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Senate committee adopts notification requirement for teacher benefits; adds option letting board members pay to cover family
Summary
The committee passed House Bill 37 with a committee substitute that requires school employees to be notified whether their district participates in Social Security or the Teachers Retirement System and adds an amendment allowing local districts to permit school board members to pay for family coverage under district plans.
The Georgia Senate committee voted to pass House Bill 37 (LC 491994) with a committee substitute and an amendment that adds a narrow option for school boards to allow family coverage for board members at the board member's expense.
The bill, presented in the committee by Senator Seltzer, would require school districts to notify newly hired employees — and every five years thereafter for current employees — whether the district participates in Social Security in addition to the Teachers Retirement System (TRS). "This is simply a disclosure bill," Senator Seltzer said when introducing the measure and showing a map of districts that do and do not participate in Social Security.
Why it matters: The measure aims to prevent retirees from being surprised at retirement by discovering they lack Social…
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