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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 246 By: Deevers
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to teachers; allowing public school
66	66	districts and charter schools to designate certified
67	67	classroom teachers with certain designations for
68	68	certain time period; establishing minimum criteria
69	69	for designations; directing the State Board of
70	70	Education to establish certain standards; providing
71	71	duties of the Board and the State Department of
72	72	Education; allowing the Board to adopt c ertain fees
73	73	and promulgate rules; directing the Board to provide
74	74	Distinguished Educator Allotments for classroom
75	75	teachers granted certain designations; providing for
76	76	calculation of allotments; directing certain point
77	77	values to be linked to certain student academic
78	78	growth; providing for assignment of certain point
79	79	values; directing a public school district or charter
80	80	school to be entitled to certain increased allotments
81	81	for certain reimbursement; directing the State
82	82	Department of Education to make certain in formation
83	83	available on its website; directing public school
84	84	districts and charter schools that receive certain
85	85	funds to annually certify use of such funds;
86	86	providing for use of certain portion of allotments;
87	87	providing for allotments for certain public scho ol
88	88	districts and charter schools; creating the
89	89	Distinguished Educator Allotments Revolving Fund;
90	90	specifying sources of fund; providing for
91	91	expenditures; providing purpose of fund; making an
92	92	appropriation; providing for codification; providing
93	93	an effective date; and declaring an emergency .
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99	99	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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151	151	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
152	152	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 18 -126 of Title 70, unless there
153	153	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
154	154	A. In accordance with the provisions of subsection B of this
155	155	section, a public school district or charter school may designate a
156	156	certified classroom teacher with a master, exemplary, or recognized
157	157	designation for a five-year period. Public school districts and
158	158	charter schools shall use the following criteria, at a minimum, to
159	159	designate a certified classroom teacher:
160	160	1. A recognized designation shall be awarded when generally a
161	161	minimum of fifty-five percent (55%) of the teacher ’s students are
162	162	meeting or exceeding expected growth targets;
163	163	2. An exemplary designation shall be awarded when generally a
164	164	minimum of sixty percent (60%) of the teacher ’s students are meeting
165	165	or exceeding expected growth targets; an d
166	166	3. A master designation shall be awarded when generally a
167	167	minimum of seventy percent (70%) of the teacher ’s students are
168	168	meeting or exceeding expected growth targets.
169	169	B. The State Board of Education shall establish performance and
170	170	validity standards fo r local optional teacher designation systems.
171	171	The performance standards shall:
172	172	1. Provide a mathematical possibility that all teachers
173	173	eligible for a designation may earn the designation;
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225	225	2. Provide a process to weight designations to incentivize
226	226	individual student academic growth in English language arts,
227	227	mathematics, and writin g; and
228	228	3. Require a quantitative metric for teacher designation
229	229	assessment and evaluation.
230	230	C. The State Board of Education shall:
231	231	1. Ensure that local optional teacher designa tion systems meet
232	232	the requirements of subsection B of this section; and
233	233	2. Collaborate with the Office of Educational Quality and
234	234	Accountability to monitor the quality and fairness of local optional
235	235	teacher designation systems in accordance with the provi sions of
236	236	this section.
237	237	D. The State Department of Education shall:
238	238	1. Develop and provide technical assistance for public school
239	239	districts and charter schools that request assistance in
240	240	implementing a local optional teacher designation system;
241	241	2. Periodically conduct evaluations of the effectiveness of the
242	242	local optional teacher designation systems implemented pursuant to
243	243	this section and the Distinguished Educator Allotments implemented
244	244	pursuant to Section 2 of this act and electronically report the
245	245	results of the evaluations to the Governor, the President Pro
246	246	Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
247	247	Representatives. A public school district or charter school that
248	248	has implemented a local optional teacher designation system or
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300	300	received Distinguished Educator Allotment funds pursuant to Section
301	301	2 of this act shall participate in the evaluations; and
302	302	3. Collect information necessary to implement the provisions of
303	303	this section.
304	304	E. The State Board of Education may adopt fees to implement the
305	305	provisions of this section and may promulgate rules to implement the
306	306	provisions of this section.
307	307	SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
308	308	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 18 -126.1 of Title 70, unless
309	309	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
310	310	A. The State Board of Education shall provide Distinguished
311	311	Educator Allotments for each classroom teacher granted a master,
312	312	exemplary, or recognized teacher designation pursuant to the
313	313	provisions of Section 1 of this act who is employed by a public
314	314	school district or charter school. The employing public school
315	315	district or charter school shall receive an amount equal to the
316	316	following base amounts increased by the pupil category factor
317	317	provided for in subsecti on B of this section:
318	318	1. Twelve Thousand Dollars ( $12,000.00), or an increased amount
319	319	not to exceed Thirty-two Thousand Dollars ( $32,000.00) as determined
320	320	pursuant to subsection B of this section, for each teacher with a
321	321	master designation;
322	322	2. Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00), or an increased amount not
323	323	to exceed Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($18,000.00) as determined
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375	375	pursuant to subsection B of this section, for each teacher with an
376	376	exemplary designation ; and
377	377	3. Three Thousand Dollars ( $3,000.00), or an increased amount
378	378	not to exceed Nine Thousand Dollars ( $9,000.00) as determined
379	379	pursuant to subsection B of this section, for each teacher with a
380	380	recognized designation .
381	381	B. The pupil category factor shall be determined by multiplying
382	382	the following applicable amounts by the point value assigned to each
383	383	student at a public school district or charter school campus
384	384	pursuant to subsection D of this section:
385	385	1. Two Thousand Dollars ( $2,000.00) for each teacher with a
386	386	master designation;
387	387	2. One Thousand Five Hundr ed Dollars ($1,500.00) for each
388	388	teacher with an exemplary designation ; and
389	389	3. One Thousand Dollars ( $1,000.00) for each teacher with a
390	390	recognized designation .
391	391	C. Point values determined by the public school district or
392	392	charter school for each student sha ll be linked to student academic
393	393	growth in reading or mathematics recorded by statewide student
394	394	assessments administered pursuant to Section 1210.508 of Title 70 of
395	395	the Oklahoma Statutes through calculation of individual student
396	396	performance levels and corresponding cut scores determined by the
397	397	Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability pursuant to
398	398	Section 1210.541 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes . Below basic
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450	450	low, below basic high, basic low, basic high, proficient low,
451	451	proficient high, advanced low, and advanced high shall have the same
452	452	meaning as the the academic growth indicator adopted by the State
453	453	Board of Education for the accountability system adopted pursuant to
454	454	Section 1210.545 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes .
455	455	D. Point values for each student at a public school district or
456	456	charter school shall be assigned as follows:
457	457	1. Zero (0) points for a student who experienced no change in
458	458	performance level from the previous year to the current year;
459	459	2. One-quarter (0.25) point for performance level increases of:
460	460	a. below basic low in the previous year to below basic
461	461	high in the current year ,
462	462	b. basic low in the previous year to basic high in the
463	463	current year,
464	464	c. proficient low in the previous year to proficient high
465	465	in the current year, and
466	466	d. advanced low in the previous year to advanced high in
467	467	the current year;
468	468	3. One-half (0.5) point for a performance level increase from
469	469	proficient low or proficient high in the previous year to advanced
470	470	low or advanced high in the current year;
471	471	4. Two (2.0) points for a performance level increase from below
472	472	basic low or below basic high in the previous year to basic low or
473	473	basic high in the current year;
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525	525	5. Three (3.0) points for a performance level increase from
526	526	basic low or basic high in the previous year to proficient low or
527	527	proficient high in the current year;
528	528	6. Four (4.0) points for a performance level increase from
529	529	basic low or basic high in the previous year to advanced low or
530	530	advanced high in the current year;
531	531	7. Five points (5.0) for a performance level increase from
532	532	below basic low or below basic high in the previous year to
533	533	proficient low or proficient high in the current year;
534	534	8. Six points (6.0) for a performance level increase from below
535	535	basic low or below basic high in the previous y ear to advanced low
536	536	or advanced high in the current year; and
537	537	9. For any student whose performance level decreased or moved
538	538	inversely to the changes described in paragraphs 2 through 8 of this
539	539	subsection, the assigned point value shall be the negative
540	540	equivalent of the corresponding positive point value.
541	541	Performance levels for the current year shall mean mathematics or
542	542	reading performance levels calculated based on a student ’s
543	543	performance on statewide student assessments completed the year the
544	544	student was taught by a teacher with a designation.
545	545	E. A public school district or charter school shall be entitled
546	546	to receive increased Distinguished Educator Allotments pursuant to
547	547	this section in the amount necessary for reimbursement for any fees
548	548	paid pursuant to Section 1 of this act.
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600	600	F. The State Department of Education shall annually m ake
601	601	available to the public on its website a list of public school
602	602	districts and charter schools with the projected Distinguished
603	603	Educator Allotments per teacher designation at e ach public school
604	604	district or charter school campus.
605	605	G. A public school district or charter school shall annually
606	606	certify that funds received pursuant to this section were used in
607	607	the following manner :
608	608	1. At least ninety percent (90%) of each allotment r eceived
609	609	pursuant to subsection B of this section was used for increased
610	610	compensation of a teacher with a master, exemplary, or recognized
611	611	designation; and
612	612	2. Any other funds received pursuant to this section were used
613	613	for costs associated with implementin g Section 1 of this act
614	614	including efforts to support teachers in obtaining master,
615	615	exemplary, or recognized designations.
616	616	H. The portion of the Distinguished Educator Allotments used
617	617	for increased compensation of the teacher shall:
618	618	1. Be awarded for as long as the teacher maintains his or her
619	619	designation according to the local opt ional teacher designation
620	620	system adopted pursuant to Section 1 of this act ;
621	621	2. Not be a part of a continuing contract of a teacher;
622	622	3. Not be considered as salary and/or fringe benefits pursuant
623	623	to Section 18-114.15 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes ;
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675	675	4. Be excluded from the compensation of a teacher for the
676	676	purposes of calculating retirement pursuant to the Teachers ’
677	677	Retirement System of Oklahoma; and
678	678	5. Not be subject to taxes levied by the Federal Insurance
679	679	Contributions Act (FICA), to the extent such an exemption is
680	680	provided by federal law.
681	681	I. A public school district or charter school responsible for
682	682	instruction of students during their first year participating in
683	683	statewide student assessments administered pursuant to Section
684	684	1210.508 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall receive
685	685	Distinguished Educator Allotments per teacher . Point values for
686	686	each student at a public school district or charter school subject
687	687	to the provisions of this subsection shall be assigned as follows:
688	688	1. Zero (0.0) points for a student who performs at or below the
689	689	state average in academic performance in math ematics or reading;
690	690	2. Two (2.0) points for a student who performs above the state
691	691	average in academic performance in math ematics or reading;
692	692	3. Negative one (-1.0) point for a student who performs below
693	693	basic low or below basic high in academic performance in math ematics
694	694	or reading; and
695	695	4. Negative one-half (-0.5) point for a students who performs
696	696	basic low in academic performance in mathematics or reading.
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748	748	SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
749	749	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 18 -126.2 of Title 70, unless
750	750	there is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
751	751	There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
752	752	for the State Board of Education to be designated the “Distinguished
753	753	Educator Allotments Revolving Fund ”. The fund shall be a continuing
754	754	fund, not subject to fiscal ye ar limitations, and shall consist of
755	755	all monies received by the State Board of Education from state
756	756	appropriations provided for the purpose of implementing the
757	757	provisions of Sections 1 and 2 of this act. All monies accruing to
758	758	the credit of the fund are h ereby appropriated and may be budgeted
759	759	and expended by the State Board of Education for the purpose
760	760	provided for in this section. Expenditures from the fund shall be
761	761	made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims
762	762	filed as prescribed by la w with the Director of the Office of
763	763	Management and Enterprise Services for ap proval and payment.
764	764	SECTION 4. There is hereby appropriated to the Distinguished
765	765	Educator Allotments Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 3 of
766	766	this act from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the General
767	767	Revenue Fund of the State Treasury for the fiscal year ending June
768	768	30, 2023, the sum of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00) or so
769	769	much thereof as may be necessary to implement the provisions of
770	770	Sections 1 and 2 of this act .
771	771	SECTION 5. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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794	794	21
795	795	22
796	796	23
797	797	24
798	798	1
799	799	2
800	800	3
801	801	4
802	802	5
803	803	6
804	804	7
805	805	8
806	806	9
807	807	10
808	808	11
809	809	12
810	810	13
811	811	14
812	812	15
813	813	16
814	814	17
815	815	18
816	816	19
817	817	20
818	818	21
819	819	22
820	820	23
821	821	24
822	822
823	823	SECTION 6. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
824	824	of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
825	825	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
826	826	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
827	827
828	828	60-1-1359 EB 12/30/2024 5:41:24 PM

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