | | | 17|Technology Education or the State Board of Education to the Oklahoma | | | 18|Public Welfare Commission on July 1, 1968; | | | 19| 3. Vocational rehabilitation counselor which were completed | | | 20|while employed by the Department of Human Services if such counselor | | | 21|was certified as a teacher or was eligible for certification as a | | | 22|teacher in Oklahoma; | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 900 Page 6 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| 4. Certified teacher which were completed while employed by the | | | 2|Child Study Center located at University Hospital, if the teacher | | | 3|was certified as a teacher in Oklahoma; and | | | 4| 5. Certified school psychologist or psychometrist which were | | | 5|completed while employed as a doctoral intern, psychological | | | 6|assistant, or psychologist with any agency of this state if the | | | 7|experience primarily involved work with persons of school- or | | | 8|preschool-age and if the person was, at the time the experience was | | | 9|acquired, certified as, or eligible for certification as, a school | | | 10|psychologist or psychometrist. | | | 11| F. The provisions of this section shall not apply to teachers | | | 12|who have entered into postretirement employment with a public school | | | 13|in Oklahoma and are still receiving a monthly retirement benefit. | | | 14| G. If a person employed as certified personnel, as defined in | | | 15|Section 26-103 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, by a school | | | 16|district during the 2022-2023 school year was receiving a salary | | | 17|above the step level indicated by the Minimum Salary Schedule for | | | 18|the 2022-2023 school year, the person shall receive a salary | | | 19|increase amount equal to the amount indicated in subsection A for | | | 20|the step level indicated for the person, provided they remain | | | 21|employed by the same district, unless the hours or the duties of the | | | 22|certified personnel are reduced proportionately. | | | 23| SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 24|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | Req. No. 900 Page 7 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 2|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 3| SECTION 3. The provisions of this act shall not become | | | 4|effective as law unless Senate Bill No. ___ of the 1st Session of | | | 5|the 59th Legislature becomes effective as law. | | | 6| | | | 7| 59-1-900 LG 1/19/2023 11:45:43 AM | | | 8| | | | 9| | | | 10| | | | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15| | | | 16| | | | 17| | | | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 900 Page 8