State Teachers’ Retirement System: positions subject to membership

More credentialed or permitted school and charter-school employees may gain State Teachers’ Retirement System membership and associated retirement contributions. The law sets a fixed effective date rather than waiting for system implementation capacity.

What the law does ​

• Adds positions requiring a Commission on Teacher Credentialing or State Department of Health Care Services permit to covered county office of education and school district positions.
• Covers specified positions at state-funded charter schools that perform or manage listed education functions and require, or would require in a non-charter public school, an authorized credential, license, permit, or certificate.
• Requires eligible charter-school governing bodies to designate covered positions by public resolution and identify their qualifying functions.
• Makes the expanded membership definition operative July 1, 2027.

Who it affects ​

• Employees in qualifying county office of education, school district, and charter-school positions.
• State-funded charter schools and their governing bodies.
• The State Teachers’ Retirement System and employers that make retirement contributions.

Context ​

The bill affects contributions to the continuously appropriated Teachers’ Retirement Fund.