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Will the New Law on Teacher Retirement Benefits Affect You? Here鈥檚 How to Know

By Mark Lieberman & Lauren Santucci 鈥 January 16, 2025 3:19
A teacher leads a lesson in an eighth-grade Spanish class.
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Editor鈥檚 note: This video has been corrected to remove an inaccurate description of the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and its effect on 糖心动漫vlog prior to its repeal in January 2025. The GPO reduces benefits for pension-eligible public-sector workers, including 糖心动漫vlog, who receive Social Security spousal or survivors鈥 benefits. Educators from the 15 affected states who are eligible for spousal or survivors鈥 benefits will now receive the full amount of those benefits.

President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law on Jan. 5, prompting hundreds of thousands of 糖心动漫vlog across the country to wonder whether they鈥檇 benefit from the new policy.

Advocates for teachers and retirees have been pressing for years for the federal government to get rid of Social Security policy provisions that limit benefits for certain groups of public-sector workers, including many 糖心动漫vlog. Congress has granted their wish, including with a rare unanimous vote in the U.S. Senate.

Some 糖心动漫vlog might see hundreds of dollars more per month in retirement benefits than they would have before this law passed. Some could see a smaller bump. And some won鈥檛 be affected at all.

It鈥檚 not always easy to determine which group you fall into. Here鈥檚 our best attempt to sort out the policy鈥檚 implications.

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President Joe Biden signs the Social Security Fairness Act during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Washington.
President Joe Biden signs the Social Security Fairness Act during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Washington.
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

Mark Lieberman is a reporter for Education Week who covers school finance.
Lauren Santucci was a video producer for Education Week.

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