Providing members of State Teachers Retirement System are absent from service while serving as officer with statewide professional teaching association

This bill modifies West Virginia's State Teachers Retirement System rules to address members serving as officers in statewide teaching associations. It allows these members to be considered "absent from service" while holding such roles, meaning their teaching service time won't count toward retirement credit during that period. However, they must make double the usual retirement contributions for the absence duration (e.g., if they normally pay 10% of salary, they pay 20% during this service). The provision applies only to those serving as officers before January 1, 2025, and service credit for this absence is capped at 10 years.