§ 16-24B-53 — Assistant Administrative Officers; Cancellation of Contract

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the employment contract of an assistant administrative officer or contract assistant administrative officer, whose certificate is revoked by the State Superintendent of Education pursuant to Section 16-23-5(b), shall be immediately cancelled.
(b) If the conviction resulting in the revocation of the certificate pursuant to Section 16-23-5(b) is overturned on appeal, the State Superintendent of Education, upon receipt of notice of the reversal, shall immediately reinstate the certificate of the assistant administrative officer or contract assistant administrative officer, and the employing board or participating employing board, at its discretion, shall place the assistant administrative officer or contract assistant administrative officer in a position commensurate with the employee’s licensure from the State Department of Education or on paid administrative leave. Regardless of whether the certificate of the assistant administrative officer or contract assistant administrative officer is reinstated or a new employment contract is entered into, the assistant administrative officer or contract assistant administrative officer, within 45 days, shall be reimbursed for any back pay, plus benefits, from the date of cancellation up to and including the date his or her conviction is overturned.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the State Superintendent of Education or the employing board or participating employing board from pursuing other legal action against the assistant administrative officer or contract assistant administrative officer based upon the underlying circumstances of the conviction.

Legislative History

(Act 2024-360, §2.)