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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1363 By: Hicks
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5 AS INTRODUCED
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6 An Act relating to schools; establishing minimum
6 salary schedule for teachers; providing for layered
7 additional compensation for teachers; defining term;
7 specifying certain recognition of college degrees;
8 requiring the State Board of Education to accept
8 certain teaching experience; requiring certain
9 notification; limiting teaching credit for certain
9 service and experience; allowing school districts to
10 offer more credit; directing the Board to recognize
10 certain experiences; prohibiting application of
11 minimum salary schedule to certain retired teachers;
11 requiring certain certified personnel to receive
12 certain salary increase above certain level paid
12 during certain school year; repealing Section 1,
13 Chapter 289, O.S.L. 2023, as last amended by Section
13 2, Chapter 480, O.S.L. 2025 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025,
14 Section 18-114.15), which relates to the minimum
14 salary schedule; providing for codification;
15 providing an effective date; and declaring an
15 emergency.
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18 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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19 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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20 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 18-114.16 of Title 70, unless
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21 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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22 A. 1. Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, certified
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23 personnel, as defined in Section 26-103 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
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24 Statutes, in the public schools of this state shall receive in
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1 salary and/or fringe benefits not less than the amounts specified in
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2 the following schedule:
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3 MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE
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4 National
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5 Years of Bachelor's Board Master's Doctor's
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6 Experience Degree Certification Degree Degree
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7 0 $43,000 $44,158 $44,390 $45,870
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8 1 $43,434 $44,592 $44,824 $46,214
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9 2 $43,868 $45,027 $45,258 $46,648
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10 3 $44,303 $45,461 $45,693 $47,083
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11 4 $44,737 $45,895 $46,127 $47,517
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12 5 $46,209 $47,367 $47,599 $48,989
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13 6 $46,672 $47,831 $48,062 $49,453
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14 7 $47,136 $48,294 $48,526 $49,916
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15 8 $47,599 $48,757 $48,989 $50,379
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16 9 $48,062 $49,221 $49,453 $50,843
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17 10 $50,083 $51,243 $51,967 $54,344
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18 11 $50,576 $51,735 $52,460 $54,837
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19 12 $51,069 $52,228 $52,953 $55,330
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20 13 $51,561 $52,721 $53,446 $55,823
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21 14 $52,054 $53,214 $53,938 $56,315
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22 15 $53,566 $54,726 $55,451 $57,829
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23 16 $54,059 $55,219 $55,944 $58,322
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24 17 $54,552 $55,712 $56,437 $58,815
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1 18 $55,045 $56,205 $56,930 $59,308
$59,801
1 $60,316
$60,809
2 19 $55,538 $56,698 $57,423 $61,302
$61,796
2 $62,289
$63,794
3 20 $56,051 $57,212 $57,937 $64,287
$64,780
3 $65,273
$65,766
4 21 $56,544 $57,705 $58,430 $66,286
$66,746
4 $67,239
$67,732
5 22 $57,038 $58,198 $58,923 $68,225
$68,718
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6 23 $57,531 $58,691 $59,417
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7 24 $58,024 $59,184 $59,910
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8 25 $59,448 $60,631 $61,370
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9 26 $59,941 $61,124 $61,863
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10 27 $60,434 $61,617 $62,356
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11 28 $60,927 $62,110 $62,849
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12 29 $61,420 $62,603 $63,342
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13 30 $61,940 $63,123 $63,862
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14 31 $62,400 $63,583 $64,322
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15 32 $62,983 $64,076 $64,815
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16 33 $63,386 $64,569 $65,308
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17 34 $63,879 $65,062 $65,801
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18 35 $64,372 $65,555 $66,294
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19 Years of Master's Degree and
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20 Experience National Board Certification
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21 0 $45,548
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22 1 $45,982
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23 2 $46,417
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24 3 $46,851
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1 4 $47,285
$48,757
1 $49,221
$49,684
2 5 $50,148
$50,611
2 $53,127
$53,620
3 6 $54,112
$54,605
3 $55,098
$56,611
4 7 $57,104
$57,597
4 $58,090
$58,583
5 8 $59,097
$59,591
5 $60,084
$60,577
6 9 $61,070
$62,552
6 $63,045
$63,538
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1 28 $64,031
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2 29 $64,524
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3 30 $65,044
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4 31 $65,504
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5 32 $65,997
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6 33 $66,490
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7 34 $66,983
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8 35 $67,476
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9 2. a. Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, certified
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10 personnel, as defined in Section 26-103 of Title 70 of
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11 the Oklahoma Statutes, in the public schools of this
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12 state shall receive additional compensation equal to
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13 five percent (5%) above the minimum salary the person
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14 qualifies for on the minimum salary schedule set forth
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15 in paragraph 1 of this subsection should he or she
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16 fill a position deemed hard-to-fill, as defined by
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17 subparagraph b of this paragraph.
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18 b. For the purposes of this section, a "hard-to-fill"
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19 position means:
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20 (1) a certified personnel position at a public school
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21 district with vacancy rates of fifteen percent
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22 (15%) or more, or
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23 (2) a position in which the certified personnel's
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24 duties actively include teaching students for the
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1 majority of class periods during the school day
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2 in English language arts, mathematics, science,
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3 technology, bilingual education, or another
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4 subject area deemed a critical labor shortage by
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5 the State Department of Education.
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6 3. a. Certified personnel who become certified in the
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7 subjects of science, technology, engineering,
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8 mathematics, bilingual education, or special education
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9 shall be eligible for a one-time stipend of One
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10 Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) at the
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11 conclusion of their first year of teaching, and One
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12 Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) at the conclusion of
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13 their second year of teaching.
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14 b. Certified personnel who achieve additional
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15 endorsements such as teaching English as a second
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16 language, gifted education, or any other endorsement
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17 recognized by the State Department of Education shall
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18 be eligible for a one-time stipend of One Thousand
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19 Dollars ($1,000.00) and shall receive additional
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20 compensation equal to three percent (3%) above the
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21 minimum salary the person qualifies for on the minimum
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22 salary schedule set forth in paragraph 1 of this
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23 subsection.
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1 4. a. The State Department of Education shall make an
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2 electronic report to the Legislature not later than
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3 December 1 of each year regarding the number of
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4 certified positions filled and unfilled that are
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5 designated as hard-to-fill, and the number of schools
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6 within each district that have one or more positions
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7 designated as hard-to-fill as defined by subparagraph
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8 b of paragraph 2 of this subsection.
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9 b. Subject to the availability of funding, the
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10 Legislature shall provide funds to the State
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11 Department of Education to distribute to any school
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12 district of this state that incurs personnel costs
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13 related to paragraphs 2 and 3 of this subsection.
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14 B. 1. When determining the minimum salary schedule, "fringe
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15 benefits" shall mean all or part of retirement benefits, excluding
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16 the contributions made pursuant to subsection A of Section 17-108.1
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17 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the flexible benefit
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18 allowance pursuant to Section 26-105 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
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19 Statutes from the flexible benefit allowance funds disbursed by the
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20 State Board of Education and the State Board of Career and
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21 Technology Education pursuant to Section 26-104 of Title 70 of the
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22 Oklahoma Statutes.
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23 2. If a school district intends to provide retirement benefits
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24 to a teacher such that the teacher's salary would be less than the
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1 amounts set forth in the minimum salary schedule specified in
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2 subsection A of this section, the district shall be required to
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3 provide written notification to the teacher prior to his or her
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4 employment or, if already employed by the district, no later than
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5 thirty (30) days prior to the date the district elects to provide
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6 retirement benefits such that the teacher's salary would be less
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7 than the minimum salary schedule.
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8 C. Any of the degrees referred to in this section shall be from
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9 a college recognized by the State Board of Education. The Board
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10 shall accept teaching experience from out-of-state school districts
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11 that are accredited by the state board of education or appropriate
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12 state accrediting agency for the districts. The Board shall accept
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13 teaching experience from out-of-country schools that are accredited
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14 or otherwise endorsed by the appropriate national or regional
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15 accrediting or endorsement authority. Out-of-country certification
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16 documentation in a language other than English shall be analyzed by
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17 an educational credential evaluation service in accordance with
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18 industry standards and guidelines and approved by the State
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19 Department of Education. The person seeking to have credit granted
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20 for out-of-country teaching experience shall be responsible for all
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21 costs of the analysis by a credential evaluation service. The Board
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22 shall accept teaching experience from primary and secondary schools
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23 that are operated by the United States Department of Defense or are
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24 affiliated with the United States Department of State.
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1 D. For the purpose of state salary increments and retirement,
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2 no teacher shall be granted credit for more than five (5) years of
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3 active duty in the military service, as defined in Section 17-113 of
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4 Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or out-of-state or out-of-country
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5 teaching experience as a certified teacher or its equivalent.
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6 Nothing in this section shall prohibit boards of education from
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7 crediting more years of experience on district salary schedules than
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8 those allowed for state purposes.
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9 E. The State Board of Education shall recognize, for purposes
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10 of certification and salary increments, all the years of experience
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11 of a:
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12 1. Certified teacher who teaches in the educational program of
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13 the Department of Corrections, beginning with fiscal year 1981;
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14 2. Vocational rehabilitation counselor under the Department of
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15 Human Services if the counselor was employed as a certified teacher
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16 by the State Department of Education when the Division of Vocational
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17 Rehabilitation was transferred from the State Board of Career and
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18 Technology Education or the State Board of Education to the Oklahoma
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19 Public Welfare Commission on July 1, 1968;
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20 3. Vocational rehabilitation counselor which were completed
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21 while employed by the Department of Human Services if such counselor
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22 was certified as a teacher or was eligible for certification as a
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23 teacher in this state;
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1 4. Certified teacher which were completed while employed by the
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2 Child Study Center located at Oklahoma Children's Hospital, if the
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3 teacher was certified as a teacher in this state; and
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4 5. Certified school psychologist or psychometrist which were
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5 completed while employed as a doctoral intern, psychological
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6 assistant, or psychologist with any agency of this state if the
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7 experience primarily involved work with persons of school- or
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8 preschool-age and if the person was, at the time the experience was
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9 acquired, certified as, or eligible for certification as, a school
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10 psychologist or psychometrist.
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11 F. The provisions of this section shall not apply to teachers
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12 who have entered into postretirement employment with a public school
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13 in this state and are still receiving a monthly retirement benefit.
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14 G. Persons employed as classroom instructional employees of
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15 technology center school districts supervised by the State Board of
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16 Career and Technology Education shall receive a salary increase
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17 amount equal to the amount indicated in subsection A of this section
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18 for the step level indicated for the persons, provided they remain
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19 employed by the same technology center school district, unless the
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20 hours or the duties of the classroom instructional employees are
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21 reduced proportionately.
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22 H. Persons employed as correctional teachers or vocational
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23 instructors by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Section
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1 teachers by the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall receive a salary
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2 increase amount equal to the amount indicated in subsection A of
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3 this section for the step level indicated for the persons, provided
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4 they remain employed by the same Department of Corrections or Office
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5 of Juvenile Affairs facility, unless the hours or the duties of the
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6 correctional teachers, vocational instructors, or teachers are
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7 reduced proportionately.
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8 I. Persons employed as teachers by the State Department of
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9 Rehabilitation Services shall receive a salary increase amount equal
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10 to the amount indicated in subsection A of this section for the step
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11 level indicated for the persons, provided they remain employed by
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12 the State Department of Rehabilitation Services, unless the hours or
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13 the duties of the teachers are reduced proportionately.
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14 SECTION 2. REPEALER Section 1, Chapter 289, O.S.L. 2023,
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15 as last amended by Section 2, Chapter 480, O.S.L. 2025 (70 O.S.
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16 Supp. 2025, Section 18-114.15), is hereby repealed.
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17 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
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18 SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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19 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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20 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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21 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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