Reduced Workload Program (Xxxxxx Xxxxx Program. A unit member may reduce employment from full- to part-time, and receive service credit the unit member would have received if employed on a full-time basis, provided the unit member meets all the requirements of this subsection and Education Code 22713 and the following District criteria.
Reduced Workload Program (Xxxxxx Xxxxx Program. A. A unit member may reduce employment from full- to part-time, and receive service credit the unit member would have received if employed on a full-time basis, provided the unit member meets all the requirements of this subsection and Education Code 22713 and the following District criteria.
(1) The option of part-time employment must be exercised at the unit member’s request and, once granted, can be revoked only with the mutual consent of the District and the unit member. The employment level can be increased or decreased within the limitation of part-time employment no less than 50%.
(2) The unit member must submit a request to participate in this program to the Personnel Office no later than March 1 of the school year preceding the desired year of participation.
(3) The unit member must have reached the age of fifty-five (55) prior to the school year in which the reduction in workload starts.
(4) The unit member must have been employed full-time in a position requiring certification for at least ten (10) years, of which the immediately preceding five (5) years were full-time employment. For the purposes of this section, approved leaves of absences shall not constitute a break in service.
(5) A unit member’s participation in the reduced workload program may not exceed 10 years.
(6) The District and the unit member shall agree to make the appropriate contributions to the State Teachers’ Retirement System (STRS) equal to the amount required as if serving as a full-time unit member.
(7) The final determination the form of part-time employment and the qualifications necessary to meet the District’s instructional needs rests within the sole discretion of the District.
B. The minimum part-time employment shall be the equivalent of one-half (1/2) of the number of days of service required by the unit member’s contract of employment during his/her final year of service in a full-time position. Except for the reduction of salary corresponding to the reduced workload, the District will provide the part-time unit member with the same fringe benefits provided a regular full-time unit member.
C. If the Governing Board agrees, the reduced service may be on a part-time daily schedule or full-time for at least one-half (1/2) year. Regardless of the work schedule, the unit member and District contributions must be paid monthly to STRS.
D. Unit members who terminate before the end of the school year will receive retirement credit based on the salary actually paid in the ...
