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Chapter 2: Membership

TRS Membership

Membership for Prior Periods

The following table summarizes how to report TRS members for prior periods. If you need additional information about eligibility or reporting for TRS members, please contact Employer Support Services.

Period Of Service	Type of Employment	Plan
07/01/2007 forward	New TRS members have option to become members of Plan 2 or Plan 3.	Plan 2 & 3
7/1/1996 through 6/30/2007	Plan 3 established by legislature 7/1/96. All new members mandated into Plan 3	Plan 3
9/01/1991 through 6/30/1996	You must be employed in an eligible position (requiring at least five months of 70 hours or more of compensated employment each month during a school year). For substitute teachers: If you meet the above criteria, you may apply for membership/service credit under RCW 41.32.013 and WAC 415-112-140.	Plan 2
7/1/1996 forward		Plan 2 & 3
6/07/90 through 08/31/91	You must have been employed in an eligible position as defined in Section 2, Chapter 274, Laws of 1990, (requiring two or more consecutive months of at least 90 hours of compensated employment each month during a school year). For substitute teachers: If you met the above criteria, you may apply for membership and service credit under RCW 41.32.013 and WAC 415-112-140.	Plan 2
10/01/77 through 6/30/1996	Plan 2 established by legislature 10/1/77. All new members mandated into Plan 2.	Plan 2
10/01/77 through 06/06/90	If you were contracted to teach full time, you were required to be a member. If you were employed as a substitute teacher or under a less than full time contract, you have the option to apply for membership under RCW 41.32.240 if you worked a minimum of 90 full time days during a school year, provided 1 month had at least 90 hours. 2/	Plan 2
Prior to 10/01/77 1/	If you were contracted to teach full time, you were mandated into membership. If you were employed under a less than full time contract and you exercised your option to establish membership prior to 10/01/77, you had the option to apply for membership under RCW 41.32.240, if you worked 90 or more full time days during a fiscal year. 2/	Plan 1

1/ If you previously established Plan 1 membership as detailed above, you may reestablish Plan 1 membership after October 1, 1977.

2/ "Ninety days of employment," under RCW 41.32.240 and this section means either:

• a. Ninety full time calendar days, or the equivalent, during a school year if you were employed as a teacher under a contract; or
• b. Ninety full time days of actual, compensated service, or the equivalent, during a school year if you were employed as a substitute teacher.
• c. The "equivalent" of a full time day of employment under (a) and (b) of this subsection is the sum of partial days which, when added together, equals one full time day.