2021 Goals:
The Washington State School Retirees’ Political Action Committee (WSSR-PAC) is made up of active and retired school personnel. WSSR-PAC’s mission is to develop, propose, and support action benefiting all school retirees.
WSSRA legislative priorities for 2021 & 2022:
Plan 1 Cost of Living Adjustment
Protect Retiree Medical Benefits.
Make the actuarially recommended pension payment to the pension funds.
Support additional payments to the Plan 1 Unfunded Liability.
Support HB 1032 to allow school employees early retirement opportunities during the coronavirus pandemic.
Provide an open enrollment window for retirees locked out of PEBB — HB 1040.
Allow August retirees to collect a Cost-of-Living Adjustment the following July.