FILE:  GBQ

RETIREMENT

It shall be the policy of the Acadia Parish School Board to require notice of retirement of all employees who wish to retire.  Such retirement shall become effective at the end of the fiscal year or as may be approved by the Board.

No individual shall be discharged or forced to retire because of age.

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

Upon initial employment, employees are required to enroll in the respective retirement system for which they are eligible.  Eligibility requirements for retirement are established by the retirement systems.

All substitute and part-time employees who are eligible for enrollment in a retirement system shall be required to enroll no sooner than their sixty-first (61st) day of continuous employment.

Ref:     La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§11:133, 11:203, 11:204, 11:701, 11:761, 11:778, 11:786, 11:1147, 17:425

Acadia Parish School Board