ECS
From the ECS State Policy Database
1994-2013

Education Commission of the States • 700 Broadway, Suite 810 • Denver, CO 80203-3442 • 303.299.3600 • fax 303.296.8332 • www.ecs.org

The following summary includes policies ECS has tracked in this database since 1994. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest.

Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date].

State Status/Date Level Summary
+ 21st Century Skills
+ Accountability
+ Accountability--Accreditation
+ Accountability--Measures/Indicators
+ Accountability--Reporting Results
+ Accountability--Rewards
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
+ Accountability--School Improvement
+ Adult Basic Education
+ Assessment
+ Assessment--Accommodations
+ Assessment--College Entrance Exams
+ Assessment--Computer Based
+ Assessment--End-of-Course
+ Assessment--Formative/Interim
+ Assessment--High Stakes/Competency
+ Assessment--Legal Issues
+ Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization)
+ Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio
+ Assessment--Value Added
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol
+ Attendance
+ Attendance--Compulsory
+ Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower)
+ Attendance--Truancy
+ Background Checks
+ Bilingual/ESL
+ Brain Research
+ Business Involvement
+ Career/Technical Education
+ Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship
+ Cheating
+ Choice of Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research
+ Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment
+ Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research
+ Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Tax Credits
+ Choice of Schools--Vouchers
+ Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded
+ Civic Education
+ Civic Education--Character Education
+ Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy
+ Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards
+ Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance
+ Class Size
+ Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Alignment
+ Curriculum--Arts Education
+ Curriculum--Censorship
+ Curriculum--Core Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Drivers Education
+ Curriculum--Environmental Education
+ Curriculum--Excusal
+ Curriculum--Family Living Education
+ Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed.
+ Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language
+ Curriculum--Geography Education
+ Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education
+ Curriculum--Home Economics
+ Curriculum--International Education
+ Curriculum--Language Arts
+ Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling
+ Curriculum--Mathematics
+ Curriculum--Multicultural
+ Curriculum--Physical Education
+ Curriculum--Science
+ Curriculum--Sex Education
+ Curriculum--Social Studies/History
+ Curriculum--Speech Education
+ Data-Driven Improvement
+ Demographics
+ Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults
+ Demographics--Enrollments
+ Desegregation
+ Economic/Workforce Development
+ Education Research
+ Equity
+ Federal
+ Finance
+ Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost
+ Finance--Aid to Private Schools
+ Finance--Bonds
+ Finance--District
+ Finance--Does Money Matter?
+ Finance--Equity
+ Finance--Facilities
+ Finance--Federal
+ Finance--Funding Formulas
+ Finance--Litigation
+ Finance--Local Foundations/Funds
+ Finance--Lotteries
+ Finance--Performance Funding
+ Finance--Private Giving
+ Finance--Resource Efficiency
+ Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
+ Finance--Student Fees
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues
+ Governance
+ Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule
+ Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest
+ Governance--Mandates
+ Governance--Regional Entities
+ Governance--School Boards
+ Governance--School Boards--Training
+ Governance--Site-Based Management
+ Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies
+ Health
+ Health--Child Abuse
+ Health--Mental Health
+ Health--Nutrition
+ Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses
+ Health--Suicide Prevention
+ Health--Teen Pregnancy
+ High School
+ High School--Advanced Placement
+ High School--College Readiness
+ High School--Credit Recovery
+ High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates
+ High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment
+ High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges
+ High School--Exit Exams
+ High School--GED (General Education Development)
+ High School--Graduation Requirements
+ High School--International Baccalaureate
+ Instructional Approaches
+ Instructional Approaches--Constructivism
+ Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices
+ Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling
+ Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills
+ Instructional Approaches--Official English
+ Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning
+ Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education
+ Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task
+ Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping
+ Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
+ International Benchmarking
+ Leadership
+ Leadership--District Superintendent
+ Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure
+ Middle School
+ Minority/Diversity Issues
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--African American
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic
+ No Child Left Behind
+ No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress
+ No Child Left Behind--Assessment
+ No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer
+ No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools
+ No Child Left Behind--Finance
+ No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement
+ No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers
+ No Child Left Behind--Report Cards
+ No Child Left Behind--School Support
+ No Child Left Behind--Special Populations
+ No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services
+ Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning
+ Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses
+ P-16 or P-20
+ P-3
+ P-3 Brain Development
+ P-3 Child Care
+ P-3 Content Standards and Assessment
+ P-3 Data Systems
+ P-3 Early Intervention (0-3)
+ P-3 Ensuring Quality
+ P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits
+ P-3 Family Involvement
+ P-3 Finance
+ P-3 Governance
+ P-3 Grades 1-3
+ P-3 Health and Mental Health
+ P-3 Kindergarten
+ P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten
+ P-3 Kindergarten--Full Day Kindergarten
+ P-3 Preschool
+ P-3 Public/Private Partnerships
+ P-3 Special Ed./Inclusion
+ P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development
+ Parent/Family
+ Parent/Family--Parent Rights
+ Parent/Family--Research
+ Partnerships--University/School
+ Postsecondary
+ Postsecondary Accountability
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning
+ Postsecondary Affordability
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants
+ Postsecondary Faculty
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure
+ Postsecondary Finance
+ Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding
+ Postsecondary Finance--Facilities
+ Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies
+ Postsecondary Institutions
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges
+ Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate
+ Postsecondary Institutions--HBCUs/Minority-Serving Institutions
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent
+ Postsecondary Online Instruction
+ Postsecondary Participation
+ Postsecondary Participation--Access
+ Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements
+ Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action
+ Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics)
+ Postsecondary Participation--Outreach
+ Postsecondary Students
+ Postsecondary Students--Adults
+ Postsecondary Students--Disabled
+ Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth
+ Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional
+ Postsecondary Students--International
+ Postsecondary Students--Low-Income
+ Postsecondary Students--Military
+ Postsecondary Students--Minority
+ Postsecondary Success
+ Postsecondary Success--Completion
+ Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics)
+ Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation
+ Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence
+ Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation
+ Private Schools
+ Privatization
+ Privatization--Education Management Agencies (EMOs)
+ Proficiency-Based Approaches
+ Promising Practices
+ Promotion/Retention
+ Public Involvement
+ Purposes of Public Education
+ Reading/Literacy
+ Reading/Literacy--Adult Literacy
+ Religion
+ Religion--Prayer/Meditation
+ Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution)
+ Rural
+ Scheduling/School Calendar
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Week
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Year
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round
+ School Climate/Culture
+ School Safety
+ School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution
+ School Safety--Code of Conduct
+ School Safety--Corporal Punishment
+ School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness
+ School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension
+ School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools
+ School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault
+ School Safety--Special Education
+ School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes
+ School/District Structure/Operations
+ School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation
+ School/District Structure/Operations--District Size
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Org. (K-3/K-8 etc.)
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching)
+ School/District Structure/Operations--School Size
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Staffing Ratios
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation
+ Service-Learning
+ Special Education
+ Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations
+ Special Education--Finance
+ Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming)
+ Special Education--Placement
+ Special Education--Transition
+ Special Populations--Corrections Education
+ Special Populations--Foster Care
+ Special Populations--Gifted and Talented
+ Special Populations--Homeless Education
+ Special Populations--Immigrant Education
+ Special Populations--Migrant Education
+ Special Populations--Military
+ Standards
+ Standards--Common Core State Standards
+ Standards--Implementation
+ State Comparisons/Statistics
+ State Longitudinal Data Systems
+ State Policymaking
+ State Policymaking--Ballot Questions
+ State Policymaking--Constitutional Clauses
+ State Policymaking--Politics
+ State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions
+ STEM
+ Student Achievement
+ Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap
+ Student Achievement--State Trends
+ Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance
+ Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring
+ Student Supports--Remediation
+ Student Surveys
+ Students
+ Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities
+ Students--Employment
+ Students--Incentives
+ Students--K-12 Exchange Students
+ Students--Mobility
+ Students--Records/Rights
+ Teaching Quality
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance
- Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits
CASigned into law 09/2012P-12Teachers' Retirement Law
A.B. 2663
This bill deals with the state's retirement system and is an attempt to reduce costs by clearing up some language and closing some loopholes...

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ILSigned into law 08/2012P-12Retirement Pensions for Limited-Employment Returning Teachers
S.B. 3597
Provides the service retirement pension must not be cancelled for a pensioner who is re-employed as a teacher on a temporary and non-annual ...

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CASigned into law 07/2012P-12State Teachers' Retirement System
A.B. 178
From bill summary: Extends until June 30, 2013 exemptions to limits on the postretirement compensation that may be earned in specified types...

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CASigned into law 06/2012P-12Benefit Calculation When Instructional Days Reduced
S.B. 1016 - Benefit Calculation When Instructional Days Reduced
From section 27 of bill summary: Provides that, if a district, county office of education, or charter school reduces the number of days of i...

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LASigned into law 06/2012P-12Education Requirements for Retirement System Board of Trustees Members
S.B. 16
Amends education requirements for members of retirement system boards of trustees. Makes continuing education requirements also applicable t...

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LASigned into law 06/2012P-12Sick and Leave for District Employees
S.B. 494 - Sick and Sabbatical Leave for District Employees
Section 2: Amends provisions related to extended sick leave for school bus drivers, teachers and other district employees. Repeals provision...

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OHSigned into law 06/2012P-12Sick Leave for Certain Local Board Employees
S.B. 316 - Sick Leave for Certain Local Board Employees
Specifies that a local board employee who is a substitute, adult education instructor who is scheduled to work the full-time equivalent of l...

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RISigned into law 06/2012P-12Post Employment Benefit Trusts
S.B. 2038
Adds corporations to the list of entities who may act as trustee for trust agreements between school districts and corporate trustees in ref...

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ALSigned into law 05/2012P-12Third Party Prescription Program Act Not Applicable to Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan
S.B. 571
Provides that the Third Party Prescription Program Act does not apply to the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan....

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ALSigned into law 05/2012P-12Service Credit in Teachers' Retirement System; Eligibility for Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan Benefits
H.B. 598
Permits an active member of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Employees' Retirement System with at least 10 years of credible service i...

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LASigned into law 05/2012P-12Reemployment of Retirees
S.B. 19
Clarifies that provisions related to the employment of retirees apply to:
(1) Retired members who return to active service as P-12 substitut...

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FLSigned into law 04/2012P-12Severance Pay
H.B. 5101 - Severance Pay
Provides that if a district enters into a contract or employment agreement with an officer, agent, employee or contractor that includes a se...

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FLSigned into law 04/2012P-12Sick Leave for School District Employees
H.B. 285
Permits districts to provide a policy under which sick leave time may be donated to another district employee. Provides standards for a sick...

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TNSigned into law 04/2012P-12School Boards--Joint Purchasing
S.B. 2648
Provides the county board of education may use the county's system of centralized procurement to provide life insurance plans for designated...

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IDSigned into law 03/2012P-12Employing Retired Teachers and Administrators
H.B. 579
Allows retired teachers or administrators to be rehired as "at will"
employees without putting their PERSI benefits in jeopardy. The Act sti...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Retirees' Return to Work
S.B. 349
Makes numerous changes to retirement provisions, including permitting a retired member of the State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS), purs...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Diversification of State Retirement Assets
S.B. 294
From bill summary: Requires the board of administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers' Retirement Board to eac...

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NYSigned into law 09/2011P-12Transfer of Credits to Another State's Retirement System
S.B. 3401
Permits certain eligible vested members of the NYS teachers' retirement system in tiers 3 and 4 who have permanently ceased teaching to with...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Charter School Educator Permit
S.B. 1160
Establishes a charter school educator permit and allows the education commissioner, starting in the 2011-12 school year, to waive state cert...

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MESigned into law 07/2011P-12School Employee Benefits
S.P. 200
Provides that employees of school administrative units and educational advisory organizations are eligible to participate in the group healt...

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ALTo governor 06/2011P-12Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan
S.B. 419
Relates to the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan (PEEHIP). Subjects employees or retirees who knowingly and willfully submit...

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MESigned into law 06/2011P-12School Administrative Units May Seek Less Expensive Health Insurance Alternatives
H.P. 972
Allows school administrative units to offer group self-insurance health and dental programs and to enter into cooperative agreements with ot...

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MISigned into law 06/2011P-12Eliminates Certains Programs/Changes Pupil Count Day/District Transparency
H.B. 4325 - K-12 Provisions
From Legislative Staff Summary: Eliminates middle college grants and funding that provides districts additional funds for educating students...

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NVSigned into law 06/2011P-12School Year
A.B. 117
Under existing law, each school district is required to schedule and provide annually a minimum of 180 days of school and a charter school i...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Powers of Political Subdivisions
H.B. 153 - Powers of Political Subdivisions
Section 9.482: Authorizes a political subdivision (including a school district), when authorized by their respective legislative authorities...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Health Care Benefits
H.B. 153 - Health Care Benefits
Section 9.833: Provides that any agreement for a political subdivision (including a school district) to jointly administer an individual sel...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Calculation of Sick Leave
H.B. 153 - Calculation of Sick Leave
Removes substitutes, adult education instructors who are scheduled to work the full-time equivalent of less than 120 days per school year, o...

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TNSigned into law 06/2011P-12Trustee Selection for Retirement System
S.B. 102
Changes the method of selection of trustees of TCRS representing teachers and retired teachers from election by the representative assemblie...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Health Benefits Continue until Earlier of Two Dates
S.B. 155
Permits a school district employee whose resignation is effective after the last day of an instructional year to participate in the uniform ...

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FLSigned into law 05/2011P-12Changes To Florida Retirement System
S.B. 2100
Requires that a local governmental entity or the governing body of a charter school or charter technical career center make certain election...

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MOSigned into law 05/2011P-12School Retirement Systems
H.B. 229
Relates to school retirement system in Kansas City. Actuarial equivalent tables and formulas are to be set forth in a written document which...

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INSigned into law 04/2011P-12Indiana Public Retirement System
S.B. 549
Establishes the Indiana public retirement system (system) to administer and manage: (1) the public employees' retirement fund (PERF); (2) th...

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NCVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 04/2011P-12State Health Plan Reform
S.B. 265
Transfers governance of the State Health Plan from the legislature to the State Treasurer, who would manage the plan with the help of an app...

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OKSigned into law 04/2011P-12Pension Funding Accountability Act of 2011
H.B. 1007
Each month the State Department of Education is required to transfer the monies apportioned to the Teachers' Retirement System Dedicated Rev...

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ARSigned into law 03/2011P-12
Postsec.
Arkansas Teacher Retirement System Member Employment
S.B. 126
Establishes the right of an Arkansas Teacher Retirement System member to remain an active member when employed by an institution of higher e...

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IDSigned into law 03/2011P-12Bureau of Educational Service for the Deaf and the Blind
H.B. 105
Bureau of Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind - Amends existing law to provide that the Idaho Bureau of Educational Services for...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Rehiring of Retired Employee
S.B. 127
Identifies conditions under which a retiree's retirement allowance may not be cancelled if a retiree is reemployed by a participating employ...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Retirement Benefits and Limit on When Retiree May Return to Work
S.B. 1425
From bill summary: Provides that any change in salary, compensation or remuneration principally for the purpose of enhancing a member's bene...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Voluntary Shared Leave Program
H.B. 213
Requires the state board of education to adopt rules and policies for the voluntary shared leave program to allow an employee at a public sc...

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HIAdopted 06/2010P-12Re-Employment of Retired Teachers
H.B. 2533
Establishes the conditions under which state and county retirees may be reemployed while still receiving employees' retirement system benefi...

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NYSigned into law 06/2010P-12Temporary Retirement Incentive
A.B. 11144 (Chapter 105)
From Assembly Web site: Establishes a temporary retirement incentive program for certain state employees and other public employees to assis...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Rehiring of Retired Teachers
S.B. 438 - Sec. 8
Allows retired teachers to be rehired for up to one year in a shortage area or priority school district for up to 45% of the current maximum...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Teachers Retirement System
H.B. 969
Adds provision that for purposes of the state teachers retirement system, the normal retirement age is whichever comes first: (1) 60 if the ...

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NYSigned into law 04/2010P-12Temporary Teacher Retirement Incentive
S.B. 6972 (Chapter 45)
Partially from fiscal note: Defines "participating employer" as either an educational employer, the state-operated institutions of the state...

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VTSigned into law 04/2010P-12Changes to Retirement System
H.B. 764
Makes changes to the state teachers' retirement system; adjusts the duration of service needed before a teacher qualifies for a normal retir...

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WVSigned into law 04/2010P-12Service Credit in State Teachers Retirement System Following Transfer
S.B. 553
Extends the amount of time that certain participants who transferred from the Teachers Defined Contribution System to the Teachers' Retireme...

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CASigned into law 10/2009P-12Retirement Calculations for Employees Subject to Furloughs
A.B. 399
Requires, for members of the State Teachers' Retirement System, that the calculations of a retirement allowance for a state employee subject...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12Crediting Sick Days
H.B. 3672
Provides that if an employee was in the service of more than one school district, then the sick leave days from all such employers must be c...

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OHAdopted 07/2009P-12Health Care
OAC 3309-1-35
Provides a one-time chance for a member's spouse's enrollment in the School Employees' Retirement System's health care coverage to individua...

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FLSigned into law 06/2009P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Relates to Retirement
H.B. 479
Relates to retirement; redefines certain terms termination; relates to reemployment of retirees; clarifyies when a State Community College S...

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MTBecame law without governor's signature 05/2009P-12
Postsec.
Actuarial Soundness Examination of Employee Retirement System
H.B. 659
Requires the state administration and veterans' affairs interim committee to examine and recommend funding and benefit changes in the statew...

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GASigned into law 04/2009P-12Employees' Retirement System
H.B. 452
Provides that members joining the Employees' Retirement System on or after July 1, 2009 are not eligible to receive any post-retirement bene...

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MSSigned into law 04/2009P-12Negotiating Teachers Salaries
S.B. 2050
Authorizes school districts to negotiate salary levels with teachers who are receiving payments from the retirement system of another state;...

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ARSigned into law 03/2009P-12Correcting Calculation Errors in Teacher Retirement
S.B. 155
Allows the teacher retirement system to correct calculation errors that cause manifest injustice to Arkansas teacher retirement system membe...

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ARSigned into law 03/2009P-12Recouping Benefits
S.B. 227
Allows the teacher retirement system to recoup benefits, including interest, paid to a member who does not meet the eligibility requirements...

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KSSigned into law 03/2009P-12Public Employees Retirement
S.B. 219
Concerns retirement and pensions; relates to the state public employees retirement system; death and disability benefits; employer contribut...

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MTSigned into law 03/2009P-12Retired Teachers Employed Full Time
H.B. 363
From the fiscal note: Under certain restrictions, Teachers Retirement System (TRS) retirees with 30 or more years of service will be eligib...

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UTSigned into law 03/2009P-12State Retirement System Participation for Charter Schools
H.B. 96
Allows a charter school that made an election of nonparticipation in the state retirement systems for its employees to make a one-time, irre...

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NYVetoed 09/2008P-12Service Credit for Sick Leave
S.B. 8142
Allows certain eligible members of the New York State Teachers' Retirement System employed by the state education department to receive serv...

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ILSigned into law 08/2008P-12Return to Teaching in Shortage Area
H.B. 4536
Relates to provisions allowing retired teachers to return to teaching in subject shortage areas without impairing retirement status or retir...

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ILSigned into law 08/2008P-12Employment of Teachers on Disability
H.B. 5699
Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows a teacher receiving a disability, occupational disability, or disa...

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NCSigned into law 08/2008P-12Teachers' Benefits
H.B. 2443
Rewrites provisions pertaining to health and long- term care benefits for teachers, state employees, retired state employees and dependents;...

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SCRejected by voters 08/2008P-12Ballot Initiative -- Retirement Benefits
V. 2
(CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT QUESTION 2; S 463 - 2008) On November 2008 ballot. Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to provide that the f...

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HISigned into law 06/2008P-12Re-Hiring Retired Teachers and Administrators
H.B. 2710
Revises provisions allowing for the rehiring of retired teachers and administrators and extends the termination date of such provisions. htt...

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KYSigned into law 06/2008P-12Teacher Retirement System Trustees and Teacher Sick Leave
H.B. 1A
Establishes new retirement requirements and benefit multipliers for Kentucky Employees' Retirement System retirement plans. Requires the est...

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LASigned into law 06/2008P-12Dual Retirement System Membership
H.B. 520
Relates to members of the School Employees' Retirement System; repeals the prohibition against being a member of two retirement systems. htt...

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NJSigned into law 06/2008P-12Teacher Retirement System
S.B. 1962
Revises various provisions of law relating to the Public Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers' Pension Annuity Fund; relates to ret...

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GASigned into law 05/2008P-12Rehiring Retired Teachers
S.B. 327
Relates to retirement benefits under the Teachers Retirement System of the State; provides that a retired teacher who has been retired for a...

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MNSigned into law 05/2008P-12Teacher Retirement Benefits
H.B. 3082
Modifies provisions relating to Teacher Retirement Benefits.
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OKSigned into law 05/2008P-12Employment Following Retirement
H.B. 2074
Allows a retired classified or nonclassified member who has been retired for at least 36 months and who is employed by a public school to pe...

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SCPassed 05/2008P-12Post-Retirement Benefits
S.B. 463
(Joint Resolution) Proposes an amendment to the constitution relating to benefits and funding of public employee pension plans and investmen...

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AKSigned into law 04/2008P-12Retirement
S.B. 125
Relates to the accounting and payment of contributions under the defined benefit plan of the Public Employees' Retirement System, to calcula...

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WVSigned into law 04/2008P-12State Teachers' Retirement System
H.B. 101A
Provides opportunities for members of the State Teachers' Defined Contribution Retirement System to affirmatively elect to transfer their as...

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WASigned into law 03/2008P-12Retirement System Contributions
S.B. 6657
Teachers receiving bonuses for earning National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification may make retirement system contribut...

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WASigned into law 03/2008P-12Service Credit Purchase for Teachers
H.B. 3024
For teacher's wishing a one-time purchase of up to seven years of service credit for public education experience outside of the state retire...

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WASigned into law 03/2008P-12Service Credit for Educational Employees
H.B. 3019
Educational employees that are members of the teachers' retirement system (TRS) and the school employees' retirement system (SERS) that work...

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INSigned into law 02/2008P-12Teachers Retirement Fund
S.B. 210
Reduces the waiting period after which a retired member of the state Teachers Retirement Fund may be reemployed in a covered position and co...

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NYSigned into law 02/2008P-12Age 55 Early Retirement Programs
A.B. 9820
Establishes the optional retirement programs to permit members of the New York city teachers' retirement system and certain members of the b...

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CASigned into law 10/2007P-12teacher retirement
S.B. 901
Extends the operation of both the State Teachers' Retirement Law and the Defined Benefit Program. Extends provisions related to an exemption...

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LAApproved by voters 10/2007P-12Teacher Retirement System
Ballot No. 3
(Ballot No. 3: LAS127 2007) Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide that no benefit provision for members of any state retirement sys...

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LAApproved by voters 10/2007P-12Retirement Benefits
Ballot No. 3
Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide that no benefit provision for members of any state retirement system having an actuarial cost...

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LASigned into law 07/2007P-12Reemployment of State Retirees
S.B. 96
Relates to reemployment of state retirees; provides reemployment privileges to any member of this system who retired pursuant to an early re...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Charter School Teacher Participation in State Retirement System
H.B. 1471
Allows an existing charter school to participate in the teachers' and state employees' retirement system and the state teachers' and state e...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Retired Teachers Returning to the Classroom
H.B. 956
Modifies the provision that permits retired teachers to return to the classroom without a loss of retirement benefits. Specifies that comput...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12Recruiting Retired Teachers, Administrators
H.B. 2585
Allows a community college district or school district to hire a retired public employee as a teacher or administrator if the primary work d...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Teacher Retirement System
S.B. 1877
Adds the relevant parts of amounts received for awards for student achievement, educator excellence, and mentoring programs and all salary a...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Teacher Retirement System
S.B. 1846
Provides for a centralized structure for making both funding and benefits decisions, and prohibits the state's contribution rate from droppi...

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MDSigned into law 05/2007P-12Rehiring Retired Teachers
H.B. 962
Increases the minimum number of specified retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or Teachers' Pension System that school districts may ...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Teacher Retirement System Investments
S.B. 1447
Authorizes the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) board of trustees to buy and sell certain investments and other instruments commonly used by ...

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WASigned into law 05/2007P-12Retirement contribution rates
S.B. 5014
From the final bill report: The State Actuary will submit preliminary contribution rates before the Pension Funding Council (PFC) based on c...

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MTPassed 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Study of Public Employee Retirement Systems
H.J.R. 59
Requests that the legislative council designate an appropriate interim committee or assign sufficient staff resources to study public employ...

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NDSigned into law 04/2007P-12Employer Contributions for Retirement
S.B. 2046
Requires employer contributions on re-employed retirees; and beginning 7/1/08 increases employer contributions by .50% and reduces benefits ...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12Re-Employment of Retired Teachers
H.B. 1262
From Senate Report: In the Teachers' Retirement System, a retired teacher or administrator who satisfies a break in service of at least one ...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
State Retirement Plan Revision
H.B. 1830
Changes participation in the deferred compensation plan for new or rehired state employees, including those of any state agency, county, mun...

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WVSigned into law 03/2007P-12State Teachers Retirement System Contribution Information
S.B. 134
Requires employers to provide information for contributions to the State Teachers Retirement System. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_statu...

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WVSigned into law 03/2007P-12
Postsec.
Permanent Certification Requirements; 21st Century Learner Fellows & Retirement Benefits
H.B. 2585
Until a professional educator qualifies for a permanent certificate, requires the educator who has a certificate based on a bachelor's degre...

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VAPassed 02/2007P-12Statewide Educator Health Insurance Experience Pool
S.J. 372
This joint resolution of the legislature establishes a joint subcommittee to study the feasibility of a state-wide health insurance experien...

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HISigned into law 07/2006P-12Employing Retired Teachers/Administrators
H.B. 1862
Allows the department of education to employ retired teachers full time to teach in teacher shortage areas and serve as mentors for new clas...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Deferred Retirement Option Plan
H.B. 178
Provides for interruptions in Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) entry and DROP participation periods occasioned by Hurricanes Katrina a...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Payment of Benefits Not Due a Member
H.B. 1362
Provides relative to the Teachers' Retirement System with respect to payment of benefits not due to a member; provides further that the righ...

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LAAdopted 05/2006P-12Deferred Retirement Option Plan-Gulf Opportunity Zone
LAC 58:III.510
Allows distributions from public pension plan qualified underprovisions of Internal Revenue Code, Section 401(a). Made for retirees residing...

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VASigned into law 03/2006P-12Return of Retired Teachers
S.B. 99
Allows persons who retired as other than a teacher to teach in a critical shortage position while continuing to receive a retirement allowan...

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VTSigned into law 03/2006P-12Credit for Prior Service
S.B. 111
Allows retired teachers who are then reemployed to obtain credit for prior service. A teacher who has ceased being a member upon reemploymen...

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WASigned into law 03/2006P-12Pension Portability
H.B. 2680
From the fiscal note: Currently members of TRS may use out-of-state service credit solely for the purpose of determining the time at which t...

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LASigned into law 02/2006P-12Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) Participation for Katrina/Rita Victims
S.B. 48A
Allows the suspension and resumption of Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) participation for public school system employees terminated d...

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LAAdopted 01/2006P-12
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Purchase of Service Credit
LAC 58:III.401
Provides purchase of service credit for involuntary furlough or leave without pay due to a gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency. ...

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LASigned into law 12/2005P-12Deferred Retirement Option Plan Withdrawals by Hurricane Rita Victims
H.B. 120A
Allows certain Hurricane Rita victims to take in-service distributions from their Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) accounts; provides ...

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LASigned into law 12/2005P-12Retirement Benefits
H.B. 18A
Allows a member of any state or statewide public retirement system on involuntary furlough or leave without pay due to a gubernatorially dec...

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AKSigned into law 06/2005P-12Reemployed Retired Teachers
H.B. 161
The reemployment of certain retired members of the teachers' and public employees' retirement systems provide a valuable tool for school dis...

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CTSigned into law 06/2005P-12Timely Transmission of Reports to the Teachers' Retirement Board
S.B. 1318
To require the timely transmission to the Teachers' Retirement Board of the reports and information necessary for the proper administration ...

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AZSigned into law 04/2005P-12State Retirement System
H.B. 2472
Relates to the State Retirement System. Authorizes use of public monies in the purchase of any annuity or deferred compensation payments for...

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WASigned into law 04/2005P-12The Teachers Retirement System Early Retirement
H.B. 1327
Permits members of the teachers' retirement system plan 2 and plan 3 who qualify for early retirement or alternate early retirement to make ...

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COSigned into law 03/2005P-12Pension Benefits Embezzlement
S.B. 93
Concerns the ability to attach public pension benefits if the pension participant engages in misconduct in connection with public property; ...

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VASigned into law 03/2005P-12Return of Retired Teachers
H.B. 1787
Extends from July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2010, the sunset date for provisions allowing retirees to be hired as teachers or administrative person...

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NYVetoed 09/2004P-12Public Employee Health Insurance
A.B. 4962
Prohibits the diminution of health insurance benefits of public employee retirees and their dependents or reducing the employer's contributi...

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LASigned into law 07/2004P-12Retirement Systems
H.B. 1215
Requires persons who have or who are seeking to obtain a contractual or other relationship with a state or statewide public retirement syste...

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FLSigned into law 06/2004P-12Retired Teachers Reemployment
S.B. 3010
Relates to a retired teacher's reemployment; authorizes district school boards to reemploy certain retired teachers under certain circumstan...

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LASigned into law 06/2004P-12State Employee Retirement
H.B. 58
Provides for early retirement for state employee retirement members with actuarial reduction of benefits; requires abolition of positions va...

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OKSigned into law 06/2004P-12
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State Education Employees Health Insurance
S.B. 1162
Relates to health insurance; amends 74 O.S. 2001, Section 1306, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 196, O.S.L. 2002 (74 O.S. Supp. 2003, Secti...

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GASigned into law 05/2004P-12Teacher Recruitment and Retirement
H.B. 366
Amends retirement allowances, disability benefits, and spouses' benefits under the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia to allow a teacher ...

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MSSigned into law 05/2004P-12School Employees Sick Leave
S.B. 2297
Clarifies that assistant teachers will receive the same number of sick days as licensed teachers. In addition, under the donation of leave p...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12Rehiring Retired Teachers
H.B. 1171
Each division superintendent is required at least annually, if so requested by the local school board, to survey the relevant local school d...

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UTSigned into law 03/2004P-12Charter School Employees
H.B. 108
Modifies the State System of Public Education Code and the Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act to amend employee benefit provisi...

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VASigned into law 03/2004P-12
Postsec.
State Employee Long Term Care Insurance
H.B. 1179
Requires the Department of Human Resources Management to offer the long term care insurance plan currently available to state employees to a...

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ILVetoed 11/2003P-12Teachers Return to Employment
H.B. 1185
Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows certain retired teachers to remain in retirement status and contin...

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NCSigned into law 08/2003P-12School Personnel
S.B. 701
The General Assembly finds that the elimination of administrative and fiscal limitations on job-sharing arrangements would make employment i...

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CTSigned into law 07/2003P-12Reemployment of Retired Teachers
H.B. 6696
Concerns the reemployment of retired teachers; purchases additional credited service in the Teachers' Retirement System, the excess earning ...

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ILSigned into law 07/2003P-12Retired Teacher Employment
S.B. 195
Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows retired teachers to remain in retirement status and continue to re...

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DESigned into law 06/2003P-12Teacher's Credit for Pension Plan
H.B. 110
Provides a credited service option for teachers formerly employed in the "Jobs for Delaware Graduates" program.
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TNSigned into law 06/2003P-12Reemployment of Teachers
S.B. 434
Relates to reemployment after retirement by teachers....

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AKSigned into law 05/2003P-12Retirement Incentive Program
H.B. 140
Relates to benefits for retired teachers or employees who participated in retirement incentive programs and are subsequently reemployed as a...

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WASigned into law 05/2003P-12Retirement Credit for Substitute Service
S.B. 5094
Provides optional service credit for substitute service to members of the school employees' retirement system....

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NMSigned into law 04/2003P-12Returning Retirees
S.B. 283
Allows a return to employment in Education; provides that a retired member who has not been employed as an employee or independent contracto...

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VASigned into law 03/2003P-12Virginia Retirement System
H.B. 2438
Relates to Virginia Retirement System; relates to the continuation of retirement benefits for retired teachers who resume teaching....

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WVSigned into law 03/2003P-12Job Sharing
H.B. 2083
Relates to county boards of education generally and expands job sharing arrangements to include employees who are not professional employees...

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NCTo governor 10/2002P-12
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Postsec.
Job Sharing, Benefits
S.B. 1443
Provides that the state board shall facilitate job sharing by public school teachers; authorizes the legislative research commission to stud...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12
Community College
Provide Additional Information about teacher retirement investment programs.
A.B. 2506
Requires the Teachers' Retirement Board establish a registration process for vendors seeking to offer retirement investment products to empl...

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AKSigned into law 06/2002P-12Pension Benefits in Member's Death Through Assault, Assassination or Terrorism
H.B. 480
Provides that the death of a state employee killed off the job site by an act of assault, assassination, or terrorism directly related to th...

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CTSigned into law 06/2002P-12Credited Service of Substitutes and Half-Time Teachers
S.B. 635
Lowers threshold from 20 to 18 days substitute or half days or less of service that are to equal one month of credited service for purposes ...

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KSSigned into law 06/2002P-12Teacher Benefits and Retirement Program
H.B. 2621
Modifies definition of "employee" and "final average salary" in section relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system and system...

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GASigned into law 05/2002P-12Benefit Increase for Public School Retirees
S.B. 138
Increases maximum benefit amount for public school employee retirees. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/Legis/2001_02/fulltext/sb138.htm...

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GASigned into law 05/2002P-12Years of Creditable Service
H.B. 955
Relates to teacher retirement; allows members who have completed a minimum of 25 years of crediable service to obtain up to three additional...

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ALSigned into law 04/2002P-12Retirement Benefits for Certain Members
H.B. 169
Reopens the Teachers' Retirement System for purchase of certain prior service credit in the system by active and contributing members who we...

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ALPocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2002P-12Teacher Hours
H.B. 605
Relates to certain public school teachers; provides for authority to contract with a local board of education to work less than full-time so...

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CASigned into law 04/2002P-12Retirement Plans to Conform with State and Federal Income Tax Laws
A.B. 131
Provides that additional state income and corporation tax law conform with federal income tax laws with respect to rollovers allowed among v...

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FLSigned into law 04/2002P-12Retirement System Contributions Clearing Trust Fund
H.B. 1575
Creates the Retirement System Contributions Clearing Trust Fund to disburse Florida Retirement System funds, to be administered by the Depar...

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FLSigned into law 04/2002P-12Retirement Contribution Rates
H.B. 1973
Relates to retirement contribution rates; revises the contribution rates for the Elected Officers' Class, Senior Management Service Class, R...

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HISigned into law 04/2002P-12Rehire of Retired Teachers as Instructors and Mentors
H.B. 2163
Allows the Department of Education to rehire retired teachers who have been retired for at least one calendar year to work in teacher shorta...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Iowa Public Employees Retirement System
H.B. 2532
Modifies requirements of Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System, including access to confidential records, purchase of service credit, and...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Retirement System Eligibility
H.B. 637
Includes persons whose positions require certification or a four-year postsecondary degree and who provide part-time and substitute services...

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MSBecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2002P-12Teachers' Retirement System Payments
H.B. 1800
Makes an appropriation to the board of trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System for the purpose of paying benefit payments to ret...

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MEPublic Law No. 03/2002P-12Health Coverage for Retirees Returning to the Classroom
H.B. 1469
Relates to group health plans for retirees who return to work under certain circumstances....

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WVSigned into law 03/2002P-12Return of Retired Teachers
H.B. 4579
Clarifies that a retired public school teacher may be employed as a higher education teacher without loss of benefits....

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RIBecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2001P-12Retired Teachers May Substitute
H.B. 5209, S.B. 207
Allows retired teachers to substitute as teachers in State and public schools for not more than 90 days in any one school year without a red...

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LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Reemployment of Retirees
H.B. 914
Repeals all "reemployment of retiree" laws and replaces them with one law allowing full salary and full benefits after the lapse of a 12-mon...

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SCSigned into law 06/2001P-12Return of Retirees
H.B. 3175
Relates to the exemption from the earnings limitation for retired certified teachers employed in geographic or critical academic need areas;...

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TXSigned into law 06/2001P-12Statewide Group Benefits
H.B. 3343
Relates to the creation, operation, and funding of a statewide group benefits program for employees and retirees of school districts. Estab...

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TXSigned into law 06/2001P-12Retirement Reciprocity
S.B. 477
Relates to credit in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas for certain out-of-state service....

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AZSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.
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Community College Retirement
S.B. 1295
Relates to community college employee retirement; includes provisions for corrections officers, elected officials, and public safety personn...

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HISigned into law 05/2001P-12Hiring Retired Teachers
H.B. 1668
, Provides that department of education may rehire retired teachers in teacher shortage areas, with prior approval of superintendent and pur...

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NESigned into law 05/2001P-12Funding Changes
L.B. 797--Two Components
Section 16 changes the definition of general fund operating expenditures for purposes of the state aid formula (TEEOSA). The bill provides t...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Teacher Retirement Issues
H.B. 1077
Increases the amount of private school service which can be purchased in the teacher retirement system....

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INSigned into law 04/2001P-12Teacher Retirement Funding
H.B. 1815
Provides a cost of living adjustment (COLA) in 2001 to members of the Public Employees Retirement Fund (PERF) and members of the Indiana Sta...

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MDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Teacher Retirement System Definitions and Calculations
S.B. 389
Relates to the Employees' and Teachers' Retirement System; alters the method of calculating specified members' average final compensation; d...

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MTSigned into law 04/2001P-12
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Public Employee Retirement Systems
H.B. 116
Revises the defined contribution plan provisions under the public employees retirement system; limits liability; revises the allocation of c...

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MTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Teacher Retirement System Provisions
H.B. 97
Relates to the teachers' retirement system; relates to member eligibility for benefits, purchasing of service, tax deferred contributions, a...

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Retirement Allowances
S.B. 945
Provides that the monthly retirement allowance payable to any teacher who has at least 25 years of creditable service as a teacher and is at...

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CASigned into law 09/2000P-12Early Retirement
A.B. 1933
Provides additional increases, as specified, for those members who have 30 or more years of credited service prior to 2011 and who retire fo...

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CASigned into law 09/2000P-12Teachers' Health Benefits Fund
S.B. 1435
Provides that development of any health care benefits programs for teachers shall be subject to appropriation of funds and further legislati...

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MISigned into law 06/2000P-12Definition of "school employee" for retirement plan purposes
H.B. 5468
Public Act 150, Relates to retirement; relates to public school employees; exempts persons who work for school district to conduct an electi...

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TNSigned into law 06/2000P-12Management of Retirement Funds, Reports
S.B. 2755
Provides that local teacher retirement funds should be well managed; requires annual reports to local legislative bodies....

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TNSigned into law 06/2000P-12Retired Teachers May Return
S.B. 2124
Allows retired teachers to resume teaching without loss of benefits under certain conditions....

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VTSigned into law 06/2000P-12Retired Teachers
H.B. 688
Permits eligible teachers to be employed and compensated up to 60% rather than 50% of the average teachers' compensation and still receive a...

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IDSigned into law 04/2000P-12Early Retirement
H.B. 637
Amends existing law to provide that a certificated employee of a public school district shall be fifty-five years old before September 1 of ...

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KYSigned into law 03/2000P-12Forfeiture of Retirement
H.B. 737
Provides that for persons fired after 8/1/2000, who participate in State Employees Retirement System, County Employees Retirement System, St...

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LASigned into law 05/1998P-12Return of Retired Teachers
S.B. 105
Provides for the re-employment, under the qualified teacher shortage provisions of retired members who participated in the Deferred Retireme...

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