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HomeEducation CodeDiv. 1Pt. 13Ch. 27§ 24206 Minimum Retirement Allowance Calculation

§ 24206 Minimum Retirement Allowance Calculation

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§ 24206 Minimum Retirement Allowance Calculation

Key Takeaways

  • •If you retire, you get at least $10 per month for every year you worked.
  • •If you get money from another retirement plan for the same work, this amount gets smaller.
  • •If you retire early, your money gets cut a little bit for each month before the normal retirement age.

Example

A person worked for 20 years and retires at age 60, but the normal retirement age is 65.

They would normally get at least $200 per month ($10 x 20 years). But since they retired 5 years (60 months) early, their money gets cut by 0.5% for each of those 60 months. So, their money is reduced by 30% (60 x 0.5%), leaving them with $140 per month.

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§ 24206 Minimum Retirement Allowance Calculation

The minimum unmodified allowance for service retirement under the Defined Benefit Program, exclusive of annuities payable from accumulated annuity deposit contributions and exclusive of the balance of credits in the member’s Defined Benefit Supplement account, shall not be less than ten dollars ($10) per month multiplied by the member’s years of credited service. This guaranteed amount shall be reduced by the amount of an unmodified allowance payable from a local system based on service credited under the Defined Benefit Program. If the retirement is effective at less than normal retirement age this allowance shall be reduced by one-half of 1 percent for each full month or fraction of a month that will elapse until the member would have reached normal retirement age. (Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 559, Sec. 25. (AB 1381) Effective January 1, 2014. Deemed operative January 1, 2013, by Sec. 1 of Ch. 559.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

minimum unmodified allowanceservice retirementDefined Benefit Programnormal retirement age

Related Statutes

  • § 24202 Retirement Allowance Calculation
  • § 24202.6 Retirement Allowance Calculation
  • § 24202.7 Public Employee Retirement Ages
  • § 24203 30-Year Service Retirement
  • § 24205 Early Retirement Partial Allowance

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 24206.
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