The Washington Teachers’ Union reached an agreement with D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) to provide full retirement benefits under Option Two of the 2007 – 2012 Collective Bargaining Agreement for excessed permanent status WTU members whose most recent evaluation score is Effective or Highly Effective and who have twenty or more years of service.

Beginning in fiscal year 2013, DCPS will allocate $1.7 million each school year through fiscal year 2018, totaling $10.2 million, to fund full retirement benefits for excessed permanent status WTU members.

Option Two was specifically designed to lessen the burden for Effective and Highly Effective veteran teachers who choose to leave the public school system, and for the first time, good teachers are not being penalized for a change in school needs, restructuring, or fiscal challenges.