PRINTER'S NO. 1092

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 975 Session of 1995


        INTRODUCED BY DALEY, SHANER, DEMPSEY, BELARDI, COLAIZZO,
           YOUNGBLOOD, McCALL AND L. I. COHEN, MARCH 6, 1995

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 6, 1995

                                     AN ACT

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

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby enacts as follows:
     5     Section 1.  Section 8302 of Title 24 of the Pennsylvania
     6  Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
     7  § 8302.  Credited school service.
     8     * * *
     9     (d)  Extended year service credit.--Notwithstanding any
    10  provisions of this title to the contrary, any school employee
    11  with 30 years of service who is employed on a regular contract
    12  or work schedule of at least 11 months or 220 days per year
    13  shall receive at the time of retirement one year additional
    14  service credit toward retirement for every six years that member
    15  has been employed on such an extended yearly schedule. In order
    16  to be eligible for the additional service credit, a member must
    17  have served at least six years on an extended yearly schedule.


     1  For every year beyond the initial six-year period, credit shall
     2  be awarded on a fractional basis. For the purpose of awarding
     3  extended year service credit, eligible members shall receive no
     4  more than three years of additional service credit toward
     5  retirement under the provisions of this subsection. Extended
     6  year service credit shall be made available to any person who
     7  qualifies under this subsection and is employed in the schools
     8  of this Commonwealth on the effective date of this subsection.
     9     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.














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