34 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.151 - Application for Developmental Leave
(a) An
eligible member with five years of membership service before the developmental
leave occurs may receive retirement service credit for up to two years of
developmental leave if the leave was approved as developmental leave in advance
by the member's employer and notice of intent to take the leave was filed with
the retirement system on or before the date a member began the leave.
(b) The member's employer is responsible for
determining whether a member's leave meets the definition of "developmental
leave" in Texas Government Code, §
823.402(b).
(c) Application for developmental leave
credit must be made on or before the leave begins on a form available from the
Teacher Retirement System of Texas entitled "Notice of Intent to Take
Developmental Leave."
(d) A member
desiring developmental leave credit must submit the completed application form,
including certification by the member's employer, to the Teacher Retirement
System of Texas on or before the date the leave begins. The member must sign a
statement on the form that he or she intends to take developmental leave for
which credit is desired and must indicate the beginning and ending dates of the
leave that has been granted. To be creditable, developmental leave must cover
at least 90 days during a school year determined in accordance with the method
set forth in §
25.131 of this title (relating to
Required Service) and in TRS policies implementing that section. After
completing the form, the member must submit it to his or her employer for
certification.
(e) The employer
must certify in the space provided on the application form that the leave
satisfies the statutory requirements for developmental leave.
(f) The completed and certified form must be
received by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas not later than the date the
member's developmental leave begins. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas
will acknowledge receipt of the form.
(g) To obtain service credit for the leave
after it has been completed, the member must meet the eligibility requirements
and pay the required deposits.
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