SB 89
Providing members of State Teachers Retirement System are absent from service while serving as officer with statewide professional teaching association
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Bill overview
This bill clarifies that members of the West Virginia State Teachers Retirement System who serve as officers with statewide professional teaching associations, or who have previously held such positions, are considered absent from service while in those roles. It also extends this consideration to retired members who previously served in these officer positions. The bill outlines specific deposit requirements for these absences and addresses service credit for members transitioning from other retirement systems.
Key provisions
- Members serving as officers in statewide professional teaching associations are considered absent from service as a teacher.
- Retirees who previously served as officers in these associations are considered to have been absent from service as a teacher.
- Members serving as officers must make double deposits to the Teachers Retirement System for the time of any absence.
- The bill addresses service credit for members transitioning from the Public Employees Retirement System.
- It provides for service credit for former members of the State Police Death, Disability, and Retirement System.
- It includes provisions for service credit for teachers in parochial schools.
- It clarifies the calculation of service credit for legislators serving in the West Virginia Legislature.
- It addresses the calculation of service credit for CETA employees.
Who is affected
- West Virginia Teachers Retirement System members
- Statewide professional teaching associations
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