Retired teachers can now return to classrooms without pension reductions

(KLFY)-- A new Louisiana law allows retired teachers to be re-employed to fill critical shortages in the classroom without losing their retirement benefits.

Retirees' pensions will not be suspended or reduced, and they will be paid a first-year teacher salary. This was previously offered to teachers who retired prior to June 2010, but this law includes those who retired from 2010 to now.

This includes other positions like: speech therapist, speech pathologist, audiologist...