Other LanguagesIt is within the discretion of the directors of first class school districts to grant a leave of absence or contract in the future with a teacher.
Under RCW 28A.67.900, a school district may grant to a teacher a one year leave of absence, unpaid, when the teacher's position is not being terminated, and at the same time hire a replacement teacher for that person, with the express agreement that the replacement will resign at the end of the year to allow the district to meet its obligation to the original teacher to reassign him in his old position which the district would have agreed to prior to the taking of the unpaid leave of absence.
Payments made by a school district for the purchase of tax-deferred annuities for its employees under § 10, chapter 21, Laws of 1963, Ex. Sess., constitute a form of "earnable compensation" under RCW 41.32.010 both as amended by § 1, chapter 14, Laws of 1963, Ex. Sess., and as presently defined, but payments which may be made by a school district for group hospitalization and medical insurance for its employees under chapter 75, Laws of 1963, do not.
A member of the Washington teachers' retirement system who retires for service under RCW 41.32.480 and thereafter becomes employed as a teacher in the public schools of the state of Washington or another state remains entitled to receive the annuity portion of his retirement allowance, but the pension portion thereof is suspended during the period of employment; except that service may be rendered up to forty-five days per school year without reduction of the pension.
The expense of the transcript prepared by county superintendent of schools where school teacher took an appeal from a local school district and where the county superintendent and state superintendent each decided in favor of teacher, must be borne by the office of the county superintendent.
Notice of refusal to renew a teacher's contract given pursuant to RCW 28.67.070 must state the reason for non-renewal [[nonrenewal]]. Renewal of the contract being discretionary, any reason is sufficient and the teacher has no right of appeal.