An Act relating to education employees; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6-104.1, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 291, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 6-104.1), which relates to leave without pay for teachers; providing for adoption leave; updating statutory references; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6-104.5, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 291, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 6-104.5), which relates to pay deductions for certain leave; providing for adoption leave; updating statutory reference; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6-104.6, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 291, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 6-104.6), which relates to establishment of leave sharing program; providing for adoption leave; updating statutory references; amending Section 1, Chapter 291, O.S.L. 2023, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 57, O.S.L. 2025 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 6-104.8), which relates to maternity leave for education employees; providing for adoption leave; modifying name of revolving fund; modifying purpose of fund; updating statutory language; amending Section 7, Chapter 291, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 6-104.9), which relates to the Public School Paid Maternity Leave Revolving Fund; modifying name of revolving fund;
modifying purpose; updating statutory reference; amending Section 8, Chapter 291, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 6-104.10), which relates to the Education Employee Paid Maternity Leave Revolving Fund; modifying name of revolving fund; modifying purpose; updating statutory reference; amending 10A
O.S. 2021, Section 2-7-202, as last amended by Section 5, Chapter 291, O.S.L. 2023 (10A O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 2-7-202), which relates to duties of the Office of Juvenile Affairs; providing for adoption leave; updating statutory language; updating statutory reference; amending 57 O.S. 2021, Section 510.6a, as amended by Section 6, Chapter 291, O.S.L. 2023 (57 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 510.6a), which relates to salaries for correctional teachers; providing for adoption leave; updating statutory references; updating statutory language; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
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SB 1203 adds paid adoption leave to Oklahoma’s existing paid maternity leave program for education employees, so eligible school district staff (and certain education employees in state agencies) can take six weeks of paid leave after adopting a child (same length as the existing paid maternity leave).
It applies to full-time employees who’ve worked at least one year and 1,250 hours in the prior 12 months, and the leave has to be used immediately after the birth or adoption.
The bill also updates related leave laws (leave without pay, substitute-pay deductions, and leave-sharing) to explicitly include adoption, and it renames the revolving funds used to reimburse districts/agencies for these leave costs.
It states an effective date of July 1, 2026, but also includes an emergency clause that would make it take effect immediately upon passage.
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