Appropriations Committee
JOINT FAVORABLE REPORT
Bill No.: SB-396
AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT
Title: SYSTEM STATUTES.
Vote Date: 4/7/2022
Vote Action: Joint Favorable Substitute
PH Date: 3/18/2022
File No.:
Disclaimer: The following JOINT FAVORABLE Report is prepared for the benefit of the
members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and
explanation and does not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber
thereof for any purpose.
SPONSORS OF BILL:
Appropriations Committee
REASONS FOR BILL:
This bill makes technical revisions to clarify the statutes regarding the Teacher's Retirement
System's administration of benefits and brings the statute into conformity with federal law.
Revisions are made to increase consistency and efficiency.
SUBSTITUE LANGUAGE:
The substitute language makes minor changes to wording to reduce administrative and
statutory ambiguity.
RESPONSE FROM ADMINISTRATION/AGENCY:
Helen Sullivan, Administrator, Teacher's Retirement Board, made suggested corrections to
the technical revisions and updates to obsolete statuary language made by the bill.
NATURE AND SOURCES OF SUPPORT:
Robin Kaplan Cho, Retirement Specialist, Connecticut Education Association, supports the
largely technical changes outlined in the bill.
Dr. Glen Lungarini, Executive Director, Connecticut Association of Schools, supports the bill
and asks that CAS administrative positions become eligible for benefits under the TRS.
Kate Dias, Connecticut Education Association; Jan Hochadell, American Federation of
Teachers and Fran Rabinowitz, Connecticut Association of School Superintendents support
the bill and ask that additional incentives for teacher recruitment and retention be added to
the bill.
Thomas M. Danehy, Area Cooperative Education Services, requested the addition of school
Directors of Finance to those eligible for benefits under the TRS.
NATURE AND SOURCES OF OPPOSITION:
Ingrid Canady, Executive Director, State Education Resource Center, testified that SERC's
exclusion from the ability to offer access to the Teacher's Retirement System to their
employees would jeopardize SERC's ability to produce the valuable services that they offer to
state educators.
Jeff Drew, The Children's Center of Hamden, spoke against Section 15 of the bill explaining
that without the ability to offer the benefits of participation in the Teacher Retirement System
to offset the lower salaries that non-profits pay their employees, they would be unable to
attract and retain high quality personnel.
Matt Geer, UPSEU Local 1222, spoke against the language in section 15 that removed the
Children's Center from eligibility to offer benefits from the TRS.
David Godbout opposed the bill on procedural and constitutional grounds.
Reported by: Elizabeth Gillette Date: 4/13/22
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Statutes affected:
Raised Bill: 10-183e, 10-183h, 10-183j, 10-183k, 10-183n, 10-183o, 10-183q, 10-183t, 10-183ff, 10-183gg, 10-183pp, 10-183rr
APP Joint Favorable Substitute: 10-183e, 10-183h, 10-183j, 10-183k, 10-183n, 10-183o, 10-183q, 10-183t, 10-183ff, 10-183gg, 10-183pp, 10-183rr
File No. 651: 10-183e, 10-183h, 10-183j, 10-183k, 10-183n, 10-183o, 10-183q, 10-183t, 10-183ff, 10-183gg, 10-183pp, 10-183rr