School employees, limited to certain designated employees and officers of The Pennsylvania State University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, the State System of Higher Education and the Department of Education, shall be permitted to join an optional alternate retirement program in lieu of membership in the system. The program shall be an independent retirement program approved by the employing agency head, provided that the employer is not contributing at a rate greater than that provided in section 5508(b) of the code (relating to actuarial cost method).
4 Pa. Code § 243.3