Wed - 03 Feb
Written by Jim Ecker
Paul James announced Wednesday that he plans to retire as the activities director and football coach at Cedar Rapids Washington after the 2015-16 school year, but he plans to re-apply for the football job.
Due to state rules, James has to completely retire from Washington before he can re-apply for the football job in order to keep all of his retirement benefits.
"I'll have to sit out a period of time and re-apply," he said. "I don't know exactly how it will go, but there's a possibility.
"I'd like to continue, but IPERS rules force you to resign everything and then there's a rule you have to follow as far as coming back.
"You have to be real careful. Nothing can be pre-arranged. I would stand to lose my entire retirement benefits. I'll have to wait until it's posted and re-apply and see what happens."
James thinks there will be enough time to "retire" and then be re-hired as the football coach for the 2016 campaign. "Yeah, that possibility exists," he remarked.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 February 2016 13:21
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