Wash. Admin. Code § 415-112-125

Current through Register Vol. 24-23, December 1, 2024
Section 415-112-125 - If I am eligible, how can I establish membership?

If you are a teacher as defined in WAC 415-112-120 and meet the conditions in the following table, you established TRS membership. Your plan status depends upon the date you established membership, as indicated in the following table:

Period of Service

Type of Employment

Plan

Prior to 10/01/771/

(1) You were mandated into membership, if:

(a) You were contracted to teach full time, as defined in RCW 41.32.240; and

Plan 1

(b) You were employed for ninety calendar days.

(2) If you were employed less than full time, you were a member if you:

(a) Worked the equivalent of ninety or more full-time days2/ during a fiscal year; and

(b) Established membership under RCW 41.32.240 prior to 10/01/77.

10/01/77 through 06/06/90

(1) If you were contracted to teach full time, you were required to be a member.

(2) If you were employed as a substitute teacher or less than full time, you were a member if you:

Plan 2

(a) Worked the equivalent of ninety or more full-time days2/ during a fiscal year;

(b) Worked at least ninety hours during one month; and

(c) Established membership under RCW 41.32.240.

06/07/90

through 08/31/91

(1) You were a member if you:

(a) Were employed in an eligible position as defined in RCW 41.32.010(37)(a);

Plan 2

(b) Worked two consecutive months of ninety hours or more of compensated employment each month during an annual period September through August.

(2) If you were a substitute teacher, you were a member if you:

(a) Worked two consecutive months of ninety hours or more of compensated employment each month during an annual period September through August; and

(b) Established membership under RCW 41.32.013.

09/01/91

through 06/30/96

(1) If you were employed in an eligible position as defined in RCW 41.32.010(37)(b), you were required to be a member.

(2) If you were employed as a substitute teacher, you were a member if you:

Plan 2

(a) Worked at least five months of seventy hours or more of compensated employment during an annual period September through August; and

(b) Established membership under RCW 41.32.013.

07/01/96

(1) If you were employed in an eligible position as defined in RCW 41.32.010(37)(b), you were required to be a member.

Plan 3

(2) If you were employed as a substitute teacher, you were a member if you:

(a) Worked at least five months of seventy hours or more of compensated employment during an annual period September through August; and

(b) Established membership under RCW 41.32.013.

1/ If you previously established Plan 1 membership as detailed above, you may reestablish Plan 1 membership after October 1, 1977.

2/ The equivalent of a full-time day is the sum of partial days, which, when added together, equal one full-time day.

Wash. Admin. Code § 415-112-125

Statutory Authority: RCW 41.50.050(5), 41.32.240, 41.32.780, 41.32.835, 41.32.013. 05-12-042, §415-112-125, filed 5/25/05, effective 6/25/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 41.50.050(5). 04-21-080, §415-112-125, filed 10/20/04, effective 11/20/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 41.50.050(5) and chapter 41.32 RCW. 02-18-046, §415-112-125, filed 8/28/02, effective 9/30/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 41.50.050. 00-10-015, §415-112-125, filed 4/21/00, effective 5/22/00; 95-16-053, §415-112-125, filed 7/25/95, effective 8/25/95.