Common use of REHIRING RETIRED TEACHERS Clause in Contracts

REHIRING RETIRED TEACHERS. 14.01 Teacher retirement followed by reemployment with the Board of Education assumes that both the Board and the teacher will benefit. The Board will gain through savings, reduced salary, and the professional expertise of the teacher. The teacher will gain through receipt of salary and retirement benefits. In order to clarify certain areas of this relationship (reemployment of retired teachers) the following provisions will apply. 14.02 Any current bargaining unit member eligible to retire under STRS and wishing to continue teaching in their same position as a rehired retiree, may do so by written notification to the Superintendent prior to April 1. 14.03 For the purposes of transfer, involuntary transfer, reassignment or a Reduction in Force the upcoming retired/rehired teacher’s seniority will remain in effect through the end of the current school year in which they retire. 14.04 Retired teachers reemployed by the Board shall be placed on the teacher’s salary schedule at their academic training level at Step 0 and advance in typical fashion from step to step based upon years of service as a reemployed retiree. 14.05 Retired teachers who are reemployed by the Board shall receive one-year limited contracts of employment. Such contracts shall automatically terminate at the end of each school year without further action, notice or procedure by the School District. Continued employment from contract to contract will be solely at the discretion of the Board. A retired teacher reemployed by the Board shall be ineligible for a continuing contract of employment, regardless of years of service with the District. 14.06 Retired teachers who are reemployed by the Board shall be eligible for supplemental contracts at the sole discretion of the Board. 14.07 Retired teachers reemployed by the Board shall receive sick leave and personal leave in accordance with the negotiated agreement. Retired teachers reemployed by the Board shall not be eligible for sabbatical leave. Retired teachers reemployed by the Board are eligible for benefits of professional meetings, in-service meetings, association leave and FMLA. In no event shall leave extend beyond the retiree’s employment contract term. Retired teachers reemployed by the Board are not eligible to receive tuition reimbursement. A retired teacher reemployed by the Board cannot receive severance pay from the District. 14.08 Retired teachers reemployed by the Board shall have zero seniority in the bargaining unit and shall not accumulate seniority for any purpose. Retired teachers reemployed by the Board shall have no right to displace or bump, nor any right of recall in the event of a reduction in force. 14.09 The evaluation procedures required of regular teachers under this contract shall apply to retired teachers reemployed by the Board in terms of process of evaluation. A minimum of one evaluation per year is required but the failure to evaluate or to follow negotiated or statutory practice or procedures shall not be a basis for automatic reemployment of a retiree. 14.10 Retired teachers reemployed by the Board shall receive medical benefits under the same provision as other bargaining unit members. 14.11 The parties agree that to the extent the provisions of this article conflict with or contradict Master Agreement language and/or state law, specifically including, but not necessarily limited to, Ohio Revised Code Sections 3317.13, 3317.14, 3319.07, 3319.08, 3319.09, 3319.11, 3319.111, 3319.15, 3319.16 (except where 3319.16 concerns mid-contract termination of the one-year limited contract of a rehired retiree) and 3319.17, the terms of this article will prevail and will be applied to retired teachers reemployed by the Board.

REHIRING RETIRED TEACHERS. 14.01 Teacher If a retired teacher is employed by the Southern Local School District, then the following stipulations will be in effect. 1. This article applies to the hiring of any previously retired teacher following any waiting period required by his/her teaching retirement followed by reemployment system. 2. Previously retired teachers shall initially be placed at experience step 7 and appropriate earned degree status of the negotiated salary schedule. Retired teachers shall not advance higher than step 10 of appropriate earned degree status on the negotiated salary schedule. 3. Previously retired teachers are only eligible for Board paid health care, prescription drug plans, or dental plans if not eligible to receive insurance benefits from their retirement system. The terms of Article XXXIII – Fringe Benefits, Section G., Waiver of Insurance, shall not apply to retired teachers. 4. Previously retired teachers shall begin acquiring sick leave effective with their employment. The rate of accumulation of sick leave shall be in accordance with the Board law at the rate of Education assumes that both fifteen (15) days per year. Retired teachers shall be permitted to carry over up to five (5) days of unused sick leave accumulated to any school year to any succeeding school year only when the Board and retired teacher is rehired in the teacher same position consecutively. No transfer of sick leave previously taken as or canceled by severance will benefit. The Board will gain through savings, reduced salary, and the professional expertise of the teacher. The teacher will gain through receipt of salary and retirement benefits. In order to clarify certain areas of this relationship (reemployment of retired teachers) the following provisions will applybe allowed. 14.02 5. Any current bargaining unit member eligible contemplating retirement from Southern Local Schools shall have the opportunity to retire under STRS and wishing to continue teaching in their same position as a rehired retiree, may do so by written notification to discuss his/her rehiring with the Superintendent prior to April 1making a retirement decision, if the bargaining unit member so requests. If the bargaining unit member desires he or she may invite an Association representative to attend this meeting. 14.03 For 6. The Board may commit to re-employ a member of the purposes bargaining unit in advance of transfer, involuntary transfer, reassignment or a Reduction in Force his/her actual retirement if the upcoming retiredbargaining unit member notifies the Board of his/rehired teacher’s seniority will remain in effect through her intention to retire at the end of the current that school year in which they retireand submits a letter to that effect no later than May 1st. 14.04 Retired teachers 7. Any teacher who has retired and been reemployed by the Board shall be placed on the teacher’s salary schedule at their academic training level at Step 0 and advance in typical fashion from step to step based upon years of service begin acquiring district seniority as a reemployed retireenew employee. 14.05 Retired teachers who are reemployed 8. The following provisions of this agreement shall not apply to retired teachers: Article VIII, Article X, Article XVIII, Article XXIII, Article XXXVIII, and Article XXXXIX. 9. Any retired teacher rehired by the Board district shall receive one-year limited contracts of employment. Such contracts shall automatically terminate at the end of each school year without further action, notice or procedure by the School District. Continued employment from contract to contract will be solely at the discretion of the Board. A retired teacher reemployed by the Board shall be ineligible for a continuing contract of employment, regardless of years of service with the District. 14.06 Retired teachers who are reemployed by the Board shall only ever be eligible for supplemental contracts at the sole discretion of the Boarda one (1) year contract which shall be non-renewed each year. 14.07 Retired teachers reemployed by the Board shall receive sick leave and personal leave in accordance with the negotiated agreement. Retired teachers reemployed by the Board shall not be eligible for sabbatical leave. Retired teachers reemployed by the Board are eligible for benefits of professional meetings, in-service meetings, association leave and FMLA. In no event shall leave extend beyond the retiree’s employment contract term. Retired teachers reemployed by the Board are not eligible to receive tuition reimbursement. A retired teacher reemployed by the Board cannot receive severance pay from the District. 14.08 Retired teachers reemployed by the Board shall have zero seniority in the bargaining unit and shall not accumulate seniority for any purpose. Retired teachers reemployed by the Board shall have no right to displace or bump, nor any right of recall in the event of a reduction in force. 14.09 The evaluation procedures required of regular teachers under this contract shall apply to retired teachers reemployed by the Board in terms of process of evaluation. A minimum of one evaluation per year is required but the failure to evaluate or to follow negotiated or statutory practice or procedures shall not be a basis for automatic reemployment of a retiree. 14.10 Retired teachers reemployed by the Board shall receive medical benefits under the same provision as other bargaining unit members. 14.11 The parties agree that to the extent the provisions of this article conflict with or contradict Master Agreement language and/or state law, specifically including, but not necessarily limited to, Ohio Revised Code Sections 3317.13, 3317.14, 3319.07, 3319.08, 3319.09, 3319.11, 3319.111, 3319.15, 3319.16 (except where 3319.16 concerns mid-contract termination of the one-year limited contract of a rehired retiree) and 3319.17, the terms of this article will prevail and will be applied to retired teachers reemployed by the Board.