Pennsylvania § 8326 - Contributions by the Commonwealth.

§ 8326. Contributions by the Commonwealth.

(a) Contributions on behalf of active members.--The Commonwealth shall make contributions into the fund on behalf of all active members and participants, including members and participants on activated military service leave, in an amount equal to one-half the amount certified by the board as necessary to provide, together with the members' contributions, annuity reserves on account of prospective annuities as provided in this part in accordance with section 8328 (relating to actuarial cost method). In case a school employee has elected membership in a retirement program approved by the employer, the Commonwealth shall contribute to such program on account of his membership an amount no greater than the amount it would have contributed had the employee been a member of the Public School Employees' Retirement System.

(b) Contributions on behalf of annuitants.--The Commonwealth shall make contributions on behalf of all annuitants in an amount equal to one-half of the amount certified by the board as necessary to fund the additional liabilities for minimum and supplemental annuities in accordance with section 8328(d). The Commonwealth shall make contributions to be deposited into the health insurance account on behalf of all eligible annuitants in an amount equal to one-half of the amount certified by the board as necessary to fund the premium assistance program in accordance with section 8509 (relating to health insurance premium assistance program).

(c) Contributions after June 30, 1995.--

(1) The Commonwealth shall make contributions into the fund on behalf of all active members and participants, including members and participants on activated military service leave, for service performed after June 30, 1995, in the following manner:

(i) For members and participants who are employees of employers that are school entities, no Commonwealth contributions shall be made.

(ii) For members and participants who are employees of employers that are not school entities, the amount computed under subsection (a).

(2) The Commonwealth shall make contributions into the fund on behalf of annuitants for all amounts due to the fund after June 30, 1995, including, but not limited to, amounts due pursuant to section 8328(d) and (f), in the following manner:

(i) For members and participants who are employees of employers who are school entities, no Commonwealth contributions shall be made.

(ii) For members and participants who are employees of employers who are not school entities, the amount computed under subsection (b).

(d) Contributions resulting from members reemployed from USERRA leave.--When a school employee reemployed from USERRA leave makes the member contributions required to be granted school service credit for the USERRA leave, either by actual payment or by actuarial debt under section 8325 (relating to incomplete payments), the Commonwealth employer or other employer by whom the school employee is employed at the time the member contributions are made, or the last employer before termination in the case of payment under sections 8327 (relating to payments by employers) and 8535 (relating to payments to school entities by Commonwealth), shall make any employer contributions that would have been made under this section as if the employee making the member contributions after being reemployed from USERRA leave continued to be employed in his school office or position instead of performing USERRA leave.

(Aug. 5, 1991, P.L.183, No.23, eff. imd.; Apr. 29, 1994, P.L.159, No.29, eff. July 1, 1995; Nov. 23, 2010, P.L.1269, No.120, eff. July 1, 2011; July 1, 2013, P.L.174, No.32, eff. July 1, 2013; June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5, eff. imd.)

2017 Amendment. Act 5 amended subsecs. (a) and (c).

2013 Amendment. Act 32 added subsec. (d).

2010 Amendment. See section 21 of Act 120 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to changes in accrued liability of Public School Employees' Retirement System.

1994 Amendment. See section 18 of Act 29 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability to 1995-1996 and succeeding school years.