State teachers retirement system

With Youth unemployment at 22%, tuition fees TREBLED, abolition of EMA and cuts to schools across the boards shouldnt the elderly suffer more cuts??? Currently the elderly are clogging up NHS waiting lists, enjoying free prescriptions, getting state pensions, paying a different level of tax as everyone else(soon to be abolished though), enjoying free public transport, not having to pay tv licence, getting the winter fuel allowance, costing a fortune in Dementia treatment etc and sittting arou

With Youth unemployment at 22%, tuition fees TREBLED, abolition of EMA and cuts to schools across the boards shouldnt the elderly suffer more cuts??? Currently the elderly are clogging up NHS waiting lists, enjoying free prescriptions, getting state pensions, paying a different level of tax as everyone else(soon to be abolished though), enjoying free public transport, not having to pay tv licence, getting the winter fuel allowance, costing a fortune in Dementia treatment etc and sittting arou

Gain their Favor? It seems simple to me....if they weren't SO Powerful, Lobbyists, Superpacs, Corporations, Unions, etc would not WASTE Time and Money trying to Corrupt them. Why can't put the Power Back Down at the LOWEST Level and Spreading it around, Rather than Concentrating it in One Small Corruptible Place, Washington, DC? Think of all the money we could save NOT paying for MIDDLEMEN to Tax the Nation, they re-distributed it back to be spent? Think of how much BETTER your States Educ

Gain their Favor? It seems simple to me....if they weren't SO Powerful, Lobbyists, Superpacs, Corporations, Unions, etc would not WASTE Time and Money trying to Corrupt them. Why can't put the Power Back Down at the LOWEST Level and Spreading it around, Rather than Concentrating it in One Small Corruptible Place, Washington, DC? Think of all the money we could save NOT paying for MIDDLEMEN to Tax the Nation, they re-distributed it back to be spent? Think of how much BETTER your States Educ

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dollars we will have to borrow from China and other unfriendly countries further indebting us for generations? Why does he demean Wall Street when they were his biggest contributors in the last election? I am sure he is still in cahoots with them for these same donations as well as the Unions who want to abolish the 'right to work' states. Why does he feel every Union incompetent teacher should be put back to work, ensure them lifetime retirements, the inability to fire the radicals and inc

I keep looking for their sources of information. Apparently MY SOURCE, California State Teacher's Retirement System (CAL STRS) is apparently NOT as good a source as Rush Limbaugh. California State Teacher's Retirement System is NOT an unbiased resource for how they work? Amazing.

I teach fifth grade for the Los Angeles Unified School DIstrict. Our pension plan is under the California State Retirement System. CalSTRS. They have a retirement calculator. You just punch in the numbers, you find out what your retirement will be. According to CalSTRS, I will need to work for 38 years and retire at age 64 in order to get a full pension. I think I have heard several dozen times from conservatives here that all teachers can retire at age 55 after 20 years of teaching wit

I just heard that state employees (or county employees enrolled under state retirement programs) don't get social security. Upon further research it appears that state employees don't get social security if they have a state issued pension, and don't pay into social security (which makes sense). However, if the state has a Section 218 agreement which specifies teachers, and the teachers pay into social security, they receive social security like everyone else. My girlfriend is a teacher, an

I left Illinois back in 1988 because I wanted a change. I lived in various parts of the country and ended up in Tampa, Florida. I finished my college degree and became a teacher. I was employed 2 years as a health teacher and then laid off last summer. The state had been putting me through school to get my professional license. I was half way done with my schooling until I was laid off. Now I have to wait to get rehired again to go back to pursue my license. Its a joke! Now I am back to being

I am a public school teacher who pays into the Ohio State Teachers Retirement System (STRS). I did not have social security withheld from my paychecks because I am paying into STRS. However, my STRS contribution for 2010 did not appear on line 12 of my W2, is this normal? How do I find out what my STRS contributions were for 2010 if it didn't show up on my W2? Also, how do I make sure that I get credit for paying into STRS. I'm doing Turbo Tax free online and it's not taking my STRS contri

Parents decide how their kids are educated, not organized crime (Government / Union Cartels) No more political scum bags using our children as live stock, and a pretext to steal or push political agenda. Public education should have an advantage if they play it right, but to keep up standards vouchers should be issued for 85% of the cost of public education for home schooling & private schools. Standardized tests may be generated by National Foundation without input from the Feds, with no st

People think that Collective bargaining is just the right to put a group together & bargain as a group, not true. Collective Bargaining means workers have to join a Union if they want to work. In the Public sector it gives Unions a monopoly & control of all government paid jobs. I don't think forcing a company to hire through a Union, taking their right to choose who will work for them, taking the right to terminate unproductive employees, taking the right to pay more productive employees mor

Wisconsin: How we got here From NBC's John Bailey Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) Budget Repair Bill, and the ongoing fight over its provisions, was prompted by a large, looming state budget deficit. Wisconsin has an immediate budget shortfall of $137 million, projected to grow to $3.6 billion by mid-2013. The lion’s share of the blame for Wisconsin’s budget woes falls on the receding economy, but other factors such as tax cuts, rising health care costs, and expiring federal aid have contri

My wifes grandmother called me the other day...she is in need of an attorney. Let me describe the basics.. She took an early retirement from the School System after 25+ years, the were putting her on administrative leave....over 30 dollars going missing. She decided to leave because she wouldnt get paid and didnt wanna make a bad name for herself. Ok a few weeks passed, she retired....she gets charged with stealing 1500. The 30 dollar thing was a cover up for something that supposedly hap

Thanks for the help. Here goes: My father had to quit his job due to health reasons (he is NOT considered disabled, though) and therefore cashed in his retirement. Part of it was an annuity but the bulk of it was from a state teachers retirement system that he paid into for over 20 years. He has received a 1099-R and Box #7 has a 2 in it. It is my understanding that because he terminated service with his employer before withdrawing from the retirement, and because he was over the age of 55

I served 20 years 7 months and 3 days in the US Navy as an Aviation Electrician and Naval Aircrew Member. I am currently disabled due to injuries received while in the service of my county. My MESSAGE IS SHORT. Provide fairness and equality for our retired and divorced service members both male and female in all branches of the military. Military retainer pay is just that retainer pay not a retirement system that my wife or I contributed into. THIS IS JUST PLAIN WRONG. State courts have l

You have just gotten sc**wed in court and your lawyer TOLD you all about the USFSPA and gave the non-military spouse more the they where entitled to, also if you where injured in the Military they are getting the same percentage from your VA Disablity and in some states you have to play alimony on top of all this. I served 20 years 7 months and 6 days in the US Navy as an Aviation Electrician and Naval Aircrew Member. I am currently disabled due to injuries received while in the service of m

ONE, EX-NAVY GUY ALMOST CHANGED THE ALL OF MILITARY DIVORCE LAWS HERE IN OKLAHOMA BECAUSE HE GOT INVOLVED!! HE SHOWED HOW UNFAIR THE LAWS WHERE., HOW EVER GREEDY FAMILY LAW LAWYERS FOUND OUT IN the Oklahoma Senate LIED to the VETS , AND HAD THE hb1053 DIE A QUIET DEAF. THEY WHERE HEARD TO SAY THAT THIS LAW WOULD TAKE FOOD OUT OF THERE MOUTHS!! Doesn't that tell you if GREEDY lawyers want it it must be BAD!! The only other People that don't want this law to pass our the ex-spouses (free money

ONE, EX-NAVY GUY ALMOST CHANGED THE ALL OF MILITARY DIVORCE LAWS HERE IN OKLAHOMA BECAUSE HE GOT INVOLVED!! HE SHOWED HOW UNFAIR THE LAWS WHERE., HOW EVER FAMILY LAW LAWYERS FOUND OUT, AND HAD THE hb1053 DIE A QUIET DEAF. THEY WHERE HEARD TO SAY THAT THIS LAW WOULD TAKE FOOD OUT OF THERE MOUTHS!! Doesn't that tell you if GREEDY lawyers want it it must be BAD!! I served 20 years 7 months and 6 days in the US Navy as an Aviation Electrician and Naval Aircrew Member. I am currently disabled d

I have an unrelated Bachelor's degree and might try to go back to school and become a high school Spanish teacher, but I'm not sure where to begin. I speak relatively fluent Spanish, but didn't major or minor in it and I'm sure I would need quite a bit more Spanish (especially grammar). Is there some sort of test that I can take and if I pass, I could enter into a master's program in Spanish? If so, could I then take classes in Spanish anywhere I want? If there is no test, how else can I get a

I have an unrelated Bachelor's degree and might try to go back to school and become a high school Spanish teacher, but I'm not sure where to begin. I speak relatively fluent Spanish, but didn't major or minor in it and I'm sure I would need quite a bit more Spanish (especially grammar). Is there some sort of test that I can take and if I pass, I could enter into a master's program in Spanish? If so, could I then take classes in Spanish anywhere I want? If there is no test, how else can I g

Will TEAchers give up 50% of their Pension WELFARE, or will they yell for tax increases for both the State and Counties? A) Retired teachers benefit from tax increaes, while young teachers get the pink sheet to support their immortal pension welfare fund. 2. Will Lib teachers get rid of NY Rubber rooms for bad teachers? B) This is another way Lib teachers are making money for doing nothing.(criminal) 3. Will Libs be opt out of their pension fund, so it would be shifted into a 401-k like th

This is a female penpal that I'm searching for. We stayed in contact up unitl 1984 and then both got busy and lost touch. She was not married at that time, but could be now so it makes it trickier to locate her. I have information like her birth name and her address where she grew up, her high school, she was a teacher and still might be and she is 55 yrs. old and from Australia. I contacted her former high school but records were destroyed years ago in a fire, I wrote to her old family a

I will make this as short as possible. I have a brother who is 20 years old. He lives with my mother who is an elderly woman and really doesn't have much energy left to really be concerned about a lot of things. My brother tends to go out all night and party - highschool drop out. He then traffics people back to her home for drugs, sex, whatever. My mother has been telling him since he was 18 that he needs to stop doing these things. She has gone through depression trying to deal with him an

you know how, in the public universities; their professors opt-out of social security and pay into STARS (state teachers retirement systems)..... what kind of pension to private university professors usually get? Do they have to pay into social security? Do they get an alternative pension provided by the university? (just to use some examples - John Carroll University, Full Sail University) Obamakristan: Stars is not just in California. They have it here in Ohio too.

Starting a new job at a school and need to decide between the Public Employment Retirement System (PERS) or State of NJ Teachers' Pension & Anunuity Fund. All this drama with our governer and changed NJ laws is making it difficult to choose. Anyone have ideas which plan is better for the long run? Thanks!

In a time where unions have proven themselves to be self fulfilling, it is time to eliminate them within education. Why you may ask? Simply put education cannot achieve parody with the rest of the market. They pay outrageous amount to labor costs, which by the way, is set by prevailing wage. The education unions make it impossible to get competitive pricing and have held districts hostage all in the name of “it not good for the kids”. As a district employee, specifically an administrator for

Hey I have a few questions on officiating weddings. Particularly if in the LDS faith you are required to be a Bishop or higher in order to officiate, or if the tier of "Elder" or "Teacher" is sufficient. Also I live in Idaho and the statute on officiating reads as follows: "32-303. BY WHOM SOLEMNIZED. Marriage may be solemnized by either a current or retired justice of the supreme court, a current or retired court of appeals judge, a current or retired district judge, any federal judge, the

am a Secondary High school teacher from the State of California with retirement benefits provided by CalSTRS based on a certificated salary schedule with years of district experience and professional growth. If I decide to change and take a teaching position in a Community College or a University (UC or Cal State in California) or a job in education in a government agency like USAID for example, will I get a full transfer of my retirement benefits within their own retirement system or not?

I am a Secondary High school teacher from the State of California with retirement benefits provided by CalSTRS based on a certificated salary schedule with years of district experience and professional growth. If I decide to change and take a teaching position in a Community College or a University (UC or Cal State in California) or a job in education in a government agency like USAID for example, will I get a full transfer of my retirement benefits within their own retirement system or not

I already have my BS degree and am thinking of either going back to school for an accelerated BS in nursing (15 months) or a masters degree teacher's certifacation program in grades K-8 (it is 9 months of student teaching and then 15 credits after that to get your masters...). I am confused what I could teach in grades 6-8 without a specific subject, but that's what the program says... I don't have enough credits in one subject (without taking more undergrad classes) to teach a specific subje

My husband is a teacher and has just become fully vested in his retirement program. We are considering moving in a year or two out of state where he will get another teaching job. Therefore he will be in a different pension system. When he retires he will be fully vested in two different states Teacher's pension system. How does that work? Can he collect from both? Do we have to submit taxes in both states?

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Extravagant retirement benefits, teachers paid to do nothing, employees pumping up their pensions with overtime... it is bankrupting states. Unions ruined our auto industry. Now, they are destroying our school systems and making it impossible to balance government budgets. Sure, these people are important and deserve a REASONABLE retirement plan. But reasonable is not what they have. They get much more than anyone else. They always trot out the police and fire as examples of why they deserve r

I am in my early 30s and I am considering going to graduate school to teach secondary education. I think I would really enjoy being a history teacher. I like working with the middle and high school age group and I am passionate about history. One of the biggest things holding me back is the fear of not being able to plan for retirement. I don't expect to retire "early" or to be wealthy but I would rather not spend my later years in poverty or be working till I drop dead either. I am 33 and i

Please help me answer these questions: 1) Should Social Security be privatized? Would you support a partial privatization? How would you go about investing your private share for your retirement? What is the drawback of letting individuals bear all the risk in their retirement? Is this a safe plan for the future of Social Security? 2) We often say that education is the key to improving ones chances in life, but is our educational system really equal? Compare, for example, schools in diffe

I am a high school teacher currently in the state of Michigan (in my 6th year of teaching). My husband and I are moving to Texas. Will they accept my years of service from Michigan towards my retirement of will I have to start all over and do a total of 30 years in Texas to collect pension??? Any specific details you can provide about Texas teacher retirement system? I've dwindled around on the website a bit but haven't really found what I'm looking for,

This is where i stand on issues. 1) To be the Candidate of National security: a) Victory in Iraq b) Fully support NSA, Patriot act, tough interrogations, keeping Gitmo open c) A Candidate that pledges to NOT demean our military while they are fighting for their Country. eg Harry Reid: "the surge has failed", "the war is lost" d) Candidate that promises to ensure that our veterans can live out their lives in dignity. 2) The Candidate who pledges to oppose Appeasement: a) The Candidate wil

What do you mean by, """If you work five years or ten years, according to state requirements, then you can retire at age ~65. So you have been a member of the retirement system many years. "" Does it mean if you worked 5 or 10 years you can receive a pension but you put be of age to do so??? Do I really have to wait that long "Until 65" to receive Pension Monthly income.

lack the capacity to care about their job? I am sorry but I feel many public school teachers are in the job for the retirement and other benefits of a state employee. As a former student that went through the public school system, many teachers I noticed seemed to be very snobby and got all mad when students raised their hands to ask questions. No wonder so many students in my local area drop out of high school. No positive people to encourage them and thats really sad.

I am a 28, white, bored gay male in Denver CO. I teach middle school art and thought teaching would be fun. Because of budget cuts, Im not sure I have a job next fall, and finding a teaching job in Denver will be really hard (there will be a lot of unemployed teachers here). I grew up here in Denver, went to college nearby, and have family here. It is here I have connections and with the state government I have a retirement fund. However, there is a part of me that wants to leave t

Is it worth it to be in a pension plan? I am apart of the Teacher Retirement System. I make 33,000/ year right now, but I have the earning potential of 65,000 come retirement time. Should I move on and work for corporate America or stay? Pension plans continue to pay per month until you die. Is it worth it to stay with the pension plan? What is your guess that in 35 years the thousands of people that took part in a teacher retirement system in every state will actually get enough to live off

Why can’t some of the parents who are unhappy about how bad schools are work together to help make changes? We as teachers truly cannot change what is going on. To speak up against standardized testing, NCLB and horrific discipline problems as a teacher gets us blackballed in a school district and it can be nearly IMPOSSIBLE to find a job. Instead of working to improve things, parents are pulling their kids out of public schools and sending them to private schools. But if all those parents

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My wife is a veteran teacher at 60 years old who would like to retire. She has 17 years in private schools under the social security system. She also has 16 years in a state retirement system while teaching in public schools. In Kentucky, she is only allowed to retire from one system or the other, yet she earned both. This just doesn't seem fair - has anyone found a way to beat this? She would only get about 30% of her social security if she retires from her state pension. If she goes to socia

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I used to teach in California, but have lived in Texas for about 4 years now. Last year, I decided to withdraw my retirement savings from the California Teachers' Retirement System. They deducted federal tax but did not deduct state tax because they said they didn't have to since I live in a state that does not have a state tax. Anyway, my tax person in Texas swears that I have to pay state taxes in California (which does have a state tax) because the money was coming from there. Anyone have t

I am a retired state school counselor & teacher. I receive a nice retirement check from my states retirement system (but it is not enought...for me) while I am raising 2 grandchildren now. We gladly took them in about 10 years ago. Before I entered into education I had earned "40" quarters toward my SS contribution like all of us do, except in my state the SS Admin. will not let me receive my SS because I receive income from my teacher retirement. Is this right? Can they do that to me? I am cr