House File 663 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 663 BY GOBBLE A BILL FOR An Act relating to the bona fide retirement of a substitute 1 teacher under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2230YH (2) 89 jda/rn

H.F. 663 Section 1. Section 97B.52A, subsection 1, paragraph c, 1 subparagraph (2), Code 2021, is amended by adding the following 2 new subparagraph division: 3 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH DIVISION . (d) For a member whose first 4 month of entitlement is July 2021 or later, covered employment 5 does not include employment as a substitute teacher. 6 EXPLANATION 7 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 8 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 9 This bill relates to the bona fide retirement of a substitute 10 teacher under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system 11 (IPERS). Current law provides that a member has a bona fide 12 retirement for purposes of IPERS when, among other things, 13 the member does not return to covered employment until the 14 member has qualified for no fewer than four calendar months 15 of retirement benefits. The bill establishes that, for 16 purposes of this provision, covered employment does not include 17 employment as a substitute teacher. The bill does not modify 18 the requirement that the member not return to any employment 19 with a covered employer until the member has qualified for at 20 least one calendar month of retirement benefits. 21 -1- LSB 2230YH (2) 89 jda/rn 1/ 1