Common use of Reemployment of Retired Teachers Clause in Contracts

Reemployment of Retired Teachers. A. The Board is under no obligation to employ any retired teacher and there is no expectation of reemployment when a teacher retires from the District. Reemployed teachers who previously worked in the District do not need to be interviewed by the Board for any vacant positions for which they apply. Reemployed teachers who previously worked in the District are not guaranteed a particular assignment upon reemployment. Reemployed teachers will be assigned to positions that are within their certification/licensure area(s) and are eligible for transfers pursuant to the negotiated agreement. B. Reemployed teachers will be placed at year three (3) on the salary schedule upon reemployment and given full credit for their educational level and shall not advance on the salary schedule for any subsequent years of employment. [The reemployed teachers shall advance one year on the salary schedule for each year employed following his/her reemployment.] The Board may require the reemployed teacher to execute a written waiver of his/her prior teaching experience and acknowledge his/her agreement to accept initial placement at year three (3) on the salary schedule. C. Reemployed teachers have the option of participating in the STRS’s health insurance program or the District’s health insurance program. The reemployed teacher may not participate in both health insurance programs. If the reemployed teacher elects the District’s health insurance program, or if the STRS decides not to provide health insurance for the reemployed teachers who initially selected STRS’s health insurance program, the same monthly payments and other provisions as outlined in Article VII, shall apply. Life Insurance premiums are solely the responsibility of the reemployed teacher. All payments will be made through payroll deduction. D. Reemployed teachers are not eligible for continuing contracts; rather they will be awarded one (1) year contracts that will automatically expire at the end of each school year without notice of non-renewal and without compliance with O.R.C. Sections 3319.11 and 3319.111. For purposes of reemployed teachers, the parties expressly agree that this provision supersedes and replaces O.R.C. Sections 3319.11 and 3319.111 and differs from the rights of other teachers contained in the negotiated agreement. Performance evaluations of reemployed teachers will be conducted annually. E. Reemployed teachers may not accrue additional STRS credit as a result of their service following reemployment. Instead, the Board and the reemployed teachers shall make contributions to STRS that will fund a single life annuity with a reserve based on the reemployed teacher’s accumulated contributions during his/her period of service as a regular teacher following reemployment. For additional information concerning the annuity see O.R.C. Section 3307.35. F. Seniority for reemployed teachers returning to service with the Board after retirement will return to zero (0) years and remain at zero (0) years for the reemployed teacher’s entire “post-retirement” tenure. In the event of a reduction in force the reemployed teachers will not have any of the bumping rights set forth in the negotiated agreement. G. Reemployed teachers are not eligible for severance pay for accumulated sick leave and may not participate in any future retirement incentive programs. H. Reemployed teachers will be eligible to accumulate sick leave. Sick leave shall commence at zero (0) days for reemployed teachers. Reemployed teaches shall earn 1 ¼ days of sick leave per month for the duration of their reemployment. Reemployed teachers may request an advance of up to five (5) days of sick leave, if necessary. The reemployed teacher must reimburse the Board for any advanced sick leave, which is not earned at the time the reemployed teacher separated his/her employment with the District. The parties expressly agree that this provision supersedes and replaces O.R.C. Section 3319.141.

Reemployment of Retired Teachers. A. The Board is under no obligation to employ any retired teacher and there is no expectation of reemployment when a teacher retires from the District. Reemployed teachers who previously worked in the District do not need to be interviewed by the Board for any vacant positions for which they apply. Reemployed teachers who previously worked in the District are not guaranteed a particular assignment upon reemployment. Reemployed teachers will be assigned to positions that are within their certification/licensure area(s) and are eligible for transfers pursuant to the negotiated agreement. B. Reemployed teachers will be placed at year three (3) on the salary schedule upon reemployment and given full credit for their educational level and shall not advance on the salary schedule for any subsequent years of employment. [The reemployed teachers shall advance one year on the salary schedule for each year employed following his/her reemployment.] The Board may require the reemployed teacher to execute a written waiver of his/her prior teaching experience and acknowledge his/her agreement to accept initial placement at year three (3) on the salary schedule. C. Reemployed teachers have the option of participating in the STRS’s health insurance program or the District’s health insurance program. The reemployed teacher may not participate in both health insurance programs. If the reemployed teacher elects the District’s health insurance program, or if the STRS decides not to provide health insurance for the reemployed teachers who initially selected STRS’s health insurance program, the same monthly payments and other provisions as outlined in Article VII, shall apply. Life Insurance premiums are solely the responsibility of the reemployed teacher. All payments will be made through payroll deduction. D. Reemployed teachers are not eligible for continuing contracts; rather they will be awarded one (1) year contracts that will automatically expire at the end of each school year without notice of non-non- renewal and without compliance with O.R.C. Sections 3319.11 and 3319.111. For purposes of reemployed teachers, the parties expressly agree that this provision supersedes and replaces O.R.C. Sections 3319.11 and 3319.111 and differs from the rights of other teachers contained in the negotiated agreement. Performance evaluations of reemployed teachers will be conducted annually. E. Reemployed teachers may not accrue additional STRS credit as a result of their service following reemployment. Instead, the Board and the reemployed teachers shall make contributions to STRS that will fund a single life annuity with a reserve based on the reemployed teacher’s accumulated contributions during his/her period of service as a regular teacher following reemployment. For additional information concerning the annuity see O.R.C. Section 3307.35. F. Seniority for reemployed teachers returning to service with the Board after retirement will return to zero (0) years and remain at zero (0) years for the reemployed teacher’s entire “post-retirement” tenure. In the event of a reduction in force the reemployed teachers will not have any of the bumping rights set forth in the negotiated agreement. G. Reemployed teachers are not eligible for severance pay for accumulated sick leave and may not participate in any future retirement incentive programs. H. Reemployed teachers will be eligible to accumulate sick leave. Sick leave shall commence at zero (0) days for reemployed teachers. Reemployed teaches shall earn 1 ¼ days of sick leave per month for the duration of their reemployment. Reemployed teachers may request an advance of up to five (5) days of sick leave, if necessary. The reemployed teacher must reimburse the Board for any advanced sick leave, which is not earned at the time the reemployed teacher separated his/her employment with the District. The parties expressly agree that this provision supersedes and replaces O.R.C. Section 3319.141.zero

Reemployment of Retired Teachers. A. The Board is under no obligation Notwithstanding anything in this agreement or the Ohio Revised Code, persons who have retired from STRS or other public employee retirement system (reemployed teacher), if employed by the Board, shall be subject to employ any retired teacher and there is no expectation of reemployment when a teacher retires from the Districtfollowing provisions: 1. Reemployed teachers who previously worked shall be placed on the salary schedule in the District do accordance with Article 14, but shall not need to be interviewed by the Board for any vacant positions for which they apply. Reemployed teachers who previously worked in the District are not guaranteed a particular assignment upon reemploymentadvance beyond Step 10. Reemployed teachers will be assigned to positions that are within their certification/licensure area(s) and are eligible for transfers pursuant subject to the negotiated agreementsame evaluation system in place for the teachers of the district. B. Reemployed teachers will be placed at year three (3) on the salary schedule upon reemployment and given full credit for their educational level and shall not advance on the salary schedule for any subsequent years of employment. [The reemployed teachers shall advance one year on the salary schedule for each year employed following his/her reemployment.] The Board may require the reemployed teacher to execute a written waiver of his/her prior teaching experience and acknowledge his/her agreement to accept initial placement at year three (3) on the salary schedule. C. Reemployed teachers have the option of participating in the STRS’s health insurance program or the District’s health insurance program2. The reemployed teacher may not participate in both health insurance programs. If the reemployed teacher elects the District’s health insurance program, or if the STRS decides not to provide health insurance for the reemployed teachers who initially selected STRS’s health insurance program, the same monthly payments and other provisions as outlined in Article VII, shall apply. Life Insurance premiums are solely the responsibility length of the reemployed teacher. All payments will contract shall be made through payroll deduction. D. Reemployed teachers are not eligible for continuing contracts; rather they will be awarded one (1) year contracts that will and shall automatically expire at without any requirement that the end of each school year without Board give a notice of non-renewal and without compliance with O.R.C. Sections 3319.11 and 3319.111nonrenewal. For purposes Such teacher shall not be deemed reemployed when notice of reemployed teachers, the parties expressly agree that this provision supersedes and replaces O.R.C. Sections 3319.11 and 3319.111 and differs from the rights of other teachers contained in the negotiated agreement. Performance evaluations of reemployed teachers will be conducted annuallynonrenewal is not given. E. Reemployed teachers may not accrue additional STRS credit as a result of their service following reemployment. Instead, the Board and the reemployed teachers shall make contributions to STRS that will fund a single life annuity with a reserve based on the reemployed teacher’s accumulated contributions during his/her period of service as a regular teacher following reemployment. For additional information concerning the annuity see O.R.C. Section 3307.35. F. Seniority for reemployed teachers returning to service with the Board after retirement will return to zero (0) years and remain at zero (0) years for the reemployed teacher’s entire “post-retirement” tenure3. In the event of a reduction in force the force, reemployed teachers will shall have no seniority, shall not accumulate seniority, and shall have any of the bumping rights set forth in the negotiated agreementno recall rights. G. 4. Reemployed teachers are not eligible for any severance pay for accumulated or any conversion of unused sick leave leave, and may are not eligible to participate in any future retirement incentive programsprogram. H. 5. Reemployed teachers will be eligible shall have the option to accumulate sick leaveparticipate in the Board’s insurance program. 6. Sick leave Reemployed teachers shall commence at their employment with zero (0) days for reemployed teachers. Reemployed teaches of accumulated sick leave and shall earn 1 ¼ days of sick leave at the rate of one and one-quarter (1 ¼) days per month for the duration of their reemploymentservice. Reemployed teachers The Board may request an advance of a reemployed teacher up to five (5) days of sick leave, if necessary. 7. The Board is not obligated to rehire or give any preference in hiring decisions to teachers who have retired from Tri-County North Schools or any other school district. 8. With respect to supplemental contract positions, reemployed teacher must reimburse teachers have only the rights set forth in this paragraph. The provisions of the Ohio Revised Code shall apply in filling vacant supplemental contract positions except the Board for shall offer such positions first to the employees of the district (other than reemployed teachers) who have a license issued under RC 3319.22 and who are qualified to fill the position, and thereafter the Board shall offer such positions to reemployed teachers, before advertising such positions as available to any advanced sick leave, which licensed individual who is qualified and not earned at employed by the time the reemployed teacher separated his/her employment with the District. The parties expressly agree that this provision supersedes and replaces O.R.C. Section 3319.141Board.