Permits teacher and professional staff member who provides special services retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF if employment commences during 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years.
Impact
If enacted, A5471 will facilitate a smoother transition back to teaching or other professional services for educators who have retired, while also allowing school districts to address urgent staffing gaps. By allowing retirees to receive both a retirement allowance and a salary during their reemployment, the bill incentivizes re-engagement of experienced educators. However, the legislation also requires that any reemployment must not be prearranged prior to retirement, thus ensuring the integrity of the retirement system. This could potentially lead to an influx of experienced professionals back into school systems struggling to meet the educational demands of their students.
Summary
Assembly Bill A5471 aims to address staffing shortages within New Jersey's educational system by permitting certain retired teachers and professional staff members, specifically those providing special services like speech language specialists or therapists, to return to work without re-enrolling in the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund (TPAF). The bill applies to those who retired and wish to return to employment in 'positions of critical need' as designated by the State Commissioner of Education. This provision is effective for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years, allowing a contracted re-employment period of up to two years.
Contention
While supporters advocate for the bill as a necessary solution to filling critical roles in schools, concerns may arise regarding its implications on the pension system and the long-term sustainability of such employment practices. Critics could argue this may undermine the intention of retirement benefits, leading to calls for a review of how reemployment after retirement affects pension plans and educational standards. Additionally, the requirements for 'bona fide' retirement and the definition of 'critical need' could lead to debates on what constitutes genuine staffing shortages and how they are assessed by the state.
Same As
Permits teacher and professional staff member who provides special services retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF if employment commences during 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years.
Permits teacher and professional staff member who provides special services retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF if employment commences during 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years.
Permits teacher, and professional staff member who provides special services, who retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF if employment commences during the 2023-2024 school year.
Permits teacher, and professional staff member who provides special services, who retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF if employment commences during the 2023-2024 school year.
Permits teacher and professional staff member who provides special services retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF if employment commences during 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years.
Permits non-instructional staff member retired from PERS to return to employment in school district for up to two years without reenrollment in PERS if employment commences during 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years.
Permits non-instructional staff member retired from PERS to return to employment in school district for up to two years without reenrollment in PERS if employment commences during remainder of 2021-2022 and entirety of 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years.
Permits non-instructional staff member retired from PERS to return to employment in school district for up to two years without reenrollment in PERS if employment commences during remainder of 2023-2024 and entirety of 2024-2025 school years.
Permits teacher and professional staff member who provides special services retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF if employment commences during 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years.
Permits teacher, and professional staff member who provides special services, who retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF if employment commences during the 2023-2024 school year.
Permits teacher, and professional staff member who provides special services, who retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF if employment commences during the 2023-2024 school year.
Permits non-instructional staff member retired from PERS to return to employment in school district for up to two years without reenrollment in PERS if employment commences during remainder of 2023-2024 and entirety of 2024-2025 school years.
Permits non-instructional staff member retired from PERS to return to employment in school district for up to two years without reenrollment in PERS if employment commences during 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years.
Permits non-instructional staff member retired from PERS to return to employment in school district for up to two years without reenrollment in PERS if employment commences during remainder of 2021-2022 and entirety of 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years.