@media screen and (max-width: 550px){ .splitCol.col_3.NONE{ display: inline-block; clear:both !important; } } Sometimes mistakes happen in the rush to submit documents before your retirement effective date, which require time and attention to resolve. The time needed to correct errors could delay your first pension check or insurance e
Your eligible dependents may receive health, dental, and vision insurance. Your spouse is an eligible dependent to be covered. If he or she is also a public school retiree, you will be covered together under one contract.
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When you apply to retire, you will input your anticipated termination date in step one when estimating your pension. Using miAccount, calculate your retirement effective date. If you input your anticipated retirement effective date into the termination date, miAccount will produce a pension effective date at least one month later than you anticipate. This could cause issues related to pension eligibility, and your insurance effective date just to name a few.
Before applying to retire, become familiar with these definitions:
Termination date: In most cases this is the date the employee and the employer end their relationship; it's often your last day of work or paid leave. This can be any day or date in a month. Be aware, an employee on an approved leave of absence is considered terminated for retirement purposes on the date two years after the employer last reported service credit for the person.
Retirement effective date: This is the first day of the month following the month in which you have satisfied all eligibility requirements and terminated employment. There are 12 effective dates (Jan. 1, Feb. 1, March 1, etc.).