MEETING WILL BE FULLY REMOTE - WILL BE STREAMED LIVE BY THE HOUSE (see link)

TRA pensions as compared to teacher pensions in other states

1. Presentation by the National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA) (30 min.)
   • Keith Brainard, Research Director
   • Alex Brown, Research Manager
      
2. Presentation by The Pew Charitable Trusts: "Research on Public Pension Retirement Security and Teachers' Benefits" (15 min.)
   • Corryn Hall, Manager, Public Sector Retirement Systems
   • Mollie Mills, Principal Associate, Public Sector Retirement Systems
      
3. HF 3972 (Wolgamott); SF 4196 (Gustafson): Teachers Retirement Association (30 min.)
   (TRA); Modifying the early retirement reduction factors; increasing employer
   contributions; increasing pension adjustment revenue for school districts.
   • Staff review: Susan Lenczewski, Executive Director (HF3972-SF4196 Summary)
   • TRA staff:
     • Jay Stoffel, Executive Director, TRA
     • Holly Dayton, Legislative Liaison, TRA
   • Public Testimony (the limit of three testifiers has been met):
     • Rodney Rowe, Secretary-Treasurer, Education Minnesota
     • Ryan Fiereck, Business Education Teacher, Education Minnesota St. Francis President, Education Minnesota Pension Advisory Group Chair
     • Blaine Novak, Superintendent, New York Mills
   • Combined Submitted Written Testimony:
     • Because many of the documents submitted contained testimony on both HF3972/SF4196 and HF3808/SF4348, the written testimony for both bills was combined into one document.
        
4. HF 3808 (Nadeau); SF 4348 (Pratt): TRA; providing for an unreduced retirement (30 min.)
   annuity upon reaching age 62 with 30 years of service; increasing the employee
   contribution rate.
   • Amendment H3808-1A
   • Staff review:  Sean Kelly, Deputy Director (HF3808-SF4348 Summary)
   • Actuary review:  Emily M. Knutson, Consulting Actuary, VIA Actuarial Solutions (Presentation)
   • TRA staff:
     • Jay Stoffel, Executive Director, TRA
     • Holly Dayton, Legislative Liaison, TRA
   • Public Testimony (the limit of three testifiers has been met):
     • Lisa Olson, Licensed Teacher, Elk River Education Association President, Education Minnesota Pension Advisory Group Vice Chair
     • Mike Sievert, 5^th Grade Teacher, Frazee-Vergas Public Schools
     • Jenn Roos, English Language Arts Instructor, Fergus Falls Public Schools
   • Combined Submitted Written Testimony:
     • Because many of the documents submitted contained testimony on both HF3972/SF4196 and HF3808/SF4348, the written testimony for both bills was combined into one document.

PUBLIC VIEWING INFORMATION:  This meeting will be streamed live by the House (webcast schedule).

TESTIFYING: The deadline to request to testify or submit written testimony was 12:00 noon on Thursday, March 21. Testimony is limited to the items listed on the agenda. The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair and is subject to change.

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MEETING DOCUMENTS will be posted on both the Commission website and the legislative calendar as soon as they are available.