Nesselroad v. Ansel’s Empirical Analysis
1992
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2
cited by 2 later decisions
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April 2010
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2 state decisions
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“Computation of annual retirement benefits from STRS [TRS] is governed by Code, 18-7A-26(a) [1981] which, in relevant part, defines a member’s annual retirement benefit as the sum of: Two percent of the member’s average salary multiplied by his total service credit as a teacher. In this paragraph “average salary” shall mean the average of the highest annual salaries received by the member during any five years contained within his last fifteen years of total service credit: Provided, that the highest annual salary used in this calculation for certain members employed by the West Virginia Board of Regents 14 at institutions of higher education under its control shall be four thousand eight hundred dollars, as provided by section fourteen-a [§ 18-7A-Ha] of this article and chapter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“For the period before 1988, when appellants were split participants contributing to STRS [TRS] only on the basis of the first $4,800 of salary, appellees compute the retirement benefit for appellants, in accordance with W.Va.Code, 18-7A-26 [1981], as 2 percent of $4,800 multiplied by the total service credit compiled during appellants’ status as split participants. For the period since appellants’ 1988 election to be unlimited participants in STRS [TRS], appellees compute the retirement benefit as 2 percent of the appellants’ average salary for the five highest years during the years since the election, multiplied by the appellants’ total number of years compiled as full members. These two figures are then added to determine the total retirement benefit payable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]hose persons who were formerly limited in the amount they could pay into STRS [TRS] and who chose to become unlimited participants in STRS before 6 March 1972, could obtain full credit for all prior service on an "unlimited” basis by making back payments into the system to account for payments that would have been made had the electing employees been unlimited participants in the 1960’s. Those electing to join on an unlimited basis who wished credit for pre-1971 service were allowed to buy pre-1971 credit by paying double the individual contribution they would have paid had they been unlimited members before 1971 to account for the missing employer contributions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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