| (1) Teachers employed as
substitute teachers shall not be paid less per
day than 85 percent of 1/190th of the salary of
a beginning teacher who holds a bachelor's
degree. The salary of the substitute teacher
shall be computed as required in this subsection
based on the statewide average salary for
beginning teachers who hold bachelor's degrees.
The Department of Education shall compute the
statewide average salary to be used for purposes
of this subsection, using the latest data
available to the department, but not data from
earlier than the preceding school year. |
| (2) The school district
shall set the working hours for a substitute
teacher, and, when employed, shall pay the
substitute teacher a salary which is no less
than one-half of the daily minimum salary as
computed under subsection (1) of this section.
However, if the substitute teacher is employed
for more than one-half day, the substitute
teacher shall receive a full day's pay. |
| (3)(a) Notwithstanding
subsection (1) of this section, teachers
employed as substitute teachers for more than 10
consecutive days in any one assignment for the
same teacher shall not be paid after the 10th
day of the assignment less per day than 100
percent of 1/190th of the statewide average
salary computed in subsection (1) of this
section for districts with no salary scale; or,
for districts with a salary scale, the higher
of: |
| (A) 1/190th of the
employing school district's salary for a
beginning teacher who holds a bachelor's degree;
or |
| (B) The statewide
minimum per diem salary as computed in
subsection (1) of this section. |
| (b) Used sick leave,
whether paid or unpaid, and weekends, school
holidays and days when schools are closed by
weather or other conditions and when substitute
teachers are not required to appear in person at
the school shall not be considered in
determining consecutive days for purposes of
this subsection. |
| (c) When substituting
for a part-time teacher, the part of the day
worked by the substitute shall count as a full
day in determining consecutive days for purposes
of this subsection. |
| (4) Subsections (1) to
(3) of this section do not apply to substitute
teachers represented in a bargaining unit in the
school district by which they are employed. |