Sec. 0.1. The amendments made to section 8 of this chapter by P.L.201-2007 apply to members of the Indiana state teachers’ retirement fund who retire after June 30, 2007. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.88.
Sec. 0.2. The amendments made to IC 21-6.1-4-6.1 (before its repeal, now codified at section 8 of this chapter) by P.L.184-2001 apply only to members of the public employees’ retirement fund or the Indiana state teachers’ retirement fund who retire after June 30, 2001. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.89.
Sec. 1. (a) The members of the fund include: (1) legally qualified and regularly employed teachers in the public schools; (2) persons employed by a governing body, who were qualified before their election or appointment; (3) legally qualified and regularly employed teachers at Ball State University, Indiana State University, University of Southern Indiana, and Vincennes […]
Sec. 10. (a) The director shall obtain a designation of beneficiary as soon as possible from each member. (b) The board may adopt rules to allow a member who designates more than one (1) beneficiary to allocate benefit shares in percentage increments. (c) Notwithstanding a contrary collateral agreement, court order, process, attachment, or levy, the […]
Sec. 11. (a) This section does not apply to a member who is reemployed more than thirty (30) days after the member’s retirement in a position covered by the fund. (b) Each member shall contribute to the fund three percent (3%) of the member’s compensation as set forth in IC 5-10.2-3. However, the member’s employer […]
Sec. 12. (a) The fund may accept cash rollover contributions from a member who is making payments for additional service credits under this chapter if the following conditions are met: (1) The rollover contribution must represent: (A) all or a part of the member’s interest in a retirement plan of a former employer that is […]
Sec. 13. A member who suspends membership is subject to the withdrawal provisions of IC 5-10.2-3. [Pre-2006 Education Finance Recodification Citation: 21-6.1-4-11.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.28.
Sec. 14. (a) After December 31, 1994, creditable service does not accrue under: (1) this chapter; (2) IC 5-10.2-3-1; (3) IC 20-28-10-1; (4) IC 20-28-10-2; (5) IC 20-28-10-3; or (6) any other law concerning the fund for leave for other educational employment; unless the creditable service is directly related to a governmental unit under Section […]
Sec. 2. (a) Creditable service is determined under IC 5-10.2-3-1 and this chapter. (b) A member, whether or not the member is employed under a contract, must serve at least: (1) one hundred twenty (120) days in a year; or (2) sixty (60) days in each of two (2) years; to receive one (1) year […]
Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a member who served the public schools in a capacity that subsequently was designated by the state as a service for which a license is specified, is eligible to receive service credit for the total length of that service. (b) A member whose service was recognized […]
Sec. 4. (a) As used in this section, “out-of-state service” means service in any state in a comparable position that would be creditable service if performed in Indiana. The term includes comparable service performed: (1) on a United States military installation; (2) in a federal prison; or (3) at an educational facility operated or supervised […]
Sec. 5. (a) As used in this section, “private teaching service” means service in Indiana as a teacher in a private school, kindergarten through postsecondary, that would be creditable service if performed in an accredited public school in Indiana. (b) A member may purchase and claim private teaching service credit subject to the following: (1) […]
Sec. 6. (a) As used in this section, “substitute teaching service” means service in Indiana as a substitute teacher that is not covered under section 1(c) of this chapter but is served by a person who has other service that is covered under section 1(a) of this chapter. (b) A member may purchase and claim […]
Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in section 8 of this chapter, a member may be given credit for leaves of absence for study, professional improvement, and temporary disability if the leave credit does not exceed one-seventh (1/7) of the total years of service claimed for retirement (referred to as the one-seventh rule). A member […]
Sec. 8. (a) This subsection applies to a member who retires before July 1, 1980. A member who had completed four (4) years of approved college teacher education before voluntary or involuntary induction into the military services is entitled to credit for that service as if the member had begun teaching before the induction. A […]
Sec. 9. The board shall determine the actuarial liability resulting from the years of service of the members in the fund and shall determine the state’s share of the liability. The board shall distribute the payment of this liability over a period of years that will be equitable to the state and the fund, not […]
