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TRS Membership Eligibility

COVERED POSITIONS
Individuals meeting the following criteria are required to become members of TRS as a condition of employment:

Personnel who are employed one-half time or more in covered positions of the state’s public school systems, regional libraries, county libraries, regional educational service agencies, or any other agency of and within this state by which a teacher is paid, such as:

Teachers
Administrators
Supervisors
Clerks
Teacher aides
Secretaries
Paraprofessionals
Public school nurses
Employees of the Agricultural Extension Service

All personnel employed one-half time or more by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, unless eligible for participation in the optional retirement plan administered by the Board of Regents.

Individuals eligible for TRS membership, but not required to join, include:

Full-time supervisory and/or managerial personnel in public school lunchrooms, maintenance, warehouse, and transportation departments.

Certain employees of the State Department of Education.

Certain employees of the Department of Technical and Adult Education.

Employees age 60 at time of employment

Vested members of the Employees' Retirement System (ERS) who become an employee of an employer normally covered by TRS may elect to remain a member of ERS.

More information is available under Membership Exceptions.

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