THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY DALLY, BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE, CREIGHTON, FLECK, FREEMAN, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HUTCHINSON, LONGIETTI, MELIO, MOUL, MURT, OBERLANDER, M. O'BRIEN, PYLE, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SOLOBAY AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 16, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, APRIL 16, 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 service as a school employee, teacher or

instructor in an accredited Pennsylvania nonpublic elementary

or secondary school, if the member was entitled to a

provisional or professional certificate to teach in the

public schools of this Commonwealth at the time this service

was rendered. For every year in previous work experience, an

individual can buy one year of creditable service, not to

exceed a total of five years. The purchase of this service

shall begin within five years of the employee's eligibility

to purchase this creditable service. The Department of

Education may charge an applicant a fee necessary to cover

administrative costs incurred in verifying the applicant's

eligibility for certification.

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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.--

(1)  Contributions on account of T-C credit for

creditable work experience pursuant to section 8304(b)(6)

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.

(2)  Contributions on account of T-C credit for

creditable work experience under section 8304(b)(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. Any individual eligible to

receive an annuity, excluding an annuity received under the

Social Security Act, in another pension system, other than a

military pension system, shall not be eligible to purchase

this service.

(3)  The amount paid for the purchase of service under

this subsection shall not be payable as a lump sum under

section 8345(a)(4)(iii) (relating to member's options).

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