Carrying an unfunded liability, or pension debt, of any size increases the cost of retirement benefits, because in addition to paying for the benefits teachers earn each year, employers are charged a premium on each employee to help pay off
the accumulated pension debt, Mr. McGee said.
This is true for all teachers, not just charters, but charters participating in
pension plans will have to contribute the same amount as all other schools, even if their teachers aren't benefitting and they weren't responsible for the
accumulated debt.
The issues that are typically addressed in mediation are issues related to children: legal custody and residential custody, visitation, child support, allocation of college expenses for the children, health insurance, life insurance; alimony and spousal support; division of real property, including the family home; division of tangible personal property including motor vehicles, boats, furniture, furnishings, art work, etc.; disposition of other property
accumulated during the marriage, including bank accounts, investment accounts,
pension / profit - sharing / retirement accounts, etc.; payment of credit cards and other
debts, and tax matters including decisions relative to filing joint or separate tax returns and claiming the children as dependency deductions.