District employees qualifying for the early retirement provisions of the Utah State Retirement Act, upon appropriate notification of the District, shall be allowed to retire at the end of the year covered by the contract. A request for early retirement may be initiated by the employee or by the Administration. The accounting department shall provide assistance to retiring District employees in making written application for retirement benefits to the retirement office. Educators who terminate within the first six (6) years of employment will not be paid for unused sick leave under any circumstances. Upon retirement from the Utah State Retirement System, after completing six years or more with the District, an educator will receive one hundred percent (100%) of his/her unused leave as severance pay at the rate of substitute teacher’s pay.
3.0420.04 EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVES Issue Date: 11/14/96 Updated: 11/14/19
As reward for faithful, honorable and professional services any contract employee of the Duchesne County School District who has attained the age of sixty-one (61), sixty-two (62), sixty-three (63), or sixty-four (64) by September 1, or has twenty-five (25) years professional experience, and desires to retire early, will be allowed the following benefits: 1. The retiree will receive fifty percent (50%) of the difference between Step three (3) of the retiree’s salary schedule (Step Three (3) Lane One for Teachers) and the Step (Step and Lane for Teachers) that they are on during the year that they qualify for early retirement. Early retirement entitlements will be paid until age sixty-five (65) for those retiring at age sixty-one (61), sixty-two (62), sixty-three (63), or sixty-four (64) years of age or not to exceed four (4) years. 2. Whenever a person retires during the contract year, his/her entitlement will be paid monthly commencing the month following the actual retirement date for the remainder of that contract year. 3. Those retiring at the end of the contract year will receive their entitlement commencing September 20th. 4. All payments will terminate upon the death of the retiree if death should occur at any point between actual early retirement and the end of the entitlement. 5. Eligibility is restricted to those professionals with a minimum ten (10) years of service with the District and who have reached age sixty-one (61), except those professionals with ten (10) years District experience under age sixty-one (61) who retire under the provision of the State Employee Retirement Act. 6. Employees with twenty-five (25) years of experience shall receive the benefits outlined in section 1 for the next consecutive four (4) year period. 7. The Board shall allow the early retiree to keep his/her group insurance in force at the time of retirement until age sixty-five (65) is reached, by paying the group premium to the District; this coverage is optional to the retiree and the fifty percent (50%) differential can be applied to this premium cost, first, but not to exceed the cost of a couple’s coverage. The cost of the coverage will come out of the retiree’s early incentive pay. This coverage is optional with the retiree. Educators who retire prior to age sixty-one (61) shall have the option to pay the group premium.
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