Retirement Program Any employee employed prior to October 1, 1977, working at least seventy (70) hours per month shall by law be a member of the Washington Public Employees Retirement system (PERS) Plan One. Any employee working at least seventy (70) hours per month, entering employment on or after October 1, 1977, shall by law be a member of the School Employees Retirement System, Plan Two or Three. The District shall provide each new employee information concerning PERS or SERS membership benefits.
Retirement System The withdrawal of employee contributions made on or after January 1, 2014 may also be withdrawn but only on an actuarially neutral basis. The actuarial present value of the pension reduction shall be equal to the amount of accumulated member contributions withdrawn. The actuarial present value shall computed using the interest rate used in the annual actuarial valuation and the mortality table used in the annual actuarial valuation with a 50% unisex blend.
RETIREMENT SEVERANCE PAY Any employee who works regularly each week on a permanent part-time basis or on a full-time basis and who has ten or more years of service with the Shaker Heights Board of Education, may elect at the time of his/her retirement from active service (retirement from active service shall mean actual retirement under one of Ohio’s public employee retirement systems or eligibility for retirement under such retirement systems with retirement from the Shaker schools and election to withdraw retirement funds in a lump sum payment) to receive severance pay in an amount equal to: One-fourth (1/4) of his/her unused accumulation at the per diem rate of said employee’s basic contract salary in effect at the time of the last day of employment in Shaker Heights. Supplemental contracts, extended service, overtime or any other compensation will not be included in the calculation.
