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PRB staff report transition issues after MET rule changes; technical assistance increases compliance
Summary
PRB staff updated the Education Committee on implementation of recent MET rule changes: new annual reporting deadlines and accreditation requirements caused initial confusion but staff say technical assistance and trainings have increased compliance.
Jasmine Loomis, a research specialist with the Pension Review Board, told the Education Committee that implementation of recently adopted MET rule changes caused some initial reporting confusion but that targeted technical assistance has increased compliance.
"The new deadline for the forms did cause a little confusion and initially impacted systems reporting compliance for 2025," Loomis said. The major changes Loomis described include new April 1 due dates for the PRB 2,000 form (previously due Sept. 1) and an added annual April 1 requirement for the PRB 150 form to report board changes.
Loomis said staff provided a virtual training in November that was posted on the PRB website, and staff presented at two accredited-training-provider conferences (TexFERS in Austin and the Telfer peer-review conference). Staff also offered individualized technical assistance and MET compliance reports when requested by systems, Loomis said.
Loomis described specific accreditation impacts tied to a scheduled renewal cycle: the MET program turned 10 years old in 2025, and many training providers whose initial accreditation began in 2015 were renewing under the new rules. Under the new requirements, training providers must submit all core courses for review (previously only two courses were required) and core accredited providers must provide core participant information to the PRB within 30 days of an event. Loomis said those changes required additional technical assistance and caused some renewal delays but that staff have been responding to provider questions.
Loomis told the committee the PRB will report on MET compliance later in the year and expects the volume of technical-assistance requests to decline once the rule transition period ends and MET cycles are fully aligned.
The committee asked no substantive follow-up questions at the meeting; Loomis closed by offering to answer additional queries after the presentation.
