Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-104.8

A. 1. Full-time employees of a public school district in this

state who have been employed by the school district for at least one

year and have worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250)

hours during the preceding twelve-month period;

2. Persons employed full time as classroom instructional

employees of technology center school districts supervised by the

State Board of Career and Technology Education who have been

employed by the technology center school district for at least one

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year and have worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250)

hours during the preceding twelve-month period;

3. Persons employed as teachers by the State Department of

Rehabilitation Services who have been employed by the State

Department of Rehabilitation Services for at least one year and have

worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) hours during

the preceding twelve-month period;

4. Persons employed full time as correctional teachers or

vocational instructors by the Department of Corrections pursuant to

Section 510.6a of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes who have been

employed by a Department of Corrections facility for at least one

year and have worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250)

hours during the preceding twelve-month period; and

5. Persons employed full time as teachers by the Office of

Juvenile Affairs who have been employed by an Office of Juvenile

Affairs facility for at least one year and have worked at least one

thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) hours during the preceding

twelve-month period,

shall be entitled to six (6) weeks of paid maternity leave following

the birth of the employee's child. The six (6) weeks of paid

maternity leave shall be used immediately following the birth of the

school district employee's child.

B. 1. Paid maternity leave provided pursuant to paragraphs 1,

2, and 3 of subsection A of this section shall be in addition to and

not in place of sick leave due to pregnancy, as authorized by

Section 6-104 of this title.

2. Paid maternity leave provided pursuant to paragraph 4 of

subsection A of this section shall be in addition to and not in

place of sick leave due to pregnancy, as authorized by Section

510.6a of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

3. Paid maternity leave provided pursuant to paragraph 5 of

subsection A of this section shall be in addition to and not in

place of sick leave due to pregnancy, as authorized by Section 2-7-

202 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. 1. Employees described in subsection A of this section

shall have the right to utilize accrued sick leave to extend the

duration of their maternity leave beyond the six (6) weeks provided

by this section. Such sick leave may be used for recovery from

childbirth, bonding with a newborn, or caring for a newborn, and

shall not require additional approval from a school board or

employer, provided the employee has sufficient sick leave to cover

the extended duration. Sick leave used pursuant to this subsection

shall not exceed six (6) weeks, unless a licensed medical

professional provides written certification recommending additional

leave for medical necessity related to the employee's recovery from

child birth, or for the care of the newborn, to achieve a combined

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twelve (12) weeks of FMLA leave in accordance with paragraph 2 of

this subsection.

2. An employee seeking to use sick leave to extend the duration

of their maternity leave shall notify their employer in accordance

with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). FMLA leave

shall run concurrently with the paid sick leave extended duration.

D. An employee who takes maternity leave pursuant to the

provisions of subsection A of this section shall not be deprived of

any compensation or other benefits to which the employee is

otherwise entitled.
maternity leave shall notify their employer in accordance

with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). FMLA leave

shall run concurrently with the paid sick leave extended duration.

D. An employee who takes maternity leave pursuant to the

provisions of subsection A of this section shall not be deprived of

any compensation or other benefits to which the employee is

otherwise entitled.

E. Each fiscal year, the Legislature shall appropriate adequate

funding to the Public School Paid Maternity Leave Revolving Fund

created in Section 6-104.9 of this title for the purpose of

providing paid maternity leave to eligible school district employees

pursuant to paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section. If the

Legislature does not appropriate adequate funding specifically for

the purpose of providing paid maternity leave to school district

employees, the State Board of Education shall allocate from the

funds appropriated to the State Board of Education for the support

of public school activities an amount to fully fund paid maternity

leave.

F. The State Board of Education, the State Board of Career and

Technology Education, the Commission for Rehabilitation Services,

the State Board of Corrections, and the Board of Juvenile Affairs

may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.