Alaska Statutes.
Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums
Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement
Section 43. Reemployment of Retired Members.
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AS 14.25.043. Reemployment of Retired Members.

(a) [See delayed amendment note]. If a retired member again becomes an active member, benefit payments may not be made during the period of reemployment unless the teacher makes an election under (b) or (e) of this section. The retirement benefit must be suspended for the entire school year if the teacher is reemployed as an active teacher for a period equivalent to a year of service. During the period of reemployment, the member is subject to AS 14.25.050 , and deductions from the member's salary will be made in accordance with AS 14.25.050 .

(b) [See delayed amendment note]. A school district or regional educational attendance area that has adopted a policy that permits the employment of retired teachers in accordance with AS 14.20.135 shall notify the administrator that it is hiring retired teachers under AS 14.20.135. A teacher who retired under AS 14.25.110 (a) and subsequently becomes an active member under a policy adopted in accordance with AS 14.20.135 may, within 30 days after the date of reemployment, elect to continue receiving benefit payments during the period of reemployment by filing a waiver of coverage with the administrator on a form provided by the administrator. An election under this subsection waives coverage for the period of reemployment and is irrevocable during the period of reemployment. The period of reemployment is considered to end when this subsection is repealed or the person stops working, whichever occurs first. A teacher hired to work as a full-time teacher who makes the election to continue to receive benefit payments may not receive retirement medical benefits during reemployment but, instead, shall be covered under the medical coverage provided by the employer to active teachers. A teacher hired to work as a less than full-time teacher who makes the election to continue to receive benefit payments may continue to receive retirement medical benefits. Deductions from the member's salary may not be made under AS 14.25.050 during the period of reemployment, and the member may not receive credited service for the period of reemployment. A member who participated in a retirement incentive program under ch. 26, SLA 1986; ch. 89, SLA 1989; ch. 65, SLA 1996; ch. 4, FSSLA 1996; or ch. 92, SLA 1997, is not eligible to make an election under this subsection.

(c) Upon subsequent retirement, the retired member is entitled to receive an additional benefit based on the credited service and the average base salary during the period of reemployment in accordance with AS 14.25.110 . If the initial benefit payments to which the retired member is eligible have been actuarially reduced because the member retired early under AS 14.25.110 (b), the member shall also receive an incremental benefit based on the amount of the actuarial reduction imposed by AS 14.25.110 (j) on the first benefit and the length of time that the employee was reemployed and not receiving retirement benefits. The amount of the incremental benefit is equal to the difference between the normal retirement benefit to which the member would have been entitled had the member taken a normal retirement and the early retirement benefit that the member has been receiving based on the member's initial period of employment multiplied by the total number of months that the member did not receive retirement benefits because of reemployment and that amount actuarially adjusted to be paid over the expected lifetime of the member.

(d) A member who retired under AS 14.25.110 (a) and participated in a retirement incentive program under ch. 26, SLA 1986; ch. 89, SLA 1989; ch. 65, SLA 1996; ch. 4, FSSLA 1996; or ch. 92, SLA 1997, who is subsequently reemployed as a commissioner may become an active member without losing the incentive credit provided under the applicable retirement incentive plan and is not subject to any related reemployment indebtedness.

(e) [See delayed amendment note]. A member who retired under AS 14.25.110(a) and participated in a retirement incentive program under ch. 26, SLA 1986; ch. 89, SLA 1989; ch. 65, SLA 1996; ch. 4, FSSLA 1996; or ch. 92, SLA 1997, who is subsequently reemployed as a commissioner and becomes an active member may, within 30 days of the date of reemployment, elect to continue receiving benefit payments during the period of reemployment by filing a waiver of coverage with the administrator on a form provided by the administrator. An election under this subsection waives coverage for the period of reemployment and is irrevocable during the period of reemployment. The period of reemployment is considered to end when this subsection is repealed or the person stops working, whichever occurs first. A commissioner hired to work as a full-time employee who makes the election to continue to receive benefit payments may not receive retirement medical benefits during reemployment but, instead, shall be covered under the medical coverage provided by the employer to active employees. A commissioner hired to work as a less than full-time employee who makes the election to continue to receive benefit payments may continue to receive retirement medical benefits. Deductions from the member's salary may not be made under AS 14.25.050 during the period of reemployment, and the member may not receive credited service for the period of reemployment. A member who makes an election under this subsection does not lose the incentive credit provided under the applicable retirement incentive plan and is not subject to any related reemployment indebtedness.

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