TRS Information Handbook
- Complete TRS Information Handbook
- Table of contents
- Introduction & General Information
- Services for TRS Members
- Membership
- Service Credit
- Disability Benefits
- Death Benefits
- Pension Benefits
- Retiree Health Benefits
- Working After Retirement
- Divorce, Taxes, and Other Legal Issues
- Appendix
- Glossary
- Index
Complete TRS Information Handbook
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Table of Contents
- Table of Contents [PDF 866K]
Introduction & General Information
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- Introduction to the TRS Defined Benefit Plan
- Administration of the TRS
- Funding of the TRS DB Plan
- Appeals
Services for TRS Members
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- Retirement and Benefits
- Member Services Online
- Counseling Services
- Communicating with the TRS
- Confidentiality of Records
Membership
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- Who is a Member of the TRS DB Plan?
- Membership Tiers
- Simultaneous TRS and PERS Credit
- Contributions
- 1% Supplemental Contributions Provision
- Refunds
- Time Limit for Refund or Benefit
- Tax Considerations
- Annual Statement
- Beneficiary Designation
Service Credit
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- Membership Service Credit
- Reinstatement of Refunded Service
- Sabbatical Leave Credit
- Claimed Service
- Leave Without Pay
- Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA ) Service Credit
- Outside Service Credit
- Call to Active Duty Military Service
- Claim for Prior Military Service
- Claiming Simultaneous PERS and TRS Service
- Indebtedness Payments
Disability Benefits
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- Converting to a Normal Retirement Benefit
Death Benefits
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- Nonoccupational Death Before Retirement
- Occupational Death Before Retirement
- 1% Supplemental Contributions Provision
- Death Benefit Payments
- Death Benefits for Retired / Deferred Vested Members
Pension Benefits
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- Vesting
- Minimum Requirements for Age-Based Retirement
- Minimum Requirements for Service-Based Retirement
- Pension Benefit Calculation
- Retirement Benefit Options
- Joint and Survivor Options
- Rights of Spouses and Dependents
- Refund Rights
- Establishing Benefit Entitlement
- How to Apply for Benefits
- Pension Benefit Payments
- Minimum Benefit
- Conditional Service Benefit
- Public Service Benefit
- Duplicate Benefits
- TRS and Your Social Security Pension Benefits
- After-Retirement Benefit Increases
- Unused Sick Leave
Retiree Health Benefits
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- Medical Coverage at Retirement
- Optional Health and Life Plans
- Medicare and Your TRS Medical Coverage
Working After Retirement
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- Standard Option
- Waiver Option
- Retirement Incentive Programs
- Exceptions
Divorce, Taxes, and Other Legal Issues
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- Divorce
- Local, State, and Federal Taxes
- Other Legal Issues
Appendix
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- Early Retirement Factors
- Joint and Survivor Options
- Joint and Survivor Option Examples
- Indebtedness Factors
- Publication Resources
Glossary
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Index
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Posted 2011 TRS Handbook Web Edition 1/17/2012