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PUBLIC LAW 90-^1-DEC. 29, 1967

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Public Law 90-231 AN ACT

To provide that a District of Columbia public school teacher may retire on a full annuity at agefifty-fiveafter thirty years of service or at age sixty after twenty years of service, and for other purposes.

December 29, 1967 rH R 1 2S0si

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Be it enacted iy the Senate and House of Representatives of the D.C. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act en- school tpublic r s. eache titled "An Act for the retirement of public-school teachers in the '"^ITetire^ent" District of Columbia", approved August 7, 1946, is amended as follows: (1) The proviso in the second sentence of the first paragraph of the first section of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-721) is amended by 71 Stat. 46. striking out "teaching service" and inserting in lieu thereof "eligible (2) Section 3 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-723) is amended to ^° ^'^'- «'^read as follows: "SEC. 3. (a) Any teacher who completes five years of eligible service tir^m^nt!^'^ '^ and who is separated from the service— "(1) after becoming fifty-five years of age and completing thirty years of service, "(2) after becoming sixty years of age and completing twenty years of service, or " (3) after becoming sixty-two years of age, is entitled to ah annuity. " (b) Any teacher who completes five years of eligible service and ^ invoiuntar/ re who is involuntarily separated from the service, except by removal for * ^""^^ ' cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency, after (1) completing twenty-five years of service, or (2) becoming fifty years of age and completing twenty years of service, is entitled to an annuity reduced by one-sixth of 1 per centum for each full month such teacher is under the age of fifty-five years at the date of his separation from the service. "(c) Any teacher who completes five years of eligible service and ^ Retirement at who becomes sixty-two years of age may be separated from the service by the Board of Education upon the written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools. Any teacher who becomes seventy years of Retirement at age shall be separated from the service unless upon the written recom- ^^^ mendation of the Superintendent of Schools two-thirds of the members of the Board of Education vote to retain such teacher in the public schools for the good of the service. " (d)(1) The length of a teacher's service shall be computed in accordance with section 8 of this Act. ^°* P- ^S. "(2) The amount of an annuity authorized by this section shall be computed in accordance with section 5 of this Act. ^°® P- '^^• "(3) Each annuity authorized by this section shall commence on the day after the teacher is separated from the service and shall terminate on the date the teacher dies." (3) Section 4 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-724) is amended— Disability. (A) by striking out in the first paragraph "Any teacher to7istat^46. ' whom this Act applies who shall have served on active duty in the public schools of the District of Columbia for a total period of not less than five years" and inserting in lieu thereof "Any teacher who completes five years of eligible service"; and (B) by striking out in the first paragraph "section 5 and 6 hereof: Provided, That proof" and inserting in lieu thereof "sections 5 and 6 of this Act and beginning on the day after his pay ceases and he meets the service and disability requirements for title to annuity. Proof".

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