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Statutes > Connecticut > Title10 > Chap167a > Sec10-183vSec. 10-183v. Reemployment of teachers. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a former teacher receiving retirement benefits from the system may not be employed in a teaching position receiving compensation paid out of public money appropriated for school purposes except that such former teacher may be employed temporarily in such a position and receive no more than forty-five per cent of the maximum salary level for the assigned position. Any former teacher who receives in excess of such amount shall reimburse the board for the amount of such excess. Temporary employment means employment for less than a school year. Notice of such employment shall be sent semi-annually on January thirty-first and June thirtieth to the board by the employing officials and by the retired teacher at the end of each assignment.
(b) A former teacher receiving retirement benefits from the system may be reemployed by a local board of education or by any constituent unit of the state system of higher education in a position designated by the Commissioner of Education as a subject shortage area for the school year in which the former teacher is being employed. Such employment may be for up to one full school year but may, with prior approval by the board, be extended for an additional school year. Such request for approval shall be made in writing to the Teachers' Retirement Board and certified by the local board of education that no qualified candidates are available prior to the reemployment of such former teacher and shall include a statement indicating the type of assignment to be performed, the anticipated date of rehire and the expected duration of the assignment.
(c) The employment of a former teacher under subsection (b) of this section shall not be considered as service qualifying for continuing contract status under section 10-151 and the salary of such teacher shall be fixed at an amount at least equal to that paid other teachers in the same school system with similar training and experience for the same type of service. Upon approval by the board of such employment, such former teacher shall be eligible for the same health insurance benefits provided to active teachers employed by such school system. No benefits shall be paid under section 10-183t, while such former teacher is employed by such system.
(d) No person shall be entitled to survivor's benefits under subsection (f) of section 10-183f as a result of reemployment under this section.
(e) The same option plan of retirement benefits in effect prior to reemployment shall continue for a reemployed teacher during reemployment.
(f) The provisions of this section in effect on June 30, 2003, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2003, shall be applicable to any person making contributions to the Teachers' Retirement System on June 30, 2003, in accordance with said provisions.
(P.A. 78-208, S. 21, 35; P.A. 79-403; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; 82-401, S. 3-5; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 97-301, S. 4, 10; P.A. 03-232, S. 1, 13; P.A. 06-192, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 79-403 changed maximum earnings allowed in Subsec. (a) for continued benefits from $3,600 to $4,000; P.A. 82-218 replaced board of higher education with board of governors pursuant to reorganization of higher education system, effective March 1, 1983; P.A. 82-401 amended Subsec. (a) to change salary limit from $4,000 to 45% of entry level salary for assigned subject area and amended Subsec. (b) to allow reemployment based on certification that reemployment is in best interest of school system and not only for emergency, such certification to be made by local or regional board of education instead of state board of education; P.A. 84-241 added "of higher education" to board of governors' title; P.A. 97-301 amended Subsec. (g) to change deduction amount from five-sixths to six-sevenths and amended Subsec. (h) to change amount of contribution from 5% to 6%, effective September 1, 1997; P.A. 03-232 amended Subsec. (a) to change rate of compensation for former teacher employed temporarily from no more than 45% of the entry-level salary for the assigned subject area to 45% of the maximum salary level for the assigned position, to provide that any payment in excess of this amount be reimbursed to the board, and to change requirement that notice of such employment be sent to the board semi-annually on January thirty-first and June thirtieth rather than monthly, amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provisions concerning employment being authorized by Teachers' Retirement Board upon certification that reemployment is in best interests of local or regional school system, and inserting reference to reemployment in position designated by Commissioner of Education as "a subject shortage area for the school year", and providing employment may be for up to one full school year which, with prior approval from the board, may be extended for an additional school year, and providing that prior to the reemployment a request for approval be made in writing to Teachers' Retirement Board specifying the type of assignment, the anticipated rehire date and the expected duration of the assignment, amended Subsec. (c) by adding that upon approval of such employment by the board, the former teacher shall be eligible for the same health insurance benefits as active teachers employed by the school system, but not eligible for benefits paid under Sec. 10-183t while so employed, deleted former Subsec. (e) concerning termination of payment of retirement benefits to reemployed teachers and the resumption of same after reemployment ceases, relettered former Subsec. (f) as Subsec. (e) and deleted "and upon subsequent retirement", deleted former Subsecs. (g), (h) and (i) concerning reemployed teacher's right to elect to make contributions to the system, the treatment of such contributions, such teacher's election to obtain retirement credit for the period of reemployment, and the resulting increase in retirement benefits for such teachers, added new Subsec. (f) providing that "the provisions of this section in effect on June 30, 2003, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2003, shall be applicable to" persons making contributions to the Teachers' Retirement System on June 30, 2003, in accordance with said provisions, effective July 1, 2003, and amended former Subsec. (g) by changing deduction from "six-sevenths" to "twenty-four twenty-ninths of the amount that would be deducted from the salaries of other members", effective July 1, 2004 (Revisor's note: This amendment is of no effect since Subsec. (g) was deleted by the earlier amendment to this section); P.A. 06-192 amended Subsec. (b) by requiring that no former teacher receiving retirement benefits may be reemployed without certification by the local board of education that no qualified candidates are available, effective July 1, 2006.
