| Chapter 429 |
| 2016 -- H 7983 Enacted 07/12/2016 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO EDUCATION - TEACHING AFTER RETIREMENT |
| Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, O'Brien, Amore, Casey, and Serpa |
| Date Introduced: March 23, 2016 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 16-16-24 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-16 entitled "Teachers' |
| Retirement [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is hereby |
| amended to read as follows: |
| 16-16-24. Substitute teaching and employment after retirement. -- (a) Any teacher or |
| athletic coach certified pursuant to chapter 11.1 of this title, who has retired under the provisions |
| of any law of this state, may substitute as a teacher at state schools and in the public schools of |
| this state for a period of no more than ninety (90) days in any one school year without any |
| forfeiture of, or reduction in, the retirement benefits and allowances the teacher is receiving, or |
| may receive, as a retired teacher. Notice of the employment shall be sent monthly to the state |
| retirement board by the school committee employing the teacher and by the employer and by the |
| retired teacher at the end of each teaching assignment. |
| (b) Any teacher or athletic coach certified pursuant to chapter 11.1 of this title, who has |
| retired under the provisions of any law of this state, may be employed to fill a vacant position |
| (including, but not limited to, employment as a tutor, mentor principal, or mentor assistant |
| principal) by any state school or public school of this state for a period of no more than ninety |
| (90) days in any one school year without any forfeiture of, or reduction in, the retirement benefits |
| and allowances he or she is receiving, or may receive, as a retiree. Notice of the employment shall |
| be sent monthly to the state retirement board by the employer and by the retired teacher. |
| Provided, however, that no employment may be offered to a retiree subject to this section after |
| July 1, 2002, unless the employer has made a good-faith effort each school year to fill the |
| position with a nonretired employee without success, and certifies, in writing, that it has done so |
| to the employees' retirement system, and to the bargaining agents of all education unions with |
| whom the employer has collective-bargaining agreements. |
| (c) Any retired teacher or athletic coach may be employed pursuant to subsections (a) |
| and (b) of this section, but in no event shall employment exceed ninety (90) days. |
| (d) The calculation of the ninety- (90) day (90) period in any one school year shall be |
| determined by either of the following methods: |
| (1) Three (3) hours shall constitute a half day and the number of half days shall be |
| limited to one hundred eighty (180) half days, which shall be the equivalent of ninety (90) full |
| days; or |
| (2) Each period per day shall constitute one-fifth (1/5) of a teaching day. Any teacher |
| hired to teach two (2) periods per day shall be deemed to have worked seventy-two (72) full days |
| per year. The computation is two-fifths times one hundred eighty (2/5 x 180) school days per |
| year, which shall be equivalent to seventy-two (72) full days per year. |
| (e) Any retired member of the employees retirement system of Rhode Island under title |
| 36 or 45, who is certified as a substitute teacher, may substitute as a teacher at state schools and |
| in the public schools of this state for a period of no more than ninety (90) days in any one school |
| year without any forfeiture of, or reduction in, the retirement benefits and allowances the |
| substitute teacher is receiving, or may receive, as a retiree under any title. The other provisions of |
| subsections (b) through (d) shall also be deemed to apply. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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