New-York tribune., 1905-07-10
CUT FROM PENSION FUND.
Many Board of Education Employees,
EGpectant, Left Ont.

Several hundred teachers and employees of the
Department of Education who it was expected
would be eligible for pensions under the new pen
sion law have been declared ineligible by the com
mittee bylaws and legislation of the Board of
Education: The largest number OF teachers affected
| by the decision are those employed in the summer
activities and librarians and clerks
When the committee gave this decision it also
decided as the retroactive features of the
law. In the bill provisions providing prac-
tically that it must go in effect May l. The
Governor held the bill until after May / Consid-
cradle discussion to whether the provision
regarding the deduction OF l per cent from the
salary OF the benefciaries under the should
affect the May payroll. The committee decided that
the June payroll should be the first to contribute
toward the maintenance of the pension fund At
the time the committee decided that the law
should be retroactive far providing that the
balance December 81 1904 should constitute the
permanent fund
The following are the questions considered and
the stand taken each by the bylaw committee:
Q. Are vacation schools and vacation play
grounds public day schools and If so are the
salaries of the teachers therein subject to deduc-
teachers according to the bylaws. Are their sala-
ries subject to deduction? A. No
supervising special branch more closely related 10
the public day schools than the free lectures. the
e9luded in the retirement act; Mr. Leland is not a
Is he to be Included among those to benefit from
the retirement act? A No.
censes are employed in the schools IN a purely
clerical capacity Does the mere fact that they
entitle them per Sc to the benefits of the retire
Q. The medical inspectors, Dr. Bremner and DR..
Jarrett, are professional aids to the examiners
cal examiners to be included also? A. I No ~
Q. Is an additional teacher, duly licensed but
the retirement fund? A No '''1 20, ~ ,''''' -
ment fund? A.-No.
Q.-should per cent be deducted from the gross
salary, including the so-caned bonus" for teach
ing boys or mixed class? lin this connection it
teachers on one-half the maximum salary. includ-
Q.-Should any deduction be made from the pay
sense that teacher is Compelled to contribute a
percentage of his or her salary without their con-
tion of the constitutionality of the act has been
on by 4e found s make
entire matter ter of r6Hdg dedgston T be set aside
der the provsions Of this Clause from tb
Of any person who may be dismissed from the ser
come eligible for retirement under the provisions
Of this act shall be refunded TO said person upon
such dismissal" Should any provision be made
for refundng deductions to persons whose services
not, it would then appear that persons dismissed
from the service rewarded. while those whose
nsTViSfs ner afs penaaed A%o anu man
0--Under date of June the auditor was ad-
It Ss Should be retroactive IN its operation and it is
the Pe & FnfPg m OF n Gf b shs santa s
the act provides: 'The Board Of Education shall
most benehciai to said fund and that perma-
nent fund shall be created, using as a basis the
nnd on peeehbe TO 81 & If % It is the
principle Of construction o. statutes that they they
be constituted from the balance Of December 81.
If @ Nav or te 5? Arhe Balance should be taken
as provided in the act as Of December 81 1901