HOUSE BILL 981071
BY REPRESENTATIVES Schauer, Allen, Bacon, Dean, Dyer, Gotlieb, Hagedorn, Mace, Miller, Reeser, Swenson, and S. Williams;
also SENATORS Ament and Dennis.
CONCERNING CLARIFICATION OF THE DEFINITION OF SUBSTITUTE
TEACHER.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State
of Colorado:
SECTION 1. 2263103
(10), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
2263103. Definitions.
As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(10) "Substitute teacher" means
a teacher who normally performs services as an employee of a school
district for four hours or more during each regular school day,
but works on one continuous assignment for a total of less than
ninety regular school days, or FOR LESS THAN one semester or equivalent
time as determined by the annual school year calendar of the district
in which the teacher is employed during an academic year. "Substitute
teacher" also means an itinerant teacher who, AS AN EMPLOYEE
OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, normally performs services as
an employee of a school district for four hours or more during
each regular school day, but works on two or more assignments
for a total of less than one hundred ten regular school days during
an academic year ON A DAYTODAY
OR SIMILAR SHORTTERM BASIS DURING AN ACADEMIC YEAR AS A
REPLACEMENT TEACHER FOR A NONPROBATIONARY TEACHER EMPLOYED PURSUANT
TO SECTION 2263202, A PROBATIONARY TEACHER EMPLOYED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2263203, OR A PARTTIME TEACHER
WHILE THE NONPROBATIONARY, PROBATIONARY, OR PARTTIME TEACHER
IS ABSENT OR OTHERWISE UNAVAILABLE. "SUBSTITUTE TEACHER"
DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY NONPROBATIONARY OR PROBATIONARY TEACHER WHO
IS ASSIGNED AS A PERMANENT SUBSTITUTE TEACHER WITHIN A SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
SECTION 2. Safety
clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and
declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public peace, health, and safety.
____________________________ ____________________________
Charles E. Berry Tom Norton
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
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Judith M. Rodrigue Patricia K. Dicks
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
APPROVED________________________________________
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Roy Romer
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
OF COLORADO
Created: 3/18/98 Updated: 3/18/98