Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-141.2
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Incentive pay plans
Official statutory text
A. In addition to incentive pay plans authorized pursuant to
Section 4 of this act, the State Board of Education shall develop
not fewer than five different model incentive pay plans and shall
distribute information about each plan to every school district
board of education. No plan developed by the Board or implemented
by a school district board of education shall permit payment in any
one (1) year of incentives to any one teacher amounting to more than
fifty percent (50%) of the regular salary of the teacher, exclusive
of fringe benefits or extra duty pay. Any incentive pay award shall
be an annual award and shall not be a part of a continuing contract
of a teacher. Any incentive pay awards received shall be excluded
from the compensation of a teacher for purposes of calculating
retirement pursuant to the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma
and shall not be subject to taxes levied by the Federal Insurance
Contributions Act (F.I.C.A.), to the extent an exemption is provided
by federal law.
B. A school district board of education may adopt an
academically based, district incentive pay plan for the classroom
teachers in the district. The district may adopt any incentive pay
plan consistent with the requirements of this section, which may
include any incentive pay plan developed by the State Board of
Education pursuant to this section. The school district board of
education shall appoint an advisory committee consisting of
teachers, parents, business persons or farmers and other local
citizens to advise the board in formulating an incentive pay plan.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 305
Prior to the adoption of a plan, the board of education shall place
the plan on the school board agenda for public comment and shall
submit the plan to the State Board of Education for final approval
on or before March 1 prior to implementation of the plan during the
succeeding school year. The board of education shall comply with
the provisions of this subsection for any year a plan is to be
modified.
C. A school district shall be required to adopt and implement
an academically based, district incentive pay plan for any school
year following the receipt by the school district board of
education, of a petition signed by twenty percent (20%) of the
classroom teachers employed in the district which calls for the
adoption of an incentive pay plan for the district.
D. Student test scores shall not be the sole criterion for
allocation of incentive pay under any plan developed or approved by
the Board.
E. For the purposes of this section only, "classroom teacher"
shall mean any employee who holds certification and assignment
outside the classification of administrator.
F. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
necessary for the effective implementation and administration of
this section.
G. Each school district board of education shall provide for a
local evaluation committee which shall advise the board on which
teachers are to receive incentive pay awards and the amount of each
incentive pay award according to the plan.
H. Nothing herein shall preclude a school district from
supplementing any monies appropriated to the district for the
purposes of funding the incentive pay plan of the district with
monies from the general fund for the district.
Section 4 of this act, the State Board of Education shall develop
not fewer than five different model incentive pay plans and shall
distribute information about each plan to every school district
board of education. No plan developed by the Board or implemented
by a school district board of education shall permit payment in any
one (1) year of incentives to any one teacher amounting to more than
fifty percent (50%) of the regular salary of the teacher, exclusive
of fringe benefits or extra duty pay. Any incentive pay award shall
be an annual award and shall not be a part of a continuing contract
of a teacher. Any incentive pay awards received shall be excluded
from the compensation of a teacher for purposes of calculating
retirement pursuant to the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma
and shall not be subject to taxes levied by the Federal Insurance
Contributions Act (F.I.C.A.), to the extent an exemption is provided
by federal law.
B. A school district board of education may adopt an
academically based, district incentive pay plan for the classroom
teachers in the district. The district may adopt any incentive pay
plan consistent with the requirements of this section, which may
include any incentive pay plan developed by the State Board of
Education pursuant to this section. The school district board of
education shall appoint an advisory committee consisting of
teachers, parents, business persons or farmers and other local
citizens to advise the board in formulating an incentive pay plan.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 305
Prior to the adoption of a plan, the board of education shall place
the plan on the school board agenda for public comment and shall
submit the plan to the State Board of Education for final approval
on or before March 1 prior to implementation of the plan during the
succeeding school year. The board of education shall comply with
the provisions of this subsection for any year a plan is to be
modified.
C. A school district shall be required to adopt and implement
an academically based, district incentive pay plan for any school
year following the receipt by the school district board of
education, of a petition signed by twenty percent (20%) of the
classroom teachers employed in the district which calls for the
adoption of an incentive pay plan for the district.
D. Student test scores shall not be the sole criterion for
allocation of incentive pay under any plan developed or approved by
the Board.
E. For the purposes of this section only, "classroom teacher"
shall mean any employee who holds certification and assignment
outside the classification of administrator.
F. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
necessary for the effective implementation and administration of
this section.
G. Each school district board of education shall provide for a
local evaluation committee which shall advise the board on which
teachers are to receive incentive pay awards and the amount of each
incentive pay award according to the plan.
H. Nothing herein shall preclude a school district from
supplementing any monies appropriated to the district for the
purposes of funding the incentive pay plan of the district with
monies from the general fund for the district.
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