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I am a CA teacher who also worked for department stores,
travel agencies, and the federal government prior to being a
CA teacher (I love my career!). I have put in my 40 quarters
and more. This does deeply concern me as I hate to think of
all that money that I put in and would lose.

On 7/21/15, DonnaR/CA wrote:
> Old thread, maybe, but it's still pertinent.
>
> We need to fight this old law. It was designed to keep folks
> from double-dipping, getting both STRS and SS if they didn't
> pay into SS.
>
> If you are a 2nd career teacher, or you worked a lot of
> summers, an after-school job, took a stop-out from teaching,
> or perhaps you taught in a state or school where you
actually
> paid into Social Security - you should find out if you have
> earned your 40 quarters. This is where the "unfairness"
comes
> in. You have paid into SS, you should be able to claim it.
If
> you had not taught in public school, you would collect that
> full amount of SS. But the law is slapping those of us in
the
> face who have had a 2nd career, or tried to supplement our
> income in our younger years by taking an after-school job.
We
> have paid into the system, we should be able to get 100% of
> what our payment would have been without STRS, instead of a
> measly 25%.
>
> There are petitions rolling around the Internet, as well as
> outside of stores (occasionally) to repeal this law. Stop by
> and sign it.
>
> BTW, California is not the only state that does this. So do
> Missouri and Illinois, and about 10 others.
>
> For the record, I am NOT a person to think I'm entitled to
> anything. But if I paid into something, by George, I'd like
to
> get it! If I had not worked outside of the CA STRS system, I
> would say, OK, I don't get SS. Period.
>
>
> Donna
>
>
>
> Donna

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