ARTICLE 4 RETIREMENT & RESIGNATION

Barrington School District

SECTION 1: Upon retirement, and not resignation, from the Barrington School District, teachers that submit their letter of retirement no later than April 15th in the year they intend to retire, shall be entitled to health insurance coverage (not including dental coverage) offered to active employees by the Agreement then in effect on the following terms and conditions.  Those who submit their letter after April 15th shall forfeit that year of retiree medical coverage:

1.1 Teachers hired before July 1, 1994 and actively employed in the system on that date who have twenty-five (25) years of continuous service at the time of retirement: individual coverage for seven consecutive years or until the employee is eligible to participate in federally subsidized healthcare program including Medicare, whichever comes first, at no cost to the retiree.

1.2 Teachers hired before July 1, 1994 and actively employed in the system on that date who have more than ten but less than twenty— five years of continuous service at the time of retirement: individual coverage for five consecutive years or until the employee is eligible to participate in federally subsidized healthcare program including Medicare, whichever comes first, at no cost to the retiree.

1.3 Teachers hired after July 1, 1994, but before May 1, 2013, shall have the same rights to post-retirement coverage as teachers covered by 1.1 or 1.2 above, on the same terms and conditions, except:

a) that they shall be required to make whatever contribution to the cost thereof that they were required to make immediately prior to retirement, and

b) the health insurance plan shall change from time to time as amended or changed by present or future collective bargaining agreements.

1.4 For the purposes of this section, continuous service shall not be broken by:

a) absence from the District based on any contractual or statutory right to a leave of absence, or

b) termination of employment as a result of a layoff for financial reasons or reduction in force followed by rehire within a two-year period.

1.5 Continuous service shall be broken by: retirement, resignation, and termination for cause (other than as specified in Section 1.4(b) above).

1.6 Retiree health insurance benefit calculation will begin using the most recent date of hire as a teacher or other position covered by this Agreement and actual years worked in Barrington from that date.

1 Retirement is defined as terminating the employment relationship with the District by retiring (as opposed to termination for any other reason), applying for and receiving pension benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island for teachers.

SECTION 2. If legislation is enacted after April 15 of any school year which would induce a teacher to retire, the April 15 deadline will be extended for that teacher for a period up to ten (10) days after the law is approved or permitted to become law by the Governor, provided that the retirement is effective prior to June 30 of the then current fiscal year.

SECTION 3. Teachers who have been notified of nonrenewal or suspension for decrease in pupil population may, at any time between notice of nonrenewal or suspension and June 15 of the year notice is given, elect to resign or retire with the benefits provided by this Article or elect to be placed on the recall list as provided in Article 21 hereof. Teachers who elect to be placed on the recall list may not, while on layoff, obtain the benefits of this Article by resignation or retirement, nor may teachers who are suspended or discharged for cause.