Master Agreement 2005 - State Employment Relations Board

line specified shall be extended through the period of
open enrollment during the one-time offering of the
Limited Separation Plan (LSP) noted in Article 811. For
those choosing to enroll in the LSP, the severance benefits
described shall be combined with the separation
incentive and paid out as described in the LSP Plan
Document, a cash payout is not an option.
Article 811
Limited Separation Plan (LSP)
811.01 The ColumbusCitySchools Board of Education is
offering a Limited Separation Plan to staff in order to
address budgetary and operational needs going into
Fiscal Year 2007. Eligibility, timing requirements, and
plan design benefits are contained in the LSP Plan
Document as approved by the Board of Education,
except as modified in Article 811.02-811.08. The Board's
adoption and offering of the LSP is not an on-going contractual
obligation.
811.02 Those completing forms by April 12, 2006, will
have untilApril 19, 2006, to rescind their contracts in
accordance with the Plan Document, afterwhich time
their enrollment becomes binding, irrevocable and
enforceable by the Board of Education.
811.03 Individual teachers who enroll in the LSP enter into
an agreement with the Board of Education to have their
separation performed in accordance with the terms specified
in the individual contract and as specified in the
LSP Plan Document.
811.04 All teachers who enroll in the LSP agree to an irrevocable
resignation effective on or before June 30, 2006,
unless the district informs the teacher before May 31,
2006, of its intent to exercise the operational needs provision
in the LSP extending the teacher's commitment
for up to one year, while remaining eligible for the full
benefits of the LSP in accordance with the Plan
Document.
811.05 The District further intends not to rehire any teacher
who resigns under the LSP except as may be required
within areas of critical shortage and jointly agreed to by
the Superintendent andtheAssociation.
811.06 For those employees who provide evidence of 29 or
34 years of documented and funded service with STRS
as of June 30, 2006, the district shall make available the
opportunity for that employee to reach 30 or 35 years
respectively and still be eligible for the full LSP benefit,
provided the employee announces their effective retirement
date during the open enrollment period.
811.07 In teaching areas where the number of participants
exceed the number identified to be released by June 30,
2006, the most senior employees will have preference with
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