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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 447 By: Hicks
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to school district salary sche dules;
amending 70 O.S. 2011, Section 5 -141, which relates
to district adoption of minimum s alary schedules;
requiring the schedules to include certain salary and
benefit information; updating statutory reference;
providing an effective date; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2011, Section 5 -141, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 5-141. A. Each school district of this state shall
adopt a minimum salary schedule, as provided for in subsection B of
this section, and shall transmit a copy of it to the State Board of
Education within thirty (30) days after adoption. A school district
shall not calculate salaries of teachers solely as a proportion of
the salaries of the administrators of the district.
B. The minimum salary schedule adopted and transmitted to the
State Board of Education pursuant to this section shall include:
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1. The base salary amount s including the minimum state salary
amounts provided for in Section 18 -114.14 of this title and district
increments in excess of t he minimums; and
2. District-paid benefits, such as life, dental, disability,
salary protection, vision, cancer and health supplemental insurance .
C. Districts shall be encouraged to provide compensation
schedules to reflect district policies and circums tances, including
differential pay for different subject areas and special incentives
for teachers in districts with specific geographical attributes.
Districts may also adopt a salary schedule that provi des additional
compensation for achieving certain r atings under the Oklahoma
Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System (TLE) as set
forth in Section 6 of this act 6-101.16 of this title . Any salary
schedule adopted by a district pursuant to this section shall not
set salaries at amounts less than those set pursuant to Section 18-
114.12 18-114.14 of this title.
C. D. The State Department of Education shall compile a report
of the minimum salary schedules for every school dist rict in the
state and shall submit the report to the Governor, Speaker of the
House of Representatives , and President Pro Tempore of the Senate no
later than December 15 of each year.
D. E. Each school district shall file within fifteen (15) days
of signing the contract, the employment contract of t he
superintendent of the sch ool district with the State Department of
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Education. The Department shall keep all contracts available for
inspection by the public. The school district shall not be
authorized to pay any salary, benefits or other compensation to a
superintendent which a re not specified in the contract on file and
shall not pay administrators any amounts for accumulated sick leave
that are not calculated on the same formula used for determining
payment for accumulated sick leave benefits for ot her full-time
employees of that school district and shall not pay administrators
any amounts for accumulated vacation leave benefits that are not
calculated on the same formula used for determining payment for
accumulated vacation leave benefits for other twelve-month full-time
employees of that school district.
E. F. By October 1 of each year each district board of
education shall prepare a schedule of salaries and fringe benefits
paid administrators employed b y the district, including a
description of the fringe benefits. The sche dule shall be a public
record and shall be disclosed as required by the Oklahoma Open
Records Act. The board shall file a copy of the schedule with the
State Department of Education within one week of completion.
F. G. For purposes of this section the te rm “administrator”
shall include employees who are employed and certified as
superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals , and
assistant principals and who have responsibili ties for supervising
classroom teachers.
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
58-1-484 EB 1/19/2021 8:30:23 AM