Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB372: Teachers Retirement System; certain beneficiaries hired to work in certain areas; provisions
Status: Passed one chamber, March 25, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement allowances, disability benefits, and spouses' benefits, so as to remove the requirement that certain subject areas be designated as an area of highest need for certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia to be hired to work in such areas; to provide for the extension of provisions to 2030; to provide for areas of highest need to be determined for a public school system rather than a RESA; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
DOAA Greg S. Griffin Georgia Department State Auditor of Audits & Accounts February 4, 2025 The Honorable Bethany Ballard State Representative Coverdell Legislative Office Building, Room 612-C Atlanta, GA 30334 SUBJECT: State Auditor's Certification House Bill (LC 56 0278) Dear Representative Ballard: This bill would amend provisions relating to the employment of beneficiaries under the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia. Current law allows certain retired teachers to return to work full-time and continue receiving their retirement allowance and any postretirement benefit adjustments they are eligible to receive. This provision is only available to rehired teachers that are certified for pre-kindergarten through Grade 12 and are hired for a position that is designated as an area of highest need, as determined for the Regional Education Service Agency (RESA) in which the school system is assigned. Currently, this provision is set to expire on June 30, 2026. This bill would extend this provision through June 30, 2030. Additionally, this bill would move the responsibility for determining the areas of highest need from the RESA to each individual school district. This legislation would also expand this benefit, through June 30, 2030, to any beneficiary who returns to work full-time and has as his or her primary responsibility the academic instruction and support of students in the area of mathematics, special education, reading, writing, …