THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, BEYER, CAUSER, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, HARHART, HELM, HENNESSEY, MAJOR, O'NEILL, PYLE, RAPP, REED, ROHRER, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, FEBRUARY 13, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, FEBRUARY 13, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, further providing for creditable nonschool service.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 8304(b) of Title 24 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:

§ 8304.  Creditable nonschool service.

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(b)  Limitations on nonschool service.--Creditable nonschool

service credit shall be limited to:

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(9)  Previous work experience used by the member to

obtain certification as a vocational teacher under a

nonbaccalaureate program. The previous work experience used

to obtain certification shall be verified by the department

upon request of the member and shall be transmitted to the

system. For every two years of the previous work experience,

a member may buy one year of creditable service, not to

exceed a total of three years. A fraction of a year of the

previous work experience that is equal to or greater than

one-half shall be considered one year for purposes of this

paragraph. The previous work experience does not include time

served in an apprenticeship.

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Section 2.  Section 8324(e) of Title 24 is amended to read:

§ 8324.  Contributions for purchase of credit for creditable

nonschool service.

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(e)  Creditable work experience.--Contributions on account of

T-C credit for creditable work experience pursuant to section

8304(b)(6) and (9) shall be the present value of the full

actuarial cost of the increase in the projected superannuation

annuity caused by the additional service credited on account of

the purchase of creditable work experience. The amount paid for

the purchase of credit for creditable work experience shall not

be payable as a lump sum under section 8345(a)(4)(iii) (relating

to member's options). [Any individual eligible to receive an

annuity, excluding an annuity received under the Federal Social

Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.), in another pension

system, other than a military pension system, shall not be

eligible to purchase this service.]

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Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.