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ACT No. 613
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 13
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 11:710(A)(3), (4), and (9) and (F)(3) and to enact R.S.
3 11:710(A)(5)(e), (f), and (g), relative to employment of retirees of the Teachers'
4 Retirement System of Louisiana; to provide for reemployment in a position for a
5 presenter of professional development; to provide for reemployment of tutors; to
6 provide for the reemployment of pre-kindergarten teachers; to provide for an
7 effective date; and to provide for related matters.
8 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
9 as provided by Article X, Section 29(C) of the Constitution
10 of Louisiana.
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
12 Section 1. R.S. 11:710(A)(3), (4), and (9) and (F)(3) are hereby amended and
13 reenacted and R.S. 11:710(A)(5)(e), (f), and (g) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
14 ยง710. Employment of retirees
15 A. Definitions.
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17 (3) "Critical shortage" means any situation where there exists a shortage of
18 certified teachers in a certain subject area or a shortage of certified speech therapists,
19 speech pathologists, audiologists, educational diagnosticians, school social workers,
20 school counselors, or school psychologists, in which the employer has advertised and
21 posted notice of positions to be filled and has received fewer than three certified
22 applicants as further provided in Subsection F of this Section.
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1 (4) "Reemployment-eligible critical shortage position" or "critical shortage
2 position" means any of the following:
3 (a) A position for a full-time or part-time classroom teacher who teaches any
4 student in kindergarten pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in a school where a
5 critical shortage exists.
6 (b) A position for a full-time certified speech therapist, speech pathologist,
7 audiologist, educational diagnostician, school social worker, school counselor, or
8 school psychologist whose position of employment requires a valid Louisiana
9 ancillary certificate approved and issued by the state Department of Education in a
10 school district where a critical shortage exists.
11 (5) "Reemployment-eligible position" means any of the following:
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13 (e) A position for a presenter of professional development training.
14 (f) A position for a tutor for any student in pre-kindergarten through twelfth
15 grade.
16 (g) A position for a classroom teacher employed in a temporary capacity to
17 proctor tests.
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19 (9) "Substitute classroom teacher" means any classroom teacher employed
20 in a temporary capacity to fill the position of another classroom teacher who is
21 unavailable to teach or to proctor tests for any reason.
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23 F.
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25 (3) On an annual basis, the employing school board for a retiree who returns
26 to active service in a position defined in Subparagraph (A)(4)(b) of this Section shall
27 certify to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the board of
28 trustees of this system that a critical shortage of speech therapists, speech
29 pathologists, audiologists, educational diagnosticians, school social workers, school
30 counselors, or school psychologists exists for the position in the school district.
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1 Section 2. The cost of this Act, if any, shall be funded with additional employer
2 contributions in compliance with Article X, Section 29(F) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
3 Section 3. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2018; if vetoed by the governor
4 and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,
5 2018, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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