Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-15
Eligibility Clause.

The eligibility for retirement is provided
for in section of the proposed bill. which
reads:
3. That on the recommendation of the
board of retirement the board of edu-
cation of the District of Columbia shall
have power by a two-thirds vote of all
it's members to retire any member of the
teaching or supervising staff of the public
day schools of the District OF Columbia
who is mentally or physically incapaci-
tateu for the performance of duty and
who has been engaged in the work OF
teacl or Of school supervision. or OF
both combined for a period aggregating
twenty years. ten of which shall have
been in the public day schools of the Dis
trict of Columbia. And the board OF
education of the District Of Columbia may
retire from active service any member
of said teaching or supervising staff who
shall have attained the age of sixty-tive
years and shall have been engaged in
the work of teaching or school supervision,
or both. for period aggregating thirty
years, ten of which shall have been in the
District of Columbia.
On the recommendation of the board OF
retirement the board Of education of
the District of Columbia shall have power,
by tWo-thirds vote of all its members.
to retire upon his own application any
member of the teaching staff of the public
day schools of the District of Columbia
teaching for a period aggregating thirty
years, and of any member or the super
visory staff or any principal of normal,
high or manual training school. who has
been engaged in the work of teaching or
or both, for a period aggre-
eating thirty-five years, fifteen of which
shall have been in the public day schools
of the District of Columbia.
Amount of Annuity.
Section 4 provides: That upon such re-
tirement, whether voluntary or otherwise.
the person retired shall be entitled to re-
ceive an annuity out of the teachers re-
tirement fund of not less than One-half
of the annual salary paid to such person
at the period of retirement. Any teacher
or principal of graded school retired
under the provision of this act after thirty
years of service. or any supervising Of
fetal or principal of a normal. high or
manual training school retired under the
provisions of this act after thirty years
Of service, or any supervising official or
principal Of a normal, high or manual
training school retired after thirty-five
years of service, shall receive as an an
nuity one-half of the annual salary paid
to said person at the date of said retire
ment, not to exceed, however. in the case
of a teacher or principal of a graded
school the sum of $1,000 per annum. and
in the case OF supervising oHclai or
principal Of a normal, high or manual
training school 81, 800 per annum.
And in no case shall the annuity of any
person who shall be retired after thirty or
thirty-five years of service be less than
5000.
Any teacher retired after twenty years
of service, but with less than thirty years
of service. shall receive an annuity which
bears the same ratio to the annuity pro-
vided for on retirement after thirty years
of service as the total number of years
of service of the teacher bears to thirty
years.
The Higher Schools.
Any officer or principal of a normal,
high or manual training school retired
aIrer twenty years of service. but with
less than thirty-fiye years of service,
shall receive an annuity which bears The
same ratio to the annuity provided for
on retirement after thirty-five years of
service as the total number of years
service Of said officer or principal of a
normal, high or manual training school
bears to thirtyfive years.
The annuities provided for by this act
shall be payable at the same time and IN
the same manner as to teachers regu-
larly employed. All retirements, except
for mental or physical disability, made
under the provisions of this act shall take
effect either on the first day of July or
on the first day of February.
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