KRS 156.106: Critical shortage areas -- Definition for section and KRS 161.605 --

Appointment of retired teachers and administrators.

(1) For purposes of this section and KRS 161.605, "critical shortage area" means a lack

of certified teachers in particul ar subject areas, in grade levels, or in geographic

locations at the elementary and secondary level, as determined annually by the

commissioner of education. The commissioner may use any source considered

reliable including, but not limited to, data provid ed by the Education Professional

Standards Board and local education agencies to identify the critical shortage areas.

(2) (a) The Kentucky Board of Education shall promulgate administrative regulations

to establish procedures to be used to appoint retired teachers and

administrators to positions in critical shortage areas under this section and

KRS 161.605.

(b) A retired teacher or administrator appointed to a position in a critical shortage

area shall be paid, at a minimum, a salary at Rank II with ten (1 0) years of

experience based on a single salary schedule adopted by the district.

(c) The commissioner of education shall report members reemployed under this

section to the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System.

(3) If a local school district needs a perso n to fill a critical shortage position after

reaching its quota established under KRS 161.605, the commissioner of education

with the approval of the executive director of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement

System may allow the district to exceed its quota if the statewide quota has not been

met.