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H.311 1
Introduced by Representatives Boutin of Barre City, Carris-Duncan of 2
Whitingham, Dodge of Essex, Galfetti of Barre Town, Greer of 3
Bennington, Harrison of Chittenden, Howard of Rutland City, 4
Kleppner of Burlington, Logan of Burlington, Luneau of St. 5
Albans City, McFaun of Barre Town, Morgan, L. of Milton, 6
Morgan, M. of Milton, Morris of Springfield, Nelson of Derby, 7
Nielsen of Brandon, Page of Newport City, Pritchard of Pawlet, 8
Taylor of Milton, and Waszazak of Barre City 9
Referred to Committee on 10
Date: 11
Subject: Education; retirement; Vermont State Teachers’ Retirement System 12
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to extend the 13
provision authorizing a beneficiary of the Vermont State Teachers’ Retirement 14
System to resume service as an interim educator and continue to receive a 15
retirement allowance for that period. 16
An act relating to the retirement allowance for interim educators 17
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 18
Sec. 1. 2022 Acts and Resolves No. 173, Sec. 1 is amended to read: 19 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.311
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Sec. 1. FY 2023; RESTORATION OF SERVICE; VERMONT STATE 1
TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM 2
(a) Authority. Notwithstanding 16 V.S.A. § 1939 or any other provision of 3
law, in fiscal year 2023, a beneficiary who retired from the System as a 4
Group A or a Group C member may resume service, as that term is defined in 5
16 V.S.A. § 1931, to serve as an interim school educator for a period not to 6
exceed one school year and receive the beneficiary’s retirement allowance for 7
the entire period that service is resumed, provided that: 8
(1) the beneficiary has received a retirement allowance for six months or 9
more immediately preceding the resumption of service; 10
(2) the employer of the beneficiary is subject to the assessment set forth 11
in 16 V.S.A. § 1944d on behalf of the beneficiary and remits payment to the 12
Benefits Fund; and 13
(3) the employer of the beneficiary remits payment to the Vermont 14
Teachers’ Retirement Fund, established in 16 V.S.A. § 1944, in an amount 15
equal to the contribution rate established for members of the beneficiary’s 16
group for any period that service is resumed. 17
(b) Period of service. A person who resumes service under subsection (a) 18
of this section shall not make any contributions to the System during the 19
person’s period of service and shall not be entitled to a retirement allowance 20
separately computed for the period that service was resumed. 21 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.311
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(c) Employment certification. Each superintendent who hires an interim 1
school educator pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall certify to the 2
Board that the district exhausted all reasonable options to employ a qualified 3
active educator prior to employing a beneficiary as an interim school educator. 4
(d) Renewal. 5
(1) In fiscal years 2024 and 2025 through 2030, the State Treasurer is 6
authorized to grant not more than two seven renewals for a one-fiscal-year 7
period to the authority described in subsection (a) of this section. The State 8
Treasurer shall make the determination to renew the authority not earlier than 9
June May 1 but not later than June 30 May 31 in each fiscal year and shall 10
notify the House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs 11
and Senate Committees Committee on Government Operations of the 12
determination. 13
(2) In the event the State Treasurer makes a determination to renew the 14
authority pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, a beneficiary may only 15
resume service during each one-year renewal period if service is performed in 16
a different interim school educator position. [Repealed.] 17
(e) Repeal. This section shall be repealed on June 30, 2026 2031. 18
Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE 19
This act shall take effect on passage. 20