Vermont S 92: An act relating to beverages in children’s meals

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S.92 1
Introduced by Senators Perchlik and Watson 2
Referred to Committee on 3
Date: 4
Subject: Education; retirement; Vermont State Teachers’ Retirement System 5
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to extend the 6
provision authorizing a beneficiary of the Vermont State Teachers’ Retirement 7
System to resume service as an interim educator and continue to receive a 8
retirement allowance for that period. 9
An act relating to the retirement allowance for interim educators 10
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 11
Sec. 1. 2022 Acts and Resolves No. 173, Sec. 1 is amended to read: 12
Sec. 1. FY 2023; RESTORATION OF SERVICE; VERMONT STATE 13
TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM 14
(a) Authority. Notwithstanding 16 V.S.A. § 1939 or any other provision of 15
law, in fiscal year 2023, a beneficiary who retired from the System as a 16
Group A or a Group C member may resume service, as that term is defined in 17
16 V.S.A. § 1931, to serve as an interim school educator for a period not to 18
exceed one school year and receive the beneficiary’s retirement allowance for 19
the entire period that service is resumed, provided that: 20

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(1) the beneficiary has received a retirement allowance for six months or 1
more immediately preceding the resumption of service; 2
(2) the employer of the beneficiary is subject to the assessment set forth 3
in 16 V.S.A. § 1944d on behalf of the beneficiary and remits payment to the 4
Benefits Fund; and 5
(3) the employer of the beneficiary remits payment to the Vermont 6
Teachers’ Retirement Fund, established in 16 V.S.A. § 1944, in an amount 7
equal to the contribution rate established for members of the beneficiary’s 8
group for any period that service is resumed. 9
(b) Period of service. A person who resumes service under subsection (a) 10
of this section shall not make any contributions to the System during the 11
person’s period of service and shall not be entitled to a retirement allowance 12
separately computed for the period that service was resumed. 13
(c) Employment certification. Each superintendent who hires an interim 14
school educator pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall certify to the 15
Board that the district exhausted all reasonable options to employ a qualified 16
active educator prior to employing a beneficiary as an interim school educator. 17
(d) Renewal. 18
(1) In fiscal years 2024 and 2025 through 2030, the State Treasurer is 19
authorized to grant not more than two seven renewals for a one-fiscal-year 20
period to the authority described in subsection (a) of this section. The State 21

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Treasurer shall make the determination to renew the authority not earlier than 1
June May 1 but not later than June 30 May 31 in each fiscal year and shall 2
notify the House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs 3
and Senate Committees Committee on Government Operations of the 4
determination. 5
(2) In the event the State Treasurer makes a determination to renew the 6
authority pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, a beneficiary may only 7
resume service during each one-year renewal period if service is performed in 8
a different interim school educator position. [Repealed.] 9
(e) Repeal. This section shall be repealed on June 30, 2026 2031. 10
Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE 11
This act shall take effect on passage. 12