Retirement; permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as classroom teachers; extend the program

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the O.C.G.A., relating to retirement allowances, disability benefits, and spouses' benefits, so as to extend the program to permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as classroom teachers in a full-time capacity to June 30, 2034; to reduce the number of years worked by a beneficiary to 25 before being eligible to be hired under this Code section; to provide …

Source: OpenStates · fetched April 10, 2026

• Person with a disabilitydirectModerate impactHigh certainty

  Allows individuals receiving disability benefits from the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia to be employed as full-time classroom teachers.

  “extend the program to permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as classroom teachers in a full-time capacity to June 30, 2034”· O.C.G.A. 47-3-70

• W-2 worker (non-union)directModerate impactHigh certainty

  Reduces the number of years worked by a beneficiary to 25 before being eligible to be hired as a classroom teacher.

  “reduce the number of years worked by a beneficiary to 25 before being eligible to be hired under this Code section”· O.C.G.A. 47-3-70