2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 70. Schools
§70-18-114.14. Minimum salary and benefits.
A. Beginning with the 2013-2014 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
National
Years ofBachelor'sBoardMaster'sDoctor's
ExperienceDegreeCertificationDegreeDegree
0$31,600$32,600$32,800$34,000
1$31,975$32,975$33,175$34,375
2$32,350$33,350$33,550$34,750
3$32,725$33,725$33,925$35,125
4$33,100$34,100$34,300$35,500
5$33,500$34,500$34,700$35,900
6$33,900$34,90035,100$36,300
7$34,300$35,300$35,500$36,700
8$34,700$35,700$35,900$37,100
9$35,100$36,100$36,300$37,500
10$35,950$36,950$37,575$39,625
11$36,375$37,375$38,000$40,050
12$36,800$37,800$38,425$40,475
13$37,225$38,225$38,850$40,900
14$37,650$38,650$39,275$41,325
15$38,075$39,075$39,700$41,750
16$38,500$39,500$40,125$42,175
17$38,925$39,925$40,550$42,600
18$39,350$40,350$40,975$43,025
19$39,775$40,775$41,400$43,450
20$40,200$41,200$41,825$43,875
21$40,625$41,625$42,250$44,300
22$41,050$42,050$42,675$44,725
23$41,475$42,475$43,100$45,150
24$41,900$42,900$43,525$45,575
25$42,325$43,325$43,950$46,000
Master's Degree +
Years ofNational Board
ExperienceCertification
0$33,800
1$34,175
2$34,550
3$34,925
4$35,300
5$35,700
6$36,100
7$36,500
8$36,900
9$37,300
10$38,575
11$39,000
12$39,425
13$39,850
14$40,275
15$40,700
16$41,125
17$41,550
18$41,975
19$42,400
20$42,825
21$43,250
22$43,675
23$44,100
24$44,525
25$44,950
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 Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the flexible benefit allowance pursuant to Section 26-105 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes from the flexible benefit allowance funds disbursed by the State Board of Education and the State Board of Career and Technology Education pursuant to Section 26-104 of Title 70 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 for the districts.
D. For the purpose of state salary increments and retirement, no teacher shall be granted credit for more than five (5) years of 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.
E. The State Board of Education shall recognize, for purposes of certification and salary increments, all the years of experience of a:
1. Certified teacher who teaches in the educational program of the Department of Corrections, beginning with fiscal year 1981;
2. Vocational rehabilitation counselor under the Department of Human Services if the 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;
3. Vocational rehabilitation counselor which were 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;
4. Certified teacher which were 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
5. Certified school psychologist or psychometrist which were completed while employed as a doctoral intern, psychological assistant, or psychologist with any agency of the State of Oklahoma if the experience primarily involved work with persons of school- or preschool-age and if the 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.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 394, § 3.
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