In order to participate, an individual must be working in a position
requiring an average of at least 20 hours per week on an ongoing regular basis.
Monitor all hours worked at your school district. If the position of an employee
initially hired to work less than 20 hours per week changes to a position requiring 20 or
more hours per week, the employee should be enrolled in the plan. If an employee initially
hired to work less than 20 hours per week starts working an average of 20 hours or more per
week in each calendar month of any three calendar months during a retirement plan year (July 1-June 30),
they must be enrolled in the plan. The 3 calendar months do not have to be consecutive.
The "mandatory effective date of participation" in the plan is the next pay period following the pay
period where the employee worked an average of 20 hours or more per week for each of 3 calendar months
during the plan year.