California AB2519: State Teachers’ Retirement System: positions subject to membership.

What the bill says

An act to amend Section 22156.07 of the Education Code, relating to teachers’ retirement, and making an appropriation therefor. teachers’ retirement, and making an appropriation therefor State Teachers’ Retirement System: positions subject to membership. Existing law, the Teachers’ Retirement Law, establishes the State Teachers’ Retirement System (STRS) and creates the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan, which provides a defined benefit to members of the program, based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations…

From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:

An act to amend Section 22156.07 of the Education Code, relating to teachers’ retirement, and making an appropriation therefor. teachers’ retirement, and making an appropriation therefor State Teachers’ Retirement System: positions subject to membership. Existing law, the Teachers’ Retirement Law, establishes the State Teachers’ Retirement System (STRS) and creates the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan, which provides a defined benefit to members of the program, based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. That law requires the Teachers’ Retirement Board to administer STRS and requires employers and employees to make contributions to STRS based on the member’s creditable compensation. Existing law, among other things, defines “position subject to membership” to mean prescribed positions at various educational institutions, including, among other positions, a position at a county office of education or school district, not including a charter school, where the position requires the holding of a valid credential, license, or certificate authorized by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing or the State Department of Health Care Services, as prescribed. This bill would expand the above-described definition to also include permitholders. The bill would additionally include as a “position subject to membership” a comparable position at a charter school eligible to receive state apportionment that is performing, directing, coordinating, supervising, or administering one …

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