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53	53		STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55		1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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57	57		SENATE BILL 973 By: Garvin
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63	63		AS INTRODUCED
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65	65		An Act relating to the Teachers ' Retirement System of
66	66		Oklahoma; amending 62 O.S. 2011, Section 3103, as
67	67		last amended by Section 2, Chapte r 120, O.S.L. 2018
68	68		(62 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 3103), which relates to
69	69		the Oklahoma Pension Legislation Actuarial Analysis
70	70		Act; modifying definitions; amending 70 O.S. 2011 ,
71	71		Section 17-116.10, as last amended by Section 2,
72	72		Chapter 270, O.S.L. 2017 (70 O.S . Supp. 2020, Section
73	73		17-116.10), which relates to postretirement earnings
74	74		limitations; modifying restrictions with respect to
75	75		postretirement employment; prescribing maximum amount
76	76		of postretirement earnin gs; prescribing requirements
77	77		related to postretirem ent earnings; modifying
78	78		provision related to employee contributions;
79	79		prohibiting accrual of postretirement service credit;
80	80		providing for applicability of certain provisions
81	81		regardless of certain election ; amending Section 3,
82	82		Chapter 394, O.S.L. 2013, as la st amended by Section
83	83		1, Chapter 10, 2nd Extraordinary Session, O.S.L. 2018
84	84		(70 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 18-114.14), which
85	85		relates to the minimum salary schedule; modifying
86	86		provisions related to employment of retired teachers;
87	87		providing school districts no t subject to certain
88	88		pre-termination procedural requirements; prescribing
89	89		maximum duration of postretirement contacts;
90	90		providing school districts not required to rehire
91	91		certain persons based upon previous contract;
92	92		providing for codification; and providing effective
93	93		dates.
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99	99		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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151	151		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 62 O.S. 2011, Section 3103, as
152	152		last amended by Section 2, Chapter 120, O .S.L. 2020 (62 O.S. Supp.
153	153		2020, Section 3103), is a mended to read as follows:
154	154		Section 3103. As used in the Oklahoma Pension Legislation
155	155		Actuarial Analysis Act:
156	156		1. "Amendment" means any amendment, includin g a substitute
157	157		bill, made to a retirement bill by any committee of the House or
158	158		Senate, any conferenc e committee of the House or Senate or by t he
159	159		House or Senate;
160	160		2. "RB number" means that number preceded by the letters "RB"
161	161		assigned to a retirement bill by the respective staffs of the
162	162		Oklahoma State Senate and the Oklahoma House of Representatives when
163	163		the respective staff office prepares a ret irement bill for a member
164	164		of the Legislature;
165	165		3. "Legislative Actuary" means the firm or entity that enters
166	166		into a contract with the Legislative Service Bureau pu rsuant to
167	167		Section 452.15 of Title 74 of the Oklahom a Statutes to provide the
168	168		actuarial services and other duties provided for in the Oklahoma
169	169		Pension Legislation Actuarial Analysis Act;
170	170		4. "Nonfiscal amendment" means an amendment to a retirement
171	171		bill having a fiscal impact, which amendment does not change any
172	172		factor of an actuarial investigation specified in subsection A of
173	173		Section 3109 of this title;
174	174		5. "Nonfiscal retirement bill " means a retirement bill:
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226	226		a. which does not affect the cost or funding fact ors of a
227	227		retirement system, or
228	228		b. which affects such factors only in a manner which does
229	229		not:
230	230		(1) grant a benefit increase under the retirement
231	231		system affected by the bill,
232	232		(2) create an actuarial accrued liability for or
233	233		increase the actuarial accrued lia bility of the
234	234		retirement system affected by the bil l, or
235	235		(3) increase the normal cost of the retirement system
236	236		affected by the bill,
237	237		c. which authorizes the purchase by an acti ve member of
238	238		the retirement system, at the actuarial cost for the
239	239		purchase as computed pursuant to the statute in effect
240	240		on the effective date of the measure allowing such
241	241		purchase, of years of service for purposes of reaching
242	242		a normal retirement date in t he applicable retirement
243	243		system, but which cannot be used in order to compute
244	244		the number of years of service for purposes of
245	245		computing the retirement benefit for the member,
246	246		d. which provides for the computation of a service -
247	247		connected disability retiremen t benefit for members of
248	248		the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System
249	249		pursuant to Section 2-305 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma
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301	301		Statutes if the members were unable to complete twenty
302	302		(20) years of service as a result of the disability,
303	303		e. which requires membership in the defined benef it plan
304	304		authorized by Section 901 et seq. of Title 74 of the
305	305		Oklahoma Statutes for persons whose first el ected or
306	306		appointed service occurs on or after November 1, 2018,
307	307		if such persons had any prior service in the Oklahoma
308	308		Public Employees Retirement Syste m prior to November
309	309		1, 2015,
310	310		f. which provides for a o ne-time increase in retirement
311	311		benefits if the incr ease in retirement benefits is not
312	312		a permanent increase in the gross annual retirement
313	313		benefit payable to a member or benef iciary, occurs
314	314		only once pursuant to a single statutory authorization
315	315		and does not exceed:
316	316		(1) the lesser of two percent (2%) of the gross
317	317		annual retirement benefit of the member or One
318	318		Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and requires that
319	319		the benefit may only be provided if the funded
320	320		ratio of the affected retirement system would not
321	321		be less than sixty percent (60%) but not greater
322	322		than eighty percent (80%) after the benefit
323	323		increase is paid,
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375	375		(2) the lesser of two percent (2%) of the gross
376	376		annual retirement benef it of the member or One
377	377		Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00) and
378	378		requires that the benefit may only be provided if
379	379		the funded ratio of the affected retirement
380	380		system would be greater than eighty percent (80%)
381	381		but not greater than one hundred percent (1 00%)
382	382		after the benefit incre ase is paid,
383	383		(3) the lesser of two percent (2%) of the gross
384	384		annual retirement benefit of the member or O ne
385	385		Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($1,400.00) and
386	386		requires that the benefit may only be provided if
387	387		the funded ratio of the affected retirement
388	388		system would be greater than one hundred percent
389	389		(100%) after the benefit increase is paid, or
390	390		(4) the greater of two percent (2%) of the gross
391	391		annual retirement benefit of the volunteer
392	392		firefighter or One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for
393	393		persons who retired from the Oklahoma
394	394		Firefighters Pension and Retirement System a s
395	395		volunteer firefighters and who did not retire
396	396		from the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and
397	397		Retirement System as a paid firefighter.
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449	449		As used in this subparagraph, "funded ratio" means the
450	450		figure derived by dividing the actuarial value of
451	451		assets of the applicable retirement system by the
452	452		actuarial accrued li ability of the applicable
453	453		retirement system, or
454	454		g. which modifies the disability pension standard for
455	455		police officers who a re members of the Oklahoma P olice
456	456		Pension and Retirement System as provided by Sec tion 3
457	457		of this act,
458	458		h. which modifies the postretir ement earnings limit
459	459		pursuant to Section 17-116.10 of Title 70 of the
460	460		Oklahoma Statutes, or
461	461		i. which modifies the postretirement prov isions of the
462	462		minimum salary schedule , pursuant to subsection F of
463	463		Section 18-114.14 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
464	464		Statutes.
465	465		A nonfiscal retirement bill shall include any retiremen t bill that
466	466		has as its sole purpose the appropriation or distribution or
467	467		redistribution of mo nies in some manner to a retirement system for
468	468		purposes of reducing the unfunded liability of such system or the
469	469		earmarking of a portion of the revenue from a tax to a retirement
470	470		system or increasing the percentage of the revenue earmarked from a
471	471		tax to a retirement system;
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523	523		6. "Reduction-in-cost amendment" means an amendment to a
524	524		retirement bill having a fiscal impact which reduces the cost of the
525	525		bill as such cost is determined by the actuarial investigation for
526	526		the bill prepared pursuant to Section 3109 of this title;
527	527		7. "Retirement bill" means any bill or jo int resolution
528	528		introduced or any bill or joint reso lution amended by a member of
529	529		the Oklahoma Legislature which creates or amends any law directly
530	530		affecting a retirement system. A retirement bill sh all not mean a
531	531		bill or resolution that impacts the revenu e of any state tax in
532	532		which a portion of the revenu e generated from such tax is earmarked
533	533		for the benefit of a retirement system;
534	534		8. "Retirement bill having a fiscal impact " means any
535	535		retirement bill creating or establishing a retirement system and any
536	536		other retirement bill other than a nonfiscal retireme nt bill; and
537	537		9. "Retirement system" means the Teachers' Retirement System of
538	538		Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, the
539	539		Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges, the Oklahoma
540	540		Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, the Okl ahoma Police
541	541		Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahom a Law Enforcement
542	542		Retirement System, or a retirement system established after January
543	543		1, 2006.
544	544		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2011, Section 17-116.10,
545	545		as last amended by Sectio n 2, Chapter 270, O.S.L. 2017 (70 O.S.
546	546		Supp. 2020, Section 17-116.10), is amended to read as follows:
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598	598		Section 17-116.10. A. Subject to the requir ements of Section
599	599		6-101.2 of this title and any other appl icable requirements of law,
600	600		a member with twenty-five (25) or more years of service may enter
601	601		into postretirement employment with a public sch ool of Oklahoma and
602	602		still receive monthly retirement benefits subject to the following
603	603		limitations:
604	604		1. A retired member is not eligible to be employed by the
605	605		public schools of Oklahoma, in any capacity, for sixty (60) calendar
606	606		days between the retiree's last day of preretirement public
607	607		education employment and any postretirement public education
608	608		employment. For purposes of this section, the term "last day of
609	609		preretirement employment" shall mean the last day the employee is
610	610		required to be physically presen t on the job to complete the terms
611	611		of the employment contract or agreement. An employee on paid leave
612	612		is still considered to be employed for purposes of this sec tion.
613	613		Employment under any conditions during this time, volunteer services
614	614		for the purpose of obtaining a paid position at a later date, or
615	615		payment at a later time for services performed during th is time
616	616		period shall cause the forfeiture of all retirement benefits
617	617		received during the period ;
618	618		2. Unless otherwise provided in paragraph 3 of this sub section,
619	619		earnings from the public scho ols may not exceed one -half (1/2) of
620	620		the member's final average salary used in computing retirement
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673	673		Social Security Administration, whichever is less. For retired
674	674		members under the age of s ixty-two (62) years, the limit on allowed
675	675		earnings from the publi c schools of Oklahoma for employment for the
676	676		performance of duties ordinarily performed by classified or
677	677		nonclassified personnel shall be the lesser of F ifteen Thousand
678	678		Dollars ($15,000.00) o r one-half (1/2) of the member 's final average
679	679		salary used in computing retirement benefits unless the earnings
680	680		limitation allowed by the Social Security Administration would be
681	681		greater than Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($ 15,000.00). For retired
682	682		members sixty-two (62) years of age or older the limit on allowed
683	683		earnings from the public schools of Oklahoma for the performance of
684	684		duties ordinarily performed by classified or nonclassified personnel
685	685		shall be the lesser of Thirt y Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) or one -
686	686		half (1/2) of the member 's final average salary used in computin g
687	687		retirement benefits. For purposes of this paragraph, the following
688	688		shall apply:
689	689		a. earnings shall mean "regular annual compensation " as
690	690		defined in paragraph (25) of Section 17-101 of this
691	691		title, and shall include any payment by a public
692	692		school for services rendered by a retired member who
693	693		is employed for any pu rpose whatsoever. Supplemental
694	694		retirement payments paid by a former public school
695	695		employer pursuant to subsection 9 of Section 17 -105 of
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747	747		this title or other state law shall not be considered
748	748		as earnings,
749	749		b. the Earnings Limitation for employees allowed by the
750	750		Social Security Administration to workers between the
751	751		age of sixty-two (62) years and six ty-five (65) years
752	752		shall apply to retired members below the age of sixty -
753	753		two (62) years,
754	754		c. the limit on allowed earnings from the public schools
755	755		shall be automatically adjusted effective the first
756	756		day of January of each year to reflect the current
757	757		Earnings Limitation for employees as determin ed from
758	758		time to time by the Social Security Administration,
759	759		d. the earnings limit for the calendar year in which a
760	760		member retires shall be one-twelfth (1/12) of the
761	761		annual limit multiplied by the number of months the
762	762		member is eligible to work and receive payments from
763	763		the public schools of Oklahoma,
764	764		e. earnings in excess of the maximum limit on allowed
765	765		earnings from public sch ools of Oklahoma shall result
766	766		in a loss of future retirement benefits for the year
767	767		the postretirement employment was performed of On e
768	768		Dollar ($1.00) for each One Dollar ($1.00) earned over
769	769		the maximum allowed earnings amount,
770	770		RBS No. 912
771	771
772	772		Req. No. 912 Page 11 1
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774	774		3
775	775		4
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820	820
821	821		f. for those members age seven ty (70) years and over, the
822	822		earnings in excess of the maximum limit allowed
823	823		earnings from public schools of Oklahoma shall be one -
824	824		half (1/2) the member's final average salary used in
825	825		computing retirement benefits. However, any retired
826	826		member receiving ben efits from the Retirement System
827	827		who reached age seventy (70) years prior to July 1,
828	828		1991, shall not be restricted by the earnings l imits
829	829		pursuant to this subparagraph until January 1, 1994.
830	830		To qualify for the provisions of this subparagraph,
831	831		the member must be employed less than one -half (1/2)
832	832		time compared to other full -time employees in similar
833	833		positions;
834	834		3. Notwithstanding paragr aph 2 of this subsection, a retired
835	835		classified or nonclassified m ember who has been retired for thirty -
836	836		six (36) or more mont hs and who is employed by a public school to
837	837		perform duties ordinarily performed by classified or nonclassified
838	838		personnel shall be a ble to receive annualized earnings from the
839	839		public school with no reduction in retirement benefits regardless of
840	840		the amount of annualized earnings. For a period of three (3) years
841	841		beginning July 1, 2017, members who h ave retired as of July 1, 2017,
842	842		as active classroom teachers, who have been retired and receiving a
843	843		benefit for at least one (1) year, and who have not been emplo yed by
844	844		any public school during that one -year period, shall be eligible to
845	845		RBS No. 912
846	846
847	847		Req. No. 912 Page 12 1
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895	895
896	896		be reemployed as an active classroom teacher in common or career
897	897		tech school districts, with no limitations on earnings. The one-
898	898		year period starts with the retiree 's last day of preretirement
899	899		public education employment. Members returning under this section
900	900		shall not be subject to any earning limitations foll owing the end of
901	901		the three-year period described in this paragrap h. Members
902	902		returning under this section shall only be empl oyed pursuant to a
903	903		temporary contract; and
904	904		4. A member shall be considered to be employed by a school
905	905		district to perform the dutie s ordinarily performed by classified or
906	906		nonclassified personnel if the member is hired by the school
907	907		district in the member 's individual capacity to perform the duties
908	908		or if the member performs the duties through emplo yment with a
909	909		proprietorship, partnersh ip, corporation, limited liability company
910	910		or partnership, or a ny other business structure that has agreed or
911	911		contracted to provide the services to the school district ;
912	912		3. For the first year a retired member is employ ed full-time by
913	913		a public school distri ct, the maximum compensation amount shall be
914	914		Thirty-six Thousand Six Hundred One Dollars ($36,601.00). For all
915	915		years of service after the first twelve (12) months after a member
916	916		retires from the System, there shall be no minimum salary
917	917		requirement and the provisions of Section 18 -114.14 of this title
918	918		shall not be applicable to compensation paid by a public school
919	919		RBS No. 912
920	920
921	921		Req. No. 912 Page 13 1
922	922		2
923	923		3
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925	925		5
926	926		6
927	927		7
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946	946		2
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969	969
970	970		district to a retired member of the System for full -time employment;
971	971		and
972	972		4. For the second and subsequent years that a retired member is
973	973		employed full-time by a public school district, the maximum
974	974		compensation amount shall be Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) and
975	975		the provisions of Section 18 -114.14 of this title shall not be
976	976		applicable to compensation paid by a public school district for
977	977		full-time employment to a retired member of the System .
978	978		B. A public school district that employs a retired member shall
979	979		be required to make contributions to the System for the retired
980	980		member in an amount as required in Sect ion 17-108.1 and in paragraph
981	981		3 of subsection B of Section 17 -116.2 of this title. A retired
982	982		member employed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not
983	983		accrue any additional service credit in the Teachers ' Retirement
984	984		System of Oklahoma resulting from performance of postretirement
985	985		employment with a school district. The provisions of this section
986	986		for payment of employer contribution amounts and the provisi ons
987	987		prohibiting accrual of additional service credit shall be applicable
988	988		regardless of whether the member is receiving his or her retirement
989	989		benefit or not and shall not depend upon any election the member
990	990		might exercise to suspend or delay receipt of the retirement benefit
991	991		amount.
992	992		C. For purposes of this section, postretirement employment of
993	993		less than one thousand (1,000) hours p er year with the Governor, the
994	994		RBS No. 912
995	995
996	996		Req. No. 912 Page 14 1
997	997		2
998	998		3
999	999		4
1000	1000		5
1001	1001		6
1002	1002		7
1003	1003		8
1004	1004		9
1005	1005		10
1006	1006		11
1007	1007		12
1008	1008		13
1009	1009		14
1010	1010		15
1011	1011		16
1012	1012		17
1013	1013		18
1014	1014		19
1015	1015		20
1016	1016		21
1017	1017		22
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1020	1020		1
1021	1021		2
1022	1022		3
1023	1023		4
1024	1024		5
1025	1025		6
1026	1026		7
1027	1027		8
1028	1028		9
1029	1029		10
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1034	1034		15
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1036	1036		17
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1044	1044
1045	1045		State Senate, the House of Represen tatives or the Legislative
1046	1046		Service Bureau shall not be conside red as postretirement employment
1047	1047		with a public school of Oklahoma.
1048	1048		D. The Board of Truste es of the Teachers' Retirement System of
1049	1049		Oklahoma shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to implem ent
1050	1050		the provisions of this section.
1051	1051		E. A member who has enter ed into postretirement employment with
1052	1052		a participating employer of the Teachers ' Retirement System of
1053	1053		Oklahoma must fully comply with all the provisions of the rules
1054	1054		promulgated by the Board of Trustees pursuant to this section in
1055	1055		order to continue receivi ng his or her monthly retirement benefit.
1056	1056		SECTION 3. AMENDATORY Section 3, Chapter 394, O.S.L.
1057	1057		2013, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 10, 2nd Extraordinary
1058	1058		Session, O.S.L. 2018 (70 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 18-114.14), is
1059	1059		amended to read as follows:
1060	1060		Section 18-114.14 A. Beginning with the 2018 -2019 school year,
1061	1061		certified personnel, as defined in Section 26 -103 of this title, in
1062	1062		the public schools of Oklahoma shal l receive in salary and/or fringe
1063	1063		benefits not less than the amo unts specified in the following
1064	1064		schedule:
1065	1065		MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE
1066	1066		National
1067	1067		Years of Bachelor's Board Master's Doctor's
1068	1068		Experience Degree Certification Degree Degree
1069	1069		RBS No. 912
1070	1070
1071	1071		Req. No. 912 Page 15 1
1072	1072		2
1073	1073		3
1074	1074		4
1075	1075		5
1076	1076		6
1077	1077		7
1078	1078		8
1079	1079		9
1080	1080		10
1081	1081		11
1082	1082		12
1083	1083		13
1084	1084		14
1085	1085		15
1086	1086		16
1087	1087		17
1088	1088		18
1089	1089		19
1090	1090		20
1091	1091		21
1092	1092		22
1093	1093		23
1094	1094		24
1095	1095		1
1096	1096		2
1097	1097		3
1098	1098		4
1099	1099		5
1100	1100		6
1101	1101		7
1102	1102		8
1103	1103		9
1104	1104		10
1105	1105		11
1106	1106		12
1107	1107		13
1108	1108		14
1109	1109		15
1110	1110		16
1111	1111		17
1112	1112		18
1113	1113		19
1114	1114		20
1115	1115		21
1116	1116		22
1117	1117		23
1118	1118		24
1119	1119
1120	1120		0 $36,601 $37,759 $37,991 $39,381
1121	1121		1 $37,035 $38,193 $38,425 $39,815
1122	1122		2 $37,469 $38,628 $38,859 $40,249
1123	1123		3 $37,904 $39,062 $39,294 $40,684
1124	1124		4 $38,338 $39,496 $39,728 $41,118
1125	1125		5 $38,810 $39,968 $40,200 $41,590
1126	1126		6 $39,273 $40,432 $40,663 $42,054
1127	1127		7 $39,737 $40,895 $41,127 $42,517
1128	1128		8 $40,200 $41,358 $41,590 $42,980
1129	1129		9 $40,663 $41,822 $42,054 $43,444
1130	1130		10 $41,684 $42,844 $43,568 $45,945
1131	1131		11 $42,177 $43,336 $44,061 $46,438
1132	1132		12 $42,670 $43,829 $44,554 $46,931
1133	1133		13 $43,162 $44,322 $45,047 $47,424
1134	1134		14 $43,655 $44,815 $45,539 $47,916
1135	1135		15 $44,167 $45,327 $46,052 $48,430
1136	1136		16 $44,660 $45,820 $46,545 $48,923
1137	1137		17 $45,153 $46,313 $47,038 $49,416
1138	1138		18 $45,646 $46,806 $47,531 $49,909
1139	1139		19 $46,139 $47,299 $48,024 $50,402
1140	1140		20 $46,652 $47,813 $48,538 $50,917
1141	1141		21 $47,145 $48,306 $49,031 $51,410
1142	1142		22 $47,639 $48,799 $49,524 $51,903
1143	1143		23 $48,132 $49,292 $50,018 $52,397
1144	1144		RBS No. 912
1145	1145
1146	1146		Req. No. 912 Page 16 1
1147	1147		2
1148	1148		3
1149	1149		4
1150	1150		5
1151	1151		6
1152	1152		7
1153	1153		8
1154	1154		9
1155	1155		10
1156	1156		11
1157	1157		12
1158	1158		13
1159	1159		14
1160	1160		15
1161	1161		16
1162	1162		17
1163	1163		18
1164	1164		19
1165	1165		20
1166	1166		21
1167	1167		22
1168	1168		23
1169	1169		24
1170	1170		1
1171	1171		2
1172	1172		3
1173	1173		4
1174	1174		5
1175	1175		6
1176	1176		7
1177	1177		8
1178	1178		9
1179	1179		10
1180	1180		11
1181	1181		12
1182	1182		13
1183	1183		14
1184	1184		15
1185	1185		16
1186	1186		17
1187	1187		18
1188	1188		19
1189	1189		20
1190	1190		21
1191	1191		22
1192	1192		23
1193	1193		24
1194	1194
1195	1195		24 $48,625 $49,785 $50,511 $52,890
1196	1196		25 $50,049 $51,232 $51,971 $54,395
1197	1197		Master's Degree +
1198	1198		Years of National Board
1199	1199		Experience Certification
1200	1200		0 $39,149
1201	1201		1 $39,583
1202	1202		2 $40,018
1203	1203		3 $40,452
1204	1204		4 $40,886
1205	1205		5 $41,358
1206	1206		6 $41,822
1207	1207		7 $42,285
1208	1208		8 $42,749
1209	1209		9 $43,212
1210	1210		10 $44,728
1211	1211		11 $45,221
1212	1212		12 $45,713
1213	1213		13 $46,206
1214	1214		14 $46,699
1215	1215		15 $47,212
1216	1216		16 $47,705
1217	1217		17 $48,198
1218	1218		18 $48,691
1219	1219		RBS No. 912
1220	1220
1221	1221		Req. No. 912 Page 17 1
1222	1222		2
1223	1223		3
1224	1224		4
1225	1225		5
1226	1226		6
1227	1227		7
1228	1228		8
1229	1229		9
1230	1230		10
1231	1231		11
1232	1232		12
1233	1233		13
1234	1234		14
1235	1235		15
1236	1236		16
1237	1237		17
1238	1238		18
1239	1239		19
1240	1240		20
1241	1241		21
1242	1242		22
1243	1243		23
1244	1244		24
1245	1245		1
1246	1246		2
1247	1247		3
1248	1248		4
1249	1249		5
1250	1250		6
1251	1251		7
1252	1252		8
1253	1253		9
1254	1254		10
1255	1255		11
1256	1256		12
1257	1257		13
1258	1258		14
1259	1259		15
1260	1260		16
1261	1261		17
1262	1262		18
1263	1263		19
1264	1264		20
1265	1265		21
1266	1266		22
1267	1267		23
1268	1268		24
1269	1269
1270	1270		19 $49,184
1271	1271		20 $49,698
1272	1272		21 $50,192
1273	1273		22 $50,685
1274	1274		23 $51,178
1275	1275		24 $51,671
1276	1276		25 $53,153
1277	1277		B. 1. When determining the Minimum Salary Schedule, "fringe
1278	1278		benefits" shall mean all or part of retirement benefits, exclud ing
1279	1279		the contributions made pursuant to subsection A of Section 17 -108.1
1280	1280		of this title and the flexible benefit allowance pursuant to Section
1281	1281		26-105 of this title from the flexible benefit allo wance funds
1282	1282		disbursed by the State Board of Education and the St ate Board of
1283	1283		Career and Technology Education pursuant to Section 26 -104 of this
1284	1284		title.
1285	1285		2. If a school district intends to provide retirement benefits
1286	1286		to a teacher such that the teacher 's salary would be less than the
1287	1287		amounts set forth in the minimum salar y schedule specified in
1288	1288		subsection A of this section, the district shall be require d to
1289	1289		provide written notification to the teacher prior to his or her
1290	1290		employment or, if already employed by th e district, no later than
1291	1291		thirty (30) days prior to the date the district elects to provide
1292	1292		retirement benefits such that the teacher 's salary would be less
1293	1293		than the minimum salary schedule.
1294	1294		RBS No. 912
1295	1295
1296	1296		Req. No. 912 Page 18 1
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1298	1298		3
1299	1299		4
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1301	1301		6
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1309	1309		14
1310	1310		15
1311	1311		16
1312	1312		17
1313	1313		18
1314	1314		19
1315	1315		20
1316	1316		21
1317	1317		22
1318	1318		23
1319	1319		24
1320	1320		1
1321	1321		2
1322	1322		3
1323	1323		4
1324	1324		5
1325	1325		6
1326	1326		7
1327	1327		8
1328	1328		9
1329	1329		10
1330	1330		11
1331	1331		12
1332	1332		13
1333	1333		14
1334	1334		15
1335	1335		16
1336	1336		17
1337	1337		18
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1345	1345		C. Any of the degrees referred to in this section shall be from
1346	1346		a college recognized by the State Board of Education. The Board
1347	1347		shall accept teaching experience from out -of-state school districts
1348	1348		that are accredited by the state board of education or appropriate
1349	1349		state accrediting agency for the districts. The Board s hall accept
1350	1350		teaching experience from out-of-country schools that are accredited
1351	1351		or otherwise endorsed by the appropriate national or regional
1352	1352		accrediting or endorsement authority. Out -of-country certification
1353	1353		documentation in a language other than English shall be analyzed by
1354	1354		an educational credential evaluation servi ce in accordance with
1355	1355		industry standards and guidelines and approved by the State
1356	1356		Department of Education. The person seeking to have credit granted
1357	1357		for out-of-country teaching experience sha ll be responsible for all
1358	1358		costs of the analysis by a credential evaluation service. The Board
1359	1359		shall accept teaching experience from primary and se condary schools
1360	1360		that are operated by the United States Department of Defense or are
1361	1361		affiliated with the Unite d States Department of State.
1362	1362		D. For the purpose of state salar y increments and retirement,
1363	1363		no teacher shall be granted credit for more than five (5) years of
1364	1364		active duty in the military service or out -of-state or out-of-
1365	1365		country teaching experience as a c ertified teacher or its
1366	1366		equivalent. Nothing in this section sha ll prohibit boards of
1367	1367		education from crediting more years of experience on district salary
1368	1368		schedules than those allowed for state purposes.
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1420	1420		E. The State Board of Education shall recognize, fo r purposes
1421	1421		of certification and salary increments, all the years of experience
1422	1422		of a:
1423	1423		1. Certified teacher who teaches in the educational program o f
1424	1424		the Department of Corrections, beginning with fiscal year 1981;
1425	1425		2. Vocational rehabilitation counselor und er the Department of
1426	1426		Human Services if the counselor was employe d as a certified teacher
1427	1427		by the State Department of Education when the Division of Vocational
1428	1428		Rehabilitation was transferred from the State Board of Career and
1429	1429		Technology Education or the Stat e Board of Education to the Oklahoma
1430	1430		Public Welfare Commission o n July 1, 1968;
1431	1431		3. Vocational rehabilitation counselor which were completed
1432	1432		while employed by the Department of Human Services if such counselor
1433	1433		was certified as a teacher or was eligible for certification as a
1434	1434		teacher in Oklahoma;
1435	1435		4. Certified teacher w hich were completed while employed by the
1436	1436		Department of Human Services Child Study Center at University
1437	1437		Hospital, if the teacher was certified as a teacher in Oklahoma; and
1438	1438		5. Certified school psychologist or psychometrist which were
1439	1439		completed while emplo yed as a doctoral intern, psychological
1440	1440		assistant, or psychologist with any agency of the State of Oklahoma
1441	1441		if the experience primarily involved work with persons of school - or
1442	1442		preschool-age and if the person was, at the time the experience was
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1494	1494		acquired, certified as, or eligible for certification as, a school
1495	1495		psychologist or psychometri st.
1496	1496		F. The provisions of this section shall not apply to teachers
1497	1497		who have retired from the Teachers ' Retirement System of Oklahoma
1498	1498		and who have entered into postretirement employment with a public
1499	1499		school in Oklahoma and are still receiving a monthly reti rement
1500	1500		benefit.
1501	1501		G. If a person employed as certified personnel, as defined in
1502	1502		Section 26-103 of this title, by a school district during the 2017-
1503	1503		2018 school year was receiv ing a salary above the step level
1504	1504		indicated by the State Minimum Salary Schedule fo r the 2017-2018
1505	1505		school year, the person shall receive a salary increase amount equal
1506	1506		to the amount indicated in subsection A of this section for the step
1507	1507		level indicated for the person, provided they remain employed by the
1508	1508		same district, unless the hours o r the duties of the certified
1509	1509		personnel are reduced proportionately.
1510	1510		SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
1511	1511		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-101.6c of Title 70, unless
1512	1512		there is created a duplication in numbering, read s as follows:
1513	1513		A. A school district, as defined in Section 1 -108 of Title 70
1514	1514		of the Oklahoma Statutes, that employs a retired member of the
1515	1515		Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma shall not be subject to any
1516	1516		provisions of law related to pre-termination procedur es.
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1568	1568		B. 1. All postretirement employment contracts shall be for a
1569	1569		period agreed to by the school d istrict and the retired member of
1570	1570		the System, not to exceed twelve (12) months. No school district
1571	1571		shall be obligated to rehire a retired member with whom the dis trict
1572	1572		has previously entered into a postretirement employment contract.
1573	1573		2. A school district shall not have any legal obligation to
1574	1574		enter into any postretirement employment contract with a retired
1575	1575		member of the System .
1576	1576		SECTION 5. Section 1 of this act shall become effective Oct ober
1577	1577		1, 2021.
1578	1578		SECTION 6. Sections 2, 3 and 4 of this act shall become
1579	1579		effective November 1, 20 21.
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