SB 538: Public Employees’ Retirement System: teaching service.

This bill aims to amend the public employees' retirement system to allow certain public employees to retain coverage under the system if they provide emergency teaching services. Existing law allows members who provide emergency teaching services to elect to retain coverage, but this bill expands that option to include substitute teachers under specific circumstances. The bill would require the election to be made in writing within a certain timeframe, and would authorize the election to be made even if certain administrative requirements are not met.