HB 778

ON APRIL 15, 2025, THE SE NATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1168, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 authorizes, a s part of the study, OREA to consider all of the following:  A compensation-based structure for awarding bonuses or salary increases to educators based on their years of service .  Including, for educators who have resigned or retired from teaching only to return to teaching at a later date, all combined years of service spent as an educator in the calculation of the educator's years of service .  Excluding temporary absences in employment due to an educator's use of approved leave for military service, maternity, adoption, recuperation of health, or death of a relative, from being considered a break in service .  Whether an educator has served as an educator in other states .  Including, for educators who transition from a teaching role to another field or role in the school system, all years of service provided by the educator to the school system through the alternative field or role in the calculation of the educator's years of service, in addition to their years of service as an educator.