State of Alabama Personnel Department
64 North Union Street

Montgomery, AL 36130-4100
Phone: (334) 242-3389 Fax: (334) 242-1110

www.personnel.alabama.gov

Continuous Announcement

RETIRED STATE EMPLOYEE – 11903
GENERAL OPTION - 003

Salary: Payrate cannot exceed hourly equivalent of base salary at time of retirement
Announcement Date: January 30, 2013

Revised Date: September 14, 2022
JOB INFORMATION
The hourly, conditional Retired State Employee classification is used by various agencies to reemploy individuals who have retired from
the State of Alabama. To be eligible for this classification, you must be a State retiree currently receiving retirement benefits from the
Employees’ Retirement System, the Teachers’ Retirement System, or the Judicial Retirement System. The salary of a person appointed to
this classification cannot exceed the hourly rate paid to the employee at the time of his/her retirement. Also, the salary must be an
hourly equivalent of a semi-monthly rate in the State Pay Plan. Individuals appointed to this classification do not earn benefits and can
be separated from employment at the discretion of the agency.
Compensation earned by Retired State Employees cannot exceed the limits established by the Retirement Systems of Alabama.

THE STATE OF ALABAMA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
*Please refer to the back of this announcement for complete information on State Personnel’s policy for accepting

post-secondary and advanced degrees.

Except for pretest information provided by State Personnel to all applicants, you should not directly or indirectly
obtain information about examinations. If you do, the State Personnel Director may do several things. One, you may
not be given an examination. Two, you may be disqualified after an examination. Three, your name may be removed
from a register. Or four, your name may not be certified from the register. (Rules of the State Personnel Board,
Chapter 670-x-9). According to the Code of Alabama, 36-26-47, a willful violation of exam security is a
misdemeanor. Any person who is convicted of this type of misdemeanor will be ineligible for appointment to or
employment in a position in State service for a period of five years and, if the person is an officer or employee of the
State, will forfeit his or her office or position.

If you know of anyone who has violated this policy, you should contact the Examination Manager at the State
Personnel Department.

Applicants hired by the State of Alabama on or after January 1, 2012 will be subject to the E-Verify process
pursuant to Act No. 2011-535.

State of Alabama Personnel Department

Policy on Accepting College Coursework, Post-Secondary and Advanced Degrees

1. Specific college coursework required for a job classification, as well as bachelor’s, graduate, post graduate,
and doctoral degrees will be accepted from schools accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission
(DEAC) or any of the six regional accreditation associations in the United States listed below:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)
Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)
Western Association of Schools and Colleges –Senior College and University Commission (WASC-SCUC)

College coursework is defined as credit hours leading to a bachelor’s degree or higher.

2. Coursework or degrees from schools that have not been accredited by one of the above accreditation
associations may be accepted if a regionally accredited school* considers the coursework or degree to be an
acceptable prerequisite for admission to an advanced degree program. For example, if a regionally accredited school
accepts an applicant’s bachelor’s degree for admittance into a graduate degree program, State Personnel will accept
the degree. In the case of required college coursework (but no degree requirement), State Personnel will accept the
college coursework if a regionally accredited school accepts the coursework towards a post-secondary degree (e.g., a
bachelor’s degree). This must be documented by a letter of acceptance from the regionally accredited school. State
Personnel will review such requests on a case-by-case basis.

Note: This policy is subject to change. Certain state agencies may have additional requirements.

• The term “regionally accredited school” refers to an institution of higher education accredited by one of the six