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An Act To Address Administrative Shortages in Maine Schools by Amending the Law Regarding the Salaries of Retired Public School Administrators Who Return to Service
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §17859, sub-§2, ¶A, as amended by PL 2013, c. 486, Pt. A, §2, is further amended to read:
 
A. TheExcept for a retired public school administrator, the compensation of the retired state employee or retired teacher who returns to service must be set at 75% of the compensation established for the position to be filled, at a step determined by the appointing authority. The compensation of the retired classroom-based employee who returns to service as a classroom-based employee pursuant to subsection 1-A, paragraph A must be set at 100% of the compensation established for the position to be filled, at a step determined by the school administrative unit, for up to the maximum 5-year period that a classroom-based employee may contract with an individual school administrative unit.
Sec. 2.  5 MRSA §17859, sub-§2, ¶D  is enacted to read:
 
D.  The compensation of a retired public school administrator who returns to service as a public school administrator must be set at:
 
(1) For the first year after the return to service, 100% of the compensation established for the position to be filled;
 
(2) For the 2nd year after the return to service, 95% of the compensation established for the position to be filled;
 
(3) For the 3rd year after the return to service, 90% of the compensation established for the position to be filled;
 
(4) For the 4th year after the return to service, 85% of the compensation established for the position to be filled; and
 
(5) Notwithstanding subsection 1, for the 5th year after the return to service, 75% of the compensation established for the position to be filled.
 
SUMMARY
This bill amends provisions regarding compensation and length of service of retired public school administrators who return to service by requiring for the first year of the return to service 100% of the compensation established for the position to be filled and for the subsequent 4 years annually reducing the compensation incrementally until compensation is 75% of the compensation established for the position to be filled. Current law sets the compensation at 75% of the compensation established for the position filled.