PERS; conduct study on feasibility of allowing all retired teachers to continue to work as a teacher in any school district and receive retirement allowance.

HB 1409 requires Mississippi's Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) to study whether all retired public school teachers (not just those with 30+ years of service or in shortage areas) could work full-time in any public school district while continuing to receive their retirement allowance. The study must examine financial impacts like system liabilities and employer costs, with a report due to the legislature by December 1, 2025. This bill would expand the current limited policy (from HB 765, which restricted eligibility and pay) if implemented. The bill died in committee on February 4, 2025, so no changes to retirement rules have been enacted.