D.C. Code $ 31-709.

D.C. Code $ 31-710.

D.C. Code § 31-712.

D.C. Code § 31-713.

D.C. Code § 31-714.

pounded annually: And provided further, That nothing contained herein shall be construed to repeal section 19 of said Act of January 15, 1920, nor to allow any teacher more than one year's credit for all services rendered in any one fiscal year.

SEC. 9. That upon separation of any teacher from the service of the public schools of the District of Columbia, except for retirement under section 3 or section 4, he shall receive the amount of his deductions, together with the interest then credited thereon.

No teacher who shall withdraw the amount of his deductions under this section shall, after reinstatement, be entitled to credit for previous service unless he shall deposit in the fund the amount so withdrawn by him: Provided, That the amount required to be so deposited may be paid by the teacher, if he so elects, in any number of monthly installments, not exceeding one hundred, with interest at 4 per centum, compounded annually, but no credit for previous service shall be given in any case of reinstatement where the teacher has been separated from teaching service in any public school system for more than five years.

SEC. 10. That every teacher from whose salary retirement deductions are made in accordance with this Act shall be required to designate in writing a beneficiary or beneficiaries to whom the amount of his deductions, together with interest then credited thereon, shall be payable in the event of the death of such teacher.

SEC. 11. That every teacher who shall continue in the service of the public schools of the District of Columbia after the passage of this Act, as well as every person who hereafter may be appointed to a position as teacher in the public schools of the District of Columbia, shall be deemed to consent and agree to the deductions made and provided for herein; and the salary, pay, or compensation, which may be paid monthly or at any other time. shall be full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands whatsoever for all services rendered by such teacher during the period covered by such payment, except his claim for the benefits to which he may be entitled under the provisions of this Act, notwithstanding the provisions of said Public Act Numbered 254, approved June 20, 1906, and of any other law, rule, or regulation affecting the salary, pay, or compensation of the teachers emploved in the service of the public schools of the District of Columbia.

SEC. 12. That nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the discharge of any teacher at any time in the discretion of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia under the provisions of law.

SEC. 13. That the term "teacher," under this Act, shall include all teachers permanently employed by the Board of Education in the public day schools of the District of

Columbia, including other educational employees whose salaries are established in the Act approved June 20, 1906, and Acts amendatory thereof, except the employees of the Community Center Department and the Department of School Attendance and Work Permits; the term "annual salary" shall be construed to mean the total annual income received during the fiscal year for services rendered in the public day schools of the District of Columbia, including basic salary, longevity allowance, session, room allowance, and increase of compensation (bonus); and whenever the pronoun "his" occurs in this Act it shall be construed to mean both male and female teachers.

SEC. 14. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall prepare and keep all needful tables, records, and accounts required for carrying out the provisions of this Act. The records to be kept shall include data showing the mortality experience of the teachers in the service of the public schools of the District of Columbia and the rate of withdrawal from such service, and any other information pertaining to such service that may be of value and may serve as a guide for future valuations and adjustments of the plan for the retirement of teachers. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall make a detailed comparative report annually to Congress showing all receipts and disbursements under the provisions of this Act, together with the total number of persons receiving annuities and the amounts paid them. And the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall have made each year after the passage of this Act an actuarial valuation of this retirement fund and the operation thereof, which shall show the financial condition of the fund, and shall report the findings of such investigations to Congress at the opening of the following session.

SEC. 15. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall include in their annnal estimates of appropriations a sum sufficient to carry out the provisions of this Act and Acts amendatory thereof. No officer or employee receiving a regular salary or compensation from the Government shall receive any additional salary or compensation for any service rendered in connection with the system of retiring teachers provided for by this Act.

SEC. 16. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to perform, or cause to be performed, any or all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act into full force and effect.

SEC. 17. That none of the money mentioned in this Act shall be assignable, either in law or equity, or be subject to execution or levy by attachment, garnishment, or other legal process.

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D.C. Code § 31-716.

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$ 31-718.

D.C. Code § 31-719.

D.C. Code § 31-720.

SEC. 18. That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to any teacher who receives an annuity from any State or municipality other than the District of Columbia.

SEC. 19. That the provisions of "An Act for the retirement of public-school teachers in the District of Columbia," approved January 15, 1920, and Acts amendatory thereof, shall apply to (A) all teachers who were on the rolls of the public schools of the District of Columbia for the month of June, 1926, if otherwise eligible; and (B) all teachers who, on June 30, 1926, were receiving an annuity under the provisions of said Act of January 15, 1920, and Acts amendatory thereof, the annuity to be paid each such teacher after June 30, 1926, to be computed in the manner provided herein: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to require a reduction in the amount of the annuity being paid to any teacher at the time this Act becomes effective.

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(Act of April 5, 1939)

SEC. 2. In the event of death of any such teacher the order of precedence of payments shall be as follows: First, to the beneficiary, or beneficiaries, designated in writing by the teacher and recorded on his or her individual account; second, if there be no such beneficiary or beneficiaries designated, then to the duly appointed executor, or administrator, of the estate; third, if there be no such beneficiary, or if an executor or administrator be not appointed within six months after the death of such teacher, payment shall be made into the registry of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia,

(Act of July 31, 1953)

AN ACT Making appropriations for the government of the Dis-
trict of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or
in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes.

COMPENSATION AND RETIRMENT FUND
EXPENSES

For compensation and retirement fund expenses, as follows:

District government employees' employees' compensation, $223,000.

Workmen's compensation, administrative expenses: For transfer to the Bureau of Employees' Compensation for administration of the law providing compensation for disablity or death resulting from injury to employees in certain employments in the District of Columbia, $175,000.

District government retirement and relief funds: For financing the liability of the government of the District of Columbia to the "Civil service retirement and disability fund" and the "Teachers' retirement and annuity fund", and to provide a relief and other allowance as authorized by law for policemen and firemen, $8,823,000, of which $2,430,000 shall be placed to the credit of the "Civil service retirement and disability fund": Provided, That hereafter the Treasury Department shall prepare the estimates of the annual appropriations required to be made to the teachers' retirement fund, and shall make actuarial valuations of such fund at intervals of five years, or oftener if deemed necessary by the Secretary of Treasury, and the Commissioners are authorized to expend from money to the credit of the "Teachers' retirement and annuity fund, District of Columbia" not exceeding $5,000 per annum for this purpose, including personal services.

(Act of August 7, 1946)

AN ACT For the retirement of public-school teachers in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Beginning on the first day of the first pay period which begins after December 31, 1969, there shall be deducted and withheld from the annual salary of each teacher in the public schools of the District of Columbia and amount equal to 7 per centum of the teacher's annual salary. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall cause to be filed with the Board of Education on September 10 of each year a certificate showing the amount of deduction to be made from the salary of each teacher during the year, said deduction to be made in equal amounts, one to be deducted for each school month: Provided. That such interest shall not be credited after December 31, 1956, except that in the case of a teacher separated before he has completed five years of eligible service interest shall be credited to the date of separation. A similar certificate shall be filed not later than the 15th day of each calendar month to cover cases of new entrants. No deduction shall be made from less than an entire month's salary. The amounts deducted and withheld from the annual salary of each teacher, including amounts so deducted and withheld prior to the effective date of this Act under the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of public-school teachers in the District of Columbia", approved January 15, 1920 (41 Stat. 387), as amended, shall be credited to an individual account of the teacher from whose salary the deduction is made, together with interest at 4 per centum per annum, compounded annually up to the effective date of this Act and

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thereafter at 3 per centum per annum, compounded annually from December 31 of the year in which the deductions are made. These individual interest-bearing accounts shall be kept by the Auditor of the District of Columbia.

Any teacher may at his option and under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia deposit with the Collector of Taxes, District of Columbia, additional sums in multiples of $25 but not to exceed 10 per centum per annum of his annual salary, pay, or compensation, for services rendered since March 1, 1920, which amount together with interest thereon at 3 per centum per annum compounded as of December 31 of each year, shall, at the date of his retirement, be available to purchase an annuity as he shall elect in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, in addition to the annuity provided by this Act; the purchase price of such annuity shall be based upon an interest rate of 3 per centum per annum compounded annually and upon such table of mortality as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. In the event of death or separation from the service of such teacher before becoming eligible for retirement on annuity, the amounts so deposited with interest at 3 per centum compounded annually from December 31 of the year in which the deposits are made shall be refunded in accordance with the provisions of sections 9 and 10, respectively, of this Act. A separate individual account shall be kept by the Auditor of the District of Columbia with respect to the voluntary deposits and interest of each teacher.

SEC. 1A. (a) Any teacher who enters on approved leave without pay to serve as a full-time officer or employee of an organization composed primarily of teachers, for the purpose of bargaining with the District of Columbia concerning grievances, disputes, hours of employment, or conditions of work, may, within sixty days after entering on such leave without pay, file with the Board of Education of the District of Columbia an election to receive full retirement credit for his periods of that leave without pay and arrange to pay currently into the teachers' retirement fund established pursuant to this Act, through the Board of Education, amounts equal to the retirement deductions plus additional amounts equivalent to such amounts, in lieu of District of Columbia contributions which would be applicable if he were in pay status. A teacher who is on approved leave without pay and serving as a full-time officer or employee of such an organization on the date of enactment of this section may similarly make such election within sixty days after such date of enactment. If the election and all payments herein provided are not made, the teacher shall receive