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HomeGovernment CodeDiv. 5Pt. 3Ch. 5Art. 2§ 20509 School District Contract Transfers

§ 20509 School District Contract Transfers

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§ 20509 School District Contract Transfers

Key Takeaways

  • •If a school district closes or merges with another, the new district takes over the old one's retirement plan for its workers.
  • •The money saved by the old district for retirement gets moved to the new district's plan.
  • •This rule doesn’t let new school districts (made after October 1, 1961) join the system unless they follow special rules in Chapter 6.

Example

Imagine Smallville School District closes and merges with Bigtown School District. Smallville had a retirement plan for its teachers.

Bigtown now takes over Smallville’s retirement plan. All the money Smallville saved for its teachers’ retirement gets moved to Bigtown’s plan. The teachers keep their retirement benefits without losing anything.

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§ 20509 School District Contract Transfers

When a school district ceases to exist and is succeeded by, or the territory thereof is attached to, another school district that is a contracting agency, the contract under which the contracting agency participates in this system shall be considered, with respect to the former district and its employees, a continuation of the contract under which the former district participated, with the changes as the succeeding contract contains. The board shall determine the amount of accumulated contributions held under the contract of the county superintendent of schools which had been made by the former district, and the contributions shall be transferred to the credit of the contract under which the succeeding district participates. Nothing in this section or Section 20508 shall authorize a school district, the formation of which becomes effective for all purposes after October 1, 1961, to participate in this system except as provided in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 20610). (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Last verified: January 22, 2026

Key Terms

school districtcontracting agencyaccumulated contributionsboard

Related Statutes

  • § 20503 Contract Amendment Exclusions
  • § 20504 Reciprocal System Employee Inclusion
  • § 20505 Probationary Employee Membership
  • § 20506 Contract Agency Retirement Rules
  • § 20507 Contracting Agency Retirement Rules

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Government Code. Section 20509.
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