Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26
REPORTS TEACHERS
RETIREMENT PLAN
Maryland Committee Would
Provide Protection for
: 5000 Educators.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


ROCKVILLE. Md. December 90
Approximately 5000 public school
teachers OF Maryland are vitality IN
terested in the report, Just completed
of the committee appointed more than
a year ago by the 5 ate Teachers AS
sociat tor &c work on n retiremen;
plan to sunp!ant the 0ra on 'unSa' w.
factory and unsound" teachers pen
sion law.
The committee is CONFESSED of PROF.
Edwin W. B'po!ne. superintendent OF
schools for Mon e m"'N COUNTY. chai"'
man: George " 'ov of ,eonardtcwn'
NJ. S. II Under OF min ter 7
Gordon Bennett of -" erv'fe ana
Eugene NE. Pl-,Ii OF l'r nCess Anne,
who had the IS stance { IN exper'
actuery in tho nerson Of George r.
Buck of New Y Fix City.
The report Is the result or Tume"-
Gus conferences % members OF the
committee with teachers t1rou~hoof
the Safe ard other" ND - man
features have been MOO PARA e N a
bill it is planned to ask the Legislature
soon 10 meet to eT'"'. TIE pan
would REQUIRE III tcGChe~S 10 con
tribute a certain per. en'age Of tier
salaries. according to their ages. when
becoming members 90 h" retirement
system, the rates varN-in" from AS
to IT'S per cent. and provides for the
return of the contr button Il teache"
withdraws from service before re- ire
ment age.
Fixing States Proportion
In fixing the States contribution
the committee took into account the
teachers who vi" wi'h''T'''' 'efore 70
tirement age The "nT'r"'"''Cr "ar'
able by the State for benefits allow
able after the establish -nent - -"
plan is termed h.- 'he rn0ort ''norma'
ccntribu.'rn" and has hsen committed
to be 2S9 rer cent of ~" t"H"HH"S
nav roll The report states that IN
order to determine the ar7ount of CON
tributions due on account OF past
service a valuation was maze n the
total benefits to he pnid 20 present
teachers by the safe should they re-
ceive full allowance on account CT
prior service"
The plan Of. the coran'ittee provides
that the accrued Iinh'iitv Sha|l he met
by annual contributions by the State
in addition "a the "norm1i contr'h'i
tion." for chou 90 ve9~s. of $50
per rent of the payroll. making
therefore. the total cc1f"thut'on o,
the State 645 ner cent OF he pavrc!l
until the accrued liability Is iionida'ed,
after which it will be but 2.S9 per
cent.
Under the proposed plan teacher
NAV retire at the age Of SO. and re-
tirement at the age of 10 Is COM
puisory No minimum reriod OF serv.
ice is required because the amour: o.
benefit is determined by the length O.
service The retirement ""owance 10
conputea to he arnro-iTn7 DIV ono.
800 4 ha
last 10 Years Of service f7~ +hN teacher
with rs wears ~ experience. The
nlan nrnyides thu -rHNha"s now in
service contribute ore half of the cos
of the service he-ei' ~, "@"ourt o.
future service and that the state pro-
vide the other half en- ac"t un' OK fu-
ture service.
A disability retirero~nt If nine
tenths OF the full retirement allow
ance, according ia tie wears OF serV-
ice in cace of si~~t'''+-- - eo~-,ice.
and a death henefit of one half of the
salary for the currcrt ~enr are al
lowed hv the plan.
Views on pcn~'cn p'"H
The committee recorr r'nn's hat the
pension plans in F,n't'nnn~e ord Allie
ghany Counties remnip u-'"H" 1ged. un-
less. by a vote of the members, 1t is
report states that TIE con",i-'e e does
not anticipate ira. the a"hers of
Baltimore CITY yvc1,'H r'-'e'> - IN .hO
State plan, ipasmurh as the recently
adopted system in fleet in Brlti'
more has benefits most identical
With those proposed by the committee.
So far as the State nension plan Is
concerned, the committee proposes
that the pensions ALREADY Granted be
continued and paid from - new sys-
tenn and that no sue, Jew tensions
he allowed. Attention is tc"ed TO the
fact that the cid pension nan is en-.
tirely paid for by the State
Tho report recommends IA board
of trustees, to be comp eel of the
State Treasurer, Controller of the
State Treasury and the State Superin.
tendent of Schools. ex.officio. and two
members to be chosen by the teachers
Of the State, have charge Of the opera.
tion of the system.
The report states that at the pres
ent time the State of MARYLAND has
no adequate method of taking care OF
teachers who, because OF suparannua-
ton or disability, are unable to give
full service in return for their COM
pensation The city Of Baltimore and
the counties Of Baltimore and Allie
ghany have retirement plans, but the
other communities of the State are
forced to depend solely upon, pro-
vision which permits the State Board
of Education to retire limited num-
Der of teachers who are disabled after
reaching the age Of go and completing
Is years of service. This does not
now meet the needs Of the State. The
appropriation for this purpose is linn
tied in such a way that 1t takes care
of only part of the increasing num-
Der of teachers who reach old age in
the service. The younger teachers in
service have no assurance that they
may be retired IL they remain In the
State service and fulfill the age and
service conditions set by the law. and
the service Is accommodating an in
creasing number Of teachers who
should be retired for the good of the
schools.
RAHEYS CROSS