{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-6-104.8","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-6-104.8","heading":"Paid maternity leave","body":"A. 1. Full-time employees of a public school district in this\n\nstate who have been employed by the school district for at least one\n\nyear and have worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250)\n\nhours during the preceding twelve-month period;\n\n2. Persons employed full time as classroom instructional\n\nemployees of technology center school districts supervised by the\n\nState Board of Career and Technology Education who have been\n\nemployed by the technology center school district for at least one\n\nyear and have worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250)\n\nhours during the preceding twelve-month period;\n\n3. Persons employed as teachers by the State Department of\n\nRehabilitation Services who have been employed by the State\n\nDepartment of Rehabilitation Services for at least one year and have\n\nworked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) hours during\n\nthe preceding twelve-month period;\n\n4. Persons employed full time as correctional teachers or\n\nvocational instructors by the Department of Corrections pursuant to\n\nSection 510.6a of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes who have been\n\nemployed by a Department of Corrections facility for at least one\n\nyear and have worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250)\n\nhours during the preceding twelve-month period; and\n\n5. Persons employed full time as teachers by the Office of\n\nJuvenile Affairs who have been employed by an Office of Juvenile\n\nAffairs facility for at least one year and have worked at least one\n\nthousand two hundred fifty (1,250) hours during the preceding\n\ntwelve-month period,\n\nshall be entitled to six (6) weeks of paid maternity leave following\n\nthe birth of the employee's child. The six (6) weeks of paid\n\nmaternity leave shall be used immediately following the birth of the\n\nschool district employee's child.\n\nB. 1. Paid maternity leave provided pursuant to paragraphs 1,\n\n2, and 3 of subsection A of this section shall be in addition to and\n\nnot in place of sick leave due to pregnancy, as authorized by\n\nSection 6-104 of this title.\n\n2. Paid maternity leave provided pursuant to paragraph 4 of\n\nsubsection A of this section shall be in addition to and not in\n\nplace of sick leave due to pregnancy, as authorized by Section\n\n510.6a of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\n3. Paid maternity leave provided pursuant to paragraph 5 of\n\nsubsection A of this section shall be in addition to and not in\n\nplace of sick leave due to pregnancy, as authorized by Section 2-7-\n\n202 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nC. 1. Employees described in subsection A of this section\n\nshall have the right to utilize accrued sick leave to extend the\n\nduration of their maternity leave beyond the six (6) weeks provided\n\nby this section. Such sick leave may be used for recovery from\n\nchildbirth, bonding with a newborn, or caring for a newborn, and\n\nshall not require additional approval from a school board or\n\nemployer, provided the employee has sufficient sick leave to cover\n\nthe extended duration. Sick leave used pursuant to this subsection\n\nshall not exceed six (6) weeks, unless a licensed medical\n\nprofessional provides written certification recommending additional\n\nleave for medical necessity related to the employee's recovery from\n\nchild birth, or for the care of the newborn, to achieve a combined\n\ntwelve (12) weeks of FMLA leave in accordance with paragraph 2 of\n\nthis subsection.\n\n2. An employee seeking to use sick leave to extend the duration\n\nof their maternity leave shall notify their employer in accordance\n\nwith the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). FMLA leave\n\nshall run concurrently with the paid sick leave extended duration.\n\nD. An employee who takes maternity leave pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of subsection A of this section shall not be deprived of\n\nany compensation or other benefits to which the employee is\n\notherwise entitled.\nmaternity leave shall notify their employer in accordance\n\nwith the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). FMLA leave\n\nshall run concurrently with the paid sick leave extended duration.\n\nD. An employee who takes maternity leave pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of subsection A of this section shall not be deprived of\n\nany compensation or other benefits to which the employee is\n\notherwise entitled.\n\nE. Each fiscal year, the Legislature shall appropriate adequate\n\nfunding to the Public School Paid Maternity Leave Revolving Fund\n\ncreated in Section 6-104.9 of this title for the purpose of\n\nproviding paid maternity leave to eligible school district employees\n\npursuant to paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section. If the\n\nLegislature does not appropriate adequate funding specifically for\n\nthe purpose of providing paid maternity leave to school district\n\nemployees, the State Board of Education shall allocate from the\n\nfunds appropriated to the State Board of Education for the support\n\nof public school activities an amount to fully fund paid maternity\n\nleave.\n\nF. The State Board of Education, the State Board of Career and\n\nTechnology Education, the Commission for Rehabilitation Services,\n\nthe State Board of Corrections, and the Board of Juvenile Affairs\n\nmay promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.","path":["OK Code","Title 70"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os70.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"13c92d4d4c5c2b96ab44aeee510b992b7019da15ae8deca7dfbf5adfd0fdba5b","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-6-104.7","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-6-104.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}