§ 16-16-24 - Substitute teaching and employment after retirement. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 16-16-24

   § 16-16-24  Substitute teaching andemployment after retirement. – (a) Any teacher or athletic coach certified pursuant to chapter 11.1 of thistitle who has retired under the provisions of any law of this state maysubstitute as a teacher at state schools and in the public schools of thisstate for a period of no more than ninety (90) days in any one school yearwithout any forfeiture of or reduction in the retirement benefits andallowances the teacher is receiving or may receive as a retired teacher. Noticeof the employment shall be sent monthly to the state retirement board by theschool committee employing the teacher and by the employer and by the retiredteacher at the end of each teaching assignment.

   (b) Any teacher or athletic coach certified pursuant tochapter 11.1 of this title who has retired under the provisions of any law ofthis state may be employed to fill a vacant position (including, but notlimited to, employment as a tutor, mentor principal or mentor assistantprincipal) by any state school or public school of this state for a period ofno more than ninety (90) days in any one school year without any forfeiture ofor reduction in the retirement benefits and allowances he or she is receivingor may receive as a retiree. Notice of the employment shall be sent monthly tothe state retirement board by the employer and by the retired teacher.Provided, however, that no employment may be offered to a retiree subject tothis section after July 1, 2002, unless the employer has made a good faitheffort each school year to fill the position with a nonretired employee withoutsuccess, and certifies in writing that it has done so to the employees'retirement system, and to the bargaining agents of all education unions withwhom the employer has collective bargaining agreements.

   (c) Any retired teacher or athletic coach may be employedpursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section, but in no event shallemployment exceed ninety (90) days.

   (d) The calculation of the ninety (90) day period in any oneschool year shall be determined by either of the following methods:

   (1) Three (3) hours shall constitute a half day and thenumber of half days shall be limited to one hundred eighty (180) half dayswhich shall be the equivalent of ninety (90) full days; or

   (2) Each period per day shall constitute one-fifth (1/5) of ateaching day. Any teacher hired to teach two (2) periods per day shall bedeemed to have worked seventy-two (72) full days per year. The computation istwo-fifths times one hundred eighty (2/5 x 180) school days per year whichshall be equivalent to seventy-two (72) full days per year.