2015 Teacher Pay

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Teacher Pay

Authors: Nollan

Title: Schools; directing use of certain type of test for assessment for reading skills under the Reading Sufficiency Act; effective date; emergency.

Description: Requires the State Board of Education to administer a valid criterion-referenced test in terms of third grade students and the Reading Sufficiency

Act; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session, Testing, and Teacher Pay

Actions:

9 Feb - H Laid over

Private Notes:

Rooney Virgin on 02/08/2015

States that to determine reading proficiency, the state shall develop CRTs that measure only reading prof, not prof in language arts

Authors: Ownbey

Title: Schools; expanding minimum salary schedule for certain school years; effective date; emergency.

Description: Expands minimum teacher salary schedule until 2030 with no salary changes: EMERGENCY

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

2 Feb - H Authored by Representative Ownbey

Authors: Condit

Title: Schools; directing school districts to increase support employee salaries; increasing the minimum salary schedule for teachers; effective date;

emergency.

Description: Allows at least 6% pay raises to teacher salaries for those employed by a local public school district and support employees; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

HB1065

HB1065 -- 10%

HB1084

HB1084 -- 5%

HB1092

HB1092 -- 10%

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to A&B Education

Authors: Kannaday

Title: Schools; requiring teachers to receive certain stipend for classroom expenses; effective date.

Description: Authorizes each teacher employed by a local public school district to receive a $500 stipend for classroom expenses.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to A&B Education

Authors: Kannaday

Title: Schools; directing school districts to increase support employee salaries; effective date; emergency.

Description: The salary level of state-paid support employees, employed by a local school district, will be increased at least by 6.25%. The salary increase will

be provided to all support employees regardless of the number of hours per day the employee works; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to A&B Education

Authors: McDaniel

Title: Schools; modifying funding requirements of the annual salary bonus for certain school psychologists, speech-language pathologists and

audiologists; effective date; emergency.

Description: States that the State Board of Education will provide an annual salary bonus of $5,000 to school psychologist, speech-language pathologist or

audiologist regardless of available funds and removes the requirement that it will be increased to $7,000; amends the “Oklahoma School Psychologist, Speech-

Language Pathologist, and Audiologist National Certification Fund;” EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to A&B Education

Authors: Coody and Coody

Title: Schools; expanding minimum salary schedule for certain school years; effective date; emergency.

HB1105

HB1105 -- 10%

HB1106

HB1106 -- 10%

HB1141

HB1141 -- 10%

HB1446

HB1446 -- 10%

Description: States that for the school years of 2014-2020 teachers in the public schools of Oklahoma will receive in the salary and/or fringe benefits no less

than the amounts specified; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to A&B Education

Authors: Coody

Title: Schools; increasing minimum teacher salary schedule; effective date; emergency.

Description: States that beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, teachers in the public schools of Oklahoma will receive in salary and/or fringe benefits no

less than the amounts specified; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to A&B Education

Authors: Henke

Title: Schools; excluding certain incentive pay from definition of total compensation of teachers; effective date.

Description: Amends an act relating to schools. States that compensation for returning teachers must not be decreased from the last school year and that

compensation cannot be a one-time incentive pay or a one-time retention pay for returning a second year.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

11 Feb - H CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee

Private Notes:

Rooney Virgin on 02/08/2015

Takes incentive pay outside of negotiated agreements

OSSBA "request"

Authors: Coody

Title: Schools; providing for additional pay for certain special education teachers; effective date.

Description: Adds that special education teachers assigned to teach students with severe disabilities shall be paid a minimum of ten percent above teachers of

nondisabled children in the same school district; adds that all teachers of special education who serve as special education teachers in the same district for five or more

consecutive years shall be paid a minimum of five percent above teachers of nondisabled children; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Rules

HB1447

HB1447 -- 10%

HB1521

HB1521 -- 13%

HB1639

HB1639 -- 10%

Authors: Brown

Title: Schools, requiring an annual adjustment in teacher salaries to equal regional average; effective date; emergency.

Description: Amends teacher's salaries, states that for the 2015-2016, salary levels will be adjusted to equal the regional average; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to A&B Education

Authors: Denney

Title: Schools; creating the Securing Educational Excellence Fund; effective date; emergency.

Description: Amends requirements for the Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety Fund’s annual apportionment , which is not to increase until the

Securing Educational Excellence Fund reaches a total annual apportionment of $600 million; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to A&B Education

Authors: Denney

Title: Schools; increasing number of days in certain school years; expanding minimum salary schedule for certain school years; requiring certain

recommendations and reports; effective date; emergency.

Description: Known as the “Teacher Retention and Compensation Act of 2015,” it modifies the amount of time classrooms will be in session and instruction will

be offered. Amends teacher’s salaries and/or fringe benefits through the school year of 2019; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

4 Feb - H Withdrawn from Appropriations and Budget, Direct to Rules

Authors: Denney

Title: Schools; removing certain position eligible for annual salary bonus; effective date.

Description: Removes language stating that a speech language pathologists will be able to receive an annual salary bonus of $5,000 in public schools.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Rules

HB1670

HB1670 -- 10%

HB1682

HB1682 -- 10%

HB1689

HB1689 -- 10%

HB1692

HB1692 -- 10%

Authors: Hardin

Title: Schools; expanding minimum salary schedule for certain school years; effective date; emergency.

Description: Amends teacher salary schedules for the 2014-2015 school years until 2025, increasing salaries each year; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to A&B Education

Authors: Hardin

Title: Schools; increasing minimum teacher salary schedule; effective date; emergency.

Description: Provides teachers' salary increases for 2015-2016; amending teachers' salary schedule; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to A&B Education

Authors: Proctor

Title: Schools; requiring certain teachers to receive certain increases in salary; effective date.

Description: States that if a teacher teaches in a public school in Oklahoma for a minimum of 5 years in which 90% or more of the students receive free or

reduced lunch, the teacher will receive a 3% raise in salary.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to A&B Education

Authors: Martin

Title: Schools; directing school districts to increase support employee salaries; increasing minimum teacher salary schedule for teachers; effective date;

emergency.

Description: Increases the salary level of state-paid support employees by at least six percent; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to A&B Education

HB1788

HB1788 -- 10%

HB1789

HB1789 -- 10%

HB1812

HB1812 -- 10%

HB1822

HB1822 -- 10%

Authors: Anderson

Title: Education; creating Teaching Professional Compensation Act. Effective date. Emergency.

Description: Creates the Teaching Professional Compensation Act. The bill sets salaries of public school teachers for the 2015-16 school year resulting in big

raises; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - S Second Reading referred to Appropriations

Authors: Sharp

Title: Schools; providing a pay increase to support employees. Effective date. Emergency.

Description: Provides a $1,200 pay increase for school full-time support employees and prorated for part-time employees; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - S Second Reading referred to Appropriations

Authors: Sharp

Title: Teacher salary; establishing a minimum salary schedule for teachers. Effective date. Emergency.

Description: Sets teachers' salary schedule for 2015-2016, This would give teachers a pay raise; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - S Second Reading referred to Appropriations

Authors: Mazzei

Title: Income tax; providing exemption for certain income earned by certain licensed teachers. Effective date.

Description: Amends for taxable years starting Dec. 31, 2015, income earned by a person holding a certificate from the Oklahoma State Board of Education to

teach Pre-K through twelfth and is employed full-time will be exempt by 25 percent.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - S Second Reading referred to Finance

SB4

SB4 -- 5%

SB45

SB45 -- 5%

SB49

SB49 -- 5%

SB93

SB93 -- 5%

Authors: Casey and Fields

Title: Schools; providing for an increase in compensation for career teachers. Effective date. Emergency.

Description: Starting in 2015 through 2019 school years each full time career teacher will receive a pay increase of $625.00 from the previous school year's

compensation; EMERGENCY

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - S Second Reading referred to Appropriations

Authors: Denney and Halligan

Title: Teacher Salary; establishing minimum salary schedule. Effective date. Emergency.

Description: New law stating that beginning 2015-2016 school year, teachers in public schools will receive benefits no less than the amounts listed in the bill.

“Fringe Benefits” is defined as retirement benefits; EMERGENCY

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

11 Feb - S Coauthored by Denney (principal House author)

Authors: Griffin

Title: Income tax; providing exemption for income earned by certain teachers and para-professionals. Effective date.

Description: For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015, there will be an exempt from taxable income one hundred percent of any income earned

during the year for those who are under contract as a classroom teacher for the entire calendar year or those that are employed as a paraprofessional providing

classroom support.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - S Second Reading referred to Finance

Authors: Bass

Title: Teachers; creating the Oklahoma Teacher Loan Repayment Program Act; establishing eligibility criteria. Effective date. Emergency.

Description: Creates the "Oklahoma Teacher Loan Repayment Program Act", The program will provide educational loan repayment assistance to qualifying

teachers who teach in an Oklahoma public school for 3 straight years; Created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Commission for Educational Quality and

Accountability designated the "Oklahoma Teacher Loan Repayment Revolving Fund."; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

SB159

SB159 -- 5%

SB182

SB182 -- 5%

SB624

SB624 -- 5%

SB680

SB680 -- 5%

Actions:

3 Feb - S Referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee

Authors: Bass

Title: Teachers; establishing minimum salary schedule for teachers. Effective date. Emergency.

Description: States that beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, teachers in public schools of Oklahoma will receive in salary and/or fringe benefits no less

than the amounts specified; EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

3 Feb - S Second Reading referred to Appropriations

Authors: Ford

Title: Teacher recruitment; creating the Oklahoma Teacher Recruitment Act; establishing eligibility. Effective date. Emergency.

Description: Creates the “Oklahoma Teacher Recruitment Act”, The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education in consultation with the Commission for

Educational Quality and Accountability will administer the program; a program participant who graduates from an accredited college will receive a standard certificate to

teach pursuant to the Oklahoma Teacher pursuant to the Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Act and is eligible to receive a completion bonus of $4,000 if they received a

bachelor’s degree in science, math or special education; Created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Regents for Higher Education to be designated to

the “Oklahoma Teacher Recruitment Revolving Fund.”, Will develop and administer professional development, support, mentorship and coaching programs;

EMERGENCY.

Tracks: 2015 Session and Teacher Pay

Actions:

12 Feb - S Meeting set for 02/16/2015 at 9:00 AM, State Capitol, Rm 535, Education Committee

SB681

SB681 -- 5%

SB709

SB709 -- 5%