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District reviews ESI retire-and-rehire option; staff say it saves money and retains experienced employees
Summary
District HR and an ESI representative outlined a retire-and-rehire arrangement that lets ASRS retirees work for ESI and contract back to the district, currently involving 14–15 employees with 10–11 more interested for 2025–26.
Stacy Almeras, the district’s executive director of human resources, and Becky Tomschewski, an ESI program representative, briefed the Tolleson Union High School District Governing Board on the district’s retire-and-rehire arrangement administered through ESI.
Almeras said ESI allows employees who retire from the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) to return to district work through a third-party employer (ESI) and avoid ASRS post-retirement work limitations. "Our ESI employees are allowed to basically retire one school year, become an ESI employee, and return right back into…
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