Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
Public schools in Illinois have about 180 student attendance days.
So teachers in retirement can continue to be substitute teachers for about 67%, or 2/3rds (120/180 days) of their pre-retirement attendance day workload.
The collective bargaining agreement between the school district and the teacher union local, which is posted on the website of each school district, contains the details of a teacher’s workload.
One of the main arguments the teacher unions (IEA/IFT) made to justify lowering the teacher retirement age was to increase the quality of education.