Local Schools Part of Senate Education Plan

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April 6, 2023

By News Director Jared Atha

In a press release Oklahoma House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka revealed that only 111 public school districts would receive full teacher pay raises under the Senate amendments to the House Education Plan.

The Senate amendments to House Bill 2775 would only require public school districts following the state minimum salary schedule to give full teacher pay raises, neglecting over 43,000 teachers in over 400 districts. The latest report from the State Dept. of Education, published in December, shows only 111 public school districts follow the state minimum salary schedule.

McCall called the Senate amendments a ‘some win, most lose’ plan saying in part, “the Senate amendments to the House Education Plan do not support every student, every parent, every teacher and every school district in Oklahoma.”

The House Education Plan, which includes HB2775 and House Bill 1935, required a minimum pay raise of $2,500 per teacher and provided additional funding to districts that could be used for further teacher pay raises. The Senate amendments to HB2775 follow the funding formula and only fund full raises for teachers in school districts on the state minimum salary schedule.

Locally, under the Senate amendments, schools that would be required to give a full teacher pay raise include, Hammon, Leedey, Reydon, Granite, Mountain View-Gotebo, Binger-Oney, Fort Cobb-Broxton, Hinton, Navajo and Sharon-Mutual.

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