Act Governing the Retirement, Bereavement Compensation, Discharge with Severance Pay Benefits for the Teaching and Other Staff of School Legal Persons and their Respective Private School(s) Article 19

For retirement purposes, a staff member’s age shall be determined by calculating from the birth date recorded in his or her household registration.When a principal (president) or teacher retires voluntarily in accordance with the provisions of Article 15, the standard effective date for such retirements will be February 1 or August 1, unless there is some special reason to retire on some other date and the employing school certifies that the retirement will have no adverse effect on teaching.When age-mandated retirement is imposed on a staff member in accordance with the provisions of Article 16, if the staff member’s birth date falls during the period from August 1 to January 31 of the following year, the effective date of retirement will be no later than February 1 of the following year; if the staff member’s birth date falls during the period from February 1 to July 31, the effective date of retirement will be no later than August 1.The standards for determination of the “special reason” referred to in Paragraph 2 shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions for public schools.