§ 41.32.005 Provisions applicable to “plan 1,” “plan 2,” and “plan 3.”
§ 41.32.010 Definitions
§ 41.32.012 Construction — Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships — 2009 c 521
§ 41.32.013 Substitute teachers — Application for service credit — Procedures
§ 41.32.020 Name of system
§ 41.32.025 Department’s power to determine eligibility
§ 41.32.032 Membership in system — Service credit of educational staff associates
§ 41.32.033 Membership in system — Charter school employers and employees
§ 41.32.035 Employer contribution rates — Computation and payment
§ 41.32.042 Validity of deductions — Interest
§ 41.32.044 Retired teacher may reenter system — Benefit limitations
§ 41.32.052 Exemption from taxation and judicial process — Exceptions — Nonassignability — Deductions authorized
§ 41.32.053 Death benefit — Course of employment — Occupational disease or infection
§ 41.32.054 Disability retirement — Criminal conduct
§ 41.32.055 Falsification — Penalty
§ 41.32.062 Effect of certain accumulated vacation leave on retirement benefits
§ 41.32.063 Benefit calculation — Limitation
§ 41.32.064 Establishing, restoring service credit
§ 41.32.0641 Disabled in the line of duty — Continuation of service credit — Conditions
§ 41.32.065 Election to use out-of-state service credit to calculate time at which the member may retire
§ 41.32.066 Purchase of additional service credit — Costs — Rules
§ 41.32.067 Purchase of additional benefits — Conditions
§ 41.32.215 Provisions applicable to plan 1
§ 41.32.240 Membership in system
§ 41.32.260 Credit for military service or as state legislator
§ 41.32.263 State legislators and state officials eligible for retirement benefits
§ 41.32.267 Service credit for paid leave of absence — Application to elected officials of labor organizations
§ 41.32.270 Teaching service, how credited
§ 41.32.300 Limitation on credit for out-of-state service
§ 41.32.310 Time limit for claiming service credit — Payments
§ 41.32.330 Credit for professional preparation subsequent to becoming teacher
§ 41.32.340 Creditable service, what to consist of
§ 41.32.345 “Earnable compensation” defined for certain part-time employees — Adoption of rules
§ 41.32.350 Purchase of additional annuity — Member contribution rate
§ 41.32.380 Source of pension reserve — Contributions
§ 41.32.390 Contributions for prior service credits
§ 41.32.470 Eligibility for retirement allowance
§ 41.32.480 Qualifications for retirement
§ 41.32.483 Annual increase amount — Legislature’s rights reserved — No additional increases after June 30, 2011
§ 41.32.485 Minimum retirement allowance — Cost-of-living adjustment — Post-retirement adjustment — Computation
§ 41.32.4851 Minimum retirement allowance — Annual adjustment — Persons who become beneficiaries after June 30, 1995
§ 41.32.4872 Permanent increase for specified beneficiaries age seventy or over
§ 41.32.489 Retirement allowance — Annual increases restricted after July 1, 2010 — Eligibility
§ 41.32.4931 Additional special pension for former members not receiving social security
§ 41.32.4945 Limitation as to earnable compensation of member as member of the legislature
§ 41.32.497 Retirement allowance for members entering system before April 25, 1973 — Election
§ 41.32.498 Retirement allowance for members entering system after April 25, 1973, or in lieu of allowance under RCW 41.32.497
§ 41.32.4986 Members with thirty years of service — Irrevocable election
§ 41.32.4991 Permanent retirement allowance adjustment
§ 41.32.4992 Monthly benefit increase
§ 41.32.500 Termination of membership
§ 41.32.510 Payment on withdrawal — Reentry
§ 41.32.520 Payment on death before retirement or within sixty days following application for disability retirement — Military service
§ 41.32.522 Death benefits
§ 41.32.523 Death benefits — Members not qualified for benefits under RCW 41.32.522 and retired former members
§ 41.32.530 Options available — Retirement allowance adjustment — Court-approved property settlement
§ 41.32.540 Disability allowance — Temporary
§ 41.32.550 Options and allowances on report that disability will be permanent — Reexamination
§ 41.32.555 Persons with annual half-time contracts — Eligibility for benefits under RCW 41.32.550
§ 41.32.570 Postretirement employment — Reduction or suspension of pension payments
§ 41.32.581 End of participation in judicial retirement account plan — Newly elected or appointed judges
§ 41.32.584 Additional benefit for justices or judges — One-time irrevocable election
§ 41.32.587 Justices or judges retirement allowance — In lieu of RCW 41.32.498
§ 41.32.755 Provisions applicable to plan 2
§ 41.32.760 Computation of the retirement allowance
§ 41.32.762 Lump sum retirement allowance — Reentry — Conditions for reinstatement of service
§ 41.32.765 Retirement for service
§ 41.32.768 Member with terminal illness — Removal from system
§ 41.32.770 Post-retirement cost-of-living
§ 41.32.780 Teachers required to be members
§ 41.32.785 Options for payment of retirement allowances — Retirement allowance adjustment — Court-approved property settlement
§ 41.32.790 Earned disability allowance — Eligibility — Disposition upon death of recipient
§ 41.32.795 Application for and effective date of retirement allowances
§ 41.32.800 Suspension of retirement allowance upon reemployment or if covered by a plan under RCW 28B.10.400 — Reinstatement
§ 41.32.802 Reduction of retirement allowance upon reemployment or if covered by a plan under RCW 28B.10.400 — Reestablishment of membership
§ 41.32.805 Death benefits
§ 41.32.810 Service credit for paid leave of absence, officers of labor organizations, unpaid leave of absence, military service
§ 41.32.812 Service credit for half-time employment from October 1, 1977, through December 31, 1986
§ 41.32.813 One-time purchase of service credit — Conditions — Payment — Rules
§ 41.32.815 Vested membership
§ 41.32.817 Transfer to plan 3 — Irrevocable option
§ 41.32.818 Public employees’ retirement system members who previously declined membership in the teachers’ retirement system — Transfer to plan 3 — Irrevocable option
§ 41.32.820 Refund of contributions on termination
§ 41.32.825 Reentry
§ 41.32.831 Provisions applicable to plan 3 — Plan 3 elements
§ 41.32.835 Choice of membership in plan 2 or plan 3
§ 41.32.836 Higher education faculty — Option to transfer to plan 3 — Limitation on supplemental benefits under RCW 28B.10.400
§ 41.32.837 Right to waive benefit — Irrevocable choice
§ 41.32.840 Computation of the retirement allowance
§ 41.32.8401 Additional payment
§ 41.32.845 Postretirement cost-of-living allowance
§ 41.32.851 Options for payment of retirement allowances — Court-approved property settlement
§ 41.32.855 Application for and effective date of retirement allowances
§ 41.32.860 Suspension of retirement allowance upon reemployment or if covered by a plan under RCW 28B.10.400 — Reinstatement
§ 41.32.862 Reduction of retirement allowance upon reemployment or if covered by a plan under RCW 28B.10.400 — Reestablishment of membership
§ 41.32.865 Service credit for paid leave of absence, officers of labor organizations, unpaid leave of absence, military service
§ 41.32.867 Purchased service credit — Allocation
§ 41.32.868 One-time purchase of service credit — Conditions — Payment — Rules
§ 41.32.870 Lump sum payments — Reentry
§ 41.32.875 Retirement eligibility
§ 41.32.878 Member with terminal illness — Removal from system
§ 41.32.880 Earned disability allowance — Eligibility — Disposition upon death of recipient
§ 41.32.892 Restored, purchased service credit under plan 2 — Transfer to plan 3
§ 41.32.895 Death benefits
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' retirement

  • Actuarial equivalent: means a benefit of equal value when computed upon the basis of such mortality tables and regulations as shall be adopted by the director and regular interest. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • actuary: means the person appointed pursuant to RCW 44. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Annual increase: means , initially, fifty-nine cents per month per year of service which amount shall be increased each July 1st by three percent, rounded to the nearest cent. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Annuity: means the moneys payable per year during life by reason of accumulated contributions of a member. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Committee amendment: An amendment recommended by a committee in reporting a bill or other measure.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contract: means any agreement for service and compensation between a member and an employer. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Creditable service: means membership service plus prior service for which credit is allowable. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Department: means the department of retirement systems created in chapter 41. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Dependent: means receiving one-half or more of support from a member. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Director: means the director of the department. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Disability allowance: means monthly payments during disability. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • employee: means a person who is providing services for compensation to an employer, unless the person is free from the employer's direction and control over the performance of work. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Employer: means the state of Washington, the school district, or any agency of the state of Washington by which the member is paid. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fiscal year: means a year which begins July 1st and ends June 30th of the following year. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • government contractor: is a ny entity, including a partnership, limited liability company, for-profit or nonprofit corporation, or person, that provides services pursuant to a contract with an employer. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Index: means , for any calendar year, that year's annual average consumer price index, Seattle, Washington area, for urban wage earners and clerical workers, all items compiled by the bureau of labor statistics, United States department of labor. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • instructional position: means a position in which more than seventy-five percent of the member's time is spent as a classroom instructor (including office hours), a librarian, a psychologist, a social worker, a nurse, a physical therapist, an occupational therapist, a speech language pathologist or audiologist, or a counselor. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Member: means any teacher included in the membership of the retirement system who has not been removed from membership under RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Member reserve: means the fund in which all of the accumulated contributions of members are held. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Membership service: means service rendered subsequent to the first day of eligibility of a person to membership in the retirement system: PROVIDED, That where a member is employed by two or more employers the individual shall receive no more than one service credit month during any calendar month in which multiple service is rendered. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Original bill: A bill which is drafted by a committee. It is introduced by the committee or subcommittee chairman after the committee votes to report it.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Pension: means the moneys payable per year during life from the pension reserve. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Pension reserve: is a fund in which shall be accumulated an actuarial reserve adequate to meet present and future pension liabilities of the system and from which all pension obligations are to be paid. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Prior service: means service rendered prior to the first date of eligibility to membership in the retirement system for which credit is allowable. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Public school: means any institution or activity operated by the state of Washington or any instrumentality or political subdivision thereof employing teachers, except the University of Washington and Washington State University. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Regular interest: means such rate as the director may determine. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Retiree: means any person who has begun accruing a retirement allowance or other benefit provided by this chapter resulting from service rendered to an employer while a member. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Retirement system: means the Washington state teachers' retirement system. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Service credit month: means a full service credit month or an accumulation of partial service credit months that are equal to one. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Service credit year: means an accumulation of months of service credit which is equal to one when divided by twelve. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State elective position: means any position held by any person elected or appointed to statewide office or elected or appointed as a member of the legislature. See Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Substitute teacher: means :
Washington Code 41.32.010
  • Teacher: means any person qualified to teach who is engaged by a public school in an instructional, administrative, or supervisory capacity. See Washington Code 41.32.010