| 1 | 1 | | BILL AS INTRODUCED H.311 |
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| 5 | 5 | | VT LEG #380808 v.1 |
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| 6 | 6 | | H.311 1 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Introduced by Representatives Boutin of Barre City, Carris-Duncan of 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Whitingham, Dodge of Essex, Galfetti of Barre Town, Greer of 3 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Bennington, Harrison of Chittenden, Howard of Rutland City, 4 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Kleppner of Burlington, Logan of Burlington, Luneau of St. 5 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Albans City, McFaun of Barre Town, Morgan, L. of Milton, 6 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Morgan, M. of Milton, Morris of Springfield, Nelson of Derby, 7 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Nielsen of Brandon, Page of Newport City, Pritchard of Pawlet, 8 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Taylor of Milton, and Waszazak of Barre City 9 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Referred to Committee on 10 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Date: 11 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Subject: Education; retirement; Vermont State Teachers’ Retirement System 12 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to extend the 13 |
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| 19 | 19 | | provision authorizing a beneficiary of the Vermont State Teachers’ Retirement 14 |
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| 20 | 20 | | System to resume service as an interim educator and continue to receive a 15 |
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| 21 | 21 | | retirement allowance for that period. 16 |
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| 22 | 22 | | An act relating to the retirement allowance for interim educators 17 |
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| 23 | 23 | | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 18 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Sec. 1. 2022 Acts and Resolves No. 173, Sec. 1 is amended to read: 19 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.311 |
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| 28 | 28 | | VT LEG #380808 v.1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Sec. 1. FY 2023; RESTORATION OF SERVICE; VERMONT STATE 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) Authority. Notwithstanding 16 V.S.A. § 1939 or any other provision of 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | law, in fiscal year 2023, a beneficiary who retired from the System as a 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Group A or a Group C member may resume service, as that term is defined in 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 16 V.S.A. § 1931, to serve as an interim school educator for a period not to 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | exceed one school year and receive the beneficiary’s retirement allowance for 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the entire period that service is resumed, provided that: 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) the beneficiary has received a retirement allowance for six months or 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | more immediately preceding the resumption of service; 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) the employer of the beneficiary is subject to the assessment set forth 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | in 16 V.S.A. § 1944d on behalf of the beneficiary and remits payment to the 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Benefits Fund; and 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (3) the employer of the beneficiary remits payment to the Vermont 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Teachers’ Retirement Fund, established in 16 V.S.A. § 1944, in an amount 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | equal to the contribution rate established for members of the beneficiary’s 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | group for any period that service is resumed. 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (b) Period of service. A person who resumes service under subsection (a) 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | of this section shall not make any contributions to the System during the 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | person’s period of service and shall not be entitled to a retirement allowance 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | separately computed for the period that service was resumed. 21 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.311 |
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| 53 | 53 | | VT LEG #380808 v.1 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (c) Employment certification. Each superintendent who hires an interim 1 |
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| 55 | 55 | | school educator pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall certify to the 2 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Board that the district exhausted all reasonable options to employ a qualified 3 |
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| 57 | 57 | | active educator prior to employing a beneficiary as an interim school educator. 4 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (d) Renewal. 5 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (1) In fiscal years 2024 and 2025 through 2030, the State Treasurer is 6 |
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| 60 | 60 | | authorized to grant not more than two seven renewals for a one-fiscal-year 7 |
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| 61 | 61 | | period to the authority described in subsection (a) of this section. The State 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Treasurer shall make the determination to renew the authority not earlier than 9 |
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| 63 | 63 | | June May 1 but not later than June 30 May 31 in each fiscal year and shall 10 |
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| 64 | 64 | | notify the House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs 11 |
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| 65 | 65 | | and Senate Committees Committee on Government Operations of the 12 |
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| 66 | 66 | | determination. 13 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (2) In the event the State Treasurer makes a determination to renew the 14 |
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| 68 | 68 | | authority pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, a beneficiary may only 15 |
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| 69 | 69 | | resume service during each one-year renewal period if service is performed in 16 |
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| 70 | 70 | | a different interim school educator position. [Repealed.] 17 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (e) Repeal. This section shall be repealed on June 30, 2026 2031. 18 |
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| 72 | 72 | | Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE 19 |
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| 73 | 73 | | This act shall take effect on passage. 20 |
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