This petition will ask the State of New Jersey to revisit and change the Working After Retirement Pension Legislation. It penalizes employees who retire from the public school system by making them wait 180 contract days to continue coaching teams they have been coaching while they were teaching. If the timeframe is changed to 30 contract days, the employee will be able to continue coaching in the season immediately following their retirement. Metuchen Matters supports this on behalf of Mr. Ken Graf, who has taught in Metuchen as well as coached its MHS soccer team for over 40 years.
The arbitrary waiting period is pushing veteran coaches out of our programs prematurely. I am preparing a formal brief to present these findings to the board.
Reached 100 supporters
May 21, 2014
6 Comments
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Dave Todd
12 years ago
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180 days is way too long. Just a bunch of red tape keeping good people away from their teams.
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Jessica Petersen
12 years ago
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Just let him coach the season. It hurts the students more than anyone else when you block a coach like that.
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Tom Bello
12 years ago
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Makes no sense. He is already there and already doing the job. Why force him out for half a year?
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Sarah Mansour
12 years ago
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My son played for him and he is the best. The state needs to stop punishing people who actually care about the community.
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Mike Lambert
12 years ago
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Ridiculous rule. Ken has done so much for these kids over the years. Let him coach.
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Linda Roberts
12 years ago
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COACH GRAF IS A LEGEND. CHANGE THIS LAW NOW!
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The legislation has passed. The 30 day wait is now law. Thank you for helping get this done.
This petition will ask the State of New Jersey to revisit and change the Working After Retirement Pension Legislation. It penalizes employees who retire from the public school system by making them wait 180 contract days to continue coaching teams they have been coaching while they were teaching. If the timeframe is changed to 30 contract days, the employee will be able to continue coaching in the season immediately following their retirement. Metuchen Matters supports this on behalf of Mr. Ken Graf, who has taught in Metuchen as well as coached its MHS soccer team for over 40 years.
The arbitrary waiting period is pushing veteran coaches out of our programs prematurely. I am preparing a formal brief to present these findings to the board.
Reached 100 supporters
May 21, 2014
6 Comments
D
Dave Todd
12 years ago
Featured
180 days is way too long. Just a bunch of red tape keeping good people away from their teams.
J
Jessica Petersen
12 years ago
Featured
Just let him coach the season. It hurts the students more than anyone else when you block a coach like that.
T
Tom Bello
12 years ago
Featured
Makes no sense. He is already there and already doing the job. Why force him out for half a year?
S
Sarah Mansour
12 years ago
Featured
My son played for him and he is the best. The state needs to stop punishing people who actually care about the community.
M
Mike Lambert
12 years ago
Featured
Ridiculous rule. Ken has done so much for these kids over the years. Let him coach.
180 days is way too long. Just a bunch of red tape keeping good people away from their teams.