| 29.1 |
Eligible tenured faculty employees as defined
in provision 2.13(d) and tenured librarians who have reached
the age of fifty-five (55) may, subject to the conditions below,
participate in a Faculty Early Retirement Program (FERP). This
program is not available to Counselor Faculty Unit Employees. |
| 29.2 |
An eligible tenured faculty employee or tenured
librarian shall notify the President in writing at least six
(6) months prior to the beginning of the campus academic year
that he/she opts to participate in the FERP. The President may
waive the required notice period. |
| 29.3 |
The potential participant shall be provided with
a FERP appointment letter from the President. The FERP appointment
letter shall indicate the required period of employment as determined
by the President. The employee shall provide to the President
a written statement of acceptance of such a FERP appointment.
If the President determines it is necessary, due to program
needs, to alter the period of employment, the President and
the participant shall attempt to reach mutual agreement on an
alternative. If mutual agreement is not reached, the President
may alter the period of employment, provided that the participant
receives a one hundred and twenty (120) day notice. |
| 29.4 |
Participants in FERP shall have been granted a
service retirement. Such service retirement shall be in accordance
with the requirements of PERS and/or STRS. |
| 29.5 |
Participation in FERP shall commence at the beginning
of the campus academic year. Service retirement shall begin
concurrently with or prior to the beginning of the campus academic
year. |
| 29.6 |
FERP employment shall be at the same rank, and
salary (step) level of the participant in the academic or fiscal
year immediately prior to retirement. Such employment shall
be proportional to the time base of the participant in the academic
or fiscal year immediately prior to retirement. |
| 29.7 |
a. |
An employee who opts to participate in FERP pursuant to 29.2
on or after July 1, 1987, but before July 1, 1995, and whose
participation commences with the beginning of the 1988/89 academic
year or thereafter, shall be entitled to the yearly period of
employment as follows: for those ages fifty-five (55) through
sixty-two (62) when participation begins, five (5) years; for
those ages sixty-three (63) through sixty-five (65) when participation
begins, four (4) years; for those above age sixty-five (65),
three (3) years. |
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b. |
An employee who opts to participate in FERP pursuant to 29.2
on or after July 1, 1995, and whose participation commences
with the beginning of the 1995/96 academic year or thereafter,
shall be entitled to the yearly period of employment for no
more than five (5) consecutive academic or fiscal years. |
| 29.8 |
The permissible "period of employment"
shall refer to one (1) academic term not to exceed a total of
ninety (90) workdays or fifty (50) percent of the employee's
regular timebase in the year preceding retirement. Calculations
of such periods of employment shall include days worked in summer
session/special session or CSU extension that do not coincide
with the period of employment. |
| 29.9 |
A participant in FERP at California State University,
Stanislaus or a quarter system campus may request of the President
employment in addition to the one (1) academic term period of
employment, provided that such additional employment does not
result in a total period of employment which exceeds the ninety
(90) day limit pursuant to provision 29.8. |
| 29.10 |
The right to continued employment in the FERP
pursuant to provision 29.6 of this Article shall terminate in
the event of dismissal for cause, layoff, or failure to meet
the employment commitment. |
| 29.11 |
A participant may request that the time base of
the FERP appointment be reduced. The President shall determine
if such a request shall be granted. Such a reduction in time
base shall continue for the duration of the FERP appointment. |
| 29.12 |
Participants may be appointed in CSU extension
during the period of employment in FERP. |
| 29.13 |
Notwithstanding provisions 29.8, 29.9, and 29.12,
participants shall not be eligible for other CSU appointments
while in the FERP. |
| 29.14 |
Effective July 1, 1996, when the DMD salary schedule
is eliminated, tenured faculty unit employees formerly receiving
Designated Market Condition Salaries in disciplines designated
hard-to-hire shall be eligible to opt to participate in FERP
pursuant to 29.2. An employee receiving a Designated Market
Condition salary who, pursuant to 29.2, opts to participate
in FERP prior to July 1, 1987, shall continue to participate
in FERP under the provisions of this Article. |
| 29.15 |
A participant shall be granted one (1) leave of
absence without pay for personal illness for all or part of
the period of employment. Such leaves shall not affect future
participation in FERP. |
| 29.16 |
At the time of the service retirement and appointment
in FERP, a participant may elect to carry over up to forty-eight
(48) hours of sick leave into the FERP appointment if the participant
elects to reduce his/her accumulated sick leave by that amount
for service retirement credit. In addition to the sick leave
carry over, if any, full-time FERP participants shall continue
to accrue eight (8) hours sick leave per qualifying academic
pay period or qualifying pay period during the period of employment.
Such accrual shall be pro rata for less than full-time participants.
A maximum of one hundred and sixty (160) hours of sick leave
may be accrued during FERP. |
| 29.17 |
A participant shall be required to perform normal
responsibilities and his/her share of normal duties and activities. |
| 29.18 |
A participant shall, for the period of active
employment, be deemed a tenured faculty employee. Such a participant
shall be eligible to serve on governance committees whose assignments
are normally completed during the period of employment. Participants
shall not be eligible to serve on peer review committees constituted
for the purpose of Performance Reviews in accordance with provisions
15.32 - 15.42. |
| 29.19 |
Employees deemed tenured pursuant to 29.18 shall
not be counted against any percentage limitation on total tenured
faculty employment at the department, school/college, campus,
or statewide level. |
| 29.20 |
During the period of an employee's participation
in FERP, the CSU shall provide a CSU dental plan on the same
basis as such a plan is provided to faculty unit employees.
The provision of such a dental plan shall require that the participant
was enrolled in a CSU dental plan immediately prior to service
retirement. |
| 29.21 |
The following provisions of this Agreement shall
not apply to participants in FERP:
Article 14,
Promotion
Article 22,
Leaves of Absence Without Pay
Article 24,
Sick Leave, 24.1, 24.3, 24.4
Article 27,
Sabbatical Leaves
Article 28,
Difference in Pay Leave
Article 32,
Benefits, 32.1
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