TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Public employees are flocking to Florida's Deferred Retirement Option Program to beat a benefit cut.
State officials on Thursday said that they received twice as many DROP applications this June as in the same month last year.
The 8,418 applications that teachers and state and local government workers submitted in June will qualify for 6.5 percent interest on deferred benefits.
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