Senate Education Plan Excludes Majority of Teachers from Pay Raise

Apr 05, 2023
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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.

House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, called the Senate amendments a 'some win, most lose' plan.

"As I've been saying all along, the Senate amendments to the House Education Plan do not support every student, every parent, every teacher and every school district in Oklahoma," McCall said. "The more information that comes out, the more we see that the House plan is superior because it benefits every person in every part of our state. This is even more evident in light of the fact that the Senate has touted their plan as having a 'more significant teacher pay raise' than the House plan, when in fact their plan only provides full or partial raises for some, not all. The Senate plan is a 'some win, most lose' plan, and the numbers prove that fact."

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.

Under the Senate amendments, only schools in these 111 school districts would be required to give a full teacher pay raise:

  1. Adair County: Cave Springs, Peavine, Stilwell
  2. Alfalfa County: Cherokee
  3. Beaver County: Turpin
  4. Blaine County: Okeene
  5. Bryan County: Calera, Choctaw Nation Interlocal
  6. Caddo County: Binger-Oney, Cyril, Fort Cobb-Broxton, Hinton
  7. Carter County: Healdton, Plainview, Wilson
  8. Cherokee County: Hulbert, Peggs, Shady Grove
  9. Craig County: White Oak
  10. Creek County: Oilton
  11. Delaware County: Kenwood, Moseley, Oaks-Mission
  12. Garfield County: Drummond, Garber, Pioneer-Pleasant Vale, Waukomis
  13. Garvin County: Paoli
  14. Grady County: Alex
  15. Greer County: Granite
  16. Harper County: Buffalo
  17. Haskell County: Kinta, Whitefield
  18. Hughes County: Moss
  19. Jackson County: Navajo
  20. Jefferson County: Ryan, Terral
  21. Johnston County: Coleman, Milburn, Ravia, Wapanucka
  22. Kiowa County: Mountain View-Gotebo
  23. Latimer County: Panola, Wilburton
  24. LeFlore County: Bokoshe, Cameron, Fanshawe, Hodgen, Monroe, Spiro, Talihina, Whitesboro
  25. Lincoln County: Meeker, White Rock
  26. Love County: Greenville, Turner
  27. Major County: Aline-Cleo, Cimarron, Ringwood
  28. Mayes County: Osage, Wickliffe
  29. McCurtain County: Eagletown, Smithville
  30. McIntosh County: Hanna, Midway, Ryal, Stidham
  31. Murray County: Sulphur
  32. Muskogee County: Braggs, Warner
  33. Noble County: Perry
  34. Nowata County: Oklahoma Union, South Coffeyville
  35. Okfuskee County: Mason
  36. Oklahoma County: Luther
  37. Okmulgee County: Dewar, Twin Hills
  38. Osage County: Bowring, Pawhuska, Prue
  39. Ottawa County: Turkey Ford
  40. Pawnee County: Jennings, Pawnee
  41. Payne County: Glencoe, Yale
  42. Pittsburg County: Canadian, Crowder, Haileyville, Pittsburg, Tannehill
  43. Pontotoc County: Stonewall
  44. Pottawatomie County: Asher, Macomb, Wanette
  45. Pushmataha County: Albion, Clayton, Moyers, Rattan, Tuskahoma
  46. Roger Mills County: Hammon, Leedey, Reydon
  47. Seminole County: Butner
  48. Sequoyah County: Belfonte
  49. Texas County: Optima, Straight, Tyrone
  50. Tulsa County: Keystone, Liberty
  51. Wagoner County: Wagoner
  52. Woodward County: Sharon-Mutual
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