Substitute teachers may apply to the department to receive service credit or credit for earnable compensation or both after the end of the last day of instruction of the school year during which the service was performed.
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Terms Used In Washington Code 41.32.013

  • Department: means the department of retirement systems created in chapter 41. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • employee: means a person who is providing services for compensation to an employer, unless the person is free from the employer's direction and control over the performance of work. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Employer: means the state of Washington, the school district, or any agency of the state of Washington by which the member is paid. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Retirement system: means the Washington state teachers' retirement system. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Substitute teacher: means :
Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Teacher: means any person qualified to teach who is engaged by a public school in an instructional, administrative, or supervisory capacity. See Washington Code 41.32.010
    • (1) The application must:
    (a) Include a list of the employers the substitute teacher has worked for;
    (b) Include proof of hours worked and compensation earned; and
    (c) Be made prior to retirement.
    (2) If the department accepts the substitute teacher‘s application for service credit, the substitute teacher may obtain service credit by paying the required contribution to the retirement system. The employer must pay the required employer contribution upon notice from the department that the substitute teacher has made contributions under this section.
    (3) The department shall charge interest prospectively on employee contributions that are submitted under this section more than six months after the end of the school year, as defined in *RCW 28A.150.040, for which the substitute teacher is seeking service credit. The interest rate charged to the employee shall take into account interest lost on employer contributions delayed for more than six months after the end of the school year.
    (4) Each employer shall quarterly notify each substitute teacher it has employed during the school year of the number of hours worked by, and the compensation paid to, the substitute teacher.
    (5) The department shall adopt rules implementing this section.
    (6) If a substitute teacher as defined in **RCW 41.32.010(36)(b)(ii) applies to the department under this section for credit for earnable compensation earned from an employer the substitute teacher must make contributions for all periods of service for that employer.

    NOTES:

    Reviser’s note: *(1) RCW 28A.150.040 was repealed by 2009 c 548 § 710, effective September 1, 2011.
    **(2) RCW 41.32.010 was alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k), changing subsection (36)(b)(ii) to subsection (48)(b)(ii).
    Findings—Effective dates—1991 c 343: See notes following RCW 41.50.005.
    Findings—Effective date—Construction—1990 c 274: See notes following RCW 41.32.010.
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