Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 342 § 342.610 — Minimum salary for substitute teachers

Minimum salary for substitute teachers. (1)(a) A teacher employed as a substitute teacher may not be paid less per day than 85 percent of 1/190th of the statewide average salary of a beginning teacher who holds a bachelor’s degree. (b) The Department of Education shall compute the statewide average salary of a beginning teacher who holds a bachelor’s degree to be used for purposes of this subsection by: (A) Using the latest data available to the department; and (B) Not using data from earlier than the preceding school year. (2) A school district shall set the working hours for a substitute teacher and, when a teacher is employed as a substitute teacher for the school district, the school district shall pay the substitute teacher a salary that is: (a) No less than one-half of the daily minimum salary computed under subsection (1) of this section if the teacher is employed as a substitute teacher for one-half day or less than one-half day; or (b) No less than the daily minimum salary computed under subsection (1) of this section if the teacher is employed as a substitute teacher for more than one-half day. (3)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a teacher employed as a substitute teacher for more than 10 consecutive days in any one assignment for the same teacher shall not be paid after the 10th day of the assignment less per day than: (A) For school districts with no salary scale, 100 percent of 1/190th of the statewide average salary computed in subsection (1) of this section; or (B) For school districts with a salary scale, the higher of: (i) 1/190th of the employing school district’s salary for a beginning teacher who holds a bachelor’s degree; or (ii) The daily minimum salary computed under subsection (1) of this section. (b) Used sick leave, whether paid or unpaid, and weekends, school holidays and days when schools are closed by weather or other conditions and when substitute teachers are not required to appear in person at the school may not be considered in determining consecutive days for purposes of this subsection. (c) When substituting for a part-time teacher, the part of the day worked by the substitute teacher shall count as a full day in determining consecutive days for purposes of this subsection. (4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (3) of this section, if a school district has a class schedule based on a four-day week: (a) The daily minimum salary computed under subsection (1) or (3) of this section must be multiplied by 1.125; and (b) Calculations described in subsection (3) of this section must be made after a teacher has been employed as a substitute teacher for more than eight consecutive days in any one assignment for the same teacher. (5)(a) A school district shall classify a substitute teaching assignment as a temporary position when the school district determines that a teacher will be employed as a substitute teacher for 60 or more consecutive days in any one assignment for the same teacher. (b) The designation under paragraph (a) of this subsection must occur either: (A) At the beginning of the substitute teaching assignment; or (B) As soon as practicable, but no later than 10 consecutive days, after the school district determines that a substitute teaching assignment will be extended to 60 or more consecutive days. (c) If a school district has a class schedule based on a four-day week, the school district shall: (A) Classify a substitute teaching assignment as a temporary position when the school district determines that a teacher will be employed as a substitute teacher for 48 or more consecutive days in any one assignment for the same teacher; and (B) Make the designation described in paragraph (b)(B) of this subsection when the school district determines that a teacher will be employed as a substitute teacher for 48 or more consecutive days in any one assignment for the same teacher. (d) Nothing in this subsection prohibits a school district from making the classification required under paragraph (a) or (c) of this subsection after fewer consecutive days. (6) A teacher employed by a school district as a substitute teacher shall be paid for any training that is required for that teacher to apply for or be assigned to a substitute teaching assignment. (7) This section does not apply to substitute teachers represented in a bargaining unit in the school district by which they are employed. [Amended by 1955 c.130 §1; 1957 c.262 §1; 1965 c.100 §377; 1967 c.625 §1; 1971 c.536 §1; 1977 c.531 §1; 1979 c.167 §1; 1987 c.402 §1; 1991 c.198 §1; 1995 c.793 §1; 1999 c.706 §1; 2015 c.71 §1; 2023 c.592 §24; 2024 c.95 §48]