Oklahoma SB 1363: Schools; establishing a minimum salary schedule for teachers; providing for certain additional compensation; directing funding to be provided to certain schools subject to availability. Effective date. Emergency.

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

SENATE BILL 1363 By: Hicks

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to schools; establishing minimum
salary schedule for teachers; providing for layered
additional compensation for teachers; defining term;
specifying certain recognition of college degrees;
requiring the State Board of Education to accept
certain teaching experience; requiring certain
notification; limiting teaching credit for certain
service and experience; allowing school districts to
offer more credit; directing the Board to recognize
certain experiences; prohibiting application of
minimum salary schedule to certain retired teachers;
requiring certain certified personnel to receive
certain salary increase above certain level paid
during certain school year; repealing Section 1,
Chapter 289, O.S.L. 2023, as last amended by Section
2, Chapter 480, O.S.L. 2025 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025,
Section 18-114.15), which relates to the minimum
salary schedule; providing for codification;
providing an effective date; and declaring an
emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 18-114.16 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. 1. Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, certified
personnel, as defined in Section 26-103 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, in the public schools of this state shall receive in

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salary and/or fringe benefits not less than the amounts specified in
the following schedule:
MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE
National
Years of Bachelor’s Board Master’s Doctor’s
Experience Degree Certification Degree Degree
0 $43,000 $44,158 $44,390 $45,870
1 $43,434 $44,592 $44,824 $46,214
2 $43,868 $45,027 $45,258 $46,648
3 $44,303 $45,461 $45,693 $47,083
4 $44,737 $45,895 $46,127 $47,517
5 $46,209 $47,367 $47,599 $48,989
6 $46,672 $47,831 $48,062 $49,453
7 $47,136 $48,294 $48,526 $49,916
8 $47,599 $48,757 $48,989 $50,379
9 $48,062 $49,221 $49,453 $50,843
10 $50,083 $51,243 $51,967 $54,344
11 $50,576 $51,735 $52,460 $54,837
12 $51,069 $52,228 $52,953 $55,330
13 $51,561 $52,721 $53,446 $55,823
14 $52,054 $53,214 $53,938 $56,315
15 $53,566 $54,726 $55,451 $57,829
16 $54,059 $55,219 $55,944 $58,322
17 $54,552 $55,712 $56,437 $58,815

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18 $55,045 $56,205 $56,930 $59,308
19 $55,538 $56,698 $57,423 $59,801
20 $56,051 $57,212 $57,937 $60,316
21 $56,544 $57,705 $58,430 $60,809
22 $57,038 $58,198 $58,923 $61,302
23 $57,531 $58,691 $59,417 $61,796
24 $58,024 $59,184 $59,910 $62,289
25 $59,448 $60,631 $61,370 $63,794
26 $59,941 $61,124 $61,863 $64,287
27 $60,434 $61,617 $62,356 $64,780
28 $60,927 $62,110 $62,849 $65,273
29 $61,420 $62,603 $63,342 $65,766
30 $61,940 $63,123 $63,862 $66,286
31 $62,400 $63,583 $64,322 $66,746
32 $62,983 $64,076 $64,815 $67,239
33 $63,386 $64,569 $65,308 $67,732
34 $63,879 $65,062 $65,801 $68,225
35 $64,372 $65,555 $66,294 $68,718
Years of Master’s Degree and
Experience National Board Certification
0 $45,548
1 $45,982
2 $46,417
3 $46,851

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4 $47,285
5 $48,757
6 $49,221
7 $49,684
8 $50,148
9 $50,611
10 $53,127
11 $53,620
12 $54,112
13 $54,605
14 $55,098
15 $56,611
16 $57,104
17 $57,597
18 $58,090
19 $58,583
20 $59,097
21 $59,591
22 $60,084
23 $60,577
24 $61,070
25 $62,552
26 $63,045
27 $63,538

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28 $64,031
29 $64,524
30 $65,044
31 $65,504
32 $65,997
33 $66,490
34 $66,983
35 $67,476
2. a. Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, certified
personnel, as defined in Section 26-103 of Title 70 of
the Oklahoma Statutes, in the public schools of this
state shall receive additional compensation equal to
five percent (5%) above the minimum salary the person
qualifies for on the minimum salary schedule set forth
in paragraph 1 of this subsection should he or she
fill a position deemed hard-to-fill, as defined by
subparagraph b of this paragraph.
b. For the purposes of this section, a “hard-to-fill”
position means:
(1) a certified personnel position at a public school
district with vacancy rates of fifteen percent
(15%) or more, or
(2) a position in which the certified personnel’s
duties actively include teaching students for the

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