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An Act

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.



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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