The Board of Education recognizes the need to procure the services of substitutes in order to continue the operation of the schools as a result of the absence of regular personnel.

The Superintendent shall employ substitutes for assignment as services are required to replace temporarily absent regular staff members and fill new positions. Such assignment of substitutes may be terminated when their services are no longer required.

Substitutes must possess a valid Ohio professional license or substitute license, unless the Superintendent believes the person's application information indicates the person has the qualifications to receive a teacher's license. Such a person may be employed on a conditional basis for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date the person submits a request for a license to the Department of Education through the date the Superintendent receives the person's valid teaching license. If the license is not delivered within the time period, the person's employment is to be terminated.

Substitutes must complete a DMA form with no positive indications that material assistance has been provided to a terrorist organization before working in the District (see Policy 8120).

Substitutes also must pass a background check performed by the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (see Policy 3121).

Substitutes shall have complied with the tuberculosis examination required by law.

In order to retain well-qualified substitutes for service in this District, the Board will offer competitive compensation at a rate set annually by the Board.

Daily substitutes shall not earn sick leave nor be paid for days when students are not required to attend school.

The Board of Education shall establish the daily rate of pay for substitute teachers.

If a substitute works in an assignment for ten (10) days, on the eleventh (11^th) day, the substitute will be paid a higher amount as established by the Board in January of any given year. If a substitute works in a long-term assignment that lasts at least thirty (30) teaching days, the substitute will be paid at the daily rate of a beginning teacher with no experience. From the 31^st day through the 59^th teaching day in a long-term assignment, the substitute shall be paid at a rate commensurate with his/her placement on the teacher salary schedule (no more than ten (10) years experience). From the 60^th day through the last teaching day in a long-term assignment, the substitute shall be paid at a rate commensurate with his/her placement on the teacher salary schedule (no more than ten (10) years experience) and shall receive other benefits as specified in R.C. 3391.10.

All benefits for substitutes on long-term assignments shall terminate June 30^th of the school year in which the benefits became effective.

Substitutes in half-time, long-term assignments will receive increases in pay on the 11^th, 31^st, and 60^th teaching days as specified in the above provisions.

Substitutes shall be paid on or before the 10^th and 25^th of each month and on or before June 30^th for the days worked in June.

R.C. 2909.34, 3307.381(A), 3317.13, 3319.10, 3319.39