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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-156bb. - Minority Teacher Recruitment Policy Oversight Council.

There is established a Minority Teacher Recruitment Policy Oversight Council within the Department of Education. The council shall consist of (1) the Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee, (2) two representatives from the Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce, established pursuant to section 10-156aa, (3) one representative from each of the exclusive bargaining units for certified employees, chosen pursuant to section 10-153b, (4) the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, or the president's designee, and (5) a representative from an alternate route to certification program, appointed by the Commissioner of Education. The council shall hold quarterly meetings and advise, at least quarterly, the Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee, on ways to (A) encourage minority middle and secondary school students to attend institutions of higher education and enter teacher preparation programs, (B) recruit minority students attending institutions of higher education to enroll in teacher preparation programs and pursue teaching careers, (C) recruit and retain minority teachers in Connecticut schools, (D) recruit minority teachers from other states to teach in Connecticut schools, and (E) recruit minority professionals in other fields to enter teaching. The council shall report, annually, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, on the recommendations given to the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, pursuant to the provisions of this section, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education. For purposes of this section, “minority” means individuals whose race is defined as other than white, or whose ethnicity is defined as Hispanic or Latino by the federal Office of Management and Budget for use by the Bureau of Census of the United States Department of Commerce.
(P.A. 16-41, S. 2; P.A. 17-56, S. 2; P.A. 22-80, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 16-41 effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-56 amended Subdiv. (4) by replacing “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” with “president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities”, effective June 20, 2017; P.A. 22-80 amended Subdiv. (2) by replacing “minority teacher recruitment task force” with “Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce”, effective May 24, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-156c. - Military leave.

Each professional employee certified by the State Board of Education and employed by a local or regional board of education who is a member of the reserve corps of any branch of the armed forces of the United States, as defined in section 27-103, shall be entitled to be absent from his or her duties or services while engaged in required field training in such reserve corps. No such employee shall be subjected by any person, directly or indirectly, by reason of such absence, to any loss or reduction of vacation or holiday privileges or be prejudiced by reason of such absence with reference to promotion or continuance in employment or to reemployment. The period of absence in any calendar year shall not exceed thirty days.
(1969, P.A. 788, S. 1; P.A. 78-218, S. 110; P.A. 18-72, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 78-218 specified applicability to employees of local or regional boards of education and to both male and female reservists; P.A. 18-72 made a technical change.
Cited. 216 C. 253.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-156cc. - Report re effectiveness of minority teacher recruitment programs.

Not later than July 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, the Department of Education shall submit a report using results-based accountability measures to assess the effectiveness of minority teacher recruitment programs in the state to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and appropriations, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. Such minority teacher recruitment programs shall include, but not be limited to, any program administered by a regional educational service center pursuant to section 10-155l, and the minority teacher incentive program administered by the Office of Higher Education pursuant to section 10a-168a.
(P.A. 16-41, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 16-41 effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-156d. - Reemployment after military leave.

Any professional employee certified by the State Board of Education and employed by a local or regional board of education who leaves such employment for the purpose of entering the armed forces of the United States, as defined in section 27-103, shall be reemployed by the board of education as hereinafter provided, provided such employee makes application for return to such employment within ninety days after receiving a certificate of honorable separation from the armed forces. The board of education shall employ such applicant in his or her former position and duties if such employment is available; and if not, shall employ such applicant in an equivalent position, if available; and if not, shall offer such applicant employment in any available position for which such applicant is qualified. Any employee returning to the employ of the board of education as herein provided shall be credited with the period of such service in said armed forces to the same extent as though it had been a part of the term of employment by such board of education. This section shall not apply to any such employee who, because of voluntary reenlistment, has been absent from the employ of such board of education for a period of more than three years in addition to war service as defined in said section 27-103 or compulsory service and the ninety-day period as hereinbefore provided.
(1969, P.A. 788, S. 2; P.A. 78-218, S. 111.)
History: P.A. 78-218 substituted “local” for “town” boards of education and made technical changes.
Cited. 216 C. 253.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-156dd. - Student survey re minority teacher recruitment programs.

Not later than January 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, the Department of Education shall conduct a survey of students participating in minority teacher recruitment programs offered by regional educational service centers or at a public institution of higher education in the state. Such survey shall include questions relating to the components and effectiveness of the minority teacher recruitment program. The department shall report, annually, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, on the results and findings of the survey to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education.
(P.A. 16-41, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 16-41 effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-156e. - Employees of boards of education permitted to serve as elected officials; exception.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act or municipal charter or ordinance to the contrary, any employee of a local or regional board of education or of an incorporated or endowed high school approved pursuant to the provisions of section 10-34 shall have the right to serve on any governmental body of the town in which he resides except that no such employee shall serve on such employee's employing board of education.
(P.A. 81-310.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-156ee. - Duties re minority teacher recruitment.

Not later than January 1, 2019, the Department of Education, in consultation with the Minority Teacher Recruitment Policy Oversight Council, shall (1) identify relevant research and successful practices to enhance minority teacher recruitment throughout the state, (2) identify and establish public, private and philanthropic partnerships to increase minority teacher recruitment, (3) utilize, monitor and evaluate innovative methods to attract minority candidates to the teaching profession, particularly in subject areas in which a teacher shortage exists, as determined by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to section 10-8b, (4) modernize the process for educators to obtain educator certification under this chapter by eliminating obstacles to certification to increase competitiveness with other states, (5) identify and utilize high-quality, affordable and bias-free educator assessments, (6) adopt cut scores for educator assessments, that do not exceed the multistate cut scores, to increase competitiveness with surrounding states, (7) support new and existing educator preparation programs that commit to enrolling greater numbers of minority teacher candidates in a manner that supports interstate reciprocity, (8) monitor, advise and support, and intervene in when necessary, local and regional boards of education's efforts to prioritize minority teacher recruitment and develop innovative strategies to attract and retain minority teachers within their districts, (9) (A) on and after July 1, 2019, include a question regarding the demographic data of applicants for positions requiring educator certification in the department's annual hiring survey distributed to local and regional boards of education, and (B) not later than July 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, on the applicant demographic data collected pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision to the minority teacher recruitment task force, established pursuant to section 10-156aa, and to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, and (10) not later than July 1, 2022, develop and make available, in consultation with the State Education Resource Center, a video training module for school district personnel involved in or responsible for hiring educators relating to implicit bias and anti-bias in the hiring process. For purposes of this section, “minority” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-156bb.
(P.A. 18-34, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 381.)
History: P.A. 18-34 effective July 1, 2018; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 added Subdiv. (10) re video training module relating to implicit bias and anti-bias in hiring process, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-156ff. - Strategies and utilization of resources for the hiring and employment of minority teachers and administrators.

For the school year commencing July 1, 2020, and each school year thereafter, the Minority Teacher Recruitment Policy Oversight Council, established pursuant to section 10-156bb, in consultation with the Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce, established pursuant to section 10-156aa, shall develop and implement strategies and utilize existing resources to ensure that at least two hundred fifty new minority teachers and administrators, of which at least thirty per cent are men, are hired and employed by local and regional boards of education each year in the state. As used in this section, “minority” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-156bb.
(P.A. 19-74, S. 1; P.A. 22-80, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 19-74 effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 22-80 replaced “minority teacher recruitment task force” with “Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce”, effective May 24, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-156hh. - Completion of video training module re implicit bias and anti-bias in hiring process for certain school district employees.

For the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and each school year thereafter, any employee of a local or regional board of education who is involved in or responsible for hiring educators for the school district shall successfully complete the video training module relating to implicit bias and anti-bias in the hiring process, developed pursuant to section 10-156ee, prior to such employee's participation in the educator hiring process for the school district.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 382.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-156ii. - Minority teacher candidate scholarship program.

(a) There is established a minority teacher candidate scholarship program administered by the Department of Education. The program shall provide an annual scholarship to minority students who (1) graduated from a public high school in a priority school district, as described in section 10-266p, and (2) are enrolled in a teacher preparation program at any four-year institution of higher education. Maximum grants shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars per year. As used in this section, “minority” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-156bb.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2023, the department shall, in consultation with the chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, develop a policy concerning the administration of the scholarship. Such policy shall include, but need not be limited to, provisions regarding (1) any additional eligibility criteria, (2) payment and distribution of the scholarships, and (3) the notification of students in high school in priority school districts of the scholarship program.
(c) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall award scholarships in accordance with the provisions of this section and the guidelines developed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(d) The department may accept gifts, grants and donations, from any source, public or private, for the minority teacher candidate scholarship program.
(P.A. 22-80, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 22-80 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-157a. - Superintendent for more than one town.

(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of the general statutes to the contrary, the boards of education of any two or more towns, or the board of education of any regional school district and the board of education of one or more of the towns comprising the district, or a committee formed and authorized by agreement of such boards on behalf of such boards may jointly employ a superintendent of schools, and said superintendent of schools shall have the powers and duties for each of said boards as provided in section 10-157. Such boards of education or such committee shall specify in a written agreement the term of office of such superintendent, which shall not exceed three years, and the proportionate share and limits of authorized expenditures for the salary of such superintendent and other necessary expenses, and any other pertinent matters, and shall provide for the evaluation of the superintendent pursuant to section 10-157. Any agreement authorizing the employment of a superintendent pursuant to this section shall include, but not be limited to, the duties of the committee, the membership of the committee, the voting requirements for action, and provision for termination of the agreement.
(b) Any board of education may withdraw from any agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section if, at least one year prior to the date of proposed withdrawal, it gives written notice of its intent to do so to each of the other boards.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, municipal charter, local ordinance, home rule ordinance or other ordinance, or the provisions of chapters 170 and 171, any board of education that jointly employs a superintendent of schools under this section may hold regular joint meetings, at least once every two months, with any of the other boards of education that are jointly employing such superintendent for the purpose of reducing the expenses of such boards of education and aligning the provision of education by such boards of education.
(P.A. 78-218, S. 114; P.A. 82-300, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 267.)
History: P.A. 82-300 amended Subsec. (a) to clarify provisions regarding the joint employment of superintendents and to authorize formation of a committee by participating school boards to hire a superintendent for joint employment; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 added Subsec. (c) re holding of regular joint meetings, effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-159 and 10-159a. - Supervisory service by State Board of Education. Election to receive grant in lieu of supervisory service.

Sections 10-159 and 10-159a are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1444; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 23; 1971, P.A. 861, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 193, S. 1; P.A. 78-218, S. 115; P.A. 79-411, S. 1, 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167 - Teachers' Retirement System (Repealed) › Section 10-160 to 10-180b. - Definitions. Extra duty or coaching. Retirement system and retirement association. Teachers' Retirement Board. Bylaws, regulations and funds. Retirement qualifications. Cost of living allowances and adjustment. Teachers retiring on or after July 1, 1975. Adjustments to allowances and pensions. Designation of coparticipants. Death benefits. Survivor's and spouse's options. Recomputation of benefits. Payments to retirement board for persons in armed forces. Credit for service. Relationship between Teachers' Retirement Association and state employees retirement system. Withdrawal and refunds. Continuation of membership. Withdrawal of contributions. Death prior to receipt of deferred benefit. Payment into reserve fund. Funds not assignable. Duties of education officials. Deductions. Pension reserve fund. Issuance of state bonds.

Sections 10-160 to 10-180b, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1591–1593, 1595–1606; 1953, S. 992d, 996d, 998d; 1953, 1955, S. 994d; 1955, S. 992d, 995d, 997d, 999d, 1000d; June, 1955, S. 993d; 1957, P.A. 86; 87; 163, S. 21–24; 403; 454; 470; 508; 562, S. 1–6; 563; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; 16, S. 3, 4; March, 1958, P.A. 25, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 251, S. 1; 268, S. 1; 272, S. 1; 529; 682; 1961, P.A. 389; 397; 427; 485; 488; 1963, P.A. 346; 355; 455; 531; 538; 625; 648; February, 1965, P.A. 73; 168, S. 1; 242; 260; 291; 315; 330, S. 46; 342, S. 1; 345; 544, S. 1; 555; 623, S. 1, 2; 1967, P.A. 519, S. 1–3; 570, S. 1; 629, S. 1; 635, S. 1; 656, S. 6, 7; 724, S. 1–4; 786, S. 3, 4; 806; 1969, P.A. 168; 191, S. 3; 228, S. 1–3; 629, S. 1, 5–7; 761, S. 1–3; June, 1969, P.A. 1, S. 24; 1971, P.A. 185; 592, S. 1; 651, S. 1–4; 669, S. 1; 732; 771, S. 1, 2; June, 1971, S.A. 1, S. 12; 1972, P.A. 42, S. 1; 51, S. 1; 202, S. 1; P.A. 73-197; 73-229; 73-485, S. 1, 2; 73-567, S. 1–3; P.A. 74-218, S. 1, 2; 74-220, S. 1, 2; 74-223, S. 1, 2; 74-338, S. 91, 94; S.A. 74-31, S. 13, 22; P.A. 75-44; 75-45, S. 1, 2; 75-82; 75-84, S. 1, 2; 75-419, S. 1–4; 75-479, S. 14, 25; P.A. 76-203; 76-206, S. 1, 2; 76-312; 76-360; P.A. 77-110, S. 1, 2; 77-230, S. 1, 2; 77-233; 77-359, S. 1, 2; 77-536; 77-547, S. 1–4; 77-573, S. 23, 24, 30; 77-614, S. 19, 70, 161, 163, 302, 610; P.A. 78-208, S. 34, 35; 78-331, S. 30, 58.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167 - Teachers' Retirement System (Repealed) › Section 10-181 to 10-183a. - Certain towns reimbursed. Insurance deductions. Participation in hospital insurance benefits under Social Security Act. Substitute teaching or temporary employment by retired teacher. Employment of retired teacher in emergency.

Sections 10-181 to 10-183a, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1607; 1951, S. 1001d; 1957, P.A. 325, S. 1; 352; 1961, P.A. 371; 1963, P.A. 542; 1967, P.A. 607, S. 1; 615, S. 1; 824, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 130, S. 1; 419, S. 1; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-208, S. 24, 35.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183bb. - Suspension or reduction of retirement income payments during disability.

(a) Retirement income payments being made to a member shall be suspended during any period when the member is receiving disability payments and necessary medical and hospital expenses because of injury incurred in the performance of certain duties, as provided in subsection (a) of section 10-183aa.
(b) Retirement income payments being made to a member receiving disability payments and necessary medical and hospital expenses under the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act, as set forth in chapter 568, shall be reduced while such disability payments are being made, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section. The amount of each reduced retirement income payment shall equal the excess, if any, of the full retirement income payment over the disability payments.
(c) Retirement income payments shall not be reduced: (1) For a member receiving a specific indemnity award under section 31-307 or 31-308; (2) for a member who received a judgment for personal injuries and pain and suffering under the provisions of section 31-293, provided he has reimbursed the state in full for all sums expended by it under chapter 568.
(d) This section applies to claims for workers' compensation and disability retirement from injuries sustained on and after January 1, 1980.
(P.A. 79-541, S. 3, 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183cc. - Payments on behalf of minor or legally incapable payees.

If the payee for any payment of benefits under the provisions of this chapter is a minor, or if the Teachers' Retirement Board finds that any payee is legally incapable of giving a valid receipt and discharge for any payment due him, the board may make the payment, or any part thereof, to the person or persons whom it finds to be caring for and supporting the payee, unless it has received due notice of claim from a duly appointed guardian or committee of the payee. A payment so made shall be a complete discharge of the obligations of the state to the extent of and as to such payment, and the state shall have no obligations regarding the application of the payment.
(P.A. 82-401, S. 1, 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183d. - Members of association to become members of system.

Any member of the Teachers' Retirement Association, established by prior law, on July 1, 1978 shall automatically be a member of the system. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all members including inactive members shall have the same rights.
(P.A. 78-208, S. 3, 35.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183dd. - Retirement contributions; quarterly allocations.

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the general statutes to the contrary, the amounts appropriated to the Teachers' Retirement Board for retirement contributions under section 1 of special act 82-10 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1983, and in each succeeding annual act of the General Assembly making appropriations for funding the expenses of operations of the state government for the ensuing fiscal year, shall be allocated to the Teachers' Retirement Board in four equal installments, such allocations to be made on the fifteenth day of the month of July and on the first day of the months of October, January and April of each fiscal year.
(P.A. 82-471, S. 4, 6; P.A. 93-146, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 93-146 amended section to change date of the first allocation to the teachers' retirement board from July first to July fifteenth, effective June 14, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183ee. - Unclaimed contributions. Procedure for claiming.

(a) After at least twenty-five years have elapsed since a vested member, or ten years have elapsed since a nonvested member, of the teachers' retirement system ceased to be a teacher for any cause other than death or retirement or two years have elapsed from the date any other person became entitled to a benefit pursuant to this chapter, the Teachers' Retirement Board shall send a statement to such member or such person at the last-known address of the person setting forth the amount of the accumulated contributions or other benefits standing to the credit of such person. The statement shall give notice to such person that unless payment is demanded of said amount prior to a date at least ninety days from the date the notice is given, the amount will be deemed abandoned and no further interest shall be credited to said amount.
(b) Any accumulated contributions or other benefits so deemed abandoned may be claimed by the person entitled to the accumulated contributions or other benefits, or in the event of his death, by his estate or by such person or persons as he shall have nominated to receive such accumulated contributions, by filing a claim with the retirement board in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed by the retirement board, seeking the return of such abandoned accumulated contributions or other benefits. In the event such claim is properly made the retirement board shall pay over to the person or persons or estate making such claim the amount of such accumulated contributions or other benefits.
(P.A. 83-305, S. 1, 2; P.A. 97-301, S. 5, 10; P.A. 16-91, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 97-301 amended Subsec. (a) to change date for sending statement to person entitled to benefit from five to two years following date of entitlement, effective September 1, 1997; P.A. 16-91 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by deleting references to pension reserve account, further amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “member” with “vested member”, adding provision re nonvested member and adding “no further interest shall be credited to said amount” and further amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “without interest”, effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183gg. - Part-time service. Determination of benefits.

Part-time service averaging at least one-half of a school day but less than a full school day shall be treated as full-time service for purposes of determining eligibility for benefits under this chapter. For purposes of determining benefits under subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, of section 10-183g, the percentages utilized in said sections shall be proportionally reduced for each year or portion of a year of service rendered or purchased after July 1, 1977, which is part-time service. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-183b, the average annual salary of a member with part-time service shall be such member's full-time annualized salary for the three years in which the member's annual salary was highest. Any benefit awarded pursuant to this section shall be proportional in all respects to the benefit which would have been payable had such service been rendered on a full-time basis.
(P.A. 85-594, S. 3, 4; P.A. 22-118, S. 186.)
History: P.A. 22-118 deleted reference to Subdiv. (4) of Sec. 10-183b and replaced “during his three highest years” with “for the three years in which the member's annual salary was highest”, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183hh. - Credit for certain service as a school nurse.

For purposes of calculating retirement benefits under the provisions of this chapter, service as a school nurse during the years 1970 to 1975, inclusive, shall be considered as credited service as a teacher during the same period, provided (1) such school nurse held a valid teaching certificate prior to 1970, (2) contributions to the Teachers Retirement Fund were made on behalf of such school nurse at the time of such school nurse's service, and (3) any such contributions which were returned to such nurse shall be repaid to the Teachers Retirement Fund. Any change in benefits which results from the application of this section shall be applied only to benefits which are paid after July 1, 1986.
(P.A. 86-348, S. 7, 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183i. - Member's voluntary contributions. Limitations.

(a) A member may make voluntary contributions to the system and may, no more than once, withdraw such voluntary contributions from the system under rules of the board. Any voluntary contribution shall be made solely by payroll deduction of an amount subject to state, federal or local tax in the tax or income year in which such voluntary contribution is made. Voluntary contributions shall be subject to the limitations imposed under Section 415(c) of the Internal Revenue Code for the applicable limitation year. Such contributions shall earn credited interest. Upon retirement such member shall elect to receive the accumulated contributions plus credited interest either in a lump sum or in the form of an actuarially equivalent annuity for life. Such lump sum, if elected, shall be paid not later than three months after the effective date of retirement, except the board may delay payment of such lump sum in the case of extenuating circumstances. If such delay occurs, the board shall submit a written notice to the member explaining the nature of the extenuating circumstances and an estimate as to when such lump sum shall be paid. Payment of such annuity, if elected, shall commence when the first payment of such member's other retirement benefit is made. If such member dies before the effective date of his or her retirement, the accumulated contributions plus credited interest shall be paid to such member's designated beneficiary.
(b) For purposes of applying the limitations of Section 415(c) of the Internal Revenue Code under subsection (a) of this section, compensation shall include (1) wages within the meaning of Section 3401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, for purposes of income tax withholding at the source, (2) amounts that would be included in wages except for elections made under Section 125(a), 132(f)(4), 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B), 402(k) or 457(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, and (3) any other payments of compensation to a member by such member's employer for which the employer is required to furnish the member a written statement under Sections 6041(d), 6051(a)(3) and 6052 of the Internal Revenue Code, but such compensation shall not exceed the maximum amount allowed under Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code for the applicable limitation year.
(P.A. 78-208, S. 8, 35; P.A. 79-428; P.A. 08-76, S. 5; P.A. 21-186, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 79-428 permitted one-time-only withdrawal of voluntary contributions; P.A. 08-76 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added provision therein re Internal Revenue Code limitations on voluntary contributions, and added Subsec. (b) re calculation of compensation for purposes of such limitations, effective May 27, 2008; P.A. 21-186 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re payment of voluntary contributions by payroll deduction, adding provisions re timing and delay of lump sum payment, and making technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183ii. - Mailing date for benefit checks. Electronic transmission of benefit payments.

The Teachers' Retirement Board shall mail retirement benefit checks on the next to last business day prior to the date on which such checks are payable. Any member whose retirement benefits become effective on or after January 1, 2001, shall be required to have the monthly benefit payment electronically transmitted to the financial entity of such member's choice. The board shall transmit such benefit payment on the last business day of each month.
(P.A. 87-381, S. 3; 87-589, S. 39, 87; P.A. 00-187, S. 66, 75.)
History: P.A. 87-589 made technical change; P.A. 00-187 changed the requirement for mailing checks from “not later than three business days” to “on the next to last business day” prior to the date on which the check is payable and required the electronic transmission of benefits for members whose retirement benefits become effective on or after January 1, 2001, effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183kk. - Employer pick up of mandatory contributions commencing July 1, 1991.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, mandatory retirement contributions described in subdivision (7) of section 10-183b payable on all salary earned on or after July 1, 1991, shall be picked up by the employer of any teacher who is a member of the state teachers' retirement system. Such picked-up contributions shall be in lieu of employee contributions. The employer shall pick up these mandatory contributions by an equivalent reduction in the cash salary of the employee. Employees shall not have the option of choosing to receive the contributed amounts directly instead of having them paid by the employer to the retirement system. Employee contributions so picked up shall be treated for all purposes in the same manner and to the same extent as employee contributions prior to July 1, 1991. The mandatory contributions so picked up by the teacher's employer shall for all purposes of this chapter be considered to be included in the teacher's annual salary.
(P.A. 89-207, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183ll. - Supplemental retirement benefit for certain members whose retirement became effective between July 1, 1989, and November 1, 1989.

Section 10-183ll is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(P.A. 90-331, S. 1, 3; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183m. - Custody of funds.

(a) All funds of the system shall be in the custody of the State Treasurer who shall invest such portions of the same not required for current disbursements in accordance with the statutes governing the investment of savings bank funds or, when deemed prudent, in accordance with the statutes governing the investment of trust funds.
(b) When needed by the system and as authorized by statute, the State Treasurer shall accept and hold general obligation bonds of the state. Such bonds shall have maturities fixed with due regard for the needs of the system and shall bear interest at a rate equal to the average rate of return, to the nearest one-eighth of one per cent, on investments of funds of the system for the two fiscal years preceding the date of issue. Said Treasurer may hold such bonds to maturity or may at any time prior to maturity sell such bonds or a portion thereof, whether in the original form, rate of interest and denominations or in such other form, rate of interest and denominations as said treasurer may approve. The net proceeds from such sales shall be used for the purpose of paying benefits provided for in this chapter.
(c) On order of the board, the State Treasurer shall transfer such amounts in favor of said board as are necessary to pay all benefits provided for in this chapter.
(d) Upon certification by the board, the Comptroller shall draw an order on the Treasurer monthly for such amount as is necessary to pay benefits authorized under this chapter from sums appropriated for that purpose.
(e) Not later than the third Wednesday in July of each year, the State Treasurer shall file with the Insurance Commissioner and with the secretary of the board a sworn statement exhibiting the condition of the funds of the system on the thirtieth day of the preceding June and their financial transactions for the year ending on such date. Such statements shall be in the form prescribed by said board.
(f) The board shall submit to the Governor, as provided in section 4-60, a detailed statement of the membership, retirements, withdrawals, investments, incomes and expenditures of the system. The statement shall be printed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
(P.A. 78-208, S. 12, 35; 78-228, S. 6, 8; P.A. 91-52, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 78-228 made technical changes; P.A. 91-52 amended Subsec. (c) to allow the treasurer to transfer amounts through means other than the drawing of checks.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183mm. - Continuation of membership during service as elected official.

Any member of the teachers' retirement system elected to serve as a full-time, salaried, official of the state or any political subdivision of the state during the 1988 calendar year or thereafter may elect, during the time he so serves, but no longer than ten years, to continue his membership in said system. Any such member shall continue to make contributions to said system and shall be ineligible for membership in any other state or municipal retirement system during such time.
(P.A. 90-308, S. 14, 15; P.A. 97-301, S. 7, 10.)
History: P.A. 97-301 added requirement that service as an elected official must be service as a full-time, salaried, elected official, effective July 8, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183nn. - Review and adoption of revised actuarial assumptions. Publication in House and Senate journals.

Commencing July 1, 1995, and every five years thereafter, the Teachers' Retirement Board shall review all actuarial assumptions used in the valuation of the assets and liabilities of the Teachers' Retirement Fund and the calculation of benefits to be paid from said fund. Such review shall be completed not later than December thirty-first of the same calendar year. Said board shall adopt the revised actuarial assumptions and shall submit such assumptions to the General Assembly not later than February first of the succeeding calendar year. The revised actuarial assumptions shall be published in the journals of the House of Representatives and the Senate for the first day of the session in such calendar year.
(P.A. 92-205, S. 7, 12; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-14, S. 1, 11.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-14 changed effective date of P.A. 92-205 but did not change the date applicable to this section.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183o. - Payments to retirement board for persons in armed forces.

During any period when this country is at war, a board of education may pay to the retirement board the mandatory contributions of members who were in its employ at the time of entering into the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103, on behalf of such members, in accordance with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, 38 USC Chapter 43, as amended from time to time.
(P.A. 78-208, S. 14, 35; P.A. 18-72, S. 8; P.A. 22-118, S. 180.)
History: P.A. 18-72 made a technical change; P.A. 22-118 replaced “cause to be paid” with “pay”, deleted provision re approved contributions to be included in budget estimate and added provision re Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183oo. - Subsidy for certain members.

Any retired member who (1) has attained the age of sixty-five, (2) is not eligible for Medicare Part A, (3) is not receiving a spousal subsidy, (4) has twenty-five years or more of full-time service, and (5) is receiving a monthly benefit of less than fifteen hundred dollars as of July 1, 2000, shall receive a subsidy equal to twice the amount that would otherwise be payable on such member's behalf to the board of education pursuant to section 10-183t.
(P.A. 00-187, S. 60, 75.)
History: P.A. 00-187 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183p. - Purchase of service credit by members who are participants in other retirement systems.

Any member who is also a participant in an alternate retirement program, as defined in subsection (u) of section 5-154, the state employees retirement system or any other retirement system may purchase service credit in the Connecticut teachers' retirement system in accordance with section 10-183e, provided such member withdraws any and all employee funds and forfeits all employer contributions and earnings thereon in the respective system, other than the Social Security System or the nonregular military retirement system under 10 USC Chapter 1223, as amended from time to time. No person shall be eligible for membership in more than one such system or program at the same time for the same service.
(P.A. 78-208, S. 15, 35; P.A. 83-533, S. 44, 54; P.A. 84-544, S. 6, 8; P.A. 85-510, S. 30, 35; P.A. 21-186, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 83-533 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re death or disability of transferee; P.A. 84-544 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize a transfer from state employees' or teachers' retirement system to an alternate retirement prior to October 1, 1984, and to add provision re refund of contributions in lieu of benefits to member of teachers' retirement system who participates in an alternate retirement program; P.A. 85-510 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize transfers between the state employees and the teachers' retirement systems “in accordance with the provisions of subsection (h) of section 5-160 or section 5-192e”, and to extend deadline for transfers from either system to an alternate retirement program from October 1, 1984, to the first of the month following three months after June 28, 1985; P.A. 21-186 replaced former Subsecs. (a) and (b) with provisions re purchase of service credit by members of other retirement systems and restriction on eligibility for membership in more than 1 such system or program, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183pp. - Benefits readjusted for certain members.

Any member who began receiving disability benefits October 1, 1977, under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 10-166 and who elected to receive benefits in accordance with the former provisions of subsection (c) of section 10-164-7 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies in effect June 30, 1978, may elect to receive such benefits readjusted under the provisions of subsection (c) or (d) of section 10-183j, provided such member provides written notice of such election to the Teachers' Retirement Board not later than ninety days following January 1, 2001.
(P.A. 00-187, S. 61, 75; P.A. 22-118, S. 188.)
History: P.A. 00-187 effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 22-118 replaced reference to Subsecs. (b) or (c) of Sec. 10-183j with reference to Subsecs. (c) or (d) of Sec. 10-183j, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183q. - Funds not assignable and exempt from attachment. Alternate payee.

(a) The portion of each member's compensation deducted or to be deducted under this chapter and all rights of each member and of each survivor to receive benefits or other payments under this chapter: (1) Shall be exempt from the operation of any laws relating to bankruptcy or insolvency; and (2) shall not be subject to garnishment, attachment, execution, levy or any other similar legal process or order of any court, except such compensation shall be subject to a court-approved domestic relations order in favor of an alternate payee. No assignment of any right of a member or any other person to receive benefits or other payments from the system shall be valid. The funds of the system invested in personal property shall be exempt from taxation.
(b) A person selected by the court as an alternate payee under an approved domestic relations order may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the board, to have any portion of an eligible rollover distribution or trustee-to-trustee transfer paid directly to an eligible retirement plan by way of a direct rollover. Taxable funds may be distributed as a rollover if elected by such person. For purposes of this subsection, “eligible rollover distribution” and “eligible retirement plan” have the same meanings as provided in Section 402 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, except (1) a qualified trust shall be deemed an eligible retirement plan only if it accepts such person's eligible rollover distribution; and (2) in the case of an eligible rollover distribution to a surviving spouse, an eligible retirement plan means an individual retirement account or an individual retirement annuity, as defined in said section of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(P.A. 78-208, S. 16, 35; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 95, 168; P.A. 22-118, S. 181.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 removed exemption from taxation, effective August 22, 1991, and applicable to taxable years of taxpayers commencing on or after January 1, 1991; P.A. 22-118 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to designate provisions re exemption from laws relating to bankruptcy or insolvency as Subdiv. (1), designate provisions re garnishment, attachment, execution, levy and other similar legal process as Subdiv. (2) and to add to Subdiv. (2) “or order” and exception re court-approved domestic relations order, added Subsec. (b) re alternate payee and definition of “eligible rollover distribution”, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2022.