• Current law lets retired teachers work as substitutes and collect a pension for 90 days
• New bill would totally lift time limits for three years
• But the treasurer's office has warned against potential pension impact

PROVIDENCE — Weeks of behind the scenes talks have led to a House-Senate agreement on legislation to temporarily repeal a reform of an earlier age — and do so for the third year in a row — to allow retirees to substitute teach for a full school year without giving up their state pensions.

With a final vote by the House on Tuesday, the legislation — sponsored in the House by Reps. William O'Brien, a Providence public school teacher, and Nathan Biah, a Providence school principal, among others — is now headed to Gov. Dan McKee's desk where it is expected to be signed into law.

Bill would lift 90-day post retirement employment limit for substitute teachers

Lobbyists for the teacher unions, the Rhode Island Department of Education and the Rhode Island School Superintendents Association persuaded lawmakers to eliminate, through June 20, 2024, the 90-day post-retirement employment limit adopted years ago to curb abuses.

The stated goal: to avert a teacher crisis in Providence and a handful of other communities. this year and next, while lawmakers chew on various proposals to address the shortage itself.

More:Providence could start losing retiree substitute teachers in the coming days. Here's why.

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