New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 17 - TREASURY - GENERAL
Chapter 3 - TEACHERS' PENSION AND ANNUITY FUND
Subchapter 2 - ENROLLMENT
Section 17:3-2.1 - Enrollment eligibility
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Any person appointed by the State, local board of education, or charter school to a position listed in the definition of "teacher" found at 18A:66-2.p or as a regular, full-time employee in a position that meets the following conditions shall be required to become a member of the Fund effective as of the date of their employment:
(b) An employee in an unclassified administrative position within the State Department of Education who possesses a valid certificate issued by the State Board of Examiners, pursuant to 18A:6-34 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 6A:9, and meets all other requirements in (a) above, is eligible for participation in the Fund.
(c) An employee meeting all of the conditions stipulated in (a) above who is paid on an hourly or per diem basis is eligible for membership in the Fund.
(d) Any person meeting all of the requirements of (a) above, who is appointed to a regular full-time position in an accredited evening high school or vocational school after September 1, 1989, shall be eligible for enrollment in the Fund with the following limitation. Individuals teaching at a vocational school may substitute the directly applicable "occupational license" as required by the Department of Education for the certification stipulated in (a)1 above.
(e) 18A:66-2(p) specifically excludes substitute teachers from enrollment in the Fund. The statute also permits the Board to determine whether any person is a teacher as defined in this article. The following positions have been determined by the Board to be ineligible for enrollment in the Fund:
(f) As of January 20, 2004, new part-time instructors employed at postsecondary vocational-technical schools are ineligible for enrollment in the Fund. Part time instructors at postsecondary vocational-technical schools who were members of the Fund, as of January 19, 2004, are "grandfathered" in their positions with postsecondary vocational-technical schools, as long as they remain with their current employers.
(g) Pursuant to the provisions of 18A:66-4, for individuals who became members of the TPAF between November 2, 2008 and May 21, 2010, the minimum annual base salary for participation in the retirement system initially set at $ 7,500, shall be adjusted annually by the Director of the Division in accordance with changes in the Consumer Price Index, but by no more than four percent. For the calendar year beginning January 1, 2010 and each year thereafter, the minimum base annual salary required for enrollment will be adjusted annually to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index. For purposes of this calculation, "Consumer Price Index" means the average of the annual increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted for all items, in the New York City and Philadelphia metropolitan statistical areas during the preceding calendar year as reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(h) The calculation and any needed adjustment pursuant to (g) above shall be published via a notice of administrative change in the New Jersey Register revising the minimum annual base salary.