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2018 Regular Session

House Bill 1159

Teachers, retired; authorize certain to be employed full time and continue receiving retirement allowance.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 25-11-126, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS RECEIVING A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE FROM THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM WHO WERE EMPLOYED AS PUBLIC SCHOOLTEACHERS AT THE TIME OF THEIR RETIREMENT AND WHO RETIRED WITHIN THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS, MAY BE EMPLOYED AS FULL-TIME TEACHERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE LOCATED IN GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF THE STATE WHERE THERE EXISTS A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS OR DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A CURRENT ACCREDITATION RATING OF C, D OR F, AND CHOOSE TO CONTINUE RECEIVING THE RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE DURING THEIR EMPLOYMENT AS TEACHERS AFTER RETIREMENT IN ADDITION TO RECEIVING THE SALARY FOR THE POSITION; TO PROVIDE THAT THOSE PERSONS SHALL NOT BE CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND SHALL NOT RECEIVE ANY CREDITABLE SERVICE FOR THE PERIOD DURING WHICH THEY RECEIVE A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE DURING THEIR EMPLOYMENT AS TEACHERS; TO PROVIDE THAT THOSE PERSONS SHALL NOT RECEIVE AUTOMATIC CREDIT FOR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN DETERMINING COMPENSATION AND SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY SUPPLEMENTS, SALARY INCREASES OR ANNUAL INCREMENTS, EXCEPT AS MAY BE NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE EMPLOYING SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE PERSON; TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-123, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE EMPLOYERS OF PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO CONTINUE RECEIVING A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE DURING THEIR EMPLOYMENT AS TEACHERS AFTER RETIREMENT SHALL PAY TO THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM 24-3/4% OF THE TOTAL EARNED COMPENSATION OF THOSE PERSONS INSTEAD OF THE REGULAR EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION RATE; TO AMEND SECTION 37-19-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO NEGOTIATE THE SALARY LEVELS APPLICABLE TO PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO CONTINUE RECEIVING A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE DURING THEIR EMPLOYMENT AS TEACHERS AFTER RETIREMENT, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE ANNUAL EXPERIENCE INCREMENT PROVIDED IN THAT SECTION SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO ANY SUCH PERSON EXCEPT AS MAY BE NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE PERSON; TO AMEND SECTIONS 25-11-105 AND 25-11-127, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 15 to January 30, 2018, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days

EducationJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 15 – Jan 30

  1. Jan 15Referred to the House committees on Education and on Appropriations
  2. Jan 30Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To Education;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives