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HomeEducation CodeCh. 2Art. 1§ 1204 County Superintendent Retirement Contributions

§ 1204 County Superintendent Retirement Contributions

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§ 1204 County Superintendent Retirement Contributions

This law says that a county superintendent’s retirement contributions and benefits are calculated using his whole salary, no matter which money pot pays it, and the contributions are split among those pots in the same share as they pay the salary.

Key Takeaways

  • •Retirement contributions are based on the superintendent’s total annual salary, not just the part paid by any one fund.
  • •If the salary comes from several funds, each fund pays a share of the contribution that matches its share of the salary.
  • •The rule applies up to the maximum salary the retirement system allows and applies to contributions made after September 19, 1947.

Example

The county pays the superintendent $80,000 a year: $50,000 comes from the general county fund and $30,000 comes from the school district fund.

The retirement system will look at the full $80,000 salary (up to the system’s salary cap) to figure out how much to contribute. Then it will take the contribution from the general fund for 62.5% of the amount (because $50,000 ÷ $80,000 = 62.5%) and from the school fund for the remaining 37.5%.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 1204 County Superintendent Retirement Contributions

For the purposes of the retirement system of which a county superintendent of schools is a member, all contributions by or on account of the county superintendent and all benefits to him shall be based, insofar as, and to the extent that, such contributions and benefits are based upon the compensation received by him as county superintendent of schools, upon the whole of his annual salary as county superintendent of schools regardless of the fund or funds from which paid, subject only to the maximum amount of salary on which contributions can be paid the system. If such contributions are required to be paid to the system from any fund from which any part of the annual salary of the county superintendent of schools is paid, then contributions shall be paid from each of the funds from which his annual salary is actually paid in the same proportion of the total contribution as that part of his annual salary paid from such fund is of the whole of his annual salary. Contributions which would have been made by any county superintendent of schools, or by an employer on account of said superintendent, if this section had been in effect on and after September 19, 1947, shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this section. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

retirement systemcounty superintendent of schoolsannual salarycontributionsbenefitsmaximum amount of salary

Related Statutes

  • § 1209 County Superintendent Salary Approval
  • § 1203 County School Housing Costs
  • § 1206 County Superintendent Credential Requirements
  • § 1207 County Superintendent Qualifications Salaries
  • § 35100 Interim School Board Appointment

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 1204.
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