Mississippi Senate Bill 2779 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Section 25-11-126, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Persons Who Have Completed 30 Or More Years Of Creditable Service And Are 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 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 26.4% 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.

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

Sen. Sally Doty [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2020-02-17	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A;Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/SB/SB2779.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2779IN.htm