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Jul
2011
Jul
2011
States curbing double dipping by teachers…
Categories: National DevelopmentsA practice once embraced by legislators to keep high-quality teachers and principals in their schools is coming under fire as a spate of laws have passed to restrict “double dipping” among educators. A term used pejoratively by critics, double-dipping refers to policies that allow a public employee to retire, draw down a pension, and then be rehired—sometimes in his or her previous position.