Washington Administrative Code › Title 415 - Retirement Systems, Department of › Chapter 415-112 - Teachers' retirement system › MEMBERSHIP › Section 415-112-125 - If I am eligible, how can I establish membership?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
If you are a teacher as defined in WAC
				  415-112-120 and meet the
				  conditions in the following table, you established TRS membership. Your plan
				  status depends upon the date you established membership, as indicated in the
				  following table:
Period of Service
Type of Employment
Plan
Prior to
								10/01/771/
(1) You were mandated into membership, if:
(a) You were contracted to teach full time, as
								defined in
								RCW
								41.32.240; and
Plan 1
(b) You were employed for ninety calendar
								days.
(2) If you were employed less than full time, you
								were a member if you:
(a) Worked the equivalent of ninety or more
								full-time days
2/
during a
								fiscal year; and
(b) Established membership under
								RCW
								41.32.240 prior to 10/01/77.
10/01/77 through 06/06/90
(1) If you were contracted to teach full time, you
								were required to be a member.
(2) If you were employed as a substitute teacher or
								less than full time, you were a member if you:
Plan 2
(a) Worked the equivalent of ninety or more
								full-time days
2/
during a
								fiscal year;
(b) Worked at least ninety hours during one month;
								and
(c) Established membership under
								RCW
								41.32.240.
06/07/90
through 08/31/91
(1) You were a member if you:
(a) Were employed in an eligible position as
								defined in
								RCW
								41.32.010(37)(a);
Plan 2
(b) Worked two consecutive months of ninety hours
								or more of compensated employment each month during an annual period September
								through August.
(2) If you were a substitute teacher, you were a
								member if you:
(a) Worked two consecutive months of ninety hours
								or more of compensated employment each month during an annual period September
								through August; and
(b) Established membership under
								RCW
								41.32.013.
09/01/91
through 06/30/96
(1) If you were employed in an eligible position as
								defined in
								RCW
								41.32.010(37)(b), you were
								required to be a member.
(2) If you were employed as a substitute teacher,
								you were a member if you:
Plan 2
(a) Worked at least five months of seventy hours or
								more of compensated employment during an annual period September through
								August; and
(b) Established membership under
								RCW
								41.32.013.
07/01/96
(1) If you were employed in an eligible position as
								defined in
								RCW
								41.32.010(37)(b), you were
								required to be a member.
Plan 3
(2) If you were employed as a substitute teacher,
								you were a member if you:
(a) Worked at least five months of seventy hours or
								more of compensated employment during an annual period September through
								August; and
(b) Established membership under
								RCW
								41.32.013.
1/
If you
				  previously established Plan 1 membership as detailed above, you may reestablish
				  Plan 1 membership after October 1, 1977.
2/
The
				  equivalent of a full-time day is the sum of partial days, which, when added
				  together, equal one full-time day.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 41.50.050(5),
					 41.32.240,
					 41.32.780,41.32.835,
					 41.32.013. 05-12-042, §
											415-112-125, filed 5/25/05,
					 effective 6/25/05. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 41.50.050(5). 04-21-080,
					 §
											415-112-125, filed 10/20/04,
					 effective 11/20/04. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 41.50.050(5) and
					 chapter
					 41.32 RCW. 02-18-046,
					 §
											415-112-125, filed 8/28/02,
					 effective 9/30/02. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 41.50.050. 00-10-015, §
											415-112-125, filed 4/21/00,
					 effective 5/22/00; 95-16-053, §
											415-112-125, filed 7/25/95,
					 effective 8/25/95.