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  Your income in retirement is a joint responsibility between you and TRS. Experts say you will need 80 – 90% of your pre-retirement income to maintain your current standard of living. You could need more or less than that depending on your lifestyle and …

  ​Changes to TRS laws effective Sept. 1, 2011, established a five-year time limit for you to notify and provide verification to TRS of service and/or compensation, including substitute service, not credited on your annual statement.  If you do not notify …

If you're considering retirement within the next 12 months, requesting a formal estimate of your retirement benefits is one of the first steps you need to take to formally begin the retirement process. How to Request a Formal Estimate  Please log in to …

​​The COBRA premiums below are effective Jan. 1, 2025 through Dec. 31, 2025​.  For more information about COBRA, please consult the TRS-Care Benefits Booklet . TRS-Care COBRA Premiums Coverage Tier 2024 Monthly Premium per Person 2025 Monthly Premium per …

  Districts cannot use look-back periods, as described by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulations, to determine employee eligibility for TRS-ActiveCare.  Look-back periods are used to determine whether an employee with variable hours is full-time for …

  To request claims data, visit TRS’ Reporting Entity (RE) Portal . Click “Resources” on the navigation bar, which can direct you to a link for TRS-ActiveCare Data Request. It will look like this: From there, you’ll be able to download the data request …

  ​​​​​​Certain career and technology teachers may purchase one or two years of additional TRS service credit. Specifically, such service credit must be for work experience (outside of public education) in a career or technological field for which members …

  Eligible TRS members may purchase, at the time of retirement, one year of equivalent membership service credit for 50 days or more (or 400 hours or more) of accumulated state sick and/or personal leave. This must be unused state leave as of the last day …