Pub. L. 87-881, tit. II, sec. 203

Sec. 203. (a) Section 5(b)(1) of the Act entitled “An Act for the retirement of public-school teachers in the District of Columbia”, approved August 7, 1946, as amended, is amended by striking out “50 per centum” and inserting in lieu thereof “55 per centum” and by striking out “$2,400” and inserting in lieu thereof “$3,600”. (b) Section 9(b)(1) of such Act is amended by striking out “one-half” and inserting in lieu thereof “55 per centum of”. (c) Section 9(b)(2) of such Act is amended by striking out “one-half” in the three places where it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof in the first two places “55 per centum of” and in the third place “55 per centum”. 76 Stat. 1238 (d) (1) The third sentence of section 9(b)(3) of such Act is amended to read as follows: “The child’s annuity shall commence on the day after the employee dies, and such annuity granted under this Act or any right thereto shall terminate on the last day of the month before (1) his attaining age eighteen unless incapable of self-support, (2) his becoming capable of self-support after age eighteen, (3) his marriage, or (4) his death, except that the annuity of a child who is a student as described in section 9(c)(2) shall terminate on the last day of the month before (A) his marriage, (B) his death, (C) his ceasing to be such a student, or (D) his attaining age twenty-one.” (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the benefits resulting from enactment of this amendment shall be paid from the teachers’ retirement and annuity fund. (e) Section 9(c)(2) of such Act is amended by substituting a comma for the period at the end thereof and adding the following: “or such unmarried child between eighteen and twenty-one years of age who is a student regularly pursuing a full-time course of study or training in residence in a high school, trade school, technical or vocational institute, junior college, college, university, or comparable recognized educational institution. A child whose twenty-first birthday occurs prior to July 1 or after August 31 of any calendar year, and while he is regularly pursuing such a course of study or training, shall be deemed for the purposes of this paragraph and section 9(b)(3) to have attained the age of twenty-one on the first day of July following such birthday. A child who is a student shall not be deemed to have ceased to be a student during any interim between school years if the interim does not exceed four months and if he shows to the satisfaction of the Commissioners that he has a bona fide intention of continuing to pursue a course of study or training in the same or different school during the school semester (or other period into which the school year is divided) immediately following the interim.”