Act Governing Retirement, Severance, and Bereavement Compensation for the Teaching and Other Staff Members of Public Schools Article 90

When a staff member takes voluntary retirement or age-mandated retirement under this Act, the effective date of the retirement shall be prudently decided at the time of making the application. Once the reviewed and approved effective date has passed, no request may be made for a change of the date.The choice of type and method of pension and benefit payments claimed by a staff memberor his or her survivors under this Act, and the choice to base the claim on years of service before or after the implementation of the New Pension System, shall be prudently decided at the time of making the application. Once the competent authority has reviewed and approved the claim and it has become effective, no request may be made for any change thereto.