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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL NO. 482 By: Pugh, Pemberton, Stanley,
and Stephens of the Senate
and
McBride, Dollens,
Provenzano, and Bennett of
the House
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
[ schools - minimum salary schedule - effective date
-
emergency ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 18 -114.14,
is amended to read a s follows:
Section 18-114.14 A. Beginning with the 2018-2019 2023-2024
school year, certified personnel, as defined in Section 26-103 of
this title, in the public schools of Oklahoma shall receive in
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salary and/or fringe benefi ts not less than the amounts specified in
the following schedule:
MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE
National
Years of Bachelor's Board Master's Doctor's
Experience Degree Certification Degree Degree
0 $36,601 $37,759 $37,991 $39,381
1 $37,035 $38,193 $38,425 $39,815
2 $37,469 $38,628 $38,859 $40,249
3 $37,904 $39,062 $39,294 $40,684
4 $38,338 $39,496 $39,728 $41,118
5 $38,810 $39,968 $40,200 $41,590
6 $39,273 $40,432 $40,663 $42,054
7 $39,737 $40,895 $41,127 $42,517
8 $40,200 $41,358 $41,590 $42,980
9 $40,663 $41,822 $42,054 $43,444
10 $41,684 $42,844 $43,568 $45,945
11 $42,177 $43,336 $44,061 $46,438
12 $42,670 $43,829 $44,554 $46,931
13 $43,162 $44,322 $45,047 $47,424
14 $43,655 $44,815 $45,539 $47,916
15 $44,167 $45,327 $46,052 $48,430
16 $44,660 $45,820 $46,545 $48,923
17 $45,153 $46,313 $47,038 $49,416
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18 $45,646 $46,806 $47,531 $49,909
19 $46,139 $47,299 $48,024 $50,402
20 $46,652 $47,813 $48,538 $50,917
21 $47,145 $48,306 $49,031 $51,410
22 $47,639 $48,799 $49,524 $51,903
23 $48,132 $49,292 $50,018 $52,397
24 $48,625 $49,785 $50,511 $52,890
25 $50,049 $51,232 $51,971 $54,395
26 $50,542 $51,725 $52,464 $54,888
27 $51,035 $52,218 $52,957 $55,381
28 $51,528 $52,711 $53,450 $55,874
29 $52,021 $53,204 $53,943 $56,367
30 $52,514 $53,697 $54,436 $56,860
31 $53,007 $54,190 $54,929 $57,353
32 $53,500 $54,683 $55,422 $57,846
33 $53,993 $55,176 $55,915 $58,339
34 $54,486 $55,669 $56,408 $58,832
35 $54,979 $56,162 $56,901 $59,325
Master's Degree +
Years of National Board
Experience Certification
0 $39,149
1 $39,583
2 $40,018
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3 $40,452
4 $40,886
5 $41,358
6 $41,822
7 $42,285
8 $42,749
9 $43,212
10 $44,728
11 $45,221
12 $45,713
13 $46,206
14 $46,699
15 $47,212
16 $47,705
17 $48,198
18 $48,691
19 $49,184
20 $49,698
21 $50,192
22 $50,685
23 $51,178
24 $51,671
25 $53,153
26 $53,646
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27 $54,139
28 $54,632
29 $55,125
30 $55,618
31 $56,111
32 $56,604
33 $57,097
34 $57,590
35 $58,083
B. 1. When determining the Minimum Salary Schedule minimum
salary schedule, "fringe benefits" shall mean all or part of
retirement benefits, exc luding the contributions made purs uant to
subsection A of Section 17-108.1 of this title and the f lexible
benefit allowance pursuant to Section 26-105 of this title from the
flexible benefit allowance funds disbursed by the State Board of
Education and the State Board of Career and Technol ogy Education
pursuant to Section 26-104 of this title.
2. If a school district intends to provide retirement benefits
to a teacher such that the teacher 's salary would be less than the
amounts set forth in the minimum sa lary schedule specified in
subsection A of this section, the district shall be required to
provide written notification to the teacher prior to his or her
employment or, if already employed by the district, no later than
thirty (30) days prior to the date the district elects to provide
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retirement benefits such that the teacher's salary would be less
than the minimum salary schedule.
C. Any of the degrees referred to in this section shall be from
a college recognized by the State Board of Education. The Bo ard
shall accept teaching experien ce from out-of-state school districts
that are accredited by the state board of education or appropriate
state accrediting agency for the districts. The Board shall accept
teaching experience from out -of-country schools that are accredited
or otherwise endorsed by the appropriate national or regional
accrediting or endorsement authority. Out -of-country certification
documentation in a language other than English shall be analyzed by
an educational credential evaluation se rvice in accordance with
industry standards and guidelines and approved by the State
Department of Education. The person seeking to have credit granted
for out-of-country teaching experience shall be responsible for all
costs of the analysis by a credenti al evaluation service. The Board
shall accept teaching experience from primary and secondary scho ols
that are operated by the United States Dep artment of Defense or are
affiliated with the United States Department of State.
D. For the purpose of state sa lary increments and retirement,
no teacher shall be granted credit for more than five (5) years of
active duty in the military service or out -of-state or out-of-
country teaching experience as a certified teacher or its
equivalent. Nothing in this section shall prohibit boards of
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education from crediting more years of experience on district salary
schedules than those allowed for state purposes.
E. The State Board of Education shall recognize, for purposes
of certification and salary increments, all the ye ars of experience
of a:
1. Certified teacher who teaches in the educational program of
the Department of Corrections, beginning with fiscal yea r 1981;
2. Vocational rehabilitation counselor under the Department of
Human Services if the counselor was empl oyed as a certified teacher
by the State Department of Education when the Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation was transferred from the State B oard of Career and
Technology Education or the State Board of Education to the Oklahoma
Public Welfare Commissio n on July 1, 1968;
3. Vocational rehabilitation counselor which were completed
while employed by the Department of Human Services if such couns elor
was certified as a teacher or was eligible for certification as a
teacher in Oklahoma;
4. Certified teache r which were completed while emplo yed by the
Child Study Center located at University Hospital, if the teacher
was certified as a teacher in Okl ahoma; and
5. Certified school psychologist or psychometrist which were
completed while employed as a doctoral intern, psychological
assistant, or psychologist with any agency of the State of Oklahoma
if the experience primarily involved work with persons of school- or
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preschool-age and if the person was, at the time the experience was
acquired, certified as, or el igible for certification as, a sch ool
psychologist or psychometrist.
F. The provisions of this se ction shall not apply to teachers
who have entered into postretirement employment with a public school
in Oklahoma and are still receiving a monthly retiremen t benefit.
G. If a person employe d as certified personnel, as defined in
Section 26-103 of this title, by a school district during the 2017 -
2018 school year was receiving a salary above the step level
indicated by the State Minimum Salary Schedule state minimum salary
schedule for the 2017-2018 school year, the person shall receive a
salary increase amount equal to the amount indicated in subsect ion A
for the step level indicated for the person, provided they remain
employed by the same district, unless the hours or the duties of the
certified personnel are reduced proportionately.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preserva tion
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is her eby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take eff ect and
be in full force from and after its pa ssage and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET , dated
04/20/2023 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.