The board of trustees shall fix and determine by appropriate rules and regulations how much service in any year is equivalent to one year of creditable service, but in no case shall more than one year of service be creditable for all service in one calendar year. Service rendered for a regular school year shall […]
Any other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, any member, other than a member subject to subsection (b) of this Code section, who was previously a member of the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia and who has service credits with said employees’ retirement system may have such service credits and accumulated contributions under said […]
Subject to the additional requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of this Code section, a member who has withdrawn accumulated contributions from the retirement system pursuant to the provisions of Code Section 47-3-128 may reestablish the creditable service represented by the withdrawn contributions by paying to the board of trustees a sum equal to the […]
Any person who was on active duty in the armed forces of the United States during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, or any period of national emergency may receive up to five years of service credit for such military service under the following conditions: Prior service credit shall be awarded at […]
Any provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, any teacher shall be entitled to have all teaching service included in computing creditable service, notwithstanding breaks in membership of more than four years, provided that such teacher pays into the retirement system an amount equal to the minimum required for continuous members, plus regular interest […]
Any former member of the retirement system who is not a beneficiary of the retirement system on July 1, 1986, who completed at least ten consecutive years of membership service during a period beginning not earlier than January 1, 1954, and ending not later than January 1, 1966, who has not withdrawn from the retirement […]
Subject to the additional requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of this Code section, any current member who was previously a member of the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia and who withdrew employee contributions from that system may reestablish the creditable service represented by the withdrawn contributions by paying to the board of trustees the […]
Under such rules and regulations as the board of trustees shall adopt, each member who (1) was a teacher at any time during the calendar year 1943, or (2) has taught for at least two years between January 1, 1940, and January 1, 1943, or at least two years from January 1, 1945, to January […]
As used in this Code section, the terms “independent school system” and “local retirement fund” shall have the same meaning as defined by paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of Code Section 47-3-66. Any active member who was employed by an independent school system prior to, but not later than, June 30, 1979, and […]
Any other provision of this or any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, in order for a teacher who becomes a member of the retirement system on or after April 1, 1966, to receive full creditable service for service rendered while a member of a local school system and before he became a member of […]
Any member of the retirement system shall be entitled to receive up to ten years of creditable service for teaching service in school systems of other states in the United States, state supported independent school systems of the United States, schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the United States Department of the […]
A member who, prior to March 5, 1976, was employed by a public school system of this state in a capacity specified by subsection (a) of Code Section 20-2-850 may, subject to the limitations of subsection (b) and the requirements of subsection (c) of this Code section, obtain creditable service under the retirement system for […]
As used in this Code section, the term “public college or university” means a college or university or other educational institution which is operated by or is under the control and management of a government or an agency or political subdivision of a government and which depends on government funds as a primary source of […]
For purposes of this Code section, the maximum amount of sick leave which may be accumulated in one year shall be one and one-fourth days per month of actual service. In the event any employer authorizes sick leave in excess of such amount, any such leave used in any year shall be deducted from the […]
Any member of this retirement system who has accrued at least 25 years of creditable service may obtain up to an additional three years of creditable service as provided in this Code section. In order to obtain such additional creditable service, the member must: Make application to the board of trustees in such manner as […]
A member who has completed at least five consecutive years of membership service in the public schools of Georgia or the University System of Georgia immediately prior to applying may obtain up to ten years of creditable service for service as a teacher in a private elementary or secondary school or any private college or […]
