S-1660.1
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5487
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State of Washington | 65th Legislature | 2017 Regular Session |
By Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Zeiger, Rolfes, Chase, Keiser, Hunt, Saldaña, and Wellman; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction)
READ FIRST TIME 02/17/17.
AN ACT Relating to expanding postretirement options for educators, allowing retired teachers to be employed as mentors; amending RCW
41.32.068; and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 41.32.068 and 2016 c 233 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) In addition to the postretirement employment options available in RCW
41.32.802 or
41.32.862, and only until August 1, 2020, a teacher in plan 2 or plan 3 who has retired under the alternate early retirement provisions of RCW
41.32.765(3)(b) or
41.32.875(3)(b) may be employed with an employer for up to eight hundred sixty-seven hours per calendar year without suspension of his or her benefit, provided that:
(((1))) (a) The retired teacher reenters employment more than one calendar month after his or her accrual date and after June 9, 2016;
(((2) [the retired teacher])) (b)(i) the retired teacher or retired principal is employed exclusively as
((either)) a substitute teacher as defined in RCW
41.32.010(48)(a) in an instructional capacity, as opposed to other capacities identified in RCW
41.32.010(49);
or (ii) the retired teacher or retired principal is employed exclusively as a mentor to teachers or an adviser to students in teacher preparation programs; and
(((3))) (c) the employing school district compensates the district's substitute teachers at a rate that is at least eighty-five percent of the full daily amount allocated by the state to the district for substitute teacher compensation.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a mentor is an educator who has achieved appropriate training in assisting, coaching, and advising beginning teachers or student teaching residents as defined by the office of the superintendent of public instruction, such as national board certification or other specialized training.
(3) This section expires July 1, 2021.
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