WSR 25-11-090

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

DEPARTMENT OF

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

[Filed May 21, 2025, 11:06 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: School employee post-retirement restrictions.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapter 284, Laws of 2025.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Under chapter 284, Laws of 2025, certain school employee postretirement employment restrictions will expire on January 1, 2030, instead of expiring on July 1, 2025. This change affects three pension plans: The teachers' retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, and the public employees' retirement system.

Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making.

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.

May 21, 2025

Bianca Stoner

Rules Coordinator