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Kansas bill would let retired public school employees return within 45 days under CAPERS assessment change
Summary
A House committee heard testimony on HB 2411, which would reduce the waiting period to 45 days for certified or licensed public school retirees to return to work without changing KPERS service credits; sponsors also proposed raising the dollar cap subject to employer assessment from $40,000 to $60,000.
A House committee heard from school leaders, the Kansas NEA and retirement-system staff on HB 2411, a bill that would change CAPERS return-to-work rules so certain retired public school employees can return to paid work after 45 days without accruing additional participating service credits.
Representative Kevin Schwertviger, the bill sponsor, told the Committee he brought the measure to address staffing shortages. “I come to you today because we have a shortage in teachers in Kansas,” he said, and proposed a balloon amendment to raise the dollar amount subject to…
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