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Introduced Session

An Act ENROLLED SENATE BILL NO. 1121 By: Thompson (Roger), Hall, Newhouse, and Pugh of the Senate and Wallace, Martinez, Deck, McBride, and Baker of the House An Act relating to education employees; entitling certain full-time employees who have worked for a certain amount of time to certain amount of paid maternity leave; directing maternity leave be in addition to certain sick leave; prohibiting employee on maternity leave from being deprived of certain compensation or benefits; directing the Legislature to appropriate adequate funding to provide paid maternity leave to certain school employees; providing for allocation of funds if certain appropriation is not made; providing for promulgation of rules; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6-104.1, which relates to leave without pay for teachers; updating statutory reference; allowing maternity leave in addition to certain sick leave and extended leave; updating statutory language; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6-104.5, which relates to pay deductions for certain leave; adding statutory reference; allowing certain deductions after exhausting certain sick leave and maternity leave; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6-104.6, which relates to establishment of leave sharing programs; allowing certain district employees to participate in certain shared leave after exhausting maternity leave; requiring maternity leave and sick leave to be used prior to shared sick leave; making language gender neutral; amending 10A O.S. 2021, Section 2-7-202, as last amended by Section 1 of Enrolled House Bill No. 1842 of the 1st Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature, which relates to duties of the Office of Juvenile Affairs; entitling certain eligible employees to paid maternity leave; amending 57 O.S. 2021, Section 510.6a, which relates to salaries for correctional teachers; updating statutory language; updating statutory reference; entitling certain eligible employees to paid maternity leave; creating the Public School Paid Maternity Leave Revolving Fund; specifying source of fund; providing for expenditures; providing purpose of fund; creating the Education Employee Paid Maternity Leave Revolving Fund; specifying source of fund; providing for expenditures; providing purpose of fund; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. SUBJECT: Paid maternity leave

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Roger Thompson (R)*,  Kevin Wallace (R)*,  Rhonda Baker (R),  Jared Deck (D),  Chuck Hall (R),  Ryan Martinez (R),  Mark McBride (R),  Joe Newhouse (R),  Adam Pugh (R), 

Approved by Governor 05/25/2023 (on 05/25/2023)

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