Upon retirement from teaching, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System, each teacher shall be paid for 50% of his/her accumulated, unused sick leave to a maximum of 100 days (200 days of accumulated Sick Leave). A teacher who voluntarily takes deferred retirement is not eligible for this unused sick leave payment. 11.2.

Prior to 2016, professional development pay was pensionable, which means the School Committee forwarded deductions from the pay to the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System. Response: Respondents state that the paragraph states a conclusion of law for which no response is required. Otherwise, denied. 21.

Prior to 2016, professional development pay was pensionable, which means the School Committee forwarded deductions from the pay to the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System. 21. The School Committee has not made any deductions described in paragraph 20 to the teachers $500 stipend for the three additional professional development days in August 2016. 22.

I accept membership in the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System as provided in Chapter 32 of the General Laws and hereby instruct the Rockport School Committee to deduct from my salary such assessments as law requires. Consistent with M.G.L. Chapter 71, s. 42, the first ninety (90) calendar days of employment is probationary.

For questions regarding pension and salary, please contact the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System, (MTRS), at (617) 679-MTRS (6877) or visit their website at: >http://mass.gov/MTRS. Careful Hiring Practices: As educators, we are entrusted with the safety and well-being of the students who attend our schools. This underscores the importance of exercising due diligence whenever you hire staff.

, and payroll schedules * Scheduling and funding supplemental payments to employees various grant funded outside their base compensation * Process requests and adjustments for employees on Worker's Compensation Data entry of days/hours worked for regular, long-term and extended Substitutes * Processing of payroll for seven (7) collective bargaining units, Tracking and scheduling of special benefit payments Reconciliation and online processing of Massachusetts

school year. 16 All extra-curricular and co-curricular activities, (including but not limited to Driver Education) established by the administration and approved by the School Committee shall be compensated pursuant to the after school activities schedule attached to and incorporated in this Agreement, Said compensation shall be treated in all respects as regular compensation, inchiding, but not limited to being subject to deductions required by the Massachusetts

ARTICLE XXIV Health Insurance Effective the first teacher employment day of the 2007-2008 school year, the School District agrees to continue to pay its share of the health insurance premiums until the first day of the third month following the effective date of an employees retirement with the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System (MTRS).

ARTICLE XXIX RETIREMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM Upon written notice of intent to retire from the Southborough School System through the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System, a bargaining unit member with fifteen (15) or more years of completed service as a teacher in the Southborough School System and who began service before July 1, 2011 shall be entitled to an incentive payment of twenty-five percent (25%) of his/her final year's salary upon his/

For the purposes of this section, "Retirement" shall mean the teacher has applied for retirement benefits under the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System.

For the purposes of this section, "Retirement" shall mean the teacher has applied for retirement benefits under the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System.