Senate Education Plan Excludes Majority of Teachers from Pay Raise

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:
- Adair County: Cave Springs, Peavine, Stilwell
- Alfalfa County: Cherokee
- Beaver County: Turpin
- Blaine County: Okeene
- Bryan County: Calera, Choctaw Nation Interlocal
- Caddo County: Binger-Oney, Cyril, Fort Cobb-Broxton, Hinton
- Carter County: Healdton, Plainview, Wilson
- Cherokee County: Hulbert, Peggs, Shady Grove
- Craig County: White Oak
- Creek County: Oilton
- Delaware County: Kenwood, Moseley, Oaks-Mission
- Garfield County: Drummond, Garber, Pioneer-Pleasant Vale, Waukomis
- Garvin County: Paoli
- Grady County: Alex
- Greer County: Granite
- Harper County: Buffalo
- Haskell County: Kinta, Whitefield
- Hughes County: Moss
- Jackson County: Navajo
- Jefferson County: Ryan, Terral
- Johnston County: Coleman, Milburn, Ravia, Wapanucka
- Kiowa County: Mountain View-Gotebo
- Latimer County: Panola, Wilburton
- LeFlore County: Bokoshe, Cameron, Fanshawe, Hodgen, Monroe, Spiro, Talihina, Whitesboro
- Lincoln County: Meeker, White Rock
- Love County: Greenville, Turner
- Major County: Aline-Cleo, Cimarron, Ringwood
- Mayes County: Osage, Wickliffe
- McCurtain County: Eagletown, Smithville
- McIntosh County: Hanna, Midway, Ryal, Stidham
- Murray County: Sulphur
- Muskogee County: Braggs, Warner
- Noble County: Perry
- Nowata County: Oklahoma Union, South Coffeyville
- Okfuskee County: Mason
- Oklahoma County: Luther
- Okmulgee County: Dewar, Twin Hills
- Osage County: Bowring, Pawhuska, Prue
- Ottawa County: Turkey Ford
- Pawnee County: Jennings, Pawnee
- Payne County: Glencoe, Yale
- Pittsburg County: Canadian, Crowder, Haileyville, Pittsburg, Tannehill
- Pontotoc County: Stonewall
- Pottawatomie County: Asher, Macomb, Wanette
- Pushmataha County: Albion, Clayton, Moyers, Rattan, Tuskahoma
- Roger Mills County: Hammon, Leedey, Reydon
- Seminole County: Butner
- Sequoyah County: Belfonte
- Texas County: Optima, Straight, Tyrone
- Tulsa County: Keystone, Liberty
- Wagoner County: Wagoner
- Woodward County: Sharon-Mutual