5610 Substitute Employment

The board authorizes the employment of a certificated substitute in the absence of a certificated staff member. In addition, the district may use a substitute in place of a regularly-contracted staff member when:

 

On either of these occasions, the district will employ a contracted staff person within a reasonable time.

 

The superintendent will be responsible for establishing the procedures by which teachers request substitutes and by which substitute teachers are assigned, employed, and compensated.

 

Substitute teachers who have served for 20 full consecutive working days in the same assignment will, from the 21^st day of service on, be paid the higher rate established in Section 26.7 of the Franklin Pierce Education Association collective bargaining agreement.

 

The board authorizes the employment of a spouse of a board director as a substitute teacher when the superintendent deems that there is a shortage of substitute teachers in the district.

 

Retired teachers or administrators may be employed as substitutes in accordance with Policy 5001.

 

If the superintendent reasonably anticipates that the list of qualified, willing substitutes will be exhausted, emergency substitute certification may be sought from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for persons not fully qualified for a teaching or substitute certificate. Substitutes holding emergency certification may only be assigned work when the list of fully-qualified substitutes is exhausted.

 

The board authorizes the employment of a classified substitute in the absence of a classified staff member when a program will be adversely affected by the regular staff member's absence and when a substitute can perform the duties in a reasonable manner. A classified substitute employee’s eligibility to purchase retirement service credit will be determined according to RCW 41.35 and retirement system rules. “Substitute classified employee” means a classified employee who is employed by the district exclusively as a substitute for an absent employee. The superintendent is authorized to establish procedures relating to the use of substitute classified staff.

 

By October 1 of each year, the district will report to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction: 1) The number of substitute teachers hired per school year; 2) the number of hours worked by each substitute teacher; 3) the number of substitute teachers that received benefits under the school employees’ benefits board; 4) the full daily compensation rate per substitute teacher; and 5) the reason for hiring the substitute teacher.

 

Legal References:  

RCW 28A.330.240  Employment Contracts

RCW 28A.400.300  Hiring and discharging employees — Written leave policies — Seniority and leave benefits of employees transferring between school districts and other educational employers

RCW 28A.405.900  Certain certificated employees exempt from chapter provisions           

RCW 28A.410.010  Certification — Duty of professional educator standards board — Rules — Record check — Lapsed certificates — Superintendent of Public Instruction as administrator

RCW 41.32.570  Postretirement employment — Reduction or suspension of pension payments

RCW 42.23.030(9)   Interest in contracts prohibited — Exceptions

RCW 28A.300.615   Substitute teachers – Hiring and compensation reporting

RCW 41.32.802   Reduction of retirement allowance upon reemployment or if covered by plan under RCW 28B.10.400 – Reestablishment of membership

RCW 41.32.862   Reduction of retirement allowance upon reemployment or if covered by plan under RCW 28B.10.400 – Reestablishment of membership

RCW 41.35.033   Membership – Service credit – Substitute employees – Rules

RCW 41.35.060   Reduction of retirement allowance upon reemployment or if covered by plan under RCW 28B.10.400 – Reestablishment of membership

RCW 41.40.037   Service by retirees – Break in employment requirement – Reduction of retirement allowance upon reemployment – reestablishment of membership

RCW 42.23.030    Interest in contracts prohibited – Exceptions

                                   

WAC 181-79A-231   Limited certificates

 

 

Adoption Date: 11/18/08

Franklin Pierce Schools

Revised: 11/8/11, 11/8/16; 12/13/16; 1/17/23

Classification: Priority