AL SJR102

House Bill 121 provides a 4% cost-of-living pay raise for most public education employees and a 2% raise for those earning more than $75,000 per year, effective October 1, 2016.

Public education employees have not received a cost-of-living pay raise unoffset by increased retirement contributions since 2008.

The legislature provided 100% of the funding requested by the Public Education Employees Health Insurance Plan (PEEHIP) in the 2016 Education Trust Fund budget.

The resolution declares that the legislative intent of House Bill 121 is to provide a net increase in take-home pay for all public education employees, urging PEEHIP staff to find alternative ways to address cost issues without increasing out-of-pocket costs for plan members.

PEEHIP is instructed to provide the legislature with full and accurate total cost figures for future fiscal years assuming no out-of-pocket increases, and a copy of the resolution must be provided to the Executive Director of the Retirement Systems of Alabama and PEEHIP Board of Control members.