Alabama may be facing a dire shortage of substitute teachers during the coming year thanks to *drum roll* ObamaCare.

Marshall County school superintendent Tim Nabors shared his concern about the sub shortage on Thursday with Huntsville news station WHNT. Nabors said ObamaCare will affect the availability of substitute teachers in the school system due to the requirement that anyone working over 30 hours a week be offered full-time status and benefits.

“It’s difficult to find the subs that we need… When they can work only so many hours a week it puts a bigger burden,” Nabors said. “If they work over that [30 hours a week] then we have to either offer them insurance, or we have to pay a fine.”

Alabama’s local school systems are already under an increased burden due to the slow recovery of tax revenues after the so-called Great Recession. Forcing them to offer expensive full-time benefits to what is by definition a part-time worker would only increase the budget shortfalls. And finding qualified substitute teachers was already a challenge for school administrators before the ObamaCare mandate.

But what other options do Alabama’s schools have? Double up on costs, or double up on class sizes when a teacher is out.

ObamaCare is not only taking more money out of the pockets of Americans, it is now rearing its ugly head by compromising the quality of our children’s education, as well.