Substitute teacher shortage

A new law allows retired teachers to be temporarily rehired six months after their retirement date, without losing some of their income from pensions or forfeiting other retirement benefits.

The state Senate has voted for a bill to encourage recently retired teachers to return as substitutes. The aim is to help fill a shortage of school workers.

Michigan schools could face an even worse substitute teacher shortage because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The state released guidelines last month outlining…

A new report lays out the specifics behind a widely-acknowledged problem in Michigan school districts—they can’t find enough substitute teachers, and the…

A company that employs substitute teachers unexpectedly shut down operations in Michigan on Monday, leaving several school districts around the state…

A bill has cleared the Michigan Senate to address a shortage of substitute teachers and of full time teachers in certain subjects. A law allowing teachers…