00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 147                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to teacher certificates for retired teachers."                                                         
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 14.20.020(g) is amended to read:                                                                   
04 (g)  The department shall issue, at no cost to the person, a teacher certificate                                    
05 to a person who possessed a valid Alaska teacher certificate upon retirement. A                                         
06 teacher certificate issued under this subsection is valid for the life of the retired teacher                           
07 and qualifies the holder as a substitute teacher in the state. A teacher certificated                               
08 under this subsection may teach as a long-term substitute teacher for not more                                      
09 than 165 consecutive days of a school term. In this subsection, "long-term                                          
10       substitute teacher" means a teacher who is employed in the state to substitute                                
11       teach for more than 20 consecutive days of a school term.                                                     
12    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
13 read:                                                                                                                   
14       APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to a contract or collective bargaining agreement                                  
15 that becomes legally binding on or after the effective date of this Act.