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CareerTech board increases state director's salary and asks staff to research bonus plans
Summary
After a closed executive session on the state director's performance and compensation, the board voted to increase Director Brent Hagan's salary retroactive to April 1 and approved a motion to research allowable bonus plans and return with a proposal for possible board adoption.
The Oklahoma State Board of Career and Technology Education discussed pay-band data and then, following an executive session on performance, voted April 2 to increase the annual salary of state Director Brent Hagan and to direct staff to research bonus plans.
Assistant Attorney General Sohail Pajwani briefed the board on OMES pay bands and comparative data. Pajwani told the board the executive director pay band for CareerTech previously appeared in the transcript as about $189,367; agency paperwork led OMES to increase the pay band to about $216,197 and then an OMES-wide adjustment produced a new maximum near $233,000. Pajwani recommended the board wait for an upcoming OMES consolidation of pay bands before asking for further increases.
The board then voted to move into executive session to discuss the state director's performance and compensation. After returning to open session and stating no votes were taken in executive session, a board member moved that "Brent Hagan, the state director of CareerTech, have his annual salary increased" retroactive to April 1 and instructed CareerTech's human resources to implement the change as soon as possible. The transcript renders the motion's numeric salary figures inconsistently; the board voted the motion carried by roll call.
Board members also approved a motion directing staff to research whether bonus plans are permissible for state directors and, if allowed, to work with Director Hagan to create a bonus plan for possible board adoption starting January 2026.
Board remarks emphasized satisfaction with Hagan's performance. "We are very pleased with Director Hagan's performance," one board member said when making the motion praising the director's work elevating the agency's profile.
What happens next: Human resources was instructed to implement the approved salary change; staff will research bonus-plan authority and return to the board with a proposal and any required legal analysis for consideration later this year.
