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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 189 By: Pederson
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to schools; amending Section 1,
7 Chapter 289, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section
8 18-114.15), which relates to the minimum salary
8 schedule for certified personnel; updating statutory
9 references; modifying language regarding
9 implementation of salary increases for school
10 districts that receive either Foundation Aid or
10 Salary Incentive Aid or that receive neither
11 Foundation Aid nor Salary Incentive Aid; directing
11 funds appropriated for certain purpose to be
12 allocated; updating statutory language; providing an
12 effective date; and declaring an emergency.
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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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16 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 289, O.S.L.
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17 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 18-114.15), is amended to read as
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18 follows:
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19 Section 18-114.15. A. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school
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20 year, certified personnel, as defined in Section 26-103 of Title 70
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21 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title, in the public schools of
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22 Oklahoma this state shall receive in salary and/or fringe benefits
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23 not less than the amounts specified in the following schedule:
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24 MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE
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1 National
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2 Years of Bachelor's Board Master's Doctor's
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3 Experience Degree Certification Degree Degree
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4 0 $39,601 $40,759 $40,991 $42,381
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5 1 $40,035 $41,193 $41,425 $42,815
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6 2 $40,469 $41,628 $41,859 $43,249
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7 3 $40,904 $42,062 $42,294 $43,684
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8 4 $41,338 $42,496 $42,728 $44,118
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9 5 $42,810 $43,968 $44,200 $45,590
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10 6 $43,273 $44,432 $44,663 $46,054
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11 7 $43,737 $44,895 $45,127 $46,517
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12 8 $44,200 $45,358 $45,590 $46,980
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13 9 $44,663 $45,822 $46,054 $47,444
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14 10 $46,684 $47,844 $48,568 $50,945
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15 11 $47,177 $48,336 $49,061 $51,438
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16 12 $47,670 $48,829 $49,554 $51,931
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17 13 $48,162 $49,322 $50,047 $52,424
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18 14 $48,655 $49,815 $50,539 $52,916
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19 15 $50,167 $51,327 $52,052 $54,430
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20 16 $50,660 $51,820 $52,545 $54,923
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21 17 $51,153 $52,313 $53,038 $55,416
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22 18 $51,646 $52,806 $53,531 $55,909
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23 19 $52,139 $53,299 $54,024 $56,402
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24 20 $52,652 $53,813 $54,538 $56,917
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1 21 $53,145 $54,306 $55,031 $57,410
$55,524 $57,903
1 $56,018 $58,397
$56,511 $58,890
2 22 $53,639 $54,799 $57,971 $60,395
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3 23 $54,132 $55,292
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4 24 $54,625 $55,785
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5 25 $56,049 $57,232
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6 Master's Degree +
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7 Years of National Board
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8 Experience Certification
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9 0 $42,149
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10 1 $42,583
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11 2 $43,018
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12 3 $43,452
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13 4 $43,886
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14 5 $45,358
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15 6 $45,822
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16 7 $46,285
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17 8 $46,749
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18 9 $47,212
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19 10 $49,728
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20 11 $50,221
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21 12 $50,713
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22 13 $51,206
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23 14 $51,699
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24 15 $53,212
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1 16 $53,705
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2 17 $54,198
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3 18 $54,691
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4 19 $55,184
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5 20 $55,698
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6 21 $56,192
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7 22 $56,685
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8 23 $57,178
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9 24 $57,671
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10 25 $59,153
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11 B. 1. When determining the Minimum Salary Schedule minimum
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12 salary schedule, "fringe benefits" shall mean all or part of
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13 retirement benefits, excluding the contributions made pursuant to
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14 subsection A of Section 17-108.1 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
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15 Statutes this title and the flexible benefit allowance pursuant to
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16 Section 26-105 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title from
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17 the flexible benefit allowance funds disbursed by the State Board of
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18 Education and the State Board of Career and Technology Education
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19 pursuant to Section 26-104 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes this
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20 title.
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21 2. If a school district intends to provide retirement benefits
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22 to a teacher such that the teacher's salary would be less than the
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23 amounts set forth in the minimum salary schedule specified in
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24 subsection A of this section, the district shall be required to
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1 provide written notification to the teacher prior to his or her
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2 employment or, if already employed by the district, no later than
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3 thirty (30) days prior to the date the district elects to provide
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4 retirement benefits such that the teacher's salary would be less
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5 than the minimum salary schedule.
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6 C. Any of the degrees referred to in this section shall be from
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7 a college recognized by the State Board of Education. The Board
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8 shall accept teaching experience from out-of-state school districts
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9 that are accredited by the State Board of Education state board of
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10 education or appropriate state accrediting agency for the districts.
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11 The Board shall accept teaching experience from out-of-country
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12 schools that are accredited or otherwise endorsed by the appropriate
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13 national or regional accrediting or endorsement authority. Out-of-
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14 country certification documentation in a language other than English
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15 shall be analyzed by an educational credential evaluation service in
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16 accordance with industry standards and guidelines and approved by
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17 the State Department of Education. The person seeking to have
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18 credit granted for out-of-country teaching experience shall be
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19 responsible for all costs of the analysis by a credential evaluation
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20 service. The Board shall accept teaching experience from primary
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21 and secondary schools that are operated by the United States
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22 Department of Defense or are affiliated with the United States
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23 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 or out-of-state or out-of-
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4 country teaching experience as a certified teacher or its
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5 equivalent. Nothing in this section shall prohibit boards of
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6 education from crediting more years of experience on district salary
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7 schedules than those allowed for state purposes.
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8 E. The State Board of Education shall recognize, for purposes
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9 of certification and salary increments, all the years of experience
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10 of a:
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11 1. Certified teacher who teaches in the educational program of
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12 the Department of Corrections, beginning with fiscal year 1981;
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13 2. Vocational rehabilitation counselor under the Department of
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14 Human Services if the counselor was employed as a certified teacher
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15 by the State Department of Education when the Division of Vocational
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16 Rehabilitation was transferred from the State Board of Career and
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17 Technology Education or the State Board of Education to the Oklahoma
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18 Public Welfare Commission on July 1, 1968;
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19 3. Vocational rehabilitation counselor which were completed
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20 while employed by the Department of Human Services if such counselor
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21 was certified as a teacher or was eligible for certification as a
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22 teacher in Oklahoma 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 University Hospital, if the teacher
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3 was certified as a teacher in Oklahoma 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 the State of Oklahoma
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7 this state if the experience primarily involved work with persons of
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8 school- or preschool-age and if the person was, at the time the
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9 experience was acquired, certified as, or eligible for certification
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10 as, a school 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 Oklahoma this state and are still receiving a monthly retirement
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14 benefit.
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15 G. If a person employed as certified personnel, as defined in
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16 Section 26-103 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title, by a
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17 school district during the 2022-2023 school year was receiving a
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18 salary above the step level indicated by the State Minimum Salary
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19 Schedule state minimum salary schedule for the 2022-2023 school
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20 year, the person shall receive a salary increase amount equal to the
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21 amount indicated in subsection A of this section for the step level
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22 indicated for the person, provided they remain he or she remains
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23 employed by the same district, unless the hours or the duties of the
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24 certified personnel are reduced proportionately.
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1 H. If a school district does not receive receives either
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2 Foundation Aid or Salary Incentive Aid or receives neither
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3 Foundation Aid nor Salary Incentive Aid pursuant to Section 18-200.1
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4 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title, funds appropriated
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5 for the financial support of public schools shall be allocated by
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6 the State Board of Education to implement the salary increases
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7 indicated in subsection A of this section.
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8 I. Persons employed as classroom instructional employees of
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9 technology center school districts supervised by the State Board of
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10 Career and Technology Education shall receive a salary increase
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11 amount equal to the amount indicated in subsection A of this section
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12 for the step level indicated for the person persons, provided they
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13 remain employed by the same technology center school district,
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14 unless the hours or the duties of the classroom instructional
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15 employees are reduced proportionately.
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16 J. Persons employed as correctional teachers or vocational
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17 instructors by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Section
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18 510.6a of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes or persons employed as
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19 teachers by the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall receive a salary
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20 increase amount equal to the amount indicated in subsection A of
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1 duties of the correctional teachers, vocational instructors, or
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2 teachers are reduced proportionately.
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3 K. Persons employed as teachers by the State Department of
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4 Rehabilitation Services shall receive a salary increase amount equal
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5 to the amount indicated in subsection A of this section for the step
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6 level indicated for the person persons, provided they remain
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7 employed by the State Department of Rehabilitation Services, unless
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8 the hours or the duties of the teachers are reduced proportionately.
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9 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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10 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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11 of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
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12 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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13 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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