Retirement Benefits

All employees who are scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week and at least half or more of the working days of a month in a covered position are required to be members of TRS. Covered positions include teachers, administrators, supervisors, clerical workers, paraprofessionals, nurses, child nutrition managers and child nutrition bookkeepers.

For the current year, participants will contribute 6% of regular earnings to the plan. CCPS contributes 19.98% of your earnings to TRS on your behalf each month.

Important-- Designate You Beneficiaries:
You will receive information from TRS instructing you to register your account online and name your beneficiaries.  Wills, divorce decrees, remarriages, etc., do not determine the settlement of your TRS account.

For more details, please refer to the TRS website at Teachers Retirement System of Georgia Website

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Teacher Retirement System of Georgia (TRS)

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Employees who are benefits eligible and are not eligible for TRS must establish membership in PSERS. The employees include bus drivers, child nutrition workers, maintenance, mechanics, custodians, and bus monitors. No employee can be a member of both PSERS and TRS at the same time.

Participants hired on or after 7/1/2012 will contribute $10.00 per month to the plan. Participants hired before that date continue to contribute $4.00 per month to the plan.

You will receive information from PSERS instructing you to register your account online and name your beneficiaries.

For more details, please refer to the PSERS website at www.ers.ga.gov website

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 Public School Employee Retirement System (PSERS)

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Supplemental Retirement Benefit 403 (b) Plan for PSERS Employees

Employees who are in the PSERS system are enrolled in the 403(b) plan. CCPS will put 3% of your base salary into an account with Lincoln Financial on your behalf. Also, employees have the option to contribute to the plan with a voluntary deduction.

Employees who are enrolled in PSERS-Public School Retirement of Georgia are enrolled in Lincoln Financial 403B.  

Any employee is welcome to contribute voluntarily to either the Lincoln 403B or 457 retirement accounts.  

Do you have questions about these plans?  What is the right choice for you?  How should you set up the plan to be best for your future?

Our Third Party Administrator, Arista Consulting Group, is here to help and answer questions.

To speak with a Retirement Plan team member at Arista, please contact us using the information below.  A dedicated team member will be happy to assist you.  

Also, all transactions related to the plan such as rollovers and hardships must be submitted to Arista for approval before processing.

Email: first@aristacg.com
Phone: 877-434-7786
Fax:  404-446-0194

Visit the online portal to submit a new request here.