美田纳西州将允许退休教师重新上岗，并保有全额退休福利

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美国田纳西州将通过立法允许退休教师重返课堂，以缓解教师短缺的问题。

There will be almost 11,000 teacher openings in Tennessee by 2024, according to the Professional Educators of Tennessee. Lawmakers have proposed several bills(法案) to help with the shortage, and the latest would bring retired teachers back to classrooms while keeping their full retirement benefits.The bill allows retired Tennessee teachers to be re-hired as K-12 teachers, substitute teachers(代课教师) or bus drivers without having their retirement benefits taken away or suspended.

据田纳西州的专业教育工作者称，到2024年，田纳西州将有近11,000名教师空缺。立法者提出了几项法案来帮助解决短缺问题，最新的法案将使退休教师重返课堂，同时保留他们的全部退休福利。该法案允许田纳西州的退休教师被重新雇用为K-12教师、代课教师或公共汽车司机，而不会剥夺或暂停他们的退休福利。

“I just decided that I should be a substitute teacher and, you know, I knew from all of my teaching years that a lot of times it’s difficult to get substitute teachers, and that’s certainly true now,” said Nancy Holland. For more than 20 years, Holland was a teacher spending most of her career with Metro Nashville public schools. But even after retirement she couldn’t stay out of the classroom. “I just, I don’t know that I ever wanted to be anything else, really,” Holland said.

“我刚刚决定我应该成为一名代课老师，你知道，从我所有的教学生涯中我知道很多时候很难找到代课老师，现在这当然是真的，” 南希·霍兰德说。20多年来，荷兰一直是一名教师，她职业生涯的大部分时间都在纳什维尔地铁公立学校度过。但是即使退休后，她也不能离开教室。“我只是，我不知道我曾经想过成为别的什么，真的，” 霍兰德说。

Retired teachers can currently return to work, but only for 120 days maximum. Senate Bill would allow workers to return for an entire school year, giving them the option to renew(续签) annually if there are no other qualified applicants.

退休教师目前可以重返工作岗位，但最多只能工作120天。参议院法案将允许工人返回整个学年，如果没有其他合格的申请人，他们可以选择每年更新一次。