For the 1990-91 school year, teachers in the public schools of Oklahoma shall receive in salary and/or fringe benefits not less than the amounts specified in the following schedule:
MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE
Years of Experience Bachelor's Degree Master's Degree Doctor's Degree
0 $17,000 $18,106 $19,212
1 $18,161 $19,267 $20,373
2 $18,493 $19,599 $20,705
3 $18,714 $19,820 $20,926
4 $19,046 $20,152 $21,258
5 $19,378 $20,484 $21,590
6 $19,599 $20,705 $21,811
7 $19,931 $21,037 $22,143
8 $20,152 $21,258 $22,475
9 $20,484 $21,590 $22,696
10 $20,705 $21,811 $22,917
11 $21,037 $22,143 $23,249
12 $21,258 $22,364 $23,470
13 $21,590 $22,696 $23,802
14 $21,701 $22,807 $23,913
15 $22,032 $23,138 $24,244
Any of the degrees referred to in this section shall be from a college recognized by the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall accept teaching experience from out-of-state school districts that are accredited by the State Board of Education or appropriate state accrediting agency for said districts. For the purpose of state salary increments and retirement, no teacher shall be granted credit for more than five (5) years' active duty in the military service, or out-of-state teaching experience as a certified teacher or its equivalent. Nothing in this section shall prohibit boards of education from crediting more years of experience on local salary schedules than those allowed for state purposes. The State Board of Education shall recognize, for purposes of certification and salary increments, the years of experience of a certified teacher who teaches in the Department of Corrections' educational program beginning with fiscal year 1981. Beginning August 1, 1983, the State Board of Education shall recognize for purposes of certification and salary increments the years of experience of a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor under the Department of Human Services if such counselor was employed as a certified teacher by the State Department of Education when the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation was transferred from the State Board for Vocational Education or the State Board of Education to the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission on July 1, 1968.
Beginning August 1, 1984, the State Board of Education shall recognize for purposes of certification and salary increments all of the years of experience a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor completed while employed by the Department of Human Services if such counselor was certified as a teacher or was eligible for certification as a teacher in Oklahoma.
The State Board of Education shall recognize for purposes of certification and salary increments all of the years of experience that a certified school psychologist or psychometrist completed while employed as a doctoral intern, psychological assistant, or psychologist with any agency of the State of Oklahoma if such experience primarily involved work with persons of school or pre-school age and if such person was, at the time the experience was acquired, certified as, or eligible for certification as, a school psychologist or psychometrist.
Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 18-114