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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (202 4)
HOUSE BILL 3272 By: Baker
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; amending Section 1,
Chapter 291, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section
6-104.8), which relates to paid mate rnity leave;
modifying eligibility for certain technology center
school district employees; providing paid maternity
leave for employees adopting newborns; establishing
timing for paid adoption maternity leave; updating
statutory citations; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 291, O.S.L.
2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 6 -104.8), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 6-104.8 A. As provided in this section:
1. Full-time employees of a public school district in this
state who have been employed by the school district for at least one
year and have worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250)
hours during the preceding twelve-month period;
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2. Persons employed full time as classroom instructional Full-
time employees of technology center school districts supervised by
the State Board of Career and Technology Education who have been
employed by the technology center school district for at least one
year and have worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250)
hours during the preceding twelve -month period;
3. Persons employed as teachers by the State Department of
Rehabilitation Services who have been employed by the State
Department of Rehabilitation Services for at least one year and have
worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,2 50) hours during
the preceding twelve -month period;
4. Persons employed full time as correctional teachers or
vocational instructors by the Department of Corrections pursuant to
Section 510.6a of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes who have been
employed by a Department of Corrections facility for at least one
year and have worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250)
hours during the preceding twelve-month period; and
5. Persons employed full time as teachers by the Office of
Juvenile Affairs who have been employed by a n Office of Juvenile
Affairs facility for at least one year and have worked at least one
thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) hours during the preceding
twelve-month period,;
shall be entitled to six (6) weeks of paid maternity leave f ollowing
the birth or adoption of the employee's newborn child. The six (6)
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weeks of paid maternity leave shall be used immediate ly following
the birth of the school district employee's child or immediately
following the legal placement of the newborn with the employee
adopting the child.
B. 1. Paid maternity leave provided pu rsuant to paragraphs 1,
2, and 3 of subsection A of this section shall be in additio n to and
not in place of sick leave due to pregnancy, as authorized by
Section 6-104 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title.
2. Paid maternity leave provided purs uant to paragraph 4 of
subsection A of this section s hall be in addition to and not in
place of sick leave due to pregnancy, as authorized by Section
510.6a of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
3. Paid maternity leave provided pursuant to paragraph 5 of
subsection A of this sect ion shall be in addition to and not in
place of sick leave due to p regnancy, as authorized by Section 2-7-
202 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
C. An employee who takes maternity leave pursuant to the
provisions of subsection A of this section shall not be deprived of
any compensation or other benefits to which the emp loyee is
otherwise entitled.
D. Each fiscal year, the Legislature s hall appropriate adequate
funding to the Public School Paid Maternity Leave Revolving Fund
created in Section 7 6-104.9 of this act title for the purpose of
providing paid maternity leave to eligible sc hool district employees
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pursuant to paragraph 1 of subsection A of t his section. If the
Legislature does not appropriate adequate funding specifically for
the purpose of providing paid maternity leave to school district
employees, the State Board of Educa tion shall allocate from the
funds appropriated to the State Board o f Education for the support
of public school activities an amount to fully fund paid maternity
leave.
E. The State Board of Education, the State Board of Career and
Technology Education, the Commission for Rehabilitation Services,
the State Board of Corre ctions, and the Board of Juvenile Affairs
may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this secti on.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
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.
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