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6	6	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 438
7	7	February Session, 2020
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11	11	Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
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20	20	AN ACT CONCERNING RE VISIONS TO THE TEACHERS'
21	21	RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	23	Assembly convened:
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25	25	Section 1. Section 10-183b of the 2020 supplement to the general 1
26	26	statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
27	27	(Effective July 1, 2020): 3
28	28	As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 4
29	29	(1) "Actuarial reserve basis" means a basis under which the liabilities 5
30	30	of the retirement system are determined under acceptable actuarial 6
31	31	methods and under which assets are accumulated under a program 7
32	32	designed to achieve a proper balance between the accumulated assets 8
33	33	and the liabilities of the system. 9
34	34	(2) "Amortization of unfunded liabilities" means: (A) For fiscal years 10
35	35	ending on or before June 30, 2019, a systematic program of annual 11
36	36	payments determined as a level per cent of expected member annual 12
37	37	salaries in lieu of a lump sum payment; and (B) for fiscal years ending 13
38	38	on or after June 30, 2020, a systematic program of annual payments, 14 Raised Bill No. 438
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44	44	transitioning equally over five consecutive fiscal years from a level per 15
45	45	cent of expected annual member salaries to a level payment, in lieu of a 16
46	46	lump sum payment. 17
47	47	(3) "Annual salary" means the annual salary rate for service as a 18
48	48	Connecticut teacher during a school year but not including unused sick 19
49	49	leave, unused vacation, terminal pay, coaching or extra duty 20
50	50	assignments, unless compensation for coaching or extra duty 21
51	51	assignment was included in salary for which contributions were made 22
52	52	prior to July 1, 1971. In no event shall annual salary include amounts 23
53	53	determined by the board to be included for the purpose of inflating the 24
54	54	member's average annual salary. The inclusion in annual salary of 25
55	55	amounts paid to the member, in lieu of payment by the employer for the 26
56	56	cost of benefits, insurance, or individual retirement arrangements which 27
57	57	in prior years had been paid by the employer and not included in the 28
58	58	member's annual salary, shall be prima facie evidence that such 29
59	59	amounts are included for the purpose of inflating the member's average 30
60	60	annual salary. Annual salary shall not (A) include payments the timing 31
61	61	of which may be directed by the member, (B) include payments to a 32
62	62	superintendent pursuant to an individual contract between such 33
63	63	superintendent and a board of education, of amounts which are not 34
64	64	included in base salary, or (C) exceed the maximum amount allowed 35
65	65	under Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code for the applicable 36
66	66	limitation year, provided in no event shall the limitation under Section 37
67	67	401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code apply to the annual salary of a 38
68	68	member whose membership began prior to January 1, 1996, if such 39
69	69	limitation would reduce the amount of the member's annual salary 40
70	70	below the amount permitted for calculation of the member's retirement 41
71	71	benefit under this chapter, [167a,] without regard to the limitation under 42
72	72	Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code. Annual salary shall 43
73	73	include amounts paid to the member during a sabbatical leave during 44
74	74	which mandatory contributions were remitted, provided such member 45
75	75	returned to full-time teaching for at least five full years following the 46
76	76	completion of such leave. 47
77	77	(4) "Average annual salary" means the average [annual salary 48 Raised Bill No. 438
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83	83	received during the three years of highest salary] of the three highest 49
84	84	annual salaries received as an active member. 50
85	85	(5) "Board" means the Teachers' Retirement Board. 51
86	86	(6) "Child" means a natural child, an adopted child, or a stepchild of 52
87	87	a deceased member who has been a stepchild for at least one year 53
88	88	immediately prior to the date on which the member died. A child is a 54
89	89	"dependent child" of a deceased member if at the time of the member's 55
90	90	death (A) the member was living with the child or providing or 56
91	91	obligated to provide, by agreement or court order, a reasonable portion 57
92	92	of the support of the child, and (B) the child (i) is unmarried and has not 58
93	93	attained age eighteen, or (ii) is disabled and such disability began prior 59
94	94	to the child's attaining age eighteen. 60
95	95	(7) "Contributions" means amounts withheld pursuant to this chapter 61
96	96	and paid to the board by an employer from compensation payable to a 62
97	97	member. Prior to July 1, 1989, "mandatory contributions" are 63
98	98	contributions required to be withheld under this chapter and consist of 64
99	99	five per cent regular contributions and "one per cent contributions". 65
100	100	From July 1, 1989, to June 30, 1992, "mandatory contributions" are 66
101	101	contributions required to be withheld under this chapter and consist of 67
102	102	five per cent regular contributions and one per cent health 68
103	103	contributions. From July 1, 1992, to June 30, 2004, "mandatory 69
104	104	contributions" are contributions required to be withheld under this 70
105	105	chapter and consist of six per cent "regular contributions" and one per 71
106	106	cent health contributions. From July 1, 2004, to December 31, 2017, 72
107	107	"mandatory contributions" are contributions required to be withheld 73
108	108	under this chapter and consist of six per cent regular contributions and 74
109	109	one and one-fourth per cent health contributions. From January 1, 2018, 75
110	110	to December 31, 2019, inclusive, "mandatory contributions" are 76
111	111	contributions required to be withheld under this chapter and consist of 77
112	112	seven per cent "regular contributions" and one and one-fourth per cent 78
113	113	health contributions. On and after January 1, 2020, "mandatory 79
114	114	contributions" are contributions required to be withheld under this 80
115	115	chapter and consist of seven per cent "regular contributions" and one 81 Raised Bill No. 438
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121	121	and one-fourth per cent health contributions, except that no health 82
122	122	contributions shall be required for an employee of the state that (A) has 83
123	123	completed the vesting service necessary to receive health benefits 84
124	124	provided to retired state employees, and (B) does not participate in any 85
125	125	group health insurance plans maintained for retired teachers. Nothing 86
126	126	in this subdivision shall affect any other obligation of such a state 87
127	127	employee to contribute to the state's retiree health care trust fund. 88
128	128	"Voluntary contributions" are contributions by a member authorized to 89
129	129	be withheld under section 10-183i, as amended by this act. 90
130	130	(8) "Coparticipant" means a designated beneficiary under the 91
131	131	provisions of subsection (d) of section 10-183j, as amended by this act. 92
132	132	[(8)] (9) "Credited interest" means interest at the rate from time to time 93
133	133	fixed by the board consistent with industry standards and practices. 94
134	134	Such interest shall be applied to a member's account based on the 95
135	135	balance as of the previous June thirtieth. Credited interest shall [be 96
136	136	assessed] accrue on any mandatory contributions which were due but 97
137	137	not remitted prior to the close of the school year for which salary was 98
138	138	paid. 99
139	139	[(9)] (10) "Current service" means service rendered in the current 100
140	140	fiscal year. 101
141	141	[(10)] (11) "Dependent former spouse" means a former spouse of a 102
142	142	deceased member who (A) has in his or her care a dependent child of 103
143	143	the deceased member; and (B) was receiving, or was entitled to receive, 104
144	144	from the deceased member at the time of the death of the deceased 105
145	145	member, at least one-half of his or her support; and (C) has not 106
146	146	remarried; and (D) is the parent of the child or adopted the child while 107
147	147	married to the member and before the child attained age eighteen or, 108
148	148	while married to the member, both of them adopted the child before the 109
149	149	child attained age eighteen. 110
150	150	[(11)] (12) "Dependent parent" means a parent of a deceased member 111
151	151	who (A) has reached the age of sixty-five; and (B) has not married after 112
152	152	the death of the member; and (C) was receiving at least one-half of his 113 Raised Bill No. 438
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158	158	or her support from the member at the time of the member's death and 114
159	159	files proof of such support within two years of the date of the member's 115
160	160	death; and (D) is not receiving, or entitled to a federal or state old age 116
161	161	benefit based on the parent's own earnings, equal to or greater than the 117
162	162	amount the parent would be entitled to as a dependent parent under 118
163	163	this chapter. A "parent of a deceased member" is (i) the mother or father 119
164	164	of a deceased member; or (ii) a stepparent of a deceased member by a 120
165	165	marriage entered into before the member attained age sixteen; or (iii) an 121
166	166	adopting parent of a deceased member who adopted the deceased 122
167	167	member before the member attained age sixteen. 123
168	168	[(12)] (13) "Designated beneficiary" means a person designated on a 124
169	169	form prescribed by the board by a member to receive amounts which 125
170	170	may become payable under this chapter as the result of the member's 126
171	171	death whether before or after retirement. If a designated beneficiary is 127
172	172	not living at the time of the death of a member, the amounts that would 128
173	173	have been payable to the designated beneficiary shall be paid to the 129
174	174	member's estate. 130
175	175	(14) "Disability allowance" means the amount payable to a disabled 131
176	176	member pursuant to the provisions of section 10-183aa, as amended by 132
177	177	this act. 133
178	178	[(13)] (15) "Disabled" means the inability to perform any teaching 134
179	179	service, whether or not such service is performed full-time or part-time, 135
180	180	in a public or nonpublic school or a nonschool setting, on a volunteer 136
181	181	basis or for compensation, within or without the state of Connecticut, or 137
182	182	engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically 138
183	183	determinable physical or mental impairment [which] that (A) is 139
184	184	permanent or can be expected to last continually for not less than twelve 140
185	185	months from the onset of such impairment, or (B) can be expected to 141
186	186	result in death or to be of long-continued and indefinite duration, except 142
187	187	that during the first twenty-four months that a member is receiving a 143
188	188	disability allowance, "disabled" means the inability to perform the usual 144
189	189	duties of his occupation by reason of any such impairment. 145 Raised Bill No. 438
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195	195	[(14)] (16) "Employer" means an elected school committee, a board of 146
196	196	education, the State Board of Education, the Office of Early Childhood, 147
197	197	the Board of Regents for Higher Education or any of the constituent 148
198	198	units, [the governing body of the Children's Center and its successors,] 149
199	199	the E. O. Smith School and any other activity, institution or school 150
200	200	employing members. With respect to members hired prior to July 1, 151
201	201	2020, "employer" also means the governing body of the Children's 152
202	202	Center and its successors. 153
203	203	[(15)] (17) "Formal leave of absence" means any absence from active 154
204	204	service in the public schools of Connecticut formally granted by a 155
205	205	member's employer as evidenced by contemporary records of the 156
206	206	employer, provided in the case of an absence due to illness, medical or 157
207	207	other evidence of such illness may, at the discretion of the Teachers' 158
208	208	Retirement Board, be accepted in lieu of evidence of the formal granting 159
209	209	of a leave. 160
210	210	[(16)] (18) "Formal application of retirement" means (A) the member's 161
211	211	application, birth certificate or notarized statement supported by other 162
212	212	evidence satisfactory to the board, in lieu thereof, (B) records of service, 163
213	213	[when] if such records are required by the board to determine a salary 164
214	214	rate or years of creditable service, (C) a statement of payment plan, 165
215	215	[and,] including, if applicable, the fixed period of time selected by a 166
216	216	member under Plan C or the coparticipant's share designated under 167
217	217	Plan D, pursuant to section 10-183j, as amended by this act, (D) in the 168
218	218	case of an application for a disability benefit, a physician's or an 169
219	219	advanced practice registered nurse's statement of health, (E) in the case 170
220	220	of a member who is married, a marriage certificate, and (F) any other 171
221	221	documentation required by the board. 172
222	222	[(17)] (19) "Funding" means the accumulation of assets in advance of 173
223	223	the payment of retirement allowances in accordance with a [definite 174
224	224	actuarial program] reasonable actuarial methodology. 175
225	225	[(18)] (20) "Member" means any Connecticut teacher employed for an 176
226	226	average of at least one-half of each school day, [except that no teacher 177 Raised Bill No. 438
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232	232	who under any provision of the general statutes elects not to participate 178
233	233	in the system shall be a member unless and until the teacher elects to 179
234	234	participate in the system] and who was employed on and compensated 180
235	235	for the first school day, according to such member's schedule, of a school 181
236	236	month. Members teaching in a nonpublic school classified as a public 182
237	237	school [by the board] under the provisions of this section may continue 183
238	238	as members as long as they continue as teachers in such school even if 184
239	239	the school ceases to be so classified. A former teacher who has not 185
240	240	withdrawn his or her accumulated contributions shall be an "inactive 186
241	241	member". A member who, during the period of a formal leave of 187
242	242	absence granted by his or her employer, but not exceeding an aggregate 188
243	243	of ten school months, continues to make mandatory contributions to the 189
244	244	board, retains his or her status as an active member. 190
245	245	[(19)] (21) "Normal cost" means the amount of contribution which the 191
246	246	state is required to make into the retirement fund in order to meet the 192
247	247	actuarial cost of current service. 193
248	248	[(20)] (22) "Public school" means any day school conducted within or 194
249	249	without this state under the orders and superintendence of a duly 195
250	250	elected school committee, a board of education, the State Board of 196
251	251	Education, the Office of Early Childhood, the board of governors or any 197
252	252	of its constituent units, the E. O. Smith School, [the Children's Center 198
253	253	and its successors, the State Education Resource Center established 199
254	254	pursuant to section 10-4q of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes, 200
255	255	revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, the State Education Resource 201
256	256	Center established pursuant to section 10-357a,] joint activities of boards 202
257	257	of education authorized by subsection (b) of section 10-158a and any 203
258	258	institution supported by the state at which teachers are employed or any 204
259	259	incorporated secondary school not under the orders and 205
260	260	superintendence of a duly elected school committee or board of 206
261	261	education but located in a town not maintaining a high school and 207
262	262	providing free tuition to pupils of the town in which it is located, and 208
263	263	which has been approved by the State Board of Education under the 209
264	264	provisions of part II of chapter 164, provided that such institution or 210
265	265	such secondary school is classified as a public school by the retirement 211 Raised Bill No. 438
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271	271	board. With respect to members hired prior to July 1, 2020, "public 212
272	272	school" also means the Children's Center and its successors, the State 213
273	273	Education Resource Center established pursuant to section 10-4q of the 214
274	274	2014 supplement to the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to 215
275	275	January 1, 2013, and the State Education Resource Center established 216
276	276	pursuant to section 10-357a. 217
277	277	[(21)] (23) "Retirement allowance" means payments for life derived 218
278	278	from member contributions, including credited interest, and 219
279	279	contributions from the state. 220
280	280	(24) "Retired member" means a member receiving a retirement 221
281	281	benefit as computed under section 10-183g, as amended by this act. 222
282	282	[(22)] (25) "School year" means the twelve months ending on June 223
283	283	thirtieth of each year. 224
284	284	[(23)] (26) "Surviving spouse" means a widow or widower of a 225
285	285	deceased member who (A) was living with the member at the time of 226
286	286	the member's death, or receiving, or entitled by court order or 227
287	287	agreement to receive, regular support payments from the member, and 228
288	288	(B) has not remarried. 229
289	289	[(24)] (27) "Survivors" means a surviving spouse, a dependent former 230
290	290	spouse, a dependent child and a dependent parent. 231
291	291	[(25)] (28) "System" means the Connecticut teachers' retirement 232
292	292	system. 233
293	293	[(26)] (29) "Teacher" means (A) any person employed by the public 234
294	294	schools of Connecticut, including, but not limited to, a teacher, 235
295	295	permanent substitute teacher, principal, assistant principal, supervisor, 236
296	296	assistant superintendent or superintendent employed by the public 237
297	297	schools in a professional capacity while possessing a certificate or 238
298	298	permit issued by the State Board of Education, except State Board of 239
299	299	Education endorsement 85 or any successor to such endorsement, 240
300	300	provided on and after July 1, 1975, such certificate shall be for the 241 Raised Bill No. 438
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306	306	position in which the person is then employed, except as provided for 242
307	307	in section 10-183qq, (B) certified personnel hired prior to July 1, 2020, 243
308	308	who provide health and welfare services for children in nonprofit 244
309	309	schools, as provided in section 10-217a, under an oral or written 245
310	310	agreement, (C) any person who is engaged in teaching or supervising 246
311	311	schools for adults in a program that leads to a high school diploma if the 247
312	312	annual salary paid for such service is equal to or greater than the 248
313	313	minimum salary paid for a regular, full-time teaching position in the 249
314	314	day schools in the town where such service is rendered, (D) a member 250
315	315	of the professional staff of [the State Board of Education,] the Office of 251
316	316	Early Childhood, or of the Board of Regents for Higher Education or any 252
317	317	of the constituent units, [and] (E) a [member of the] staff member of the 253
318	318	State Education Resource Center established pursuant to section 10-4q 254
319	319	of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised 255
320	320	to January 1, 2013, or the State Education Resource Center established 256
321	321	pursuant to section 10-357a, employed in a professional capacity while 257
322	322	possessing a certificate or permit issued by the State Board of Education, 258
323	323	provided such staff member was hired prior to July 1, 2020, and (F) any 259
324	324	person employed as professional staff of the State Board of Education, 260
325	325	provided such person was a member or inactive member prior to July 1, 261
326	326	2020. A "permanent substitute teacher" is [one] a person who serves as 262
327	327	[such for at least ten months during any school year] a substitute teacher 263
328	328	in the same assignment for an entire school year. 264
329	329	[(27)] (30) "Unfunded liability" means the actuarially determined 265
330	330	value of the liability for service before the date of the actuarial valuation 266
331	331	less the accumulated assets in the retirement fund. 267
332	332	[(28)] (31) "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code 268
333	333	of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the 269
334	334	United States, as from time to time amended, and any regulations 270
335	335	promulgated under or interpretations of said code that may affect this 271
336	336	chapter. 272
337	337	[(29)] (32) "Limitation year" means the twelve-month period 273
338	338	beginning each July first and ending each June thirtieth. 274 Raised Bill No. 438
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344	344	Sec. 2. Section 10-183c of the general statutes is repealed and the 275
345	345	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 276
346	346	(a) The Connecticut teachers' retirement system is established to 277
347	347	provide retirement and other benefits for teachers, their survivors and 278
348	348	beneficiaries. On or after a member vests in the system by becoming 279
349	349	eligible to receive a retirement benefit pursuant to section 10-183f, as 280
350	350	amended by this act, or accumulates ten years of credited service in the 281
351	351	system, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10-183e, as amended by 282
352	352	this act, whichever is later, the member's benefit under sections 10-183e, 283
353	353	10-183f, 10-183g, 10-183h, 10-183j and 10-183aa, as amended by this act, 284
354	354	is contractual in nature and no public or special act of the General 285
355	355	Assembly shall diminish such benefit, provided this section shall apply 286
356	356	only to an active member who is vested on October 1, 2003, or to a 287
357	357	member who vests or accumulates ten years of credited service on or 288
358	358	after October 1, 2003, and shall apply to the member's benefit in 289
359	359	existence on October 1, 2003, or to the member's benefit in existence on 290
360	360	the date the member vests or accumulates ten years of credited service, 291
361	361	respectively, whichever is later. 292
362	362	(b) In addition to the benefits described in subsection (a) of this 293
363	363	section, upon the issuance of bonds authorized by section 10-183qq, all 294
364	364	benefits of all members of the teachers' retirement system as of said 295
365	365	issuance shall be construed to be contractual in nature, as long as the 296
366	366	bonds issued in accordance with section 10-183qq or any subsequent 297
367	367	reauthorizations of said bonds remain outstanding. Nothing in this 298
368	368	subsection shall be construed to bestow any vested rights upon a 299
369	369	member of the Connecticut teachers' retirement system until such time 300
370	370	as those rights are earned in accordance with provisions in place upon 301
371	371	issuance of the bonds pursuant to section 10-183qq. 302
372	372	(c) Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of section 10-303
373	373	183t, as amended by this act, or 10-183z. 304
374	374	Sec. 3. Section 10-183e of the general statutes is repealed and the 305
375	375	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 306 Raised Bill No. 438
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381	381	(a) (1) A member shall receive a month of credited service for each 307
382	382	month of service, from September to June, inclusive, as a teacher, 308
383	383	[provided the Teachers' Retirement Board may grant a member] subject 309
384	384	to the payment of the mandatory contribution for such month. Ten 310
385	385	months of credited service shall be equal to one year of credited service. 311
386	386	A member may not accumulate more than one year of credited service 312
387	387	during any school year. 313
388	388	(2) The Teachers' Retirement Board may allow a member to receive a 314
389	389	month of credited service for a month during which such member was 315
390	390	employed after the first school day but not later than the fifth school day 316
391	391	of such month if [(1)] (A) such month was the member's first month of 317
392	392	service as a teacher, [and (2)] (B) such month of credited service is 318
393	393	needed by the member in order to qualify for a normal retirement 319
394	394	benefit, [. Ten months of credited service shall be equal to one year of 320
395	395	credited service. A member may not accumulate more than one year of 321
396	396	credited service during any school year] and (C) the mandatory 322
397	397	contribution for such month is paid. 323
398	398	(b) Any member may purchase, as provided in subsection (c) of this 324
399	399	section, additional credited service, but not to exceed an aggregate of 325
400	400	one year in the case of service described in subdivision (2) of this 326
401	401	subsection for each two years of active full-time service as a Connecticut 327
402	402	teacher; and not to exceed an aggregate of one year in the case of absence 328
403	403	described in subdivision (8) of this subsection for each five years of 329
404	404	active full-time service as a Connecticut teacher, provided if any such 330
405	405	absence exceeds thirty consecutive school months, such additional 331
406	406	credited service shall be limited to thirty school months; and not to 332
407	407	exceed an aggregate of ten years for all service described in this 333
408	408	subsection, except for service described in subdivision (2) of this 334
409	409	subsection. In no event may any service described in this subsection be 335
410	410	purchased if the member is receiving or is, or will become, entitled to 336
411	411	receive a retirement benefit based upon such service from any 337
412	412	governmental system other than the teachers' retirement system or the 338
413	413	federal Social Security System. Additional credited service includes: 339 Raised Bill No. 438
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419	419	(1) Service as a teacher in a school for military dependents established 340
420	420	by the United States Department of Defense; 341
421	421	(2) Service as a teacher in the public schools of another state of the 342
422	422	United States, its territories or possessions; 343
423	423	(3) Service in the armed forces of the United States in time of war, as 344
424	424	defined in section 27-103, or service in said armed forces during the 345
425	425	period beginning October 27, 1953, and ending January 31, 1955; 346
426	426	(4) Service in a permanent full-time position for the state; 347
427	427	(5) Service as a teacher at The University of Connecticut prior to July 348
428	428	1, 1965; 349
429	429	(6) Service as a teacher at the Wheeler School and Library, North 350
430	430	Stonington, prior to September 1, 1949; 351
431	431	(7) Service as a teacher at the Gilbert Home, Winsted, prior to 352
432	432	September 1, 1948; 353
433	433	(8) Any formal leave of absence as provided in regulations adopted 354
434	434	by the board, if the member subsequently returns to service for at least 355
435	435	one school year; 356
436	436	(9) Service as a teacher at the American School [at Hartford] for the 357
437	437	Deaf, the Connecticut Institute for the Blind or the Newington 358
438	438	Children's Hospital; 359
439	439	(10) Forty or more days of service as a substitute teacher, or the 360
440	440	equivalent service rendered at less than half-time, in a single public 361
441	441	school system within the state of Connecticut in any school year, 362
442	442	provided (A) eighteen days of such service shall equal one month of 363
443	443	credited service under subsection (a) of this section, and (B) on and after 364
444	444	July 1, 2020, such service shall be determined on a school year basis; 365
445	445	(11) Service in the armed forces of the United States, other than 366
446	446	service described in subdivision (3) of this subsection, not to exceed 367 Raised Bill No. 438
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448	448
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451	451
452	452	thirty months; 368
453	453	(12) Service as a full-time, salaried, elected official of the state or any 369
454	454	political subdivision of the state during the 1978 calendar year or 370
455	455	thereafter, if such member subsequently returns to service as a teacher 371
456	456	in a public school for at least one school year; 372
457	457	(13) Service in the public schools of Connecticut as a member of the 373
458	458	federal Teacher Corps, not to exceed two years; 374
459	459	(14) Service in the United States Peace Corps; 375
460	460	(15) Service in the United States VISTA (Volunteers in Service to 376
461	461	America) program; 377
462	462	(16) Service in the public schools of Connecticut as a social work 378
463	463	assistant, from January 1, 1969, to December 31, 1986, inclusive, if such 379
464	464	member became a certified school social worker and remained in public 380
465	465	school service as a social worker after certification; and 381
466	466	(17) Service prior to July 1, 2007, as a member of the staff of the State 382
467	467	Education Resource Center established pursuant to section 10-4q of the 383
468	468	general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2007, employed 384
469	469	in a professional capacity while possessing a certificate or permit issued 385
470	470	by the State Board of Education. 386
471	471	Any service described in subdivision (3), (8) or (10) of this subsection 387
472	472	shall be considered service in the public schools of Connecticut. 388
473	473	(c) Additional credited service [must] may only be purchased by a 389
474	474	member (1) prior to the [time] effective date of such member's 390
475	475	retirement, or (2) at the time a surviving spouse elects benefits under the 391
476	476	provisions of subsection (d) of section 10-183h, as amended by this act. 392
477	477	[, or (3) at the time benefits commence as provided under sections 10-393
478	478	183g and 10-183jj.] Any purchase of such service shall be accomplished 394
479	479	by the member paying to the board an amount determined on the basis 395
480	480	of actuarial factors adopted by the board that reflect the present value 396
481	481	of one-half of the full actuarial cost of the benefit increase that will be 397 Raised Bill No. 438
482	482
483	483
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486	486
487	487	derived by the purchase of such service, except that in the case of 398
488	488	purchase of service described in subdivision (17) of subsection (b) of this 399
489	489	section, or in the case of purchase of service described in subdivision (2) 400
490	490	of said subsection (b) in excess of ten years, the present value of the full 401
491	491	actuarial cost. Such factors shall consider the member's age at the time 402
492	492	of purchase, actual or projected salary, and the earliest date on which 403
493	493	the member would be eligible for a normal retirement allowance. 404
494	494	Payments for additional credited service may be made in a lump sum 405
495	495	by transfer of funds from the member's accumulated one per cent 406
496	496	contributions withheld prior to July 1, 1989, with credited interest and 407
497	497	accumulated voluntary contributions with credited interest plus such 408
498	498	other amounts as may be required to complete the purchase. Any other 409
499	499	payment for additional credited service shall be made solely by payroll 410
500	500	deduction of an amount subject to state, federal or local tax in the tax or 411
501	501	income year in which such voluntary contribution is made and shall also 412
502	502	include such other amounts as may be required to complete the 413
503	503	purchase. Any such other amount shall be deposited directly into such 414
504	504	member's regular account. No amount deposited in accordance with 415
505	505	this subsection shall be treated as a voluntary contribution as described 416
506	506	in section 10-183i, as amended by this act. 417
507	507	[(d) For the purpose of determining eligibility for benefits under 418
508	508	section 10-183f, credited service purchased under subsection (b) of this 419
509	509	section shall not be used except that (1) service in a school for military 420
510	510	dependents described in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section 421
511	511	and out-of-state public school service described in subdivision (2) of 422
512	512	said subsection (b) shall be used to determine eligibility for a normal 423
513	513	retirement benefit based upon thirty-five years of credited service and 424
514	514	for an early retirement benefit; and (2) military service described in 425
515	515	subdivision (3) of said subsection (b), any leave of absence described in 426
516	516	subdivision (8) of said subsection (b) and substitute service described in 427
517	517	subdivision (10) of said subsection (b) shall be used as if they were 428
518	518	service in the public schools of Connecticut. 429
519	519	(e) For purposes of computing benefit amounts under section 10-430
520	520	183g, other than proratable benefits and deferred vested retirement 431 Raised Bill No. 438
521	521
522	522
523	523
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525	525
526	526	benefits, credited service purchased under subsection (b) of this section 432
527	527	shall be used in the same manner as credited service described in 433
528	528	subsection (a) of this section. In computing proratable benefits, 434
529	529	purchased service credits shall be used as set forth in subsection (b) of 435
530	530	section 10-183g. In computing deferred vested retirement benefits, 436
531	531	purchased service credits shall be used as set forth in subsection (d) of 437
532	532	section 10-183g. In computing the lump sum death benefit under section 438
533	533	10-183h, military service described in subdivision (3) of subsection (b) 439
534	534	of this section and leaves of absence described in subdivision (8) of said 440
535	535	subsection (b) shall be used as if they were service in the public schools 441
536	536	of Connecticut.] 442
537	537	[(f)] (d) For purposes of computing benefit amounts under [section 443
538	538	10-183g] this chapter, whole months of credited service, including 444
539	539	additional credited service, in excess of whole years shall be used in 445
540	540	determining aggregate accumulations of credited service. 446
541	541	[(g)] (e) Any member who has been elected to a full-time or part-time 447
542	542	position in an organization which has been duly designated as the 448
543	543	teachers' representative or who has been elected to a full-time or part-449
544	544	time position in a state-wide, national or international bargaining 450
545	545	organization may, during the time such member so serves, continue 451
546	546	membership and may make, or have made for such member, payments 452
547	547	of contributions for such time, provided the organization which such 453
548	548	member represents shall pay the full actuarial cost that would otherwise 454
549	549	be incurred by the state for the time such member serves in excess of one 455
550	550	year. If payment is made during such periods or at any time before 456
551	551	retirement, such member shall receive credit for such service and shall 457
552	552	be considered as serving as a public school teacher in the state for the 458
553	553	purpose of computing length of service, and for the purpose of 459
554	554	computing average annual salary, and shall be considered by the 460
555	555	retirement board as though such member were remaining in such 461
556	556	member's latest teaching position. 462
557	557	Sec. 4. Section 10-183f of the general statutes is repealed and the 463
558	558	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 464 Raised Bill No. 438
559	559
560	560
561	561
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563	563
564	564	(a) A member is eligible to receive a normal retirement benefit [who] 465
565	565	if such member (1) has attained age sixty and has accumulated twenty 466
566	566	years of credited service in the public schools of Connecticut, or (2) has 467
567	567	attained any age and has accumulated thirty-five years of credited 468
568	568	service, at least twenty-five years of which are service in the public 469
569	569	schools of Connecticut. 470
570	570	(b) A member is eligible to receive a proratable retirement benefit 471
571	571	[who] if such member has attained age sixty prior to termination of 472
572	572	service and has accumulated at least ten years of credited service in the 473
573	573	public schools of Connecticut. 474
574	574	(c) A member is eligible to receive an early retirement benefit [who] 475
575	575	if such member has accumulated twenty-five years of credited service 476
576	576	at least twenty years of which are service in the public schools of 477
577	577	Connecticut, or [who] if such member has attained the age of fifty-five 478
578	578	and has accumulated at least twenty years of credited service, at least 479
579	579	fifteen of which are service in the public schools of Connecticut. 480
580	580	(d) A member is eligible to receive a deferred vested retirement 481
581	581	benefit beginning at age sixty [who] if such member: (1) Has 482
582	582	accumulated ten years of credited service in the public schools of 483
583	583	Connecticut; and (2) terminates service before becoming eligible for any 484
584	584	other retirement benefit; and (3) leaves his or her accumulated 485
585	585	contributions with the system. 486
586	586	(e) Repealed by P.A. 79-541, S. 5, 6. 487
587	587	(f) The survivors of a member who dies (1) while in service in the 488
588	588	public schools of Connecticut, (2) within two months after withdrawal 489
589	589	from such service and prior to the effective date of such member's 490
590	590	retirement or (3) while receiving a disability benefit under section 10-491
591	591	183aa, as amended by this act, shall receive survivors' benefits. [, except 492
592	592	that, if a member who has elected a coparticipant option, under section 493
593	593	10-183j, dies after such option becomes effective, such coparticipant 494
594	594	option shall be given effect and no survivors' benefits shall be payable.] 495
595	595	Before any survivors' benefits are paid, the board shall receive such 496 Raised Bill No. 438
596	596
597	597
598	598
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600	600
601	601	applications and other documents and information as it deems 497
602	602	necessary. 498
603	603	(g) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, pursuant to 499
604	604	Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code, a member shall begin 500
605	605	receiving benefits under this chapter no later than April first of the 501
606	606	calendar year following the calendar year in which (1) the member 502
607	607	attains age seventy and one-half, or seventy-two for members who 503
608	608	attain such age on or after January 1, 2020, or (2) if the member retires 504
609	609	after age seventy and one-half, or seventy-two for members who attain 505
610	610	such age on or after January 1, 2020, the calendar year in which such 506
611	611	member retires. 507
612	612	Sec. 5. Section 10-183g of the 2020 supplement to the general statutes 508
613	613	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 509
614	614	1, 2020): 510
615	615	(a) The normal retirement benefit shall be two per cent times the 511
616	616	number of years of full-time credited service and a proportional fraction 512
617	617	of two per cent times the number of years of credited service at less than 513
618	618	full-time multiplied by average annual salary. In no event, however, 514
619	619	shall such benefit exceed seventy-five per cent of such salary or be less 515
620	620	than three thousand six hundred dollars. 516
621	621	(b) The proratable retirement benefit shall be computed as follows: 517
622	622	Average annual salary multiplied by (1) number of years of credited 518
623	623	service [, excluding all additional credited service, except service 519
624	624	described in subdivisions (3), (8) and (10) of subsection (b) of section 10-520
625	625	183e,] in the public schools of Connecticut multiplied by the applicable 521
626	626	percentage based on age and service as determined from the table 522
627	627	below, and (2) number of years of all additional credited service not 523
628	628	used in subdivision (1) of this subsection multiplied by one per cent. 524
629	629	T1 TABLE
630	630	T2 AGE OF RETIREMENT
631	631	T3 Years Of Raised Bill No. 438
632	632
633	633
634	634
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636	636
637	637	T4 Connecticut
638	638	T5 Service 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
639	639	T6 10 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
640	640	T7 11 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
641	641	T8 12 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
642	642	T9 13 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
643	643	T10 14 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
644	644	T11 15 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
645	645	T12 16 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6
646	646	T13 17 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7
647	647	T14 18 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8
648	648	T15 19 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9
649	649	T16 20 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
650	650
651	651	(c) The early retirement benefit shall be computed in the same 525
652	652	manner as the normal retirement benefit, then actuarially reduced, on 526
653	653	the basis of early retirement tables adopted from time to time by the 527
654	654	board, for each month early retirement precedes the minimum age at 528
655	655	which the member could have retired with a normal retirement benefit 529
656	656	pursuant to section 10-183f, as amended by this act. [Such minimum age 530
657	657	shall be such member's actual age at retirement plus the lesser of (1) the 531
658	658	difference between such age and age sixty, or (2) the difference between 532
659	659	thirty-five years and the sum of such member's years of Connecticut 533
660	660	public school service plus all purchased leaves of absence, military and 534
661	661	out-of-state public school service.] On and after July 1, 1999, any 535
662	662	revisions to the early retirement tables shall be submitted to the Office 536
663	663	of Policy and Management and the joint standing committee of the 537
664	664	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 538
665	665	appropriations and the budgets of state agencies within one month of 539
666	666	their adoption by the board. Any such revisions shall be accompanied 540
667	667	by an actuarial certification of the costs associated with such revisions. 541
668	668	(d) The deferred vested retirement benefit shall be computed as 542
669	669	follows: Average annual salary multiplied by (1) number of years of 543
670	670	credited service, [excluding all additional credited service, except 544 Raised Bill No. 438
671	671
672	672
673	673
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675	675
676	676	service described in subdivisions (3), (8) and (10) of subsection (b) of 545
677	677	section 10-183e,] in the public schools of Connecticut multiplied by two 546
678	678	per cent, then actuarially reduced in the same manner as the early 547
679	679	retirement benefit if the years of service which could have been 548
680	680	rendered were less than twenty years by age sixty or by the subsequent 549
681	681	date of retirement, and (2) number of years of all additional credited 550
682	682	service not used in subdivision (1) of this subsection multiplied by one 551
683	683	per cent. 552
684	684	(e) Repealed by P.A. 79-541, S. 5, 6. 553
685	685	(f) (1) In addition to a retirement benefit computed under subsections 554
686	686	(a) to (d), inclusive, of this section and a disability allowance under 555
687	687	subsections (a) to (g), inclusive, of section 10-183aa, as amended by this 556
688	688	act, and except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, a 557
689	689	member shall receive a lump sum payment equal to the member's 558
690	690	accumulated one per cent contributions withheld prior to July 1, 1989, 559
691	691	and any voluntary contributions with credited interest. Such lump sum 560
692	692	shall be paid not later than three months after (A) the effective date of 561
693	693	retirement, or (B) the date the first payment of a disability allowance 562
694	694	under section 10-183aa, as amended by this act, is made, except the 563
695	695	board may delay payment of such lump sum in the case of extenuating 564
696	696	circumstances. If such delay occurs, the board shall submit a written 565
697	697	notice to the member explaining the nature of the extenuating 566
698	698	circumstances and an estimate as to when such lump sum shall be paid. 567
699	699	(2) In lieu of such lump sum, the member may elect to receive an 568
700	700	actuarially equivalent annuity for life. [Such lump sum or annuity shall 569
701	701	be paid, or commenced to be paid,] Payment of such annuity, if elected, 570
702	702	shall commence when the first payment of the [other] retirement benefit 571
703	703	computed under subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, of this section or a 572
704	704	disability allowance under section 10-183aa, as amended by this act, is 573
705	705	made. 574
706	706	(g) A member's complete formal application for retirement, if sent by 575
707	707	mail, shall be deemed to have been filed with the board on the date such 576 Raised Bill No. 438
708	708
709	709
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712	712
713	713	application is postmarked. No benefit computed under subsections (a) 577
714	714	to (d), inclusive, of this section and under subsections (a) to (g), 578
715	715	inclusive, of section 10-183aa, as amended by this act, shall become 579
716	716	effective until [the end of the calendar month of the filing by the] a 580
717	717	member eligible for retirement under section 10-183f, as amended by 581
718	718	this act, files with the board [of] a complete formal application for 582
719	719	retirement and terminates service with such member's employer. Such 583
720	720	benefit shall accrue from the first day of the month following [such] the 584
721	721	calendar month such application is filed and payment of such benefit in 585
722	722	equal monthly installments shall commence on the last day of the month 586
723	723	in which such benefit begins to accrue. The initial payment of such 587
724	724	benefit may be made not later than three months following the effective 588
725	725	date of retirement, provided such payment shall be retroactive to such 589
726	726	effective date. Upon a finding that extenuating circumstances relating to 590
727	727	the health of a member caused a delay in the filing of the member's 591
728	728	complete formal application, and such application is filed on or after 592
729	729	July 1, 1986, the board may deem such application to have been filed up 593
730	730	to three months earlier than the actual date of the filing. Upon a finding 594
731	731	that extenuating circumstances related to the health of a member caused 595
732	732	a delay in the filing of an election pursuant to subsection (g) of section 596
733	733	10-183aa, as amended by this act, and such election is filed on or after 597
734	734	July 1, 1986, the board may deem such election to have been filed as of 598
735	735	the date such member's benefits would otherwise have been converted 599
736	736	to a normal retirement [allowance, provided such member's disability 600
737	737	allowance became effective on or before November 1, 1976, and such 601
738	738	member attained the age of sixty on or after August 1, 1984] benefit 602
739	739	under this section. 603
740	740	(h) (1) A benefit computed under subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, of 604
741	741	this section and under subsections (a) to (g), inclusive, of section 10-605
742	742	183aa, as amended by this act, shall continue until the death of the 606
743	743	member. 607
744	744	(2) For any member who [retires] accumulates ten years of credited 608
745	745	service prior to July 1, 2019, if twenty-five per cent of the aggregate 609
746	746	benefits paid to a member prior to death, inclusive of the month of such 610 Raised Bill No. 438
747	747
748	748
749	749
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751	751
752	752	member's death, are less than such member's accumulated regular 611
753	753	contributions, including any one per cent contributions withheld prior 612
754	754	to July 1, 1989, and any voluntary contributions plus credited interest, 613
755	755	the member's designated beneficiary shall be paid on the death of the 614
756	756	member a lump sum amount equal to the difference between such 615
757	757	aggregate payments and such accumulated contributions plus credited 616
758	758	interest that had been accrued to the date benefits commenced. 617
759	759	(3) For any member who [retires] accumulates ten years of credited 618
760	760	service on or after July 1, 2019, notwithstanding the provisions of 619
761	761	subdivision (2) of section 10-183c, as amended by this act, if twenty-five 620
762	762	per cent of the aggregate benefits paid to a member before July 1, 2019, 621
763	763	[and prior to death,] plus fifty per cent of the aggregate benefits paid to 622
764	764	a member on or after July 1, 2019, and prior to death, inclusive of the 623
765	765	month of such member's death, are less than such member's 624
766	766	accumulated regular contributions, including any one per cent 625
767	767	contributions withheld prior to July 1, 1989, and any voluntary 626
768	768	contributions plus credited interest, the member's designated 627
769	769	beneficiary shall be paid on the death of the member a lump sum 628
770	770	amount equal to the difference between such aggregate payments and 629
771	771	such accumulated contributions plus credited interest that had been 630
772	772	accrued to the date benefits commenced. 631
773	773	(i) [In lieu of a benefit computed under subsections (a) to (d), 632
774	774	inclusive, of this section and under subsections (a) to (g), inclusive, of 633
775	775	section 10-183aa, a] A member [may] shall elect one of the benefit 634
776	776	options described in section 10-183j , as amended by this act, or any 635
777	777	other actuarially equivalent option which the board may offer from time 636
778	778	to time. 637
779	779	(j) Beginning the first day of January or July which follows nine 638
780	780	months in retirement, a retired member who retired prior to September 639
781	781	1, 1992, or a member's successor beneficiary, except a person receiving 640
782	782	survivor's benefits, shall be eligible for an annual five per cent cost of 641
783	783	living allowance on any benefit except a benefit based upon such 642
784	784	member's one per cent contributions or voluntary contributions. Such 643 Raised Bill No. 438
785	785
786	786
787	787
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789	789
790	790	cost of living allowance shall be computed on the basis of the retirement 644
791	791	benefits to which such retired member or successor beneficiary was 645
792	792	entitled on the last day of the preceding December or June except 646
793	793	benefits based upon one per cent or voluntary contributions. Such 647
794	794	member's successor beneficiary means any person, other than such 648
795	795	member, receiving benefits as the result of the election of a period 649
796	796	certain option or a coparticipant option, including an election for such 650
797	797	an option by a surviving spouse under subsection (d) of section 10-183h, 651
798	798	as amended by this act. The right to such allowance, or any portion 652
799	799	thereof, may be waived by the person entitled thereto at any time. Any 653
800	800	waiver shall remain in effect until the first day of the month following 654
801	801	such person's death or the filing with the board of a written notice of 655
802	802	cancellation of the waiver. Any allowance waived shall be forever 656
803	803	forfeited. If on any subsequent first day of January or July the Teacher's 657
804	804	Retirement Board determines that the National Consumer Price Index 658
805	805	for urban wage earners and clerical workers for the twelve-month 659
806	806	period ending on the last day of the preceding November or May has 660
807	807	increased less than the cost of living allowance provided under this 661
808	808	subsection, the cost of living allowance provided by this subsection shall 662
809	809	be adjusted to reflect the change in such index provided such cost of 663
810	810	living allowance shall not be less than three per cent. 664
811	811	(k) Beginning the first day of January or July which follows nine 665
812	812	months in retirement, a retired member who retired on or after 666
813	813	September 1, 1992, or a member's successor beneficiary, except a person 667
814	814	receiving survivor's benefits, shall be eligible for an annual cost of living 668
815	815	allowance calculated in accordance with the provisions of subsections 669
816	816	(l) or (m) of this section on any benefit except a benefit based upon such 670
817	817	member's one per cent contributions or voluntary contributions. Such 671
818	818	cost of living allowance shall be computed on the basis of the retirement 672
819	819	benefits to which such retired member or successor beneficiary was 673
820	820	entitled on the last day of the preceding December or June except 674
821	821	benefits based upon one per cent or voluntary contributions. Such 675
822	822	member's successor beneficiary means any person, other than such 676
823	823	member, receiving benefits as the result of the election of a period 677 Raised Bill No. 438
824	824
825	825
826	826
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828	828
829	829	certain option or a coparticipant option, including an election for such 678
830	830	an option by a surviving spouse under subsection (d) of section 10-183h, 679
831	831	as amended by this act. The right to such allowance, or any portion 680
832	832	thereof, may be waived by the person entitled thereto at any time. Any 681
833	833	waiver shall remain in effect until the first day of the month following 682
834	834	such person's death or the filing with the board of a written notice of 683
835	835	cancellation of the waiver. Any allowance waived shall be forever 684
836	836	forfeited. 685
837	837	(l) (1) Beginning the first day of January or July which follows nine 686
838	838	months in retirement, a retired member who retired on or after 687
839	839	September 1, 1992, or a member's successor beneficiary, except a person 688
840	840	receiving survivor's benefits, shall be eligible for an annual cost of living 689
841	841	allowance. The cost of living allowance shall be calculated by using the 690
842	842	percentage cost of living adjustment granted by the Social Security 691
843	843	Administration for the applicable year, computed on the basis of the 692
844	844	retirement benefits to which such retired member or successor 693
845	845	beneficiary was entitled on the last day of the preceding December or 694
846	846	June except benefits based upon one per cent or voluntary contributions, 695
847	847	provided no cost of living allowance shall exceed six per cent and 696
848	848	provided further, if the total return earned by the trustees on the market 697
849	849	value of the pension assets for the preceding fiscal year is less than eight 698
850	850	and one-half per cent, any cost of living allowance granted shall not 699
851	851	exceed one and one-half per cent. 700
852	852	(2) A member entering the retirement system commencing on or after 701
853	853	July 1, 2007, or such member's successor beneficiary, except a person 702
854	854	receiving survivor's benefits, shall, beginning the first day of January or 703
855	855	July that follows nine months in retirement, be eligible for an annual 704
856	856	cost of living allowance as follows: The cost of living allowance shall be 705
857	857	calculated by using the percentage cost of living adjustment granted by 706
858	858	the Social Security Administration for the applicable year, computed on 707
859	859	the basis of the retirement benefits to which such retired member or 708
860	860	successor beneficiary was entitled on the last day of the preceding 709
861	861	December or June, as applicable, except benefits based upon one per 710
862	862	cent or voluntary contributions, provided (A) no cost of living 711 Raised Bill No. 438
863	863
864	864
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867	867
868	868	allowance shall exceed five per cent, and (B) if the total return earned by 712
869	869	the trustees on the market value of the pension assets for the preceding 713
870	870	fiscal year is less than eight and one-half per cent, any cost of living 714
871	871	allowance granted shall not exceed one per cent, if such total return for 715
872	872	the preceding fiscal year is greater than eight and one-half per cent but 716
873	873	less than eleven and one-half per cent, any cost of living allowance 717
874	874	granted shall not exceed three per cent, and if such return exceeds 718
875	875	eleven and one-half per cent, any cost of living allowance granted shall 719
876	876	not exceed five per cent. 720
877	877	(m) Repealed by P.A. 07-186, S. 14. 721
878	878	(n) Repealed by P.A. 07-186, S. 14. 722
879	879	(o) On January 1, 1988, each eligible retired member who had 723
880	880	rendered at least twenty-five years of full-time service prior to normal 724
881	881	retirement under the provisions of subsection (a) of section 10-183f, as 725
882	882	amended by this act, or such member's successor beneficiary, as defined 726
883	883	in subsection (j) of this section, shall receive a single increase in 727
884	884	retirement benefits provided under this chapter. Such increase shall be 728
885	885	paid to such eligible members or successor beneficiaries whose monthly 729
886	886	benefit as of December 31, 1987, before any reduction for an optional 730
887	887	benefit payment plan, is less than eight hundred dollars, and shall be 731
888	888	sufficient to increase such monthly benefit to eight hundred dollars. 732
889	889	(p) On January 1, 1991, each eligible retired member who had 733
890	890	rendered at least twenty-five years of full-time service at least twenty 734
891	891	years of which were service in the public schools of Connecticut prior to 735
892	892	early retirement before January 1, 1976, under the provisions of 736
893	893	subsection (c) of section 10-183f, as amended by this act, or such 737
894	894	member's successor beneficiary, as defined in subsection (j) of this 738
895	895	section, shall receive a single increase in retirement benefits provided 739
896	896	under this chapter. Such increase shall be paid to such eligible members 740
897	897	or successor beneficiaries whose monthly benefit as of December 31, 741
898	898	1990, before any reduction for an optional benefit payment plan, is less 742
899	899	than eight hundred dollars, and shall be sufficient to increase such 743 Raised Bill No. 438
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901	901
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904	904
905	905	monthly benefit to eight hundred dollars. 744
906	906	(q) On January 1, 1999, each eligible retired member who had 745
907	907	rendered at least twenty-five years of full-time service, or such 746
908	908	member's successor beneficiary, as defined in subsection (j) of this 747
909	909	section, shall receive a single increase in benefits provided under this 748
910	910	chapter. Such increase shall be sufficient to increase the monthly benefit 749
911	911	of such eligible members or successor beneficiaries, whose monthly 750
912	912	benefit as of December 31, 1998, before any actuarial reduction for early 751
913	913	retirement or for an optional benefit payment plan, is less than twelve 752
914	914	hundred dollars and shall be sufficient to increase such monthly benefit 753
915	915	to twelve hundred dollars. 754
916	916	(r) No retirement benefit payable under this chapter, including any 755
917	917	cost of living allowance, shall exceed the maximum dollar limit in effect 756
918	918	under Section 415(b) of the Internal Revenue Code for the applicable 757
919	919	limitation year, as increased in subsequent years pursuant to Section 758
920	920	415(d) of the Internal Revenue Code. [A subsequent annual increase 759
921	921	shall apply to a member if the increase becomes effective after the 760
922	922	member retires or, if such increase becomes effective before a member 761
923	923	retires, after the date on which such benefit begins to accrue.] 762
924	924	Sec. 6. Section 10-183h of the general statutes is repealed and the 763
925	925	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 764
926	926	(a) The basic monthly survivor's [monthly] benefit, subject to a family 765
927	927	maximum of one thousand five hundred dollars, shall be (1) three 766
928	928	hundred dollars each for a surviving spouse, plus twenty-five dollars 767
929	929	for each year of service in excess of twelve years in the Connecticut 768
930	930	public schools completed by the member, subject to a maximum 769
931	931	monthly benefit of six hundred dollars, (2) three hundred dollars each 770
932	932	for a dependent former spouse; for a dependent parent if there is no 771
933	933	surviving spouse or dependent child; and for a legal guardian of any 772
934	934	dependent child if there is no surviving spouse, dependent former 773
935	935	spouse or dependent parent, and (3) three hundred dollars for each 774
936	936	dependent child. In applying the family maximum, the benefit shall be 775 Raised Bill No. 438
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938	938
939	939
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941	941
942	942	first allocated to the child or children, with the excess allocated to the 776
943	943	surviving spouse and any dependent former spouse in proportion to the 777
944	944	amount each would receive according to the above formula. Payment of 778
945	945	the benefit shall commence on the last day of the month following the 779
946	946	month of the member's death. Such benefit shall continue through the 780
947	947	month preceding the month in which the survivor dies or ceases to be 781
948	948	eligible for such benefit. Such benefit to the legal guardian of dependent 782
949	949	children shall continue until all such children are no longer dependent, 783
950	950	as defined in section 10-183b, as amended by this act. Notwithstanding 784
951	951	the provisions of this subsection, any such surviving spouse, dependent 785
952	952	former spouse, dependent parent or legal guardian may waive the right 786
953	953	to payment of the benefit under this subsection in order that a 787
954	954	designated beneficiary who is the child of the deceased member may 788
955	955	receive such member's accumulated contributions plus credited 789
956	956	interest. Such waiver shall be made prior to the payment of the benefit 790
957	957	to any such surviving spouse, dependent former spouse, dependent 791
958	958	parent or legal guardian. 792
959	959	(b) [If no coparticipant option under 10-183j has become effective, a] 793
960	960	A lump sum death benefit shall be payable to [the] a surviving spouse. 794
961	961	Such benefit shall be one thousand dollars for five years or less of 795
962	962	[Connecticut public school] service in the public schools of Connecticut, 796
963	963	plus two hundred dollars for each year of credited service in the public 797
964	964	schools of Connecticut in excess of five years, to a maximum of two 798
965	965	thousand dollars. [For purposes of this subsection, purchased military 799
966	966	service and purchased leaves of absence under subdivisions (3) and (8) 800
967	967	of subsection (b) of section 10-183e shall be deemed to be Connecticut 801
968	968	public school service.] If there is no surviving spouse, such benefit shall 802
969	969	be equal to the member's burial expenses but not in excess of what 803
970	970	would have been payable to a surviving spouse and shall be payable to 804
971	971	the person who paid such expenses. No payment under this subsection 805
972	972	shall be made unless application for the payment is filed with the board 806
973	973	within two years of such member's death. 807
974	974	(c) In lieu of such basic survivor's benefit and such lump sum death 808
975	975	benefit, a sole survivor who has attained age eighteen, and is the 809 Raised Bill No. 438
976	976
977	977
978	978
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980	980
981	981	member's designated beneficiary may elect to receive an amount equal 810
982	982	to such member's accumulated contributions together with credited 811
983	983	interest. [When a member has designated two or more beneficiaries, 812
984	984	who have, at the time of such member's death, attained age eighteen, the 813
985	985	one entitled to basic survivor's benefits, if any, shall be deemed the sole 814
986	986	survivor within the meaning of this subsection, provided, that all other 815
987	987	designated beneficiaries relinquish all claim to any amounts that may 816
988	988	be due them from the system.] 817
989	989	(d) The surviving spouse of any member who, at the time of death 818
990	990	was eligible for a retirement benefit other than a disability benefit and 819
991	991	had not filed a waiver of the coparticipant's option, may elect to receive 820
992	992	(1) a monthly benefit for life equal to the benefit payable if a one 821
993	993	hundred per cent coparticipant's option had been elected, or (2) an 822
994	994	amount equal to the member's accumulated contributions with credited 823
995	995	interest. 824
996	996	(e) If no coparticipant option has become effective and if the 825
997	997	aggregate payments under this section are less than the accumulated 826
998	998	mandatory contributions of a deceased member plus credited interest, 827
999	999	there shall be paid to such member's designated beneficiary an amount 828
1000	1000	equal to the difference between such aggregate payments and such 829
1001	1001	accumulated mandatory contributions plus credited interest. 830
1002	1002	(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (B) of 831
1003	1003	subdivision [(23)] (26) of section 10-183b, as amended by this act, 832
1004	1004	benefits payable under this section to a surviving spouse shall not be 833
1005	1005	terminated because of remarriage if such surviving spouse has attained 834
1006	1006	the age of sixty. 835
1007	1007	(g) If a member who has filed an application for retirement dies prior 836
1008	1008	to the effective date of retirement, such member's spouse, if such spouse 837
1009	1009	is designated on such application as the sole beneficiary, may elect to 838
1010	1010	receive either (1) the preretirement death benefits as set forth in this 839
1011	1011	section, or (2) the benefit payment option selected by the deceased 840
1012	1012	member on such retirement application. 841 Raised Bill No. 438
1013	1013
1014	1014
1015	1015
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1017	1017
1018	1018	Sec. 7. Subsection (a) of section 10-183i of the general statutes is 842
1019	1019	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 843
1020	1020	2020): 844
1021	1021	(a) A member may make voluntary contributions to the system and 845
1022	1022	may, no more than once, withdraw such voluntary contributions from 846
1023	1023	the system under rules of the board. Any voluntary contribution shall 847
1024	1024	be made solely by payroll deduction of an amount subject to state, 848
1025	1025	federal or local tax in the tax or income year in which such voluntary 849
1026	1026	contribution is made. Voluntary contributions shall be subject to the 850
1027	1027	limitations imposed under Section 415(c) of the Internal Revenue Code 851
1028	1028	for the applicable limitation year. Such contributions shall earn credited 852
1029	1029	interest. Upon retirement such member shall elect to receive the 853
1030	1030	accumulated contributions plus credited interest either in a lump sum 854
1031	1031	or in the form of an actuarially equivalent annuity for life. Such lump 855
1032	1032	sum, [or] if elected, shall be paid not later than three months after the 856
1033	1033	effective date of retirement, except the board may delay payment of 857
1034	1034	such lump sum in the case of extenuating circumstances. If such delay 858
1035	1035	occurs, the board shall submit a written notice to the member explaining 859
1036	1036	the nature of the extenuating circumstances and an estimate as to when 860
1037	1037	such lump sum shall be paid. Payment of such annuity, if elected, shall 861
1038	1038	[be paid or commenced to be paid] commence when the first payment 862
1039	1039	of such member's other retirement benefit is made. If such member dies 863
1040	1040	before the effective date of his or her retirement, the accumulated 864
1041	1041	contributions plus credited interest shall be paid to such member's 865
1042	1042	designated beneficiary. 866
1043	1043	Sec. 8. Section 10-183j of the general statutes is repealed and the 867
1044	1044	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 868
1045	1045	(a) [In lieu of a normal, early, proratable or deferred vested benefit, 869
1046	1046	a] A member [may] shall elect [either] one of the benefit options 870
1047	1047	described in [subsections] subsection (b), [and] (c) or (d) of this section. 871
1048	1048	(b) The Plan N allowance may be elected in which the member 872
1049	1049	receives the benefit described in section 10-183g, as amended by this act. 873 Raised Bill No. 438
1050	1050
1051	1051
1052	1052
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1054	1054
1055	1055	[(b) A] (c) The Plan C period certain option may be elected in which 874
1056	1056	the member receives an actuarially reduced benefit for a fixed period of 875
1057	1057	time selected by such member and for the remainder of such member's 876
1058	1058	life. Such member may select a fixed period of twenty-five years or such 877
1059	1059	shorter period as the board may offer. If such member dies before 878
1060	1060	receiving the benefit for the selected period, such benefit shall be paid 879
1061	1061	to the member's designated beneficiary for the remainder of such 880
1062	1062	period. If such member's designated beneficiary dies before such 881
1063	1063	member, or if such member has no designated beneficiary and such 882
1064	1064	member dies before receiving the benefit for the selected period, any 883
1065	1065	remaining benefit shall be paid to such member's estate as a commuted 884
1066	1066	value. If there are multiple designated beneficiaries and a designated 885
1067	1067	beneficiary dies before the end of such period, such beneficiary's 886
1068	1068	remaining benefit shall be equally allocated to the remaining designated 887
1069	1069	beneficiaries. If a sole designated beneficiary dies before the end of such 888
1070	1070	period, any remaining benefit shall be paid to such designated 889
1071	1071	beneficiary's estate as a commuted value. 890
1072	1072	[(c) A] (d) (1) The Plan D coparticipant's option may be elected in 891
1073	1073	which the member receives an actuarially reduced benefit as provided 892
1074	1074	in [subsection (d)] subdivision (2) of this [section] subsection and upon 893
1075	1075	such member's death, one-third, one-half, two-thirds, three-fourths or 894
1076	1076	all of such amount is paid to such member's designated beneficiary for 895
1077	1077	life. Any member who elects said option shall designate a sole 896
1078	1078	designated beneficiary, who shall be such member's coparticipant. Such 897
1079	1079	designation shall be irrevocable and shall terminate only as provided in 898
1080	1080	subparagraph (B) of subdivision (2) of this subsection. With respect to 899
1081	1081	any benefits which become effective on or after January 1, 2001, if 900
1082	1082	twenty-five per cent of the aggregate benefits paid to the member or 901
1083	1083	such member's designated beneficiary are, upon the death of such 902
1084	1084	member or such designated beneficiary, less than such member's 903
1085	1085	accumulated contributions plus credited interest, the estate of such 904
1086	1086	member or such designated beneficiary, as appropriate, shall be paid a 905
1087	1087	lump sum amount equal to the difference between such aggregate 906
1088	1088	benefits paid and such accumulated contributions plus credited interest. 907 Raised Bill No. 438
1089	1089
1090	1090
1091	1091
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1093	1093
1094	1094	[(d)] (2) The benefits payable to such member and such coparticipant 908
1095	1095	shall be computed as follows: 909
1096	1096	[(1)] (A) The benefit payable to such member at retirement and to 910
1097	1097	such coparticipant upon such member's death shall be the actuarial 911
1098	1098	equivalent of the normal, early, [or] proratable or deferred vested 912
1099	1099	benefit for which such member is eligible and based upon such 913
1100	1100	member's age at retirement and the age of such coparticipant on such 914
1101	1101	retirement date. In the event the member predeceases the coparticipant, 915
1102	1102	upon the death of the coparticipant, any remaining value in the account 916
1103	1103	shall be paid in a lump sum to the coparticipant's estate. In the event the 917
1104	1104	coparticipant predeceases the member, upon divorce or, on or after July 918
1105	1105	1, 2020, upon legal separation, the member's actuarially reduced benefit 919
1106	1106	shall revert to the unreduced benefit provided for under Plan N and, 920
1107	1107	upon the member's death, any remaining value in the member's account 921
1108	1108	shall be paid to the member's designated beneficiary, if any, otherwise 922
1109	1109	to the member's estate. 923
1110	1110	[(2) The benefit payable to such coparticipant of such member who 924
1111	1111	dies after such option first becomes effective but before retirement shall 925
1112	1112	be the actuarial equivalent of the normal, early or proratable benefit for 926
1113	1113	which such member was eligible based on such member's age at death 927
1114	1114	and the age of such coparticipant on such date of death.] 928
1115	1115	[(3) (A)] (B) (i) Except as provided in subparagraph [(B)] (B)(ii) of this 929
1116	1116	subdivision, a coparticipant option shall be terminated, for any member 930
1117	1117	whose designated coparticipant dies or is divorced from the member 931
1118	1118	after the member's retirement, on the date of such death or divorce. Such 932
1119	1119	member shall thereupon be paid the normal, early or proratable 933
1120	1120	retirement benefit for which the member is eligible. [(B)] (ii) On and after 934
1121	1121	July 1, 2016, upon the divorce or, on or after July 1, 2020, the divorce or 935
1122	1122	legal separation of a member and such member's designated 936
1123	1123	coparticipant subsequent to the member's retirement, the member may 937
1124	1124	retain the coparticipant designation and the coparticipant option elected 938
1125	1125	at the time of retirement by filing a [qualified] domestic relations order 939
1126	1126	with the board. 940 Raised Bill No. 438
1127	1127
1128	1128
1129	1129
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1131	1131
1132	1132	Sec. 9. Section 10-183k of the general statutes is repealed and the 941
1133	1133	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 942
1134	1134	(a) [A] Any member who voluntarily or involuntarily terminates 943
1135	1135	service with an employer prior to retirement shall be entitled to have 944
1136	1136	refunded his or her accumulated voluntary contributions with credited 945
1137	1137	interest. 946
1138	1138	(b) A member who voluntarily or involuntarily terminates service 947
1139	1139	with an employer prior to retirement with less than five years' credited 948
1140	1140	service in the public schools of Connecticut shall be entitled to have 949
1141	1141	refunded his or her accumulated regular contributions with credited 950
1142	1142	interest. A member who voluntarily or involuntarily terminates service 951
1143	1143	with his or her employer prior to retirement or death with more than 952
1144	1144	five years of credited service shall be entitled to have refunded his or 953
1145	1145	her accumulated regular contributions with credited interest and his or 954
1146	1146	her accumulated one per cent contributions withheld prior to July 1, 955
1147	1147	1989. If a member elects a refund pursuant to this subsection, all credited 956
1148	1148	service shall be cancelled and any rights to benefits provided by this 957
1149	1149	chapter shall be extinguished, except as provided in subsection (d) of 958
1150	1150	this section. 959
1151	1151	(c) A member who voluntarily or involuntarily terminates service 960
1152	1152	with his or her employer prior to retirement with more than ten years' 961
1153	1153	credited service in the public schools of Connecticut but prior to 962
1154	1154	retirement may elect to receive in lieu of the benefits provided by this 963
1155	1155	chapter a refund of his or her accumulated contributions with credited 964
1156	1156	interest as provided in subsection (b) of this section. If such member 965
1157	1157	elects a refund, all credited service shall be cancelled and any rights to 966
1158	1158	benefits provided by this chapter shall be extinguished, except as 967
1159	1159	provided in subsection (d) of this section. If such member does not elect 968
1160	1160	a refund, but dies before age sixty or before receiving the deferred 969
1161	1161	vested benefit, if later, such member's [accumulated voluntary 970
1162	1162	contributions,] accumulated regular contributions with credited interest 971
1163	1163	and accumulated one per cent contributions withheld prior to July 1, 972
1164	1164	1989, [together with credited interest] shall be paid to such member's 973 Raised Bill No. 438
1165	1165
1166	1166
1167	1167
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1169	1169
1170	1170	designated beneficiary. 974
1171	1171	(d) A member who receives a refund and returns to service shall be 975
1172	1172	regarded as a new member unless such member repays, subject to the 976
1173	1173	requirements established by the board, the amount refunded, other than 977
1174	1174	voluntary contributions and the interest thereon, together with credited 978
1175	1175	interest compounded from the date interest was last credited to such 979
1176	1176	member's account to the date of repayment. The credited service 980
1177	1177	accumulated before termination and any unrefunded one per cent 981
1178	1178	contributions withheld prior to July 1, 1989, and credited interest shall 982
1179	1179	be restored to a member who makes such repayment. Resto red 983
1180	1180	contributions and interest shall be credited with credited interest for the 984
1181	1181	period between the last day for which interest was credited on such 985
1182	1182	contributions and such member's [return to service] date of repayment. 986
1183	1183	Sec. 10. Section 10-183l of the general statutes is repealed and the 987
1184	1184	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 988
1185	1185	(a) (1) On and after July 1, 1991, the management of the system shall 989
1186	1186	continue to be vested in the Teachers' Retirement Board, whose 990
1187	1187	members shall include the Treasurer, the Secretary of the Office of Policy 991
1188	1188	and Management and the Commissioner of Education, or their 992
1189	1189	designees, who shall be voting members of the board, ex officio. (2) On 993
1190	1190	or before June 15, 1985, and quadrennially thereafter, the members of 994
1191	1191	the system shall elect from their number, in a manner prescribed by said 995
1192	1192	board, two persons to serve as members of said board for terms of four 996
1193	1193	years beginning July first following such election. Both of such persons 997
1194	1194	shall be active teachers who shall be nominated by the members of the 998
1195	1195	system who are not retired and elected by all the members of the system. 999
1196	1196	On or before July 1, 1991, and quadrennially thereafter, the members of 1000
1197	1197	the system shall elect from their number, in a manner prescribed by said 1001
1198	1198	board, three persons to serve as members of said board for terms of four 1002
1199	1199	years beginning July first following such election. Two of such persons 1003
1200	1200	shall be retired teachers who shall be nominated by the retired members 1004
1201	1201	of the system and elected by all the members of the system and one shall 1005
1202	1202	be an active teacher who shall be nominated by the members of the 1006 Raised Bill No. 438
1203	1203
1204	1204
1205	1205
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1207	1207
1208	1208	system who are not retired and elected by all the members of the system. 1007
1209	1209	(3) On or before July 1, 2011, and quadrennially thereafter, the members 1008
1210	1210	of the system shall elect from their number, in a manner prescribed by 1009
1211	1211	said board, one person to serve as a member of said board for a term of 1010
1212	1212	four years beginning July first following such election. Such person shall 1011
1213	1213	be an active teacher who shall be nominated by the members of the 1012
1214	1214	system who are not retired, elected by all the members of the system 1013
1215	1215	and a member of an exclusive representative of a teachers' bargaining 1014
1216	1216	unit that is not represented by the members of the board elected under 1015
1217	1217	subdivision (2) of this subsection. (4) If a vacancy occurs in the positions 1016
1218	1218	filled by the members of the system who are not retired, said board shall 1017
1219	1219	elect a member of the system who is not retired to fill the unexpired 1018
1220	1220	portion of the term. If a vacancy occurs in the positions filled by the 1019
1221	1221	retired members of the system, said board shall elect a retired member 1020
1222	1222	of the system to fill the unexpired portion of the term. The Governor 1021
1223	1223	shall appoint five public members to said board in accordance with the 1022
1224	1224	provisions of section 4-9a, one of whom shall be the mayor, first 1023
1225	1225	selectman or chief elected official of a municipality. On and after the 1024
1226	1226	effective date of this section, the Governor shall fill the next vacant 1025
1227	1227	position on the board that is appointed by the Governor with a person 1026
1228	1228	who is the mayor, first selectman or chief elected official of a 1027
1229	1229	municipality. The members of the board shall serve without 1028
1230	1230	compensation, but shall be reimbursed for any expenditures or loss of 1029
1231	1231	salary or wages which they incur through service on the board. [All 1030
1232	1232	decisions of the board shall require the approval of six members of the 1031
1233	1233	board or a majority of the members who are present, whichever is 1032
1234	1234	greater] A majority of the membership of the board shall constitute a 1033
1235	1235	quorum for the transaction of any business. 1034
1236	1236	(b) In carrying out its duties, the board may employ [a secretary] an 1035
1237	1237	administrative officer with a title established by the board, who shall 1036
1238	1238	also serve as secretary of the board, and such [clerical and other 1037
1239	1239	assistance] staff as may be necessary. Their salaries shall be paid by said 1038
1240	1240	board with the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 1039
1241	1241	Management. Said board shall employ the services of one or more 1040 Raised Bill No. 438
1242	1242
1243	1243
1244	1244
1245	1245	LCO No. 2711 34 of 56
1246	1246
1247	1247	actuaries, each of which shall be an individual or firm having on its staff 1041
1248	1248	a fellow of the Society of Actuaries, to carry out the actuarial duties of 1042
1249	1249	this section and sections 10-183b, as amended by this act, 10-183r, and 1043
1250	1250	10-183z and for such related purposes as the board deems advisable. 1044
1251	1251	The cost of such services shall be charged to the funds provided for in 1045
1252	1252	section 10-183r. Said board shall arrange for such actuary to prepare an 1046
1253	1253	actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the system as of June 1047
1254	1254	30, 1980, and at least once every two years thereafter. On the basis of 1048
1255	1255	reasonable actuarial assumptions approved by the board, such actuary 1049
1256	1256	shall determine the [normal cost] actuarially determined employer 1050
1257	1257	contribution required to meet the actuarial cost of current service and 1051
1258	1258	the unfunded accrued liability. Commencing December 1, 2002, such 1052
1259	1259	valuation shall be completed prior to December first biennially. Said 1053
1260	1260	board shall adopt all needed actuarial tables and may adopt regulations 1054
1261	1261	and rules not inconsistent with this chapter, including regulations and 1055
1262	1262	rules for payment of purchased service credits and repayment of 1056
1263	1263	previously withdrawn accumulated contributions. Said board shall 1057
1264	1264	establish [such funds as are] an operational budget necessary for the 1058
1265	1265	management of the system. The board may enter into such contractual 1059
1266	1266	agreements, in accordance with established procedures, as may be 1060
1267	1267	necessary for the discharge of its duties. 1061
1268	1268	Sec. 11. Section 10-183n of the general statutes is repealed and the 1062
1269	1269	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 1063
1270	1270	(a) Each employer shall: (1) Before employing a teacher notify such 1064
1271	1271	teacher of the provisions of this chapter applicable to such teacher; (2) 1065
1272	1272	distribute, post or otherwise disseminate in a timely manner, to teachers 1066
1273	1273	in its employ, any notices, bulletins, newsletters, annual statements of 1067
1274	1274	account and other information supplied by the board for the purpose of 1068
1275	1275	properly notifying teachers of their rights and obligations under the 1069
1276	1276	system; (3) furnish to the board at times designated by said board such 1070
1277	1277	reports and information as the board deems necessary or desirable for 1071
1278	1278	the proper administration of the system; and (4) deduct each month 1072
1279	1279	[seven] eight and one-fourth per cent of one-tenth of such teacher's 1073
1280	1280	annual salary rate as directed by said board and any additional 1074 Raised Bill No. 438
1281	1281
1282	1282
1283	1283
1284	1284	LCO No. 2711 35 of 56
1285	1285
1286	1286	voluntary deductions as authorized by such teacher. [, except that no 1075
1287	1287	deductions shall be made from any amounts received by regularly 1076
1288	1288	employed teachers for special teaching assignments rendered for the 1077
1289	1289	State Board of Education or the Board of Regents for Higher Education 1078
1290	1290	unless the salary for such special teaching assignment is equal to or 1079
1291	1291	greater than the minimum salary paid for such teacher's regular 1080
1292	1292	teaching assignment.] In the event the employer does not deduct the 1081
1293	1293	amount set forth in subdivision (4) of this subsection, a member shall 1082
1294	1294	remit such payment to the board in order to receive the annual salary 1083
1295	1295	rate credit for the amount on which the payment relates. If the employer 1084
1296	1296	deducted but failed to remit the mandatory contribution amount, the 1085
1297	1297	employer shall be responsible for the payment of both the mandatory 1086
1298	1298	contribution amount plus the credited interest due from the date the 1087
1299	1299	payment of the mandatory contribution amount was required to be 1088
1300	1300	made by the employer to the date of payment to the system. In the event 1089
1301	1301	the mandatory contribution amount is not received by the system, the 1090
1302	1302	member will be ineligible for the associated service credit. The board 1091
1303	1303	shall not be required to refund credited interest for payments made 1092
1304	1304	prior to the date such deduction was required. 1093
1305	1305	(b) Each local treasurer or other person having custody of amounts 1094
1306	1306	deducted under this chapter by an employer shall transmit and report 1095
1307	1307	such amounts to the board so that they are received by said board no 1096
1308	1308	later than the fifth business day of the following month. On and after 1097
1309	1309	July 1, 2001, all such amounts shall be transmitted via electronic transfer 1098
1310	1310	of funds. Such amounts shall at all times be the property of the system 1099
1311	1311	and while in the custody of such local treasurer or other person such 1100
1312	1312	person is a fiduciary with respect to such amounts and shall discharge 1101
1313	1313	a fiduciary's responsibilities solely for the benefit of the system. If such 1102
1314	1314	amounts are not accompanied by the reports and information deemed 1103
1315	1315	necessary or desirable by the board for the proper administration of the 1104
1316	1316	system, in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the board may 1105
1317	1317	deem such amounts not received by the fifth business day of the 1106
1318	1318	following month for purposes of this subsection until the date on which 1107
1319	1319	such reports and information are received. Said board shall be entitled 1108 Raised Bill No. 438
1320	1320
1321	1321
1322	1322
1323	1323	LCO No. 2711 36 of 56
1324	1324
1325	1325	to receive from an employer interest at the rate of nine per cent per year 1109
1326	1326	from the due date on all amounts deducted by such employer and not 1110
1327	1327	received by said board by the fifth business day of the following month. 1111
1328	1328	Interest at the rate of nine per cent per year shall be compounded 1112
1329	1329	annually on the interest assessed from the date payment is received to 1113
1330	1330	the date the interest assessment is paid. Such interest shall be treated as 1114
1331	1331	an amount earned by assets of the system. 1115
1332	1332	(c) All amounts received by the board under this section shall be 1116
1333	1333	forwarded to the State Treasurer. 1117
1334	1334	(d) Each member shall file with the board [an enrollment and such 1118
1335	1335	other] such forms, documents and information as the board deems 1119
1336	1336	necessary or desirable for the proper administration of the system. 1120
1337	1337	Sec. 12. Section 10-183o of the general statutes is repealed and the 1121
1338	1338	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 1122
1339	1339	During any period when this country is at war, a board of education 1123
1340	1340	may [cause to be paid] pay to the retirement board the mandatory 1124
1341	1341	contributions of members who were in its employ at the time of entering 1125
1342	1342	into the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103, [. Such contributions 1126
1343	1343	as may be approved by the board of education shall be included in the 1127
1344	1344	annual itemized budget estimate of the costs of maintenance of public 1128
1345	1345	schools for the ensuing year] on behalf of such members, in accordance 1129
1346	1346	with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights 1130
1347	1347	Act of 1994, 38 USC Chapter 43, as amended from time to time. 1131
1348	1348	Sec. 13. Section 10-183p of the general statutes is repealed and the 1132
1349	1349	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 1133
1350	1350	[(a) Any member of either the state employees retirement system or 1134
1351	1351	the teachers' retirement system, if eligible to belong to the other or in 1135
1352	1352	accordance with the provisions of subsection (h) of section 5-160 or 1136
1353	1353	section 5-192e, may transfer from the one to which such member 1137
1354	1354	belongs to the other or prior to the first of the month following three 1138
1355	1355	months after June 28, 1985, to an alternate retirement program, as 1139 Raised Bill No. 438
1356	1356
1357	1357
1358	1358
1359	1359	LCO No. 2711 37 of 56
1360	1360
1361	1361	defined in subsection (u) of section 5-154, when authorized to do so, in 1140
1362	1362	the case of a transfer between said systems or a transfer from the 1141
1363	1363	teachers' retirement system to an alternate retirement program, by the 1142
1364	1364	concurrent action of the State Employees Retirement Commission and 1143
1365	1365	the Teachers' Retirement Board. No person shall be eligible to 1144
1366	1366	membership in more than one such system or program at the same time, 1145
1367	1367	provided nothing contained herein shall affect the rights of any person 1146
1368	1368	who, on June 18, 1953, was a member of both systems. Any member of 1147
1369	1369	the teachers' retirement system who elects or has elected to participate 1148
1370	1370	in an alternate retirement program shall receive a refund of all 1149
1371	1371	contributions made by him into said system in lieu of any benefits under 1150
1372	1372	said system. Any former state employee who was, during such 1151
1373	1373	employee's period of employment, eligible to belong to either the state 1152
1374	1374	employees retirement system or the teachers' retirement system and 1153
1375	1375	who withdrew from the state employees retirement system after July 1, 1154
1376	1376	1940, to become a member of the teachers' retirement system may be 1155
1377	1377	credited in the teachers' retirement system with such member's period 1156
1378	1378	of state service upon making application in writing to the secretary of 1157
1379	1379	the Teachers' Retirement Board and paying contributions for such 1158
1380	1380	period of service with credited interest from the date such service was 1159
1381	1381	rendered. 1160
1382	1382	(b) No person who has creditable service as a member of the state 1161
1383	1383	employees retirement system and who transfers, on or after May 6, 1975, 1162
1384	1384	to the teachers' retirement system shall be entitled to benefits from the 1163
1385	1385	teachers' retirement system until such person has been a member of and 1164
1386	1386	contributed to said system for a period of one year. If such transferee 1165
1387	1387	dies or becomes disabled before completion of that one year, such 1166
1388	1388	transfer shall be deemed to be cancelled and such person shall be 1167
1389	1389	deemed to be a member of the state employees retirement system.] 1168
1390	1390	Any member who is also a participant in an alternate retirement 1169
1391	1391	program, as defined in subsection (u) of section 5-154, the state 1170
1392	1392	employees retirement system or any other retirement system may 1171
1393	1393	purchase service credit in the Connecticut teachers' retirement system 1172
1394	1394	in accordance with section 10-183e, as amended by this act, provided 1173 Raised Bill No. 438
1395	1395
1396	1396
1397	1397
1398	1398	LCO No. 2711 38 of 56
1399	1399
1400	1400	such member withdraws any and all employee funds and forfeits all 1174
1401	1401	employer contributions and earnings thereon in the respective system, 1175
1402	1402	other than the Social Security System or the nonregular military 1176
1403	1403	retirement system under 10 USC Chapter 1223, as amended from time 1177
1404	1404	to time. No person shall be eligible for membership in more than one 1178
1405	1405	such system or program at the same time for the same service. 1179
1406	1406	Sec. 14. Section 10-183q of the general statutes is repealed and the 1180
1407	1407	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 1181
1408	1408	(a) The portion of each member's compensation deducted or to be 1182
1409	1409	deducted under this chapter and all rights of each member and of each 1183
1410	1410	survivor to receive benefits or other payments under this chapter shall 1184
1411	1411	be exempt from the operation of any laws relating to bankruptcy or 1185
1412	1412	insolvency; and, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, 1186
1413	1413	shall not be subject to garnishment, attachment, execution, levy or any 1187
1414	1414	other similar legal process of any court. [No] Except as provided in 1188
1415	1415	subsection (c) of this section, assignment of any right of a member or 1189
1416	1416	any other person to receive benefits or other payments from the system 1190
1417	1417	shall be valid. The funds of the system invested in personal property 1191
1418	1418	shall be exempt from taxation. 1192
1419	1419	(b) The portion of each member's compensation deducted or to be 1193
1420	1420	deducted under this chapter and all rights of each member and of each 1194
1421	1421	survivor to receive benefits or other payments under this chapter shall 1195
1422	1422	be subject to attachment in favor of an alternate payee as set forth in an 1196
1423	1423	approved domestic relations order. 1197
1424	1424	(c) A distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed 1198
1425	1425	by the board, to have any portion of an eligible rollover distribution or 1199
1426	1426	trustee to trustee transfer paid directly to an eligible retirement plan by 1200
1427	1427	way of a direct rollover. Taxable funds may be distributed as a rollover 1201
1428	1428	if so elected by a distributee. For purposes of this subsection, (1) 1202
1429	1429	"distributee" means a member, a member's surviving spouse or a 1203
1430	1430	member's former spouse who is an alternate payee under an approved 1204
1431	1431	domestic relations order; and (2) "eligible rollover distribution" and 1205 Raised Bill No. 438
1432	1432
1433	1433
1434	1434
1435	1435	LCO No. 2711 39 of 56
1436	1436
1437	1437	"eligible retirement plan" each have the meaning provided in Section 1206
1438	1438	402 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent 1207
1439	1439	corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended 1208
1440	1440	from time to time, except (A) a qualified trust shall be considered an 1209
1441	1441	eligible retirement plan only if it accepts the distributee's eligible 1210
1442	1442	rollover distribution; and (B) in the case of an eligible rollover 1211
1443	1443	distribution to a surviving spouse, an eligible retirement plan shall 1212
1444	1444	mean an individual retirement account or an individual retirement 1213
1445	1445	annuity as defined in Section 408 of said Internal Revenue Code. 1214
1446	1446	Sec. 15. Section 10-183t of the general statutes is repealed and the 1215
1447	1447	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 1216
1448	1448	(a) The retirement board shall offer one or more health benefit plans 1217
1449	1449	to: Any member receiving retirement benefits or a disability allowance 1218
1450	1450	from the system; the spouse or surviving spouse of such member, and a 1219
1451	1451	disabled dependent of such member if there is no spouse or surviving 1220
1452	1452	spouse, provided such member, spouse, surviving spouse, or disabled 1221
1453	1453	dependent is participating in Medicare Part A hospital insurance and 1222
1454	1454	Medicare Part B medical insurance. The board may offer one or more 1223
1455	1455	basic plans, the cost of which to any such member, spouse, surviving 1224
1456	1456	spouse or disabled dependent shall be one-third of the basic plan's 1225
1457	1457	premium equivalent, and one or more optional plans, provided such 1226
1458	1458	member, spouse, surviving spouse or disabled dependent shall pay one-1227
1459	1459	third of the basic plan's premium equivalent plus the difference in cost 1228
1460	1460	between any such basic plans and any such optional plans. The board 1229
1461	1461	shall designate those plans which are basic and those plans which are 1230
1462	1462	optional for the purpose of determining such cost and the amount to be 1231
1463	1463	charged or withheld from benefit payments for such plans. The 1232
1464	1464	surviving spouse of a member, or a disabled dependent of a member if 1233
1465	1465	there is no surviving spouse, shall not be ineligible for participation in 1234
1466	1466	any such plan solely because such surviving spouse or disabled 1235
1467	1467	dependent is not receiving benefits from the system. With respect to any 1236
1468	1468	person participating in any such plan, the state shall appropriate to the 1237
1469	1469	board one-third of the cost of such basic plan or plans, or one-third of 1238
1470	1470	the cost of the rate in effect during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, 1239 Raised Bill No. 438
1471	1471
1472	1472
1473	1473
1474	1474	LCO No. 2711 40 of 56
1475	1475
1476	1476	whichever is greater. [On and after July 1, 2012, federal reimbursements 1240
1477	1477	received by the retirement board under the retiree drug subsidy 1241
1478	1478	provisions of Medicare Part D shall be used to offset amounts 1242
1479	1479	appropriated by the state to the board pursuant to this subsection.] 1243
1480	1480	(b) Any member who is receiving retirement benefits or a disability 1244
1481	1481	allowance from the system, the spouse or surviving spouse of such 1245
1482	1482	member, or a disabled dependent of such member if there is no spouse 1246
1483	1483	or surviving spouse, and who is not participating in Medicare Part A 1247
1484	1484	hospital insurance and Medicare Part B medical insurance, may fully 1248
1485	1485	participate in any or all group health insurance plans maintained for 1249
1486	1486	active teachers by such member's last employing board of education, or 1250
1487	1487	by the state in the case of a member who was employed by the state, 1251
1488	1488	provided such member either meets the state's eligibility criteria for 1252
1489	1489	health insurance or is eligible to participate in the group health 1253
1490	1490	insurance plan offered by such member's last employing board of 1254
1491	1491	education, upon payment to such board of education or to the state, as 1255
1492	1492	applicable, by such member, spouse, surviving spouse or disabled 1256
1493	1493	dependent, of the premium charged for his form of coverage. Such 1257
1494	1494	premium shall be no greater than that charged for the same form of 1258
1495	1495	coverage for active teachers. The spouse, surviving spouse or disabled 1259
1496	1496	dependent shall not be ineligible for participation in any such plan 1260
1497	1497	solely because such spouse, surviving spouse or disabled dependent is 1261
1498	1498	not receiving benefits from the system. No person shall be ineligible for 1262
1499	1499	participation in such plans for failure to enroll in such plans at the time 1263
1500	1500	the member's retirement benefit or disability allowance became 1264
1501	1501	effective. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to impair or alter 1265
1502	1502	the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement relating to the 1266
1503	1503	payment by a board of education of group health insurance premiums 1267
1504	1504	on behalf of any member receiving benefits from the system. Prior to the 1268
1505	1505	cancellation of coverage for any member, spouse, surviving spouse or 1269
1506	1506	disabled dependent for failure to pay the required premiums or cost 1270
1507	1507	due, the board of education or the state, if applicable, shall notify the 1271
1508	1508	Teachers' Retirement Board of its intention to cancel such coverage at 1272
1509	1509	least thirty days prior to the date of cancellation. Absent any contractual 1273 Raised Bill No. 438
1510	1510
1511	1511
1512	1512
1513	1513	LCO No. 2711 41 of 56
1514	1514
1515	1515	provisions to the contrary, the payments made pursuant to subsection 1274
1516	1516	(c) of this section shall be first applied to any cost borne by the member, 1275
1517	1517	spouse, surviving spouse or disabled dependent participating in any 1276
1518	1518	such plan. As used in this subsection, "last employing board of 1277
1519	1519	education" means the board of education by which such member was 1278
1520	1520	employed when such member filed his initial application for retirement, 1279
1521	1521	and "health insurance plans" means hospital, medical, major medical, 1280
1522	1522	dental, prescription drug or auditory benefit plans that are available to 1281
1523	1523	active teachers. 1282
1524	1524	(c) (1) On and after July 1, 2000, the board shall pay a subsidy equal 1283
1525	1525	to the subsidy paid in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, to the board 1284
1526	1526	of education or to the state, if applicable, on behalf of any member who 1285
1527	1527	is receiving retirement benefits or a disability allowance from the 1286
1528	1528	system, the spouse of such member, the surviving spouse of such 1287
1529	1529	member, or a disabled dependent of such member if there is no spouse 1288
1530	1530	or surviving spouse, who is participating in a health insurance plan 1289
1531	1531	maintained by a board of education or by the state, if applicable. Such 1290
1532	1532	payment shall not exceed the actual cost of such insurance. 1291
1533	1533	(2) With respect to any person participating in any such plan 1292
1534	1534	pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the state shall appropriate to 1293
1535	1535	the board one-third of the cost of the subsidy, except that, for the fiscal 1294
1536	1536	year ending June 30, 2013, the state shall appropriate twenty-five per 1295
1537	1537	cent of the cost of the subsidy. On and after July 1, 2018, for the fiscal 1296
1538	1538	year ending June 30, 2019, and for each fiscal year thereafter, fifty per 1297
1539	1539	cent of the total amount appropriated by the state in each such fiscal 1298
1540	1540	year for the state's share of the cost of such subsidies shall be paid to the 1299
1541	1541	board on or before July first of such fiscal year, and the remaining fifty 1300
1542	1542	per cent of such total amount shall be paid to the board on or before 1301
1543	1543	December first of such fiscal year. 1302
1544	1544	(3) No payment to a board of education pursuant to this subsection 1303
1545	1545	may be used to reduce the amount of any premium payment on behalf 1304
1546	1546	of any such member, spouse, surviving spouse, or disabled dependent, 1305
1547	1547	made by such board pursuant to any agreement in effect on July 1, 1990. 1306 Raised Bill No. 438
1548	1548
1549	1549
1550	1550
1551	1551	LCO No. 2711 42 of 56
1552	1552
1553	1553	On and after July 1, 2012, the board shall pay a subsidy of two hundred 1307
1554	1554	twenty dollars per month on behalf of the member, spouse or the 1308
1555	1555	surviving spouse of such member who: (A) Has attained the normal 1309
1556	1556	retirement age to participate in Medicare, (B) is not eligible for Medicare 1310
1557	1557	Part A without cost, and (C) contributes at least two hundred twenty 1311
1558	1558	dollars per month towards his or her medical and prescription drug 1312
1559	1559	plan provided by the board of education. 1313
1560	1560	(d) The Treasurer shall establish a separate retired teachers' health 1314
1561	1561	insurance premium account within the Teachers' Retirement Fund. 1315
1562	1562	Commencing July 1, 1989, and annually thereafter all health benefit plan 1316
1563	1563	contributions withheld under this chapter in excess of five hundred 1317
1564	1564	thousand dollars shall, upon deposit in the Teachers' Retirement Fund, 1318
1565	1565	be credited to such account. Interest derived from the investment of 1319
1566	1566	funds in the account shall be credited to the account. Funds in the 1320
1567	1567	account shall be used for (1) payments to boards of education pursuant 1321
1568	1568	to subsection (c) of this section and for payment of premiums on behalf 1322
1569	1569	of members, spouses of members, surviving spouses of members or 1323
1570	1570	disabled dependents of members participating in one or more health 1324
1571	1571	insurance plans pursuant to subsection (a) of this section in an amount 1325
1572	1572	equal to the difference between the amount paid pursuant to subsection 1326
1573	1573	(a) of this section and the amount paid pursuant to subsection (c) of this 1327
1574	1574	section, and (2) payments for professional fees associated with the 1328
1575	1575	administration of the health benefit plans offered pursuant to this 1329
1576	1576	section. If, during any fiscal year, there are insufficient funds in the 1330
1577	1577	account for the purposes of all such payments, the General Assembly 1331
1578	1578	shall appropriate sufficient funds to the account for such purpose. 1332
1579	1579	(e) (1) Not later than the first business day of February, May, August 1333
1580	1580	and November, annually, each employer shall submit to the board, in a 1334
1581	1581	format established by the board, any information the board determines 1335
1582	1582	to be necessary with respect to the additions, deletions and premium 1336
1583	1583	changes for the health insurance subsidy program under subsection (c) 1337
1584	1584	of this section. Any report received by the board after the due date shall 1338
1585	1585	be processed in the following quarterly cycle. Failure to timely submit 1339
1586	1586	the quarterly report shall result in a delay of the subsidy for that quarter, 1340 Raised Bill No. 438
1587	1587
1588	1588
1589	1589
1590	1590	LCO No. 2711 43 of 56
1591	1591
1592	1592	which shall be paid as a retroactive subsidy as provided in subdivision 1341
1593	1593	(2) of this subsection. 1342
1594	1594	(2) Retroactive subsidy payments shall be limited to six months prior 1343
1595	1595	to the first day of the month in which the board receives an untimely 1344
1596	1596	report with the new eligible retired members or dependents included. 1345
1597	1597	The board shall pay the subsidy retroactively to the effective date of the 1346
1598	1598	disability, provided the eligible members or dependents are added to 1347
1599	1599	the report not later than the first quarter following the board's approval 1348
1600	1600	of the disability and the member's disability allowance is initiated 1349
1601	1601	within four months of board approval. The employer shall hold any 1350
1602	1602	member or dependent harmless for any costs associated with, arising 1351
1603	1603	from or out of the loss of the benefit of the subsidy as a result of such 1352
1604	1604	employer's untimely or inaccurate filing of the quarterly report. 1353
1605	1605	Sec. 16. Section 10-183v of the 2020 supplement to the general statutes 1354
1606	1606	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1355
1607	1607	1, 2020): 1356
1608	1608	(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection 1357
1609	1609	and subsection (b) of this section, a teacher receiving retirement benefits 1358
1610	1610	from the system may not be employed by an employer in a teaching 1359
1611	1611	position receiving compensation paid out of public money appropriated 1360
1612	1612	for school purposes except that such teacher may be employed in such 1361
1613	1613	a position and receive no more than forty-five per cent of the maximum 1362
1614	1614	salary level for the assigned position for each school year. Any teacher 1363
1615	1615	who receives in excess of such amount shall reimburse the board for the 1364
1616	1616	amount of such excess. 1365
1617	1617	(2) Commencing July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2020, inclusive, the 1366
1618	1618	provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection establishing a limitation 1367
1619	1619	on the compensation of a reemployed teacher and requiring the 1368
1620	1620	reimbursement of any amount received in excess of that limitation shall 1369
1621	1621	not apply to a teacher who (A) is receiving retirement benefits from the 1370
1622	1622	system based on thirty-four or more years of credited service, (B) is 1371
1623	1623	reemployed as a teacher in a district designated as an alliance district 1372 Raised Bill No. 438
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1628	1628
1629	1629	pursuant to section 10-262u, and (C) was serving as a teacher in that 1373
1630	1630	district on July 1, 2015. 1374
1631	1631	(3) On and after July 1, 2016, a teacher receiving retirement benefits 1375
1632	1632	from the system may be employed in a teaching position and receive (A) 1376
1633	1633	compensation paid out of public money appropriated for school 1377
1634	1634	purposes, (B) health insurance benefits, and (C) other employment 1378
1635	1635	benefits provided to active teachers employed by such school system, 1379
1636	1636	provided such teacher does not receive a retirement income during such 1380
1637	1637	employment. Payment of such teacher's retirement income shall resume 1381
1638	1638	on the first day of the month following the termination of such 1382
1639	1639	employment. The compensation under subparagraph (A) of this 1383
1640	1640	subdivision shall be provided in accordance with subsection (c) of this 1384
1641	1641	section. 1385
1642	1642	(4) Notice of employment under this subsection shall be sent to the 1386
1643	1643	board by the employer at the beginning and end of the school year, or 1387
1644	1644	assignment within the school year when reemployed for less than the 1388
1645	1645	full school year. 1389
1646	1646	(b) A teacher receiving retirement benefits from the system may be 1390
1647	1647	reemployed for up to one full school year by a local board of education, 1391
1648	1648	the State Board of Education or by any constituent unit of the state 1392
1649	1649	system of higher education (1) in a position designated by the 1393
1650	1650	Commissioner of Education as a subject shortage area for the school year 1394
1651	1651	in which the teacher is being employed, (2) at a school located in a school 1395
1652	1652	district identified as a priority school district, pursuant to section 10-1396
1653	1653	266p, for the school year in which the teacher is being employed, (3) if 1397
1654	1654	the teacher graduated from a public high school in an educational 1398
1655	1655	reform district, as defined in section 10-262u, or (4) if the teacher 1399
1656	1656	graduated from an historically black college or university or a Hispanic-1400
1657	1657	serving institution, as those terms are defined in the Higher Education 1401
1658	1658	Act of 1965, P.L. 89-329, as amended from time to time, and reauthorized 1402
1659	1659	by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, P.L. 110-315, as 1403
1660	1660	amended from time to time. Notice of such reemployment shall be sent 1404
1661	1661	to the board by the employer and by the retired teacher at the time of 1405 Raised Bill No. 438
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1663	1663
1664	1664
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1666	1666
1667	1667	hire and at the end of the assignment. Such reemployment may be 1406
1668	1668	extended for [an] one additional school year, not to exceed two school 1407
1669	1669	years over the lifetime of the retiree, provided the local board of 1408
1670	1670	education (A) submits a written request for approval to the Teachers' 1409
1671	1671	Retirement Board, (B) certifies that no qualified candidates are available 1410
1672	1672	prior to the reemployment of such teacher, and (C) indicates the type of 1411
1673	1673	assignment to be performed, the anticipated date of rehire and the 1412
1674	1674	expected duration of the assignment. 1413
1675	1675	(c) The employment of a teacher under subsections (a) and (b) of this 1414
1676	1676	section shall not be considered as service qualifying for continuing 1415
1677	1677	contract status under section 10-151 and the salary of such teacher shall 1416
1678	1678	be fixed at an amount at least equal to that paid other teachers in the 1417
1679	1679	same school system with similar training and experience for the same 1418
1680	1680	type of service. 1419
1681	1681	(d) No person shall be entitled to survivor's benefits under subsection 1420
1682	1682	(f) of section 10-183f, as amended by this act, as a result of reemployment 1421
1683	1683	under this section. 1422
1684	1684	(e) The same option plan of retirement benefits in effect prior to 1423
1685	1685	reemployment shall continue for a reemployed teacher during 1424
1686	1686	reemployment. 1425
1687	1687	(f) Any member in violation of any provision of this section, as 1426
1688	1688	determined by the board, shall be required to reimburse the board for 1427
1689	1689	all amounts they received in excess of the amount permitted under this 1428
1690	1690	section. Such reimbursement shall be accomplished through an offset of 1429
1691	1691	all or a portion of the excess amount which can be recaptured 1430
1692	1692	commencing with the next immediate retirement benefit payment 1431
1693	1693	issued to such member. Such member may request an alternative 1432
1694	1694	payment method to reimburse the board for the excess amount through 1433
1695	1695	an acceptable alternative method agreed to by the board. 1434
1696	1696	(g) In no event shall a retired member be permitted to revert to active 1435
1697	1697	status after the effective date of retirement, except a member may 1436
1698	1698	suspend their retirement benefit for reemployment purposes. 1437 Raised Bill No. 438
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1704	1704	[(f)] (h) The provisions of this section in effect on June 30, 2003, 1438
1705	1705	revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2003, shall be applicable to any 1439
1706	1706	person making contributions to the Teachers' Retirement System on 1440
1707	1707	June 30, 2003, in accordance with said provisions. 1441
1708	1708	(i) For purposes of this section, "employed" and "reemployed" mean 1442
1709	1709	to hire, retain or otherwise procure the services of a retired teacher or 1443
1710	1710	member by an employer. 1444
1711	1711	Sec. 17. Section 10-183y of the general statutes is repealed and the 1445
1712	1712	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 1446
1713	1713	Any member may appeal to the Teachers' Retirement Board for 1447
1714	1714	reconsideration of a decision of the board affecting such member. Such 1448
1715	1715	member shall submit with such appeal a written statement identifying 1449
1716	1716	the section of the general statutes that provides for the benefit to which 1450
1717	1717	such member claims he or she was entitled and denied and received a 1451
1718	1718	written denial for such request. Such appeal shall be made within ninety 1452
1719	1719	days of the date of issuance of written notice of such decision. The board 1453
1720	1720	shall meet to review such member's records and, if requested in writing, 1454
1721	1721	allow such member to appear at such meeting. The board shall render a 1455
1722	1722	written decision within sixty days of receipt of such request for 1456
1723	1723	reconsideration. 1457
1724	1724	Sec. 18. Section 10-183aa of the general statutes is repealed and the 1458
1725	1725	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 1459
1726	1726	(a) (1) An active member is eligible for a disability allowance if he or 1460
1727	1727	she has [(1)] (A) become disabled as a result of any sickness or injury 1461
1728	1728	incurred in the performance of his or her duty as a teacher, without 1462
1729	1729	regard to the member's accumulated years of service at the time the 1463
1730	1730	disability is incurred; or [(2)] (B) accumulated at least five years of 1464
1731	1731	service in the public schools and becomes disabled, without regard to 1465
1732	1732	whether the disability was incurred in the performance of his or her 1466
1733	1733	duty as a teacher. 1467
1734	1734	(2) Any active member seeking a disability allowance shall submit to 1468 Raised Bill No. 438
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1740	1740	the board a formal application for disability allowance, which shall 1469
1741	1741	include the following: (A) The member's application; (B) the member's 1470
1742	1742	birth certificate or, in lieu thereof, a notarized statement supported by 1471
1743	1743	other evidence satisfactory to the board; (C) records of service, if such 1472
1744	1744	records are required by the board to determine a salary rate or years of 1473
1745	1745	creditable service; (D) a physician's statement of health for the member, 1474
1746	1746	including, but not limited to, medical reports and office notes from such 1475
1747	1747	physician; (E) in the case of a member who is married, a marriage 1476
1748	1748	certificate; (F) an employer's statement regarding work performance, 1477
1749	1749	attendance records and any other information regarding the member's 1478
1750	1750	disability; (G) the member's statement outlining the effect his or her 1479
1751	1751	impairment has on the ability to perform the duties of his or her 1480
1752	1752	occupation; and (H) any other documentation required by the board. 1481
1753	1753	For any formal application for disability allowance filed on or after July 1482
1754	1754	1, 1986, upon a finding by the board that extenuating circumstances 1483
1755	1755	relating to the health of an active member caused a delay in the filing of 1484
1756	1756	such member's complete formal application for disability allowance, the 1485
1757	1757	board may deem such application to have been filed up to three months 1486
1758	1758	earlier than the actual date of such filing. 1487
1759	1759	(b) The disability allowance is computed as follows: Two per cent 1488
1760	1760	times credited service to the date of disability multiplied by average 1489
1761	1761	annual salary, provided such allowance shall not be less than fifteen per 1490
1762	1762	cent or more than fifty per cent of the member's average annual salary. 1491
1763	1763	In no case shall such disability allowance, less cost of living adjustments, 1492
1764	1764	plus any initial award of Social Security benefits and workers' 1493
1765	1765	compensation, exceed seventy-five per cent of the member's average 1494
1766	1766	annual salary. 1495
1767	1767	(c) The board shall designate a medical committee to be composed of 1496
1768	1768	no more than five physicians. If required, other physicians may be 1497
1769	1769	employed to report on special cases. Such medical committee shall 1498
1770	1770	review each application for a disability allowance and shall make 1499
1771	1771	findings and recommendations in writing to the board. The medical 1500
1772	1772	committee shall perform additional examinations or case reviews as 1501
1773	1773	deemed necessary by the board. Members of such committee shall 1502 Raised Bill No. 438
1774	1774
1775	1775
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1778	1778
1779	1779	receive compensation for their services at a rate to be determined by the 1503
1780	1780	board. 1504
1781	1781	(d) The disability allowance being paid to a member shall cease when 1505
1782	1782	and if the disability ends. The board may determine that a member's 1506
1783	1783	disability has ended if it finds, upon the recommendation of its medical 1507
1784	1784	committee, that the member has failed to pursue an appropriate 1508
1785	1785	program of treatment. In either event, such member shall receive 1509
1786	1786	credited service for the years he received such disability allowance 1510
1787	1787	subject to a maximum total credit of thirty years, or actual years of 1511
1788	1788	credited service to the date the disability commenced, whichever is 1512
1789	1789	greater. Such member, if eligible, may then (1) retire on a normal, early 1513
1790	1790	or proratable retirement benefit or (2) retain a vested right to a deferred 1514
1791	1791	normal, early or proratable retirement benefit. Upon attainment of the 1515
1792	1792	member's normal retirement date, as determined by his age and 1516
1793	1793	credited service, including the credited service granted by this 1517
1794	1794	subsection, the member's disability allowance shall convert to a normal 1518
1795	1795	or other service retirement, which shall be payable either in the normal 1519
1796	1796	form or under an optional payment form under section 10-183j. The 1520
1797	1797	board may require periodic medical examinations. 1521
1798	1798	(e) No credit for a period of service of any kind prior to the months 1522
1799	1799	in which contribution therefor is made shall be given under this chapter 1523
1800	1800	or any special act in determining service in connection with an 1524
1801	1801	application for disability allowance other than for injury received in 1525
1802	1802	performance of duty as a teacher if such disability occurred within five 1526
1803	1803	years after contributions and required interest on account of such period 1527
1804	1804	were paid in full. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (1) any 1528
1805	1805	reinstatement of prior Connecticut teaching service, or (2) credit 1529
1806	1806	obtained immediately after transfer from the state employees retirement 1530
1807	1807	system under this chapter for service previously credited in said system; 1531
1808	1808	but in the case of such transfer, no allowance on account of disability 1532
1809	1809	occurring within such five-year period, other than for injury received in 1533
1810	1810	performance of duty as a teacher, shall exceed the benefit which would 1534
1811	1811	have been payable by said system if transfer had not been made. 1535 Raised Bill No. 438
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1817	1817	(f) During the first twenty-four months of payment of the disability 1536
1818	1818	allowance to a member, twenty per cent of all of such member's outside 1537
1819	1819	earned income or wages shall be offset against the disability allowance 1538
1820	1820	payable, unless the board determines that such earned income or wages 1539
1821	1821	are being paid as part of the rehabilitation of the member. At the 1540
1822	1822	expiration of such twenty-four-month period, if the total of the disability 1541
1823	1823	allowance and outside earned income exceeds one hundred per cent of 1542
1824	1824	average annual salary, the disability allowance will be reduced by the 1543
1825	1825	amount of such excess over one hundred per cent. The board shall adopt 1544
1826	1826	regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning 1545
1827	1827	procedures for verification of the income of members in receipt of a 1546
1828	1828	disability allowance. 1547
1829	1829	(g) All members of the teachers' retirement system who are receiving 1548
1830	1830	disability payments under subsection (e) of section 10-183g of the 1549
1831	1831	general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to 1979, may, using a form 1550
1832	1832	provided by the board, elect to have their disability payments 1551
1833	1833	recomputed with regard to the percentage basis and pursuant to the 1552
1834	1834	provisions of this section and section 10-183bb. Such election shall not 1553
1835	1835	be revocable. 1554
1836	1836	Sec. 19. Section 10-183ff of the general statutes is repealed and the 1555
1837	1837	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 1556
1838	1838	(a) Should any change or error in records result in any member or 1557
1839	1839	beneficiary receiving from the teachers' retirement system more or less 1558
1840	1840	than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been 1559
1841	1841	correct, then upon discovery of any such error the Teachers' Retirement 1560
1842	1842	Board shall notify the member or beneficiary affected and correct the 1561
1843	1843	same, and as far as practicable shall adjust the payments in such manner 1562
1844	1844	that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or 1563
1845	1845	beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid, provided if such change 1564
1846	1846	or error results in any member or beneficiary receiving less than he 1565
1847	1847	would have been eligible to receive, such member or beneficiary may 1566
1848	1848	elect to have such benefit paid in a single payment. The board may, 1567
1849	1849	within the board's discretion, grant a request for a reimbursement of 1568 Raised Bill No. 438
1850	1850
1851	1851
1852	1852
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1854	1854
1855	1855	overdraft charges incurred by a member resulting from an erroneous 1569
1856	1856	suspension of benefits in error by the board, provided such member 1570
1857	1857	submits such request to the board not later than the last business day of 1571
1858	1858	the month following the month in which such error occurred. 1572
1859	1859	(b) If a member or beneficiary has been overpaid through no fault of 1573
1860	1860	his own, and he could not reasonably have been expected to detect the 1574
1861	1861	error, the board may waive any repayment which it believes would 1575
1862	1862	cause hardship. 1576
1863	1863	(c) Upon determination by the Teachers' Retirement Board that any 1577
1864	1864	person has erroneously been included in membership in the teachers' 1578
1865	1865	retirement system, contributions and interest credited under the 1579
1866	1866	provisions of this chapter shall be refunded and records of related 1580
1867	1867	service voided. 1581
1868	1868	(d) Upon determination that the Teachers' Retirement Board has 1582
1869	1869	invoiced a member for the purchase of additional credited service in an 1583
1870	1870	amount in excess of that permitted by law, and such member has paid 1584
1871	1871	the invoiced amount, the amount of the overpayment shall be refunded 1585
1872	1872	to such member with interest at a rate equal to the average of interest 1586
1873	1873	rates for the most recent ten-year period from the date of the member's 1587
1874	1874	retirement to the date such amount is refunded. 1588
1875	1875	[(e) Upon determination that a member has not purchased additional 1589
1876	1876	credited service which was invoiced to him in an amount in excess of 1590
1877	1877	that permitted by law, such member shall be given the opportunity at 1591
1878	1878	any time to make such purchase by the payment of the proper amount 1592
1879	1879	with interest to the date of payment. The additional benefit resulting 1593
1880	1880	from the credited service so purchased shall be made retroactive to the 1594
1881	1881	date of the member's retirement, and the aggregate amount of such 1595
1882	1882	additional benefit shall be paid to the member in a single payment 1596
1883	1883	together with interest calculated at a rate equal to the average of interest 1597
1884	1884	rates for the most recent ten-year period from the date each payment 1598
1885	1885	was due to the date such payment is made.] 1599
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1892	1892	member received, on or after November 1, 2008, an estimate of benefits 1601
1893	1893	statement from the board that contained a material error, the board shall 1602
1894	1894	pay the member the benefits set forth in such estimate if the board 1603
1895	1895	determines that (1) the member could not reasonably have been 1604
1896	1896	expected to detect such error, and (2) the member, in reliance upon such 1605
1897	1897	estimate, irrevocably submitted (A) his or her resignation to the 1606
1898	1898	employing board of education, and (B) a formal application of 1607
1899	1899	retirement to the Teachers' Retirement Board. For purposes of this 1608
1900	1900	subsection, "material error" means an error that amounts to a difference 1609
1901	1901	of ten per cent or greater between the estimated retirement benefits and 1610
1902	1902	the actual retirement benefits to which such member would otherwise 1611
1903	1903	be entitled. 1612
1904	1904	Sec. 20. Section 10-183gg of the general statutes is repealed and the 1613
1905	1905	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 1614
1906	1906	Part-time service averaging at least one-half of a school day but less 1615
1907	1907	than a full school day shall be treated as full-time service for purposes 1616
1908	1908	of determining eligibility for benefits under this chapter. For purposes 1617
1909	1909	of determining benefits under subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, of section 1618
1910	1910	10-183g, as amended by this act, the percentages utilized in said sections 1619
1911	1911	shall be proportionally reduced for each year or portion of a year of 1620
1912	1912	service rendered or purchased after July 1, 1977, which is part-time 1621
1913	1913	service. Notwithstanding the provisions of [subdivision (4) of] section 1622
1914	1914	10-183b, as amended by this act, the average annual salary of a member 1623
1915	1915	with part-time service shall be such member's full-time annualized 1624
1916	1916	salary during his three highest years. Any benefit awarded pursuant to 1625
1917	1917	this section shall be proportional in all respects to the benefit which 1626
1918	1918	would have been payable had such service been rendered on a full-time 1627
1919	1919	basis. 1628
1920	1920	Sec. 21. Subsection (a) of section 10-183jj of the general statutes is 1629
1921	1921	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1630
1922	1922	2020): 1631
1923	1923	(a) A local or regional board of education may establish a retirement 1632 Raised Bill No. 438
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1929	1929	incentive plan for teachers, as defined in [subparagraph (A) of 1633
1930	1930	subdivision (26) of] section 10-183b, as amended by this act, in its 1634
1931	1931	employ who are members of the teachers' retirement system. The plan 1635
1932	1932	shall provide for purchase of additional credited service by a board of 1636
1933	1933	education and a member of the system who chooses to participate in the 1637
1934	1934	plan, of additional credited service for such member and for payment 1638
1935	1935	by the board of education of not less than fifty per cent of the entire cost 1639
1936	1936	of such additional credited service and payment by the member of the 1640
1937	1937	remaining percentage of such total cost. The member shall pay the 1641
1938	1938	remaining percentage of such total cost, if any, in one lump sum not later 1642
1939	1939	than thirty days after receipt of notification by the Teachers' Retirement 1643
1940	1940	Board of the amount owed. Any such plan shall specify a maximum 1644
1941	1941	number of years, not exceeding five years, of additional credited service 1645
1942	1942	which may be purchased under the plan. Any such plan shall have a 1646
1943	1943	two-month application period. 1647
1944	1944	Sec. 22. Section 10-183pp of the general statutes is repealed and the 1648
1945	1945	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 1649
1946	1946	Any member who began receiving disability benefits October 1, 1977, 1650
1947	1947	under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 10-166 and who elected 1651
1948	1948	to receive benefits in accordance with the former provisions of 1652
1949	1949	subsection (c) of section 10-164-7 of the Regulations of Connecticut State 1653
1950	1950	Agencies in effect June 30, 1978, may elect to receive such benefits 1654
1951	1951	readjusted under the provisions of subsection [(b) or] (c) or (d) of section 1655
1952	1952	10-183j, as amended by this act, provided such member provides written 1656
1953	1953	notice of such election to the Teachers' Retirement Board not later than 1657
1954	1954	ninety days following January 1, 2001. 1658
1955	1955	Sec. 23. Section 10-183rr of the general statutes is repealed and the 1659
1956	1956	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 1660
1957	1957	Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision [(26)] (29) of section 1661
1958	1958	10-183b, as amended by this act, concerning the requirement that a 1662
1959	1959	teacher hold a certificate for the position in which the person is 1663
1960	1960	employed, any teacher who possesses a certificate or permit issued by 1664 Raised Bill No. 438
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1966	1966	the State Board of Education and is notified on or after December 1, 2003, 1665
1967	1967	by the Department of Education that such teacher is not properly 1666
1968	1968	certified for the position in which the teacher is employed or has been 1667
1969	1969	employed, such teacher shall receive no further credit in the teachers' 1668
1970	1970	retirement system for employment in such position until the teacher 1669
1971	1971	becomes properly certified for such position. The Teachers' Retirement 1670
1972	1972	Board shall not rescind any credited service to such teacher for such 1671
1973	1973	employment and shall restore any such credit to such teacher if 1672
1974	1974	rescinded prior to May 27, 2008. 1673
1975	1975	Sec. 24. Subsection (a) of section 10-183ww of the 2020 supplement to 1674
1976	1976	the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1675
1977	1977	thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 1676
1978	1978	(a) Not later than fourteen business days after the last action 1677
1979	1979	necessary to make effective a state budget act for the biennium ending 1678
1980	1980	June 30, 2021, subject to the approval of the Teachers' Retirement Board, 1679
1981	1981	the credited interest percentage for member accounts, except voluntary 1680
1982	1982	accounts containing only those contributions made pursuant to section 1681
1983	1983	10-183i, as amended by this act, shall be not more than four per cent per 1682
1984	1984	annum and the return assumption shall be six and nine-tenths per cent 1683
1985	1985	per annum. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 10-183vv, 12-1684
1986	1986	801, 12-806 and 12-812, if the board fails to revise such percentage and 1685
1987	1987	adopt such return assumption: (1) No moneys shall be deposited in the 1686
1988	1988	Connecticut Teachers' Retirement Fund Bonds Special Capital Reserve 1687
1989	1989	Fund, established in section 10-183vv; (2) the Treasurer's duties and 1688
1990	1990	obligations under section 10-183vv shall terminate; and (3) the pledges 1689
1991	1991	made in section 10-183vv shall not be in effect. 1690
1992	1992	Sec. 25. Subsection (d) of section 10-66dd of the general statutes is 1691
1993	1993	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1692
1994	1994	2020): 1693
1995	1995	(d) (1) An otherwise qualified school professional hired by a charter 1694
1996	1996	school prior to July 1, 2010, and employed in a charter school may 1695
1997	1997	participate in the state teachers' retirement system under chapter 167a 1696 Raised Bill No. 438
1998	1998
1999	1999
2000	2000
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2002	2002
2003	2003	on the same basis as if such professional were employed by a local or 1697
2004	2004	regional board of education. The governing council of a charter school 1698
2005	2005	shall make the contributions, as defined in [subdivision (7) of] section 1699
2006	2006	10-183b, as amended by this act, for such professional. 1700
2007	2007	(2) An otherwise qualified school professional hired by a charter 1701
2008	2008	school on or after July 1, 2010, and who has not previously been 1702
2009	2009	employed by a charter school in this state prior to July 1, 2010, shall 1703
2010	2010	participate in the state teachers' retirement system under chapter 167a 1704
2011	2011	on the same basis as if such professional were employed by a local or 1705
2012	2012	regional board of education. The governing council of a charter school 1706
2013	2013	shall make the contributions, as defined in [subdivision (7) of] section 1707
2014	2014	10-183b, as amended by this act, for such professional. 1708
2015	2015	(3) Any administrator or person providing instruction or pupil 1709
2016	2016	services in a charter school who holds a charter school educator permit 1710
2017	2017	issued by the State Board of Education pursuant to section 10-145q shall 1711
2018	2018	participate in the state teachers' retirement system under chapter 167a 1712
2019	2019	pursuant to subdivision (2) of this section when such administrator or 1713
2020	2020	person providing instruction or pupil services obtains professional 1714
2021	2021	certification pursuant to section 10-145b. 1715
2022	2022	Sec. 26. Subsection (a) of section 10a-55i of the general statutes is 1716
2023	2023	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1717
2024	2024	2020): 1718
2025	2025	(a) There is established a Higher Education Consolidation Committee 1719
2026	2026	which shall be convened by the chairpersons of the joint standing 1720
2027	2027	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 1721
2028	2028	relating to higher education or such chairpersons' designee, who shall 1722
2029	2029	be a member of such joint standing committee. The membership of the 1723
2030	2030	Higher Education Consolidation Committee shall consist of the higher 1724
2031	2031	education subcommittee on appropriations and the chairpersons, vice 1725
2032	2032	chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of 1726
2033	2033	the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher 1727
2034	2034	education and appropriations. The Higher Education Consolidation 1728 Raised Bill No. 438
2035	2035
2036	2036
2037	2037
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2039	2039
2040	2040	Committee shall establish a meeting and public hearing schedule for 1729
2041	2041	purposes of receiving updates from (1) the Board of Regents for Higher 1730
2042	2042	Education on the progress of the consolidation of the state system of 1731
2043	2043	higher education pursuant to this section, section 4-9c, subsection (g) of 1732
2044	2044	section 5-160, section 5-199d, subsection (a) of section 7-323k, subsection 1733
2045	2045	(a) of section 7-608, subsection (a) of section 10-9, section 10-155d, 1734
2046	2046	subdivision [(14)] (16) of section 10-183b, as amended by this act, 1735
2047	2047	sections 10a-1a to 10a-1d, inclusive, 10a-3 and 10a-3a, subsection (a) of 1736
2048	2048	section 10a-6a, sections 10a-6b, 10a-8, 10a-10a to 10a-11a, inclusive, 10a-1737
2049	2049	17d and 10a-22a, subsections (f) and (h) of section 10a-22b, subsections 1738
2050	2050	(c) and (d) of section 10a-22d, sections 10a-22h and 10a-22k, subsection 1739
2051	2051	(a) of section 10a-22n, sections 10a-22r, 10a-22s, 10a-22u, 10a-22v, 10a-1740
2052	2052	22x and 10a-34 to 10a-35a, inclusive, subsection (a) of section 10a-48a, 1741
2053	2053	sections 10a-71 and 10a-72, subsections (c) and (f) of section 10a-77, 1742
2054	2054	section 10a-88, subsection (a) of section 10a-89, subsection (c) of section 1743
2055	2055	10a-99 and sections 10a-102, 10a-104, 10a-105, 10a-109e, 10a-143 and 10a-1744
2056	2056	168a, and (2) the Board of Regents for Higher Education and The 1745
2057	2057	University of Connecticut on the program approval process for the 1746
2058	2058	constituent units. The Higher Education Consolidation Committee shall 1747
2059	2059	convene its first meeting on or before September 15, 2011, and meet not 1748
2060	2060	less than once every two months. 1749
2061	2061	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
2062	2062	sections:
2063	2063
2064	2064	Section 1 July 1, 2020 10-183b
2065	2065	Sec. 2 July 1, 2020 10-183c
2066	2066	Sec. 3 July 1, 2020 10-183e
2067	2067	Sec. 4 July 1, 2020 10-183f
2068	2068	Sec. 5 July 1, 2020 10-183g
2069	2069	Sec. 6 July 1, 2020 10-183h
2070	2070	Sec. 7 July 1, 2020 10-183i(a)
2071	2071	Sec. 8 July 1, 2020 10-183j
2072	2072	Sec. 9 July 1, 2020 10-183k
2073	2073	Sec. 10 July 1, 2020 10-183l
2074	2074	Sec. 11 July 1, 2020 10-183n
2075	2075	Sec. 12 July 1, 2020 10-183o
2076	2076	Sec. 13 July 1, 2020 10-183p Raised Bill No. 438
2077	2077
2078	2078
2079	2079
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2081	2081
2082	2082	Sec. 14 July 1, 2020 10-183q
2083	2083	Sec. 15 July 1, 2020 10-183t
2084	2084	Sec. 16 July 1, 2020 10-183v
2085	2085	Sec. 17 July 1, 2020 10-183y
2086	2086	Sec. 18 July 1, 10-183aa
2087	2087	Sec. 19 July 1, 2020 10-183ff
2088	2088	Sec. 20 July 1, 2020 10-183gg
2089	2089	Sec. 21 July 1, 2020 10-183jj(a)
2090	2090	Sec. 22 July 1, 2020 10-183pp
2091	2091	Sec. 23 July 1, 2020 10-183rr
2092	2092	Sec. 24 July 1, 2020 10-183ww(a)
2093	2093	Sec. 25 July 1, 2020 10-66dd(d)
2094	2094	Sec. 26 July 1, 2020 10a-55i(a)
2095	2095
2096	2096	Statement of Purpose:
2097	2097	To revise and update the teachers' retirement system statutes to align
2098	2098	with current practices.
2099	2099	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
2100	2100	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
2101	2101	underlined.]
2102	2102