FINAL BILL REPORT

                  ESB 6045

                          C 264 L 95

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Allowing retired administrators to serve as replacement administrators without a reduction of pension benefits.

Sponsors:  Senators Bauer, Hochstatter, Gaspard, McAuliffe and Winsley.

Senate Committee on Education

House Committee on Education

Background:  Under current law, retired teachers and administrators under Teachers' Retirement System Plan I may serve as substitute teachers for up to 75 days a school year without affecting their retirement benefits.  If there is a shortage of substitute teachers, retired teachers or administrators can work an additional 15 days as substitute teachers.

Summary:  A retired teacher or administrator under Plan I may serve as a substitute administrator for an additional 15 days without a reduction in retirement benefits, if the school district adopts a resolution declaring it cannot find a replacement administrator.  A retired teacher or administrator is limited to a total of 15 additional days, whether serving as a substitute teacher or as a substitute administrator.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate    48 0

House     91 6 (House amended)

Senate    46 0 (Senate concurred)

Effective:  May 5, 1995