WSR 24-03-117

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

DEPARTMENT OF

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

[Filed January 19, 2024, 1:58 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Purchasing service credit; substitute teachers and school employees.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 41.50.050.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Making necessary changes so that Plan 3 members of the teachers' retirement system and the school employees' retirement system who are substitute teachers or school employees can submit requests to purchase service credit by phone or email.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Bianca Stoner, Department of Retirement Systems, P.O. Box 48380, Olympia, WA 98504-8380, phone 360-664-7291, TTY 711, email drs.rules@drs.wa.gov, website www.drs.wa.gov/rules.

January 19, 2024

Bianca Stoner

Rules Coordinator