{"data":{"id":"us/31-cfr-29.302","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 CFR 29.302","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this subpart (including appendix A of this subpart)—\nDeferred retirement means retirement under section 4-623 of the D.C. Code (1997) (under the Police and Firefighters Plan) or section 31-1231(a) of the D.C. Code (1997) (under the Teachers Plan).\nDeferred retirement age means the age at which a deferred annuity begins to accrue, that is, age 55 under the Police and Firefighters Plan and age 62 under the Teachers Plan.\nDepartment service or departmental service means any period of employment in a position covered by the Police and Firefighters Plan or Teachers Plan. Department service or departmental service may include certain periods of military service that interrupt a period of employment under the Police and Firefighters Plan or the Teachers Plan.\nDisability retirement means retirement under section 4-615 or section 4-616 of the D.C. Code (1997) (under the Police and Firefighters Plan) or section 31-1225 of the D.C. Code (1997) (under the Teachers Plan), regardless of whether the disability was incurred in the line of duty.\nEnter on duty means commencement of employment in a position covered by the Police and Firefighters Plan or the Teachers Plan.\nExcess leave without pay or excess LWOP means a period of time in a non-pay status that in any year is greater than the amount creditable as service under § 29.105(d).\nHire date means the date the employee entered on duty.\nMilitary service means-\n(1) For the Police and Firefighters Plan, military service as defined in section 4-607 of the D.C. Code (1997) that is creditable as other service under section 4-602 or section 4-610 of the D.C. Code (1997); and\n(2) For the Teachers Plan, military service as described in section 31-1230(a)(4) of the D.C. Code (1997).\nOptional retirement means regular longevity retirement under section 4-618 of the D.C. Code (1997) (under the Police and Firefighters Plan) or section 31-1224(a) of the D.C. Code (1997) (under the Teachers Plan).\nOther service means any period of creditable service other than departmental service or unused sick leave. Other service includes service that becomes creditable upon payment of a deposit, such as service in another school system (under section 31-1208 of the D.C. Code (1997)) (under the Teachers Plan) or prior governmental service (under the Teachers Plan and the Police and Firefighters Plan); and service that is creditable without payment of a deposit, such as military service occurring prior to employment (under the Teachers Plan and the Police and Firefighters Plan).\nPre-80 hire means an individual whose annuity is computed using the formula under the Police and Firefighters Plan applicable to individuals hired before February 15, 1980.\nPre-96 hire means an individual whose annuity is computed using the formula under the Teachers Plan applicable to individuals hired before November 1, 1996.\nSick leave means unused sick leave, which is creditable in a retirement computation, as calculated under § 29.105(c).\nGeneral Principles for Determining Service Credit To Calculate Federal Benefit Payments","path":["Title 31—Money and Finance: Treasury","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of the Treasury","PART 29—FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENTS UNDER CERTAIN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREMENT PROGRAMS","Subpart C—Split Benefits"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-31.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:25Z","sha256":"0e4721b9132111b16fc74fc317bcbb8e5411e9df52ad926b88bd3019cce9b6f3","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-cfr-29.301","next":"us/31-cfr-29.311"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}