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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 189 By: Pederson
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; amending Section 1,
Chapter 289, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section
18-114.15), which relates to the minimum salary
schedule for certified personnel; updating statutory
references; modifying language regarding
implementation of salary increases for school
districts that receive either Foundation Aid or
Salary Incentive Aid or that receive neither
Foundation Aid nor Salary Incentive Aid; directing
funds appropriated for certain purp ose to be
allocated; updating statutory language; 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 289, O.S.L.
2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 18 -114.15), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 18-114.15. A. Beginning with the 2023 -2024 school
year, certified personnel, as defined in Sect ion 26-103 of Title 70
of the Oklahoma Statutes this title, in the public scho ols of
Oklahoma this state shall receive in salary and/or fringe benefits
not less than the amounts specified in the following schedule:
MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE
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National
Years of Bachelor’s Board Master’s Doctor’s
Experience Degree Certification Degree Degree
0 $39,601 $40,759 $40,991 $42,381
1 $40,035 $41,193 $41,425 $42,815
2 $40,469 $41,628 $41,859 $43,249
3 $40,904 $42,062 $42,294 $43,684
4 $41,338 $42,496 $42,728 $44,118
5 $42,810 $43,968 $44,200 $45,590
6 $43,273 $44,432 $44,663 $46,054
7 $43,737 $44,895 $45,127 $46,517
8 $44,200 $45,358 $45,590 $46,980
9 $44,663 $45,822 $46,054 $47,444
10 $46,684 $47,844 $48,568 $50,945
11 $47,177 $48,336 $49,061 $51,438
12 $47,670 $48,829 $49,554 $51,931
13 $48,162 $49,322 $50,047 $52,424
14 $48,655 $49,815 $50,539 $52,916
15 $50,167 $51,327 $52,052 $54,430
16 $50,660 $51,820 $52,545 $54,923
17 $51,153 $52,313 $53,038 $55,416
18 $51,646 $52,806 $53,531 $55,909
19 $52,139 $53,299 $54,024 $56,402
20 $52,652 $53,813 $54,538 $56,917
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21 $53,145 $54,306 $55,031 $57,410
22 $53,639 $54,799 $55,524 $57,903
23 $54,132 $55,292 $56,018 $58,397
24 $54,625 $55,785 $56,511 $58,890
25 $56,049 $57,232 $57,971 $60,395
Master’s Degree +
Years of National Board
Experience Certification
0 $42,149
1 $42,583
2 $43,018
3 $43,452
4 $43,886
5 $45,358
6 $45,822
7 $46,285
8 $46,749
9 $47,212
10 $49,728
11 $50,221
12 $50,713
13 $51,206
14 $51,699
15 $53,212
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16 $53,705
17 $54,198
18 $54,691
19 $55,184
20 $55,698
21 $56,192
22 $56,685
23 $57,178
24 $57,671
25 $59,153
B. 1. When determining the Minimum Salary Schedule minimum
salary schedule, “fringe benefits” shall mean all or part of
retirement benefits, excluding the co ntributions made pursuant to
subsection A of Section 17 -108.1 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
Statutes this title and the flexible benefit allowance pursuant to
Section 26-105 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title from
the flexible benefit allowance funds disbursed by the State Board of
Education and the State Board of Career and Technology Education
pursuant to Section 26 -104 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes 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 salary schedule specified in
subsection A of this section, the district shall be required to
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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 t o the date the district elects to provide
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 Board
shall accept teaching experience from out -of-state school districts
that are accredited by the State Board of Education state board of
education or appropriate state accrediting agency for the districts.
The Board shall accept teaching expe rience 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 service 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 credential evaluation
service. The Board shall accept teaching experience from primary
and secondary schools that are operated by the United States
Department of Defense or are affiliated with the United States
Department of State.
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D. For the purpose of state salary 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
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 years of experience
of a:
1. Certified teacher who teaches in the educational program of
the Department of Corrections, beginning with fiscal y ear 1981;
2. Vocational rehabilitation counselor under the Department of
Human Services if the counselor was employed as a certified teacher
by the State Department of Education when the Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation was transferred from the State Board of Career and
Technology Education or the State Board of Education to the Oklahoma
Public Welfare Commission on July 1, 1968;
3. Vocational rehabilitation counselor which were completed
while employed by the Department of Human Services if such cou nselor
was certified as a teacher or was eligible for certification as a
teacher in Oklahoma this state;
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4. Certified teacher which were completed while employed by the
Child Study Center located at University Hospital, if the teacher
was certified as a t eacher in Oklahoma this state; 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
this state if the experience primarily involved work with persons of
school- or preschool-age and if the person was, at the time the
experience was acquired, certified as, or eligible for certification
as, a school psychologist or psychometrist.
F. The provisions of this section shall not apply to teachers
who have entered into postretirement employment with a public school
in Oklahoma this state and are still receiving a monthly retirement
benefit.
G. If a person employed as certified personnel, as defined in
Section 26-103 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title, by a
school district during the 2022 -2023 school year was receiving a
salary above the step level indicated by the State Minimum Salary
Schedule state minimum salary schedule for the 2022-2023 school
year, the person shall receive a salary increase amount equal to the
amount indicated in subsection A of this section for the step level
indicated for the person, provided they remain he or she remains
employed by the same district, unless the hours or the duties of the
certified personnel are reduced proportionately.
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H. If a school district does not receive receives either
Foundation Aid or Salary Incentive Aid or receives neither
Foundation Aid nor Salary Incentive Aid pursuant to Section 18 -200.1
of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title, funds appropriated
for the financial support of public schools shall be allocated by
the State Board of Education to implement the salary increases
indicated in subsection A of this section.
I. Persons employed as classroom inst ructional employees of
technology center school districts supervised by the St ate Board of
Career and Technology Education shall receive a salary increase
amount equal to the amount indicated in subsection A of this section
for the step level indicated for the person persons, provided they
remain employed by the same technology center school district,
unless the hours or the duties of the classroom instructional
employees are reduced proportionately.
J. Persons employed as correctional teachers or vocation al
instructors by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Section
510.6a of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes or persons employed as
teachers by the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall receive a salary
increase amount equal to the amount indicated in subsec tion A of
this section for the step level indicated for the person persons,
provided they remain employed by the same Department of Corrections
or Office of Juvenile Affairs facility, unless the hours or the
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duties of the correctional teachers, vocational instructors, or
teachers are reduced proportionately.
K. Persons employed as teachers by the State Department of
Rehabilitation Services shall receive a salary increase amount equal
to the amount indicated in subsection A of this section for the step
level indicated for the person persons, provided they remain
employed by the State Department of Rehabilitation Services, unless
the hours or the duties of the teachers are reduced proportionately.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective Ju ly 1, 2025.
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 i ts passage and approval.
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