Upon retirement from FCTS and applying to the Massachusetts Teacher Retirement System, and after ten (10) or more years of service to the Franklin County Technical School District, or upon death after ten (10) or more years of service to the Franklin County Technical School District, the Committee will provide compensation for accumulated unused sick leave up to a maximum of 185 days at the following rate: 1 - 50 days @ $25.00 per day 51 -100 days

There have not been any proceedings JROTC instructors to the bargaining unit: e JROTC instructors do not have to be certified as teachers by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) in order to teach at Methuen Public Schools; e Machado's salary is not an amount included in the salary schedule set forth in the Unit A collective bargaining agreement: e JROTC instructors are not members at the of the DLR to the School to add the Massachusetts

Machado, are not members of the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System e | was a member of member of the MTRS from 2001-2008. system Im currently in was the same. | was under the assumption that the 20. 21.

The mental health counselor is not a member of the Massachusetts Teacher Retirement System. The licensure is governed by M.G.L. c. 112, secs. 162-165. Beyond these statutory and regulatory concerns, the hours of the mental health counselor are not restricted to the school hours that are observed by teachers in the collective bargaining agreement.

M.G.L. c. 71, 841 (professional teacher status) c. 71, 42 (procedures and standards for dismissal and layoff) M.G.L. c. 71, 38/603 CMR 35 (requirements and format for educator evaluation) M.G.L. c. 32/Rules regarding Massachusetts Teacher Retirement System Further, applying the type of salary structure set forth in the Collective Bargaining Agreement to a position that does not require DESE licensure would make no sense.

Nardi Williams is not a member of the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System (MTRS). Nardi-Williams Duties and Schedule Nardi-Williams reports to Justine Muir (Muir), the Districts Director of Pupil Personnel Services (PPS).9 Muirs supervision primarily involves monthly meetings to review Nardi-Williams progress notes regarding students in his caseload.

Decision (cont'd) memorandum of agreement to the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System 2 (MTRS) 3 (Swiercz) 4 compensation 5 MTA 6 Employment so that the MTRS filed 7 findings 8 prior extended Party Anthony Swierczs longevity payments be for purposes a timely and could consider Charging buyout of calculating request (ELBO) Swierczs for review of the (Board) challenging Relations Board her legal conclusion.

OFFICER'S DECISION SUMMARY The issue in this case is whether the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) violated Section 10(b)(1) of Massachusetts when it failed to sign General Laws, Chapter 150E (the Law) a memorandum of agreement amending the collective bargaining agreement between the North Brookfield School Committee (School Committee) and the North Brookfield Teachers Association (NBTA) and submit the signed memorandum of agreement to the Massachusetts

Teachers not participating in the Early Retirement Incentive Plan who will resign or retire under the rules and regulations of the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System shall be granted a supplementary increment of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for services performed during the final year, if that teacher: has been employed as a teacher in the employ of the Committee for not less than ten (10) school years as of the end of that contract year. submits

Findings of Facts Bargaining unit member Thrope has been employed by the School Committee for 25 approximately sixteen (16) years, and has been a teacher since 1975. 26 retirement plus under the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System (MTRS). 27 around 2008, Thrope was assigned to the Page School in West Newbury, MA, which is 28 part of the Pentucket Regional School 29 2008, Thrope was at Masters plus 60, step 15 on the School Committees salary scale

Eligible members of the unit who desire to participate in this program will notify the Superintendent in writing of their intention to retire by December 1, prior to the year in which they intend to retire under the provisions of the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System.

page 97 with the attached form revise deadline for year end formative and summative assessments for PTS teachers from May 15 to June 1 Article XI Retirement Notification revise section 15.12, third sentence to read as follows: "15,12 Teachers shall be compensated in cash for one-half (50%) of all accumulated sick leave up to a maximum of one hundred sixty-five (165) days upon presentation of evidence of permanent retirement under the terms of the Massachusetts

Effective May 1, 2007, to the extent permitted by law, present and future retired employees who retire(d) as members of the Milford Teachers Association bargaining unit and who participate in the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System, and who are otherwise eligible to choose and participate in HMO plans, shall be entitled to participate in said plans on the basis of 70% contribution towards premium for the Town and 30% for the retiree.

If a teacher eligible for the ERIP submits irrevocable notice of her or his desire to resign or retire pursuant to the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System (M.G.L. c.32), to be effective on June 30, 2014, 2015, 2016 respectively and so resigns or retires, she or he shall receive severance payments as provided in the following paragraph.