Stand Up For Students Act

Bill: 114-hr-5427
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2016-06-09
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding

Elementary and secondary education

Employee benefits and pensions

Teaching, teachers, curricula
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-06-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Stand Up For Students Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to&nbsp;limit the use of ESEA funds for contributions to teacher retirement or pension systems in excess of the normal cost of benefits for&nbsp;an applicable&nbsp;plan year.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill prohibits a state from requiring a local educational agency to use ESEA funds to make such excess payments to a teacher retirement or pension system. However, this limitation shall not apply to a system for a given plan year if the system certifies that, with respect to the plan year, the ratio of the value of the system's assets to its accrued liability exceeds 50%.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5427 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 9, 2016 Mr. Dold introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To prohibit the use of education funds provided under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for excess payments to certain retirement or pension systems.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stand Up For Students Act . 2. Prohibition on use of education funds for excess payments to certain retirement or pension systems (a) In general Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 8549D. Prohibition on use of education funds for excess payments to certain retirement or pension systems (a) In general Except as provided under subsection (b), no State receiving funds under this Act may require any local educational agency using funds under this Act to hire or pay the salary of teachers to use such funds to make contributions to a teacher retirement or pension system for a plan year in excess of the normal cost of pension benefits for such plan year for which the employing local educational agency has responsibility. (b) Exception based on funded ratio Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a teacher retirement or pension system for a plan year if the system certifies to the Secretary, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require, that the system has a funded ratio for such plan year exceeding 50 percent. (c) Definitions For purposes of this section: (1) Normal cost The term normal cost means the portion of the cost of projected benefits allocated to the current plan year, not including any unfunded liabilities the teacher retirement or pension system has accrued. (2) Funded ratio The term funded ratio means, with respect to a teacher retirement or pension system for a plan year, the ratio of— (A) the value of the system’s assets for the plan year (as determined using reasonable actuarial assumptions), to (B) the accrued liability of the system for the plan year (as so determined). . (b) Conforming amendment The table of contents in section 2 of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 8549C, the following: Sec. 8549D. Prohibition on use of education funds for excess payments to certain retirement or pension systems. . 3. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect as if enacted on the date of enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act ( Public Law 114–95 ).