Membership:
March 7, 2001: Permanent part time employees who work 25 or more hours per week and who are not classified as teachers and covered by the Teachers Retirement System shall be members of the Minutemen Regional District Retirement System.
Creditable Service:
March 7, 2001: The Minuteman Regional School District Retirement System will grant one full year of creditable service for retirement purposes to those employees of the Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District employed on a full-time basis, as defined in their specific category of work, for at least a full academic year provided that such annual employment period consists of at least one hundred and eighty days. These workers must work the entire contract year to be granted the full year of creditable service. Food Service Workers are excluded from this rule. This regulation shall apply to those clerical personnel, aides, and other employees eligible for membership in the Minuteman Regional School District Retirement System.
Part Time School Year Employees:
Members designated as permanent part time employees (those who work 25 or more hours per week) who are to be granted a full year of creditable service [for working a full school year] shall be granted that service on a pro-rated basis calculated on the percent of the full-time hours/days as defined in the specific category of work that they actually work. Food Service Workers are excluded from this rule.
Part Time Employees Full Year:
Members designated as permanent part time employees (those who work 25 or more hours per week) [for a full calendar year] shall be granted creditable service on a pro-rated basis calculated on the percentage of the twelve-month year that they actually work.
Food Service Workers:
Food Service Workers (i.e. covered by the Food Service Workers Salary Schedule) who work 25 or more hours per week and who are under contract with the Minuteman District for the entire school year shall receive one twelve-month year's credit for each full school year worked.
Food Service Workers:
Any Food Service Worker whose hours per week are reduced below 25 by the District shall be granted creditable service at the 25 hour per week level.
Retroactive Creditable Service:
The Minuteman Regional School District Retirement System will allow the full year credit for those employed on a full-time basis or permanent part-time basis as defined on this date retroactively to those years in which such persons were so employed. This change will reflect only those individuals who retire subsequent to this notice.
Regular Compensation:
Miscellaneous:
November 17, 2023: Electronic Signatures
Pursuant to 840 CMR 28.00, et seq., the Board, through this Supplement Regulation, allows the use of electronic signatures, as defined in 840 CMR 28.01, for execution of the following forms:
- New Member Enrollment Fonn
- Beneficiary Selection Form for Refund of Accumulated Deductions (If Member Dies Before Retirement) Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 32, Section 11(2)(c)
- Beneficiary Selection Form - Option D (If Member Dies Before Retirement) Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 32, Section 12(2)(d)
- SSA-1945
- Forms to be signed by Board Members or Administrator, such as Warrants, Minutes, correspondence, etc.
In accordance with the provisions of 840 CMR 28.01 and 840 CMR 28.02(c), the Board will institute and maintain appropriate security procedures for the execution of the foregoing forms by way of electronic signatures as authorized herein to verify that an electronic signature, digital signature, record, or performance is that of the specific person executing the forms or for detecting changes or errors in the information in an electronic or digital record. In particular, the Board allows for electronic signature through Adobe Acrobat, DocuSign or equivalent, which implements such procedures, including software containing identity verification protocols as a component of the electronic signature services provided.
Nothing contained herein compels the use of electronic signatures if a member or beneficiary wishes to use a "wet signature" in lieu of an electronic signature for execution of the forms set forth herein.