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| 47 | 54 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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| 48 | 55 | | SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -104, is |
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| 49 | 56 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 50 | 57 | | Section 6-104. A. 1. The board of education of each school |
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| 51 | 58 | | district in the state shall provide for sick leave for all teachers |
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| 52 | 59 | | employed in the district and shall pay such teachers the full amount |
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| 53 | 60 | | of their contract salaries during any absence from their regular |
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| 54 | 61 | | school duties for a period of time and under such conditions as the |
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| 55 | 62 | | board may determine, but not less than the minimum benefits |
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| 56 | 63 | | hereafter specified. Payment for sick leave shall be made on the |
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| 86 | 94 | | illness or, pregnancy, or accidental injury or illness in the |
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| 87 | 95 | | immediate family without the loss of salary for not to exc eed ten |
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| 88 | 96 | | (10) days during each school ye ar, except that said an absence |
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| 89 | 97 | | without loss of salary for teachers employed on an eleven -month |
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| 90 | 98 | | contract shall not exceed eleven (11) days during each school year |
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| 91 | 99 | | and for those teachers employed on a twelve -month contract shall not |
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| 92 | 100 | | exceed twelve (12) days during each school year, if said the |
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| 93 | 101 | | contract is for the work period, and not merely for pay purposes. |
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| 94 | 102 | | The right to such sick leave shall vest at the beginning of the |
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| 95 | 103 | | school year. |
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| 96 | 104 | | 2. Each school district shall provi de for all teachers a |
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| 97 | 105 | | minimum of three (3) days for personal business leave, upon the |
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| 98 | 106 | | request of the teacher. Salary deductions for such personal |
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| 99 | 107 | | business leave shall not exceed t he salary level for substitute |
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| 100 | 108 | | teachers. Provided further, that these terms for personal business |
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| 101 | 109 | | leave shall not negate any locally negotiated leave policies which |
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| 102 | 110 | | exceed the minimum benefits stated above. |
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| 103 | 111 | | 3. Each school district may provide not more than five (5) days |
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| 104 | 112 | | each year for emergency leave. Each school district will shall |
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| 105 | 113 | | determine the purposes for which e mergency leave can be used. Those |
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| 136 | 145 | | another school district or to the Oklahoma School for the Blind or |
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| 137 | 146 | | the Oklahoma School for the Deaf where the teacher is employed the |
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| 138 | 147 | | next succeeding school year , provided that the number of days |
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| 139 | 148 | | transferred shall not exceed the maximu m days permitted by the |
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| 140 | 149 | | receiving school and that such the transferred days shall be used |
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| 141 | 150 | | first in case of illness and, provided further, that if the |
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| 142 | 151 | | receiving school pays teachers for unused sick leave upon retirement |
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| 143 | 152 | | or termination of contract, then said the payments shall be for only |
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| 144 | 153 | | those days accumulated in the receiving school. Accumulated sick |
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| 145 | 154 | | leave shall not be lost due to any break in employment, and the |
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| 146 | 155 | | ability to transfer accumu lated sick leave shall not be negated due |
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| 147 | 156 | | to any break in employment . The school board of the sending |
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| 148 | 157 | | district shall certify the exact number of days eligible for |
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| 149 | 158 | | transfer. |
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| 150 | 159 | | 2. 5. If a teacher is employed at the Oklahoma School for the |
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| 151 | 160 | | Blind or the Oklahoma School for the Deaf after July 1, 2017, any |
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| 152 | 161 | | unused sick leave up to a total of sixty (60) days that is |
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| 153 | 162 | | accumulated at a school district prior to such that date shall be |
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| 154 | 163 | | transferable. |
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| 186 | 196 | | district for loss of compensable time may be charged against sick |
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| 187 | 197 | | leave benefits. Provided , the board of education may provide all or |
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| 188 | 198 | | part of hospital and medical benefits, and sickness, accident, |
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| 189 | 199 | | health, and life insurance or any of the aforesaid for any or all of |
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| 190 | 200 | | its employees. On authorization of the teacher, t he district may |
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| 191 | 201 | | approve payroll deducti ons for such teacher 's portion of the |
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| 192 | 202 | | aforesaid. |
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| 193 | 203 | | C. Each school district shall grant a teacher lea ve for jury |
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| 194 | 204 | | service or as a witness subpoenaed in a criminal, civil or juvenile |
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| 195 | 205 | | proceeding and shall pay the teacher d uring such his or her service |
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| 196 | 206 | | the full, current contract salary. Provided that the district may |
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| 197 | 207 | | deduct any compensation received for serving as a ju ror or witness |
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| 198 | 208 | | from the teacher's salary during such the service. |
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| 199 | 209 | | D. 1. A school district shall also prov ide for benefits for |
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| 200 | 210 | | personnel other than teachers. Benefits for support personnel |
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| 201 | 211 | | employees shall include provisions for paid sick leave of at least |
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| 202 | 212 | | one (1) day per month of employment not to exceed the number of |
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| 203 | 213 | | hours per day for which they are regularl y employed cumulative to a |
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| 204 | 214 | | total of sixty (60) days and cumulative sick leave shall be |
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| 236 | 247 | | days per school year unless the local board of education authorizes |
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| 237 | 248 | | the use of additional transfe rred days during the school year in an |
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| 238 | 249 | | amount set by the board and, provided further, that if the receiving |
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| 239 | 250 | | district pays such person for unused sick lea ve upon retirement or |
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| 240 | 251 | | termination of employment, then said the payments shall be for only |
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| 241 | 252 | | those days accumulated in the receiving district. Accumulated sick |
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| 242 | 253 | | leave shall not be lost due to any break in employment, and the |
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| 243 | 254 | | ability to transfer accumulated sick leav e shall not be negated due |
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| 244 | 255 | | to any break in employment. The school board of the sending |
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| 245 | 256 | | district shall certify the exact number of days eligible for |
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| 246 | 257 | | transfer. Each school dis trict shall provide for all support |
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| 247 | 258 | | employees, a minimum of three (3) days for pe rsonal business leave , |
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| 248 | 259 | | upon the request of the support employee. Salary deductions for |
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| 249 | 260 | | personal business leave shall not exceed an amo unt necessary to |
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| 250 | 261 | | cover the costs of serv ices provided to the district by the support |
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| 251 | 262 | | employee and shall not exceed the sa lary of the support employee. |
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| 252 | 263 | | The terms for personal business leave provided by this subsection |
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| 253 | 264 | | shall not negate any locally negotiate d leave policies which exceed |
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| 254 | 265 | | the minimum benefits stated above. Payment for such leave shall be |
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| 286 | 298 | | closed on account of epidemics or otherwise when an order for such |
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| 287 | 299 | | closing has been issu ed by a health officer authorized by law to |
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| 288 | 300 | | issue the order. |
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| 289 | 301 | | SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. |
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| 290 | 302 | | SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation |
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| 291 | 303 | | of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby |
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| 292 | 304 | | declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and |
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| 293 | 305 | | be in full force from and after its passage and approval. |
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