Connecticut General Statutes 10-183f – Benefit eligibility
(a) Normal retirement. A member is eligible to receive a normal retirement benefit if such member (1) has attained age sixty and has accumulated twenty years of credited service in the public schools of Connecticut, or (2) has attained any age and has accumulated thirty-five years of credited service, at least twenty-five years of which are service in the public schools of Connecticut.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 10-183f
- Board: means the Teachers' Retirement Board. See Connecticut General Statutes 10-183b
- Contributions: means amounts withheld pursuant to this chapter and paid to the board by an employer from compensation payable to a member. See Connecticut General Statutes 10-183b
- Internal Revenue Code: means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, and any regulations promulgated under or interpretations of said code that may affect this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 10-183b
- Member: means any Connecticut teacher employed (A) on, and compensated for, the first school day, in accordance with the member's contractual schedule, and (B) for an average of at least one-half of each school day after the first school day, except that no teacher who under any provision of the general statutes elects not to participate in the system shall be a member unless and until the teacher elects to participate in the system. See Connecticut General Statutes 10-183b
- System: means the Connecticut teachers' retirement system. See Connecticut General Statutes 10-183b
(b) Proratable retirement. A member is eligible to receive a proratable retirement benefit if such member has attained age sixty prior to termination of service and has accumulated at least ten years of credited service in the public schools of Connecticut.
(c) Early retirement. A member is eligible to receive an early retirement benefit if such member has accumulated twenty-five years of credited service at least twenty years of which are service in the public schools of Connecticut, or if such member has attained the age of fifty-five and has accumulated at least twenty years of credited service, at least fifteen of which are service in the public schools of Connecticut.
(d) Deferred vested retirement. A member is eligible to receive a deferred vested retirement benefit beginning at age sixty if such member: (1) Has accumulated ten years of credited service in the public schools of Connecticut; and (2) terminates service before becoming eligible for any other retirement benefit; and (3) leaves his or her accumulated contributions with the system.
(e) Disability retirement. Repealed by P.A. 79-541, S. 5, 6.
(f) Survivors’ benefits. The survivors of a member who dies (1) while in service in the public schools of Connecticut, (2) within two months after withdrawal from such service and prior to the effective date of such member’s retirement or (3) while receiving a disability benefit under § 10-183aa, shall receive survivors’ benefits. Before any survivors’ benefits are paid, the board shall receive such applications and other documents and information as it deems necessary.
(g) Receipt of benefits. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, pursuant to Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code, a member shall begin receiving benefits under this chapter no later than April first of the calendar year following the calendar year in which (1) the member attains age seventy and one-half, or seventy-two for members who attain such age on or after January 1, 2020, or (2) if the member retires after age seventy and one-half, or seventy-two for members who attain such age on or after January 1, 2020, in the calendar year in which such member retires.