HB 5368 Summary

• Prohibits members from initiating new service credit purchases for sabbatical leave after September 29, 2017 at 5 p.m. EDT.

• Eliminates service credit eligibility for employee organization professional services leave and released time for any time after the bill's effective date.

• Requires members and public school employee organizations to reimburse reporting units on a current basis for retirement board contributions previously paid under professional services leave provisions.

• Preserves existing service credit for members of first-class school districts with leave of absence effective before October 1, 1981, under prior law.

• Takes effect 90 days after enactment into law.