Butte School District

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Substitutes

Butte School District No. 1 authorizes the employment of a qualified substitute in the absence of a regularly employed certified staff member. Employment of substitutes will be authorized only where applications are on file and payroll authorization forms are complete. In addition, the District may engage a person on substitute status in lieu of a regularly-contracted staff member when:

1. Enrollment uncertainties exist at the beginning of a school year.
2. Resignations of regular staff do not allow sufficient time for the District to employ an immediate replacement.

On either of these two occasions, the District shall employ a contracted staff person within a reasonable time.

The Board establishes a daily rate of pay for substitute teachers. No fringe benefits are given to substitute teachers. Substitute teachers are paid by the day or one half day.

Substitutes for classified positions will be paid by the hour. When a classified employee is called upon to substitute for a teacher, the teacher sub rate will apply, unless the classified rate of pay is higher.

All substitute teachers will be required to undergo fingerprint and background checks. Substitutes for certified positions will be subject to the terms and conditions of the current collective bargaining agreement.

Any substitute who has served for thirty (30) full consecutive working days in the same assignment shall, from the thirty first (31st) day of service, be paid according to the regular salary schedule of certificated staff thereafter, according to educational attainment and experience. A temporarily contracted, intermittent teacher on filling in for another teacher on temporary leave will not be eligible for insurance benefits or severance benefits if those benefits are already being paid to the regular teacher throughout their leave. Any substitute who serves beyond thirty (30) consecutive days in the same position requires an active and valid certificate in the State of Montana and must be placed on a regular teaching contract. This contract will not be retroactive to the beginning of service.

Legal Reference:    
ARM 10.55.715    Substitute Teachers

Policy History:
Adopted on: 10/18/04
Revised on:  09/17/07