Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-18
IS TEACHERS FRIEND


I would like to point out that no teacher
now In the schools win be required to
come into the fund and contribute. she
can DO AZ she pleases. The section OF the
bill which outlines what shall be deducted
from tho teachers salaries takes per
| cent from the teachers Of less than ten
years Of service: 2 Der cent from the
| teachers Of from ten to twenty years or
| service. and Per cent from those VINO
have taught for more than twenty years.
Sum Of Deductions.
without stopping to figure this out
accurately. it can be stated that these
deductions will about equal the IL
per cent which the government will
be asked to appropriate. making another
| ga 500. q total the first year Of $4,000.
There will be odds and ends added
| to the fund, such as deductions from
annuities for certain reasons, all pro-
vided for in the bill. but which are Of
| no great moment.
"The fund win be handled through
| the collector Of taxes. and will be
| placed in the Treasury. A board of
trustees will distribute the fund. pay
the annuities and decide questions re-
lafing to the business Of pensions This
board will represent the board Of edu-
cation and the teachers, and will be
elected in May Of each year. 1t will
be composed Of three members of the
Of schools and the two assistant super
intendents. three teachers from the
primary schools, three from the inter-
mediate schools and three from the
secondary ch, schools s, So you see, the en-
AFTER outlining the methods of electing
the nine teachers on the board Of trus-
tees. the bill takes up the second part of
the problem. that of how to pension
teachers
First Of all the bill provides immediate
retirement and pension for all teachers of
sixty-five years or over. There are some
teachers now in the schools who would
enacted. At the same time the bill
provides that no teacher shall be ap-
pointed hereafter to any position at an
age over nifty. years. 1t Is provided that
and February !. and all teachers seeking
retirement and pensions under the pro-
visions Of the bill must file applications
declaring their maturity Of service and
their rights to the immediate benefit of
the pension.
Retirement Plan.
Considerable space IL taken In the
printed bill in the section which shows
exactly what teachers may be retired. In
the first place all teachers who shall have
served thirty years. fifteen Of which shall
have been in the public day schools of
the District of Columbia shall be en-
titled to pensions, and will explain the
amount later. The first class of teach
ers shall have the right to ask for a
pension. no matter what their physical
or mental condition may be. This Is de-
signed to be the reward for long service.
IN tho second place, teachers OF twen-
ty years experience. who shall have
taught for ten years in the District, and
who are mentally or physically inca
pacttafed, shall receive q pension. Their
condition will be ascertained and sworn
to by q board Of physicians.
Now, there Is q third class. covering
the teachers who shall have taught in
the District schools for more than five
years, but less than twenty. II any of
these shall be declared to be unfit to
teach because Of physical or mental
troubles she will be granted a pension.
Her pension is set at such proper
ton Of six-tenths Of an average an
nual salary for the five years of teach
ing next preceding the date of re-
tirement as the number Of years she
has taught bears to twenty. For ex-
ample. II she has taught eight years.
you would figure out the average an
nual salary for the last five years of
her teaching. take six-tenths Of that
and then take eight-twentieths Of that.
OF course. no teacher will be allowed
pension II she Is drawing one al
ready from any other city or any
state. l.
49, Provision for Annuities.