PRINTER'S NO. 3458
No. 2464 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY JOHNSON, MRKONIC, CIMINI AND DUFFY, MAY 7, 1986
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 7, 1986
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. Section 8304 of Title 24 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 8304. Creditable nonschool service.
8 (a) Eligibility.--An active member or a multiple service
9 member who is an active member of the State Employees'
10 Retirement System shall be eligible to receive Class T-C service
11 credit for creditable nonschool service as set forth in
12 subsection (b) provided that he is not entitled to receive,
13 eligible to receive now or in the future, or is receiving
14 retirement benefits for such service under a retirement system
15 administered and wholly or partially paid for by any other
16 governmental agency, with the exception of members eligible to
17 receive or receiving military retirement pay earned by a
1 combination of active duty and nonactive duty with a reserve or
2 national guard component of the armed forces which (retirement
3 pay) is payable upon the attainment of a specified age under 10
4 U.S.C. Ch. 67 (relating to retired pay for non-regular service),
5 or by any private employer, or a retirement program approved by
6 the employer in accordance with section 8301(a)(1) (relating to
7 mandatory and optional membership), and further provided that
8 such service is certified by the previous employer and the
9 manner of payment of the amount due is agreed upon by the
10 member, the employer, and the board.
11 (b) Limitations on nonschool service.--Creditable nonschool
12 service credit shall be limited to:
13 (1) Intervening military service.
14 (2) Other military service not exceeding five years,
15 with the exception of members eligible to receive or
16 receiving military retirement pay earned by a combination of
17 active duty and nonactive duty with a reserve or national
18 guard component of the armed forces which (retirement pay) is
19 payable only upon the attainment of a specified age under 10
20 U.S.C. Ch. 67.
21 (3) Service in any public school or public educational
22 institution in any state other than this Commonwealth or in
23 any territory or area under the jurisdiction of the United
24 States.
25 (4) Service as an administrator, teacher, or instructor
26 in the field of public school education for any agency or
27 department of the government of the United States whether or
28 not such area was under the jurisdiction of the United
29 States.
30 (5) Previous service as an employee of a county board of
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1 school directors which employment was terminated because of
2 the transfer of the administration of such service or of the
3 entire agency to a governmental entity.
4 (6) Previous service as a county employee as a nurse.
5 For every three years or major fraction thereof in previous
6 work experience, an individual may buy one year of creditable
7 service, not to exceed a total of five years. The purchase of
8 this service shall begin within three years of the employee's
9 eligibility to purchase this creditable service.
10 (c) Limitations on years of credit.--Service listed in
11 subsection (b)(3) and (4) must have been for a period of at
12 least one school year and credit for such service shall be
13 limited to the lesser of 12 years or the number of years of
14 school service credited in the system. In no case shall the
15 total credit for nonschool service other than that listed in
16 subsection (b)(5) exceed the number of years of school service
17 credited in the system, plus, in the case of a multiple service
18 member, any additional years of State service credited in the
19 State Employees' Retirement System, with the exception of
20 members eligible to receive or receiving military retirement pay
21 earned by a combination of active duty and nonactive duty with a
22 reserve or national guard component of the armed forces which
23 (retirement pay) is payable only upon the attainment of a
24 specified age under 10 U.S.C. Ch. 67.
25 (d) Additional years of credit.--An individual who is
26 eligible for credit under subsection (a) may receive twice the
27 credit to which the individual is entitled under subsection
28 (b)(1) or (2) if the individual is a recipient of a Purple
29 Heart.
30 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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