1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; encouraging retired teachers to 
  1.3             serve as short-call substitute teachers; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 122A.18, subdivision 
  1.5             7a.  
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 122A.18, 
  1.8   subdivision 7a, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 7a.  [PERMISSION TO SUBSTITUTE TEACH.] (a) The board 
  1.10  of teaching may allow a person who is enrolled in and making 
  1.11  satisfactory progress in a board-approved teacher program and 
  1.12  who has successfully completed student teaching to be employed 
  1.13  as a short-call substitute teacher.  
  1.14     (b) The board of teaching shall issue a lifetime limited 
  1.15  short-call substitute teaching license to a person who: 
  1.16     (1) is receiving a retirement annuity from the teachers 
  1.17  retirement association, the Minneapolis teachers retirement fund 
  1.18  association, the St. Paul teachers retirement fund association, 
  1.19  or the Duluth teachers retirement fund association; and 
  1.20     (2) holds a continuing five-year teaching license that 
  1.21  expires and applies to the board for a license under this 
  1.22  paragraph within 180 days of the date on which the person's 
  1.23  license expires.  A person who holds a lifetime limited 
  1.24  short-call substitute teaching license is not required to 
  1.25  complete continuing education clock hours.  A person who holds a 
  2.1   lifetime limited short-call substitute teaching license may 
  2.2   reapply to the board for a continuing five-year teaching license 
  2.3   and, after receiving the license, has a period of one school 
  2.4   year before the person again must complete continuing education 
  2.5   clock hours.  The board may issue a lifetime limited short-call 
  2.6   substitute teaching license to a person who holds an 
  2.7   out-of-state teaching license and receives an annuity as a 
  2.8   result of the person's teaching experience or who taught at 
  2.9   least three school years in an accredited nonpublic school in 
  2.10  Minnesota and receives an annuity as a result of the person's 
  2.11  teaching experience. 
  2.12     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for the 
  2.13  2001-2002 school year and later.