Teachers Retirement System; certain beneficiaries hired to work in certain areas; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement allowances, disability benefits, and spouses' benefits, so as to remove the requirement that certain subject areas be designated as an area of highest need for certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia to be hired to work in such areas; to provide for the extension of provisions to 2030; to provide for areas of highest need to be dete…

Source: OpenStates · fetched March 25, 2026

• Person with a disabilitydirectModerate impactHigh certainty

  Removes the requirement for certain beneficiaries receiving disability benefits to work in designated areas of highest need to be hired.

  “to remove the requirement that certain subject areas be designated as an area of highest need for certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia to be hired to work in such areas”· Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated

• Senior (65+, Medicare/SS)directModerate impactHigh certainty

  Extends provisions related to retirement allowances, disability benefits, and spouses' benefits until 2030.

  “to provide for the extension of provisions to 2030”· Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated