PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1753 PRINTER'S NO. 2450
No. 1500 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY STAIRS, COWELL, HERMAN, DALEY, TULLI, FLEAGLE, HUTCHINSON, SCHULER, McCALL, ITKIN, ALLEN, SHANER, TRELLO, HENNESSEY, BAKER, RUDY, MUNDY, MILLER, BATTISTO, PISTELLA AND SEMMEL, APRIL 27, 1995
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 19, 1995
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) and 8324(e) of Title 24 of the 6 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read: 7 § 8304. Creditable nonschool service. 8 * * * 9 (b) Limitations on nonschool service.--Creditable nonschool 10 service credit shall be limited to: 11 (1) Intervening military service. 12 (2) Military service other than intervening military 13 service and activated military service not exceeding five 14 years provided that a member with multiple service may not 15 purchase more than a total of five years of military service 16 in both the system and the State Employees' Retirement
1 System. 2 (3) Service in any public school or public educational 3 institution in any state other than this Commonwealth or in 4 any territory or area under the jurisdiction of the United 5 States. This paragraph includes service, prior to July 1, 6 1965, at a community college established under the act of 7 August 24, 1963 (P.L.1132, No.484), known as the Community 8 College Act of 1963. 9 (4) Service as an administrator, teacher, or instructor 10 in the field of public school education for any agency or 11 department of the government of the United States whether or 12 not such area was under the jurisdiction of the United 13 States. 14 (5) Previous service as an employee of a county board of 15 school directors which employment was terminated because of 16 the transfer of the administration of such service or of the 17 entire agency to a governmental entity. 18 (6) Previous service as a county employee as a nurse. 19 For every three years or major fraction thereof in previous 20 work experience, an individual may buy one year of creditable 21 service, not to exceed a total of five years. The purchase of 22 this service shall begin within three years of the employee's 23 eligibility to purchase this creditable service. 24 (7) Service for the period of time spent on a maternity 25 leave of absence required by the employer, which creditable 26 service shall not exceed two years per leave and shall be 27 applicable only to a maternity leave which was mandatory 28 prior to May 17, 1975. The purchase of this service shall 29 begin within one year of the employee's eligibility to 30 purchase this creditable service. 19950H1500B2450 - 2 -
1 (8) Service in the Cadet Nurse Corps with respect to any 2 period of training as a student or graduate nurse under a 3 plan approved under section 2 of the act of June 15, 1943 4 (Public Law 78-73, 57 Stat. 153), if the total period of 5 training under the plan was at least two years, the credit 6 for such service not to exceed three years. 7 (9) Previous work experience of the type required for <-- 8 permanent certification as a vocational teacher. USED BY THE <-- 9 MEMBER TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATION AS A VOCATIONAL TEACHER UNDER 10 A NONBACCALAUREATE PROGRAM. For every two years or major <-- 11 fraction thereof OF THE PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE, an <-- 12 individual can buy one year of creditable service, not to 13 exceed a total of three years. Previous A FRACTION OF A YEAR <-- 14 OF THE PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE THAT IS EQUAL TO OR GREATER 15 THAN ONE-HALF SHALL BE CONSIDERED ONE YEAR FOR PURPOSES OF 16 THIS PARAGRAPH. THE PREVIOUS work experience shall not 17 include time served in an apprenticeship. The purchase of 18 this service shall begin within three years of the employee's 19 eligibility to purchase this creditable service. 20 * * * 21 § 8324. Contributions for purchase of credit for creditable 22 nonschool service. 23 * * * 24 (e) Creditable work experience.-- 25 (1) Contributions on account of T-C credit for 26 creditable work experience pursuant to section 8304(b)(6) 27 shall be the present value of the full actuarial cost of the 28 increase in the projected superannuation annuity caused by 29 the additional service credited on account of the purchase of 30 creditable work experience. [The amount paid for the purchase 19950H1500B2450 - 3 -
1 of credit for creditable work experience shall not be payable 2 as a lump sum under section 8345(a)(4)(iii) (relating to 3 member's options).] Any individual eligible to receive an 4 annuity, excluding an annuity received under the Federal 5 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.), in another 6 pension system, other than a military pension system, shall 7 not be eligible to purchase this service. 8 (2) Contributions on account of T-C credit for 9 creditable work experience pursuant to section 8304(b)(9) 10 shall be the increase in the present value at the time of 11 purchase attributable to the additional service credited on 12 account of the purchase of such creditable work experience, 13 calculated on the basis of the average annual compensation 14 received during the first three years of credited school 15 service subsequent to such creditable work experience. 16 (3) The amount paid for the purchase of service under 17 this subsection shall not be payable as a lump sum under 18 section 8345(a)(4)(iii) (relating to member's options). 19 * * * 20 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. C30L24DGS/19950H1500B2450 - 4 -