00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 230 am                                                                        
01 "An Act relating to teacher certificates for retired teachers; and repealing the limit on                               
02 the number of years of out-of-state school experience that may be substituted for in-state                              
03 experience in teacher salary scales."                                                                                   
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 14.20.020(g) is amended to read:                                                                   
06 (g)  The department shall issue, at no cost to the person, a teacher certificate                                    
07 to a person who possessed a valid Alaska teacher certificate upon retirement. A                                         
08 teacher certificate issued under this subsection is valid for the life of the retired teacher                           
09 and qualifies the holder as a substitute teacher in the state. A teacher certificated                               
10 under this subsection may teach as a long-term substitute teacher for not more                                      
11 than 165 consecutive days of a school term. In this subsection, "long-term                                          
12 substitute teacher" means a teacher who is employed in the state to substitute                                      
13       teach for more than 20 consecutive days of a school term.                                                     
14    * Sec. 2. AS 14.16.050(a)(3)(C); AS 14.20.220(e), and 14.20.220(g) are repealed.                                   
01    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
02 read:                                                                                                                   
03       APPLICABILITY. Section 1 of this Act applies to a contract or collective bargaining                               
04 agreement that becomes legally binding on or after the effective date of this Act.