Purchase Service - TRSL - Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana

NEW! Changes to actuarial calculation fee:
Beginning Jan. 1, 2024, the fee for a single calculation increased from $150 to $200. Each additional cost calculation will still cost $50.

Purchase Service Credit

TRSL uses service credit to (1) determine when you are eligible to retire, and (2) calculate your retirement benefit. Purchasing service credit can increase your retirement benefit or enable you to retire sooner.

Purchases and Transfers of Service Credit

Active TRSL members can purchase credit for the service listed below.*
Refunded service credit	Sick and annual leave
Legal leaves of absence	Sabbatical leave
Substitute teaching service	Involuntary furlough or strike
Local/state public employment	Non-TRSL participating charter school
In-state private school	Out-of-state public school
U.S. military base teaching service	Military service credit (non-USERRA)
Uniformed Services Employment and Re-Employment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA)
*Former Optional Retirement Plan (ORP) participants are not eligible to purchase service credit for the time period in which they participated in the ORP.

What you need to know

You can purchase service credit only for periods of time for which you do not already have TRSL service credit.
You can purchase up to one year of TRSL service credit for any one fiscal year, which begins July 1 and ends June 30.
All years must be certified by employers before a cost can be calculated.
Payments for purchases of any service credit must be made in one lump sum or by a rollover of funds (excluding military purchases and USERRA, which have the option to pay via installments not to exceed 36 months).
Most service credit purchases must be completed before you retire or enter the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP). The two exceptions to this requirement are purchasing service credit for unused sick or annual leave or military service under provisions of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA).
Special provisions apply for each of the various types of service credit available for purchase.

Actuarial cost
For all purchases, except refunded service credit and USERRA service credit, members will need to submit a nonrefundable calculation fee for TRSL’s actuary. Additional cost calculations are $50 each. This fee may be paid by personal check, cashier’s check, certified check, or money order made payable to "TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF LOUISIANA" and should accompany the application.

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