407.4E4 - Licensed Employee Early Separation Program Agreement/Waiver and Release Procedures

1. Written agreement/waiver and release is intelligible and uses easy to understand language.

 

2. The individual must be given at least 45 days to consider signing the document.  The individual does not need to use the whole 45 days, but when the employee uses less time; this should be documented that the decision was voluntary and knowing.

 

3. The individual should be told orally and in writing of the right to consult an attorney regarding the agreement.

 

4. The agreement/waiver and release should be read to the employee in a conference with the Superintendent, the employee, and one other administrator. The employee should be told the following:

1. Employee is under no obligation to retire early and may work until normal retirement.

 

2. He/she has 45 days to consider the agreement.

 

3. He/she has the right to consult an attorney prior to signing anything.

 

4. He/she has 7 days to revoke the agreement/waiver and release without reason after signing.

 

      5. Employee should sign a form (attached) that acknowledges the items covered.

 

      6. Employee should sign a form (attached) that indicated the willingness and reasoning for not using 45 days to consider the agreement/waiver
           and release.

 

      7. The signatures on the document should be notarized.