Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-11 - Organization of board

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Purpose.
The system has as its objective the providing of
			 retirement and other benefits for its members, their survivors and
			 beneficiaries.
(b)
Organization.
The system is managed by the board consisting of
			 twelve members: the commissioner of social services and the commissioner of
			 education or their designees, who are ex officio members of the board; five
			 members who are elected by the members of the retirement system for four-year
			 terms under procedures set by the board; and five members who are appointed by
			 the governor. One of the members of the board is elected by the board as its
			 chair to serve for a one-year term. A secretary employed by the board is the
			 full time chief administrator of the system. For purposes of voting for and
			 serving as member-elected board members, persons receiving retirement benefits
			 from the system are deemed to be members of the system.
(c)
Meetings.
Regular monthly
			 meeting of the board are held on the date established by the board from time to
			 time. The chair or the secretary may change the date for any regular monthly
			 meeting. The chair or the secretary may at any time call a special meeting of
			 the board.
Except as otherwise provided herein, all meetings of the board
				shall be open to the public. At the discretion of the chair, any member of the
				public may be allowed to make comments appropriate to matters related to the
				system. Unless the chair otherwise allows, the comments of each person shall be
				made immediately after the board acts upon the minutes of its previous meeting
				or at such other designated time.
In accordance with chapter 3 of the General Statutes, a matter
				which concerns a particular individual and which involves also subject matter
				of the sort described in subsection (e) of section
				1-18a or subsection
				(b) of section 1-19 of the Connecticut General Statutes will be considered in
				executive session except if the individual concerned so requests, the matter
				will be considered in public session. The individual and his or her
				representative may be present at any meeting or executive session at which the
				matter is considered, and may address the board on the matter.
(d)
Notice of Appeal.
The board shall reconsider any decision affecting a member when so requested in
			 writing by the member so affected. Prior to the date set for reconsideration of
			 a prior decision of the board a member shall submit to the board a brief
			 written statement setting out the member's position concerning the claimed
			 error. If requested in writing and approved by the board, any member seeking
			 reconsideration of a prior decision of the board may appear at a meeting of the
			 board or a hearing panel of three board members appointed by the chair for the
			 purpose of orally stating his or her position.
Such statement shall be limited to a reasonable opportunity to
				set out the basic facts of the members position.
(e)
Records.
Records of the
			 board subject to disclosure under law shall be made available for inspection
			 during regular business hours.