HB4231 Summary

• Prohibits pension benefits for teachers who first become members on or after the effective date and are determined by the Board to have sexually abused a student, following an administrative hearing.

• Requires employers to notify pension boards when a retiring member has been accused of sexually abusing a student.

• Grants pension boards authority to conduct administrative hearings to review sexual abuse claims and order forfeiture of member benefits under existing forfeiture provisions.

• Protects vested rights and contracts acquired before the effective date, preserving the right to refunds for existing members.

• Applies to both the Downstate Teacher and Chicago Teacher pension systems, with all new teachers deemed to consent to these provisions as a condition of membership.