STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 54th Legislature (2013)

SENATE BILL 383	By:	Shumate

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to schools; establishing a minimum salary schedule for teachers in public schools; providing for calculation of benefits; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 18-114.7a of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  Beginning with the 2013-14 school year, teachers in the public schools of Oklahoma shall receive in salary and/or fringe benefits not less than the amounts specified in the following schedule:
MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE
	Years of	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctor's
	Experience	Degree	Degree	Degree
0	$34,600	$36,040	$37,480
1	$34,975	$36,415	$37,855
2	$35,350	$36,790	$38,230
3	$35,725	$37,165	$38,605
4	$36,100	$37,540	$38,980
5	$36,500	$37,940	$39,380
6	$36,900	$38,340	$39,780
7	$37,300	$38,740	$40,180
8	$37,700	$39,140	$40,580
9	$38,100	$39,540	$40,980
10	$38,950	$40,900	$43,360
11	$39,375	$41,325	$43,785
12	$39,800	$41,750	$44,210
13	$40,225	$42,175	$44,635
14	$40,650	$42,600	$45,060
15	$41,075	$43,025	$45,485
16	$41,500	$43,450	$45,910
17	$41,925	$43,875	$46,335
18	$42,350	$44,300	$46,760
19	$42,775	$44,725	$47,185
20	$43,200	$45,150	$47,610
21	$43,625	$45,575	$48,035
22	$44,050	$46,000	$48,460
23	$44,475	$46,425	$48,885
24	$44,900	$46,850	$49,310
25	$45,325	$47,275	$49,735
B.  When determining the Minimum Salary Schedule, "fringe benefits" shall mean all or part of retirement benefits, excluding the contributions made pursuant to subsection A of Section 17-108.1 of this title of the Oklahoma Statutes and the flexible benefit allowance disbursed by the State Board of Education and the State Board of Career and Technology Education pursuant to Section 26-104 of this title of the Oklahoma Statutes.
C.  Any of the degrees referred to in this section shall be from a college recognized by the State Board of Education.  The State Board of Education shall accept teaching experience from out-of-state school districts that are accredited by the State Board of Education or appropriate state accrediting agency in that state.
D.  For the purpose of state salary increments and retirement, no teacher shall be granted credit for more than five (5) years' active duty in the military service, or out-of-state 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.  The State Board of Education shall recognize, for purposes of certification and salary increments, the years of experience of a certified teacher who teaches in the Department of Corrections' educational program beginning with fiscal year 1981.  The State Board of Education shall recognize for purposes of certification and salary increments the years of experience of a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor under the Department of Human Services if such 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.
E.  The State Board of Education shall recognize for purposes of certification and salary increments all of the years of experience a:
1.  Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor completed while employed by the Department of Human Services if such counselor was certified as a teacher or was eligible for certification as a teacher in Oklahoma;
2.  Certified teacher completed while employed by the Department of Human Services Child Study Center at University Hospital, if the teacher was certified as a teacher in Oklahoma; and
3.  Certified school psychologist or psychometrist completed while employed as a doctoral intern, psychological assistant, or psychologist with any agency of the State of Oklahoma if such experience primarily involved work with persons of school or pre-school age and if such 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 and are still receiving a monthly retirement benefit.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2013.
SECTION 3.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and 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.

54-1-1198	EB	1/15/2013 10:04:05 AM