Retirement Benefit Coverage. Qualified employees who retire from the District receiving a PERS/STRS allowance for either age or disability shall be eligible to continue District-paid hospital/medical, dental and vision coverage in which the employee was enrolled at the time of retirement. For the purposes of this section, qualifying years consist of school years in which the employee was in paid status for at least 800 hours and was eligible for District-paid insurance coverage. The following shall not count toward, but shall not constitute a break in the service requirement: (a) time spent on authorized leave of absence and, (b) any time intervening between resignation and reinstatement with full benefits within thirty-nine (39) months of the last day of paid service. The employee must meet the following requirements: a. For employees hired prior to March 11, 1984, five (5) consecutive years of qualifying service immediately prior to retirement shall be required in order to qualify for retiree health benefits for the life of the retiree. b. For employees hired on or after March 11, 1984, but prior to July 1, 1987, ten (10) consecutive years of qualifying service immediately prior to retirement shall be required in order to qualify for retiree health benefits for the life of the retiree. c. For employees hired on or after July 1, 1987, but prior to June 1, 1992, fifteen (15) consecutive years of qualifying service immediately prior to retirement, or ten
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Retirement Benefit Coverage. Qualified employees who retire from the District receiving a PERSan STRS/STRS PERS allowance for either age or disability shall be eligible to continue District-paid hospital/medical, dental and vision coverage in which the employee was enrolled at the time of retirement. For the purposes of this section, qualifying years consist of school years in which the employee was in paid status for at least 800 hours 100 full-time days and was eligible for District-paid insurance coverage. The following shall not count toward, but shall not constitute a break in the service requirement: (a) time spent on authorized leave of absence and, (b) any time intervening between resignation and reinstatement with full benefits within thirty-thirty nine (39) months of the last day of paid service. The employee must meet the following requirements:
a. For employees hired prior to March 11, 1984, five (5) consecutive years of qualifying service immediately prior to retirement shall be required in order to qualify for retiree health benefits for the life of the retiree.
b. For employees hired on or after March 11, 1984, but prior to July 1, 1987, ten (10) consecutive years of qualifying service immediately prior to retirement shall be required in order to qualify for retiree health benefits for the life of the retiree.
c. For employees hired on or after July 1, 1987, but prior to June 1, 1992, fifteen (15) consecutive years of qualifying service immediately prior to retirementretirement shall be required, or ten (10) consecutive years immediately prior to retirement plus an additional ten (10) years which are not consecutive.
d. For employees hired on or after June 1, 1992, years of qualifying service and age must total at least eighty (80) in order to qualify for retiree health benefits. For employees who have a break in service, this must include at least ten
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement