Board Election Coming Your Way
Board election ballots were mailed October 1st to active Defined Benefit Program members and Cash Balance Benefit Program participants. If you are eligible to vote, you have until November 30, 2007...
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Uncertain Health Coverage Spells an Uncertain Retirement
Over the course of more than two decades as an educator, activist, and Board member, I have seen the state of health care benefits for teachers erode...
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Watch for Your Retirement Progress Report
Your Retirement Progress Report, which includes your annual statement, will be mailed to you by the end of December...
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Longevity Bonus Won’t Be Around Forever
The longevity bonus is scheduled to sunset January 1, 2011.
This change could affect you if you are close to earning 30 years of service credit...
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Shaping the Future of Public Pensions
The future of public pensions is actively debated in coffee shops, reported in the media, and discussed in the halls and chambers of the Legislature...
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Choose A Better Future
Your plans for the future are important to us at CalSTRS. Career teachers can expect to replace about 63 percent of their median income with their primary CalSTRS defined benefit pension when
they retire...
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Portfolio Doubles Its Size in Five Years
CalSTRS earned a 21 percent return on investments last year and ended it with $170.4 billion in assets...
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Turning In CalSTRS Paperwork Soon?
You can now go to five CalSTRS counseling offices to turn in CalSTRS documents and avoid mailing in or driving your paperwork to Sacramento...
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Legislation Affects CalSTRS
This year the Legislature approved and the Governor signed the following bills that affect CalSTRS members...
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Board Declares Additional Earnings and Annuity Credit
The Teachers’ Retirement Board at their June 2007 meeting approved an additional earnings and annuity credit for Defined Benefit Supplement and Cash Balance Benefit Program accounts...
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Protecting Your Loved Ones Before You Die
If you are eligible to retire, but you are not ready to retire, you may make a pre-retirement election of an option. This ensures a lifetime monthly benefit for your loved ones if you die before retirement...
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CalSTRS Funding Gap Narrows
There’s good news about the CalSTRS funding gap. It’s narrowing thanks, in part, to unprecedented investment returns in 2006...
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North Coast Members Get Counseling Services
CalSTRS members along the North Coast don’t have to drive through snow, sleet, rain, and road kill to get to retirement counseling appointments any more...
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