I. POLICY STATEMENT

The University of Texas at San Antonio offers tenured faculty who are eligible to retire the option of applying to “phase” into complete retirement by various combinations of partial appointments. Phased Retirement shall be allowed only after a determination that part-time continued appointment not only benefits the individual faculty member retiree but also is in the best interest of UTSA. Such appointments shall terminate at the expiration of the Phased Retirement period; existing policies of UTSA and the University of Texas System related to modified service and/or emeritus faculty status apply.

II. RATIONALE

This policy accords with University of Texas (UT) System policy as set forth in the Board of Regents’ Rules and Regulations Rule 30301 Employment of Retirees.

III. SCOPE

This policy applies to all UTSA tenured faculty.

IV. WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR THIS POLICY

http://www.utsa.edu/hop/chapter2/2.53.html

V. RELATED STATUTES, POLICIES, REQUIREMENTS OR STANDARDS

1. University of Texas System Policies or the Board of Regents' Rules & Regulation
2. State Statutes
   1. Texas Education Code Section 51.922 – Mandatory Retirement Prohibited
   2. Texas Education Code Section 51.964 – Hiring of Certain Retirees
   3. Texas Government Code Section 2252.901 – Contracts with Former or Retired Agency Employees

1. UTSA HOP Policies
   1. Handbook of Operating Procedure 4.13 - Retirement and Modified Service

VI. CONTACTS

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