Any person who becomes a teacher after January 1, 1944, shall become a member of the retirement system as a condition of his or her employment, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. Any person who was a teacher on January 1, 1943, or became a teacher prior to January 1, 1944, shall be a […]
Visiting teachers employed under Subpart 2 of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 shall have the same status under the retirement system as regular classroom teachers or supervisors whose employment requires that they hold valid certificates issued by authority of the state. For service rendered after June 30, 1992, attendance […]
In accordance with Code Section 47-4-40, full-time public school lunchroom, maintenance, or warehouse managers or supervisors or full-time public school transportation managers or supervisors including those employed by postsecondary vocational-technical schools governed by the Technical College System of Georgia may elect to become members of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia. Any such personnel exercising […]
Except as otherwise provided by paragraph (5) of subsection (e) of Code Section 47-3-60, teachers in the service of an employer operating a local retirement fund shall not be members of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia. Such teachers shall make no contributions to this retirement system and shall be eligible for pension benefits under […]
As used in this Code section, the term: “Independent school system” means the independent school system of a municipality. “Local retirement fund” means a local retirement fund covering teachers employed by an independent school system. “Municipality” means any municipality of this state having a population of 300,000 or more according to the United States decennial […]
As used in this Code section, the term: “Continuous service” means active continuous employment in the county school system interrupted only by a leave duly authorized and granted by the county school system. “County” means any county of this state having a population of 550,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of […]
The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to persons employed prior to July 1, 2008. As used in this Code section, the term “eligible university system employee” means faculty and principal administrators employed by the University System of Georgia, as designated by regulations of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, who […]
