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Board debates rehiring retired teachers and pay for substitutes amid teacher shortage
Summary
Board members discussed whether retired teachers who accepted a buyout can be rehired as substitutes and whether substitutes covering long-term leaves should be paid at certified-teacher salary when the regular teacher exhausts sick days; no formal action was recorded.
During the Jan. 14, 2025 work session following the regular meeting, Overton County Board of Education members spent substantial time discussing substitute-teacher coverage, rehiring retired teachers who previously accepted buyouts, and pay when a substitute becomes the teacher of record.
Board members raised the district’s shortage of substitute teachers and asked whether retired teachers who had taken a buyout could be rehired to cover leaves. Several members questioned whether the buyout contracts legally…
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