SECTION 210:20-25-1. Rules and regulations

(a)   Adopting a local teacher incentive pay plan.

(1)   If the local board of education decides that the local district will not adopt an incentive pay plan, it will not be required to do so unless petitioned as cited in (a) (2).

(2)   If the local teacher incentive pay plan is initiated by petition from the classroom teachers, the petition shall be submitted to the local board of education on or before November 15 prior to the school year preceding implementation.

(3)   Any board of education that develops and implements a teacher incentive pay plan shall follow all of the regulations pertaining to an Oklahoma Teacher Incentive Pay Plan as promulgated by the State Board of Education.

(b)   Local board responsibilities for formulating a local teacher incentive pay plan.

(1)   The local board of education is responsible to provide for the development of an academically based teacher incentive pay plan; and for any year in which a plan is to be adopted or modified, they shall be responsible for following all Oklahoma Teacher Incentive Pay Plan regulations.

(2)   The local board of education shall be responsible for establishing procedures and timelines for:

(A)   appointing committees,

(B)   developing the teacher incentive pay plan,

(C)   placing the teacher incentive pay plan on the board meeting agenda for public comment,

(D)   approving the local teacher incentive pay plan, and

(E)   submitting the plan to the State Board of Education for approval by March 1.

(3)   The local board shall clearly define the roles and responsibilities of the advisory committee.

(4)   Such members shall not be eligible for receiving an incentive pay award during the year of service on the evaluation committee.

(5)   Service on one committee above does not preclude an individual from being eligible to serve on the other committee.

(6)   The local board of education in formulating a teacher incentive pay plan shall seek the advice of the local teacher incentive pay plan advisory committee. Such advice shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(A)   What processes and procedures will be used in developing the plan;

(B)   How teacher input shall be obtained; and

(C)   What kind of academically based incentive pay plan the district will develop.

(c)   Design of the local teacher incentive pay plan.

(1)   The teacher incentive pay plan shall include the goals and objectives of the plan.

(2)   The teacher incentive pay plan shall be developed to accomplish the stated goals and objectives.

(3)   The teacher incentive pay plan shall include the criteria for selection of the teacher incentive pay plan recipients.

(4)   The teacher incentive pay plan shall include a description of the process of selecting teacher incentive pay recipients. The selection process shall be equitable; there shall be no discrimination based on race, sex, age, color, religion, political affiliation or opinion, national origin, or physical handicap in the decision making process.

(5)   The teacher incentive pay plan shall include a description of teacher incentive pay awards.

(6)   The teacher incentive pay plan shall include an appeal process for the selection of recipients.

(7)   The plan submitted to the State Board of Education shall include the names of the teacher incentive pay advisory committee along with identifying roles.

(8)   The plan submitted to the State Board of Education shall include the names of the teacher incentive pay evaluation committee along with identifying roles.

(d)   Management of the teacher incentive pay plan.

(1)   The local board of education shall provide for the implementation of the teacher incentive pay plan.

(2)   The local board of education shall be responsible for the management of the teacher incentive pay plan.

[Source: Amended at 14 Ok Reg 3334, eff 5-5-97 (emergency); Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2248, eff 6-11-98]