Teachers and Social Security

[Mary Ludwick <ludwickm@LISD.NET>]

In Texas (and 16 other states, I believe), teachers cannot participate
in Social Security.
If the teacher works in a job where SS is withheld, the teacher just
looses that money.
Legislature decided that a teacher collecting retirement and SS is
"double dipping" from the funds.
Teachers who receive SS benefits have the retirement funds decreased by
that amount.
Here is a story relating to that, and attempts to change the law.
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May 2, 2002, 12:19AM
Teacher lured into loophole
Career switch imperils Social Security benefits
By MICHAEL PETROCELLI
Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON -- Houston's Obie Thompson, public relations professional
turned
teacher, could be the role model for a new federal program to ease
teacher
shortages touted by political heavyweights such as Texas Sen. Kay Bailey

Hutchison.
The program is designed to lure professionals from other fields into the

classroom, a switch Thompson made 22 years ago.
But not mentioned by program supporters such as Hutchison, New York Sen.

Hillary Clinton and first lady Laura Bush is that his career switch
could
cost him hundreds of dollars a month in Social Security benefits when he

retires.
The reason is a little-known Social Security regulation called the
"windfall
elimination provision," designed to prevent so-called double-dipping
into
government retirement funds. Read the rest of the story at:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1393448



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Mary Croix Ludwick   B.B. Owen Elementary K-5
Lewisville ISD,  The Colony, Texas (near Dallas)
ludwickm@lisd.net (school)   ludwick@swbell.net (home)

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