California Senate Bill SB1353 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1353INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Pan FEBRUARY 19, 2016 An act to amend Section 22601 of the Education Code, relating to teachers' retirement. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1353, as introduced, Pan. State teachers' retirement. Existing law, the Teachers' Retirement Law, establishes the State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) and creates the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers' Retirement Plan, which provides a defined benefit to members of the program, based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. Existing law prohibits a person serving as an exchange teacher or sojourn teacher from out of state from being members of the plan. The bill would make nonsubstantive changes in the provisions described above relating to an exchange teacher or sojourn teacher. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 22601 of the Education Code is amended to read: 22601.  Persons   A person  serving as  an  exchange  teachers   teacher  or sojourn  teachers   teacher  from outside of this state  are   is  excluded from membership in the plan.