The School Board of the Ocean Springs School District authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to negotiate the salaries of licensed employees employed after July 1, 2009, who are seeking employment with the Ocean Springs School District and who are drawing retirement benefits from the retirement system(s) of another state(s). The following stipulations concerning the negotiation shall apply:

1.      The negotiated amount for full time employees shall not be at a pay rate higher than the rate of pay of the Ocean Springs School District’s current local salary scale for in-state applicants; and,

2.     The negotiated amount must be approved by the school board before the issuance of a contract to the employee (s).

The above stipulations shall apply to part time employees on a pro rata time basis.

The Superintendent of Schools shall provide an annual report to the Ocean Springs School District School Board and the State Department of Education on the number of certified and noncertified employees receiving a salary from the school district who are also receiving retirement benefits from the Public Employees’ Retirement System. This report shall include the names of the employee(s), the hours per week for which the employee is under contract and the service for which the employee is under contract. Said required annual report shall be a form and deadline promulgated by the State Board of Education.


ADOPTED:    05/11/2010