Educator pensions and retirement security
All educators deserve the ability to retire with financial security.
Pensions provide educators with a guaranteed, reliable source of income in retirement. They are also a tool to attract and retain qualified, experienced educators to the profession.
Minnesota’s school staffing shortage is at crisis levels. We need competitive pay and benefits that attract the best educators to the profession and keep them in our schools. The Minnesota Legislature needs to examine the breadth of options available to make teaching attractive — that includes enhanced retirement benefits that recognize and reward teachers’ hard work on behalf of students.
In order to defend and improve educator pensions in Minnesota, we must work to elect officials who believe in strong pensions, tell them what educators need and get them to take action at the Legislature.
We can build a brighter future together.
By working together, we can achieve the retirement benefits we need from the Legislature. Take action now:
Resources
- 2025 pension flyer
- 2025 Pension Advisory Group recommendation summary
- Pension Advisory Group costing letter
- Pension pointers flyer
- 2023 legislative pension changes
- 2022-23 Pension Advocacy Plan
- 2022 legislative pension changes
- 2022 Education Minnesota Pension Task Force summary
- Creating a pension organizing plan in your local
- Legislator letter templates on pension reform
- Tips for effectively contacting your legislator
10-minute building meeting materials
MEA Online training – TRA Pension Basics
Get an overview of the benefits of the TRA pension plan and specifics of how it works in this MEA Online training. There is no history or advocacy information contained in this segment. Individuals seeking guidance on their own benefits should contact TRA directly.
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