PRINTER'S NO. 3010

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2395 Session of 1993


        INTRODUCED BY DALEY, PISTELLA, CESSAR, KASUNIC, FAIRCHILD,
           HUTCHINSON, RAYMOND, COLAFELLA, LAWLESS, THOMAS, ULIANA,
           STISH, ITKIN AND BOYES, DECEMBER 15, 1993

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, DECEMBER 15, 1993

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for creditable nonschool service.

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby enacts as follows:
     5     Section 1.  Sections 8304(b) of Title 24 of the Pennsylvania
     6  Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
     7  § 8304.  Creditable nonschool service.
     8     * * *
     9     (b)  Limitations on nonschool service.--Creditable nonschool
    10  service credit shall be limited to:
    11         * * *
    12         (9)  Previous work experience of the type required for
    13     permanent certification as a vocational teacher. For every
    14     three years or major fraction thereof, an individual can buy
    15     one year of creditable service, not to exceed a total of five
    16     years. Previous work experience shall not include time served
    17     in an apprenticeship. The purchase of this service shall


     1     begin within three years of the employee's eligibility to
     2     purchase this creditable service.
     3     * * *
     4     Section 2.  Section 8324(e) of Title 24 is amended to read:
     5  § 8324.  Contributions for purchase of credit for creditable
     6             nonschool service.
     7     * * *
     8     (e)  Creditable work experience.--
     9         (1)  Contributions on account of T-C credit for
    10     creditable work experience pursuant to section 8304(b)(6)
    11     shall be the present value of the full actuarial cost of the
    12     increase in the projected superannuation annuity caused by
    13     the additional service credited on account of the purchase of
    14     creditable work experience. [The amount paid for the purchase
    15     of credit for creditable work experience shall not be payable
    16     as a lump sum under section 8345(a)(4)(iii) (relating to
    17     member's options).] Any individual eligible to receive an
    18     annuity, excluding an annuity received under the Federal
    19     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.), in another
    20     pension system, other than a military pension system, shall
    21     not be eligible to purchase this service.
    22         (2)  Contributions on account of T-C credit for
    23     creditable work experience pursuant to section 8304(b)(9)
    24     shall be the increase in the present value at the time of
    25     purchase attributable to the additional service credited on
    26     account of the purchase of such creditable work experience,
    27     calculated on the basis of the average annual compensation
    28     received during the first three years of credited school
    29     service subsequent to such creditable work experience.
    30         (3)  The amount paid for the purchase of service under
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     1     this subsection shall not be payable as a lump sum under
     2     section 8345(a)(4)(iii) (relating to member's options).
     3     Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.


















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