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美田纳西州将允许退休教师重新上岗，并保有全额退休福利

There will be almost 11,000 teacher openings in Tennessee by 2024, according to the Professional Educators of Tennessee. Lawmakers have proposed several bills(法案) to help with the shortage, and the latest would bring retired teachers back to classrooms while keeping their full retirement benefits.The bill allows retired Tennessee teachers to be re-hired as K-12 teachers, substitute teachers(代课教师) or bus drivers without having their retirement benefits taken away or suspended.

“I just decided that I should be a substitute teacher and, you know, I knew from all of my teaching years that a lot of times it’s difficult to get substitute teachers, and that’s certainly true now,” said Nancy Holland. For more than 20 years, Holland was a teacher spending most of her career with Metro Nashville public schools. But even after retirement she couldn’t stay out of the classroom. “I just, I don’t know that I ever wanted to be anything else, really,” Holland said.

Retired teachers can currently return to work, but only for 120 days maximum. Senate Bill would allow workers to return for an entire school year, giving them the option to renew(续签) annually if there are no other qualified applicants.

“As a retired teacher, I can work a certain number of days and it does not impact retirement benefits. I was with Metro long enough that I can keep the insurance for life. So, in some ways, this law seems a little unnecessary for what’s going on,” said Holland, “But I don’t think it’s going to do much to ease the shortage.” During reemployment in a school system, retirement benefits would be reduced to 70% of retirement allowance. The existing salary cap would be removed.