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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (202 3)
HOUSE BILL 1037 By: Rosecrants
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
Section 6-206, which relates to an annual salary
bonus for certain school employees; requiring annual
salary bonuses for school psychologists, speech-
language pathologists, and a udiologists; deleting
outdated statutory reference ; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -206, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 6-206. A. Subject to the availability of funds, the
The State Board of Education shall provide an annual salary bonus in
the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) no later than
January 31 of each year to the following employees of public school
districts:
1. Any school psychologist who has been designated as a
Nationally Certified School Psychologist by the National School
Psychology Certification Board; and
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2. Any speech-language pathologist or audiologist who holds a
Certificate of Clinical Competence awarded by the American Speech -
Language-Hearing Association.
B. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the
provision of the bonus pursuant to this section to include, but not
be limited to, a process by which a nationally certified school
psychologist, speech -language pathologist and audiologist may verify
that:
1. The individual is still employed by a school distri ct;
2. The certification required in subsection A of this section
has been attained and has not lapsed; and
3. The individual is licensed to practice in this state.
C. An individual who qualifies for the bonus pursuant to this
section and who is employe d by a school district on less than a
full-time basis, shall receive a pro -rated bonus based on the
proportionate equivalency to full -time employment.
D. No school or school district shall be liable for payment of
bonuses pursuant to this section. The bo nus shall not be included
in the calculation of salary for purposes of meeting the district or
statutory minimum salary schedule or for purposes of calculating
Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma contributions or benefits.
E. The amount of the salary bonus pursuant to subsection A of
this section shall be increased to Seven Thousand Dollars
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($7,000.00) upon implementation of subsection N of Section 6 -204.2
of this title.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-5950 EK 01/03/23