§ 1933. Members generally
(a) Membership in the System shall be a condition of employment for all teachers. A person
shall not join the System as a Group A member. A person shall not join the system
as a Group B member after June 30, 1990. A service shall not be included in the creditable
service of any member unless the member was a member at the time the service was performed
or is entitled to credit under section 1936 or 1944 of this title or was transferred under 3 V.S.A. § 495.
(b), (c) [Repealed.]
(d) Should any Group A or Group C member who has less than five years of creditable service
in any period of seven consecutive years after last becoming a member be absent from
service more than six years, or should a member withdraw the member’s accumulated
contributions or die or retire under the provisions of this chapter, the member shall
thereupon cease to be a member. However, the membership of any teacher granted leave
of absence by the member’s school board for the purpose of professional study or for
the acceptance of an exchange position shall be continued during such leave of absence
subject to Board rules, if the member does not withdraw the member’s contributions,
if any, and such member shall be considered in the service of the State for the purposes
of the System during such leave of absence. In the case of leaves of absence granted
by a member’s school board for purposes other than for professional study or for an
exchange position, service credit shall be granted upon a contribution by the member
or the member’s school board. Such contribution shall be made at the member’s current
rate multiplied by the member’s earnable compensation for the year preceding the leave
of absence.
(e) [Repealed.] (Amended 1961, No. 163; 1961, No. 223, eff. July 18, 1961; 1963, No. 110, § 5, eff. May 28, 1963; 1965, No. 84, § 1; 1969, No. 62; 1969, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1971, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1973, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1977, No. 53, § 3, eff. April 23, 1977; 1981, No. 41, § 24; 1981, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 22, 1982; 1989, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1991, No. 64, § 7; 2013, No. 22, § 11; 2017, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 82.)