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Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1384 (2026)

Retirement allowance; benefits; applicability of reduction; recalculation of retirement allowance; adjusted retirement allowance; election to return retirement allowance payments.

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THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ACT OF 1979


Act 300 of 1980


38.1384 Retirement allowance; benefits; applicability of reduction; recalculation of retirement allowance; adjusted retirement allowance; election to return retirement allowance payments.

Sec. 84.

    (1) Subject to section 84b and except as provided in subsection (2), upon the member's retirement from service as provided in section 81, a member shall receive a retirement allowance that equals the product of the member's total years, and fraction of a year, of credited service multiplied by 1.5% of the member's final average compensation. A member shall not be allowed to use more than 15 years of out of system public education service, or more out of system public education service than service performed under this act or former 1945 PA 136 unless, before July 1, 1974, the member applied for out of system public education service credit based upon payment of contributions for the service as required under section 69, or former acts, in which case the total out of system public education service credited, not to exceed 15 years, shall be used to compute the member's retirement allowance if the minimum service requirements performed under this act or former acts or as a state employee under the state employees' retirement act, 1943 PA 240, MCL 38.1 to 38.69, are met. Credit for state of Michigan service shall be on the same basis for eligibility for retirement provided in this act as if the service were performed under this act, former 1945 PA 136, former 1941 PA 56, or former 1937 PA 184.

    (2) If a member having less than 30 years credited service retires before the member's sixtieth birthday as provided in section 81, the member's retirement allowance provided in subsection (1) shall be reduced 1/2 of 1% for each month, and fraction of a month, within the period from the effective date of the member's retirement to the date of the member's sixtieth birthday, and shall continue at that same percentage after becoming 60 years of age.

    (3) The reduction of 1/2 of 1% for each month and fraction of a month from the member's retirement allowance effective date to the date of the member's sixtieth birthday provided for in former 1945 PA 136, applicable to a member who retired before July 1, 1974 and before attainment of age 60, shall not apply to a member who retired before that date, at age 55 or more, having 30 or more years of credited service. The retirement allowance shall be recalculated disregarding the reduction and the person receiving the retirement allowance shall be eligible to receive an adjusted retirement allowance based on the recalculation beginning January 1, 1986, but shall not be eligible to receive the adjusted amount attributable to any month beginning before January 1, 1986.

    (4) The reduction provided for in subsection (2) shall not apply to a member who retires under either section 86 or 87, or to a retirement allowance beneficiary who is granted an allowance under section 43c(c), 89, or 90.

    (5) The retirement allowance of a person who satisfies the requirements of this subsection shall be recalculated based on 1.5% of final average compensation times years of credited service. The person receiving the retirement allowance shall be eligible to receive an adjusted retirement allowance based on the recalculation beginning January 1, 1986, but shall not be eligible to receive the adjusted amount attributable to any month beginning before January 1, 1986. A retirement allowance shall be recalculated under this subsection if 1 of the following applies:

    (a) The retirement allowance was payable to a retirant or retirement allowance beneficiary under chapter II of former 1945 PA 136 and the retirement allowance effective date was on or after July 1, 1956 but before July 1, 1974.

    (b) The retirement allowance was payable to a plan II retirant or retirement allowance beneficiary under chapter I of former 1945 PA 136 and the retirement allowance effective date was before July 1, 1974.

    (6) A member retiring pursuant to section 81 who acquires at least 5 years of combined credited service under this act or under former 1945 PA 136, and who is already in receipt of a retirement allowance under chapter II of former 1945 PA 136, may elect to return to the retirement system any retirement allowance payments received, and receive a single retirement allowance computed on the combined years of service credited under this act and any former act.

History: 1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 91, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1985 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Aug. 25, 1989 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Sept. 4, 2012

Compiler's Notes:

    Enacting section 2 of Act 300 of 2012 provides:

    "Enacting section 2. (1) If the office of retirement services in the department of technology, management, and budget receives notification from the United States internal revenue service that any section or any portion of a section of this amendatory act will cause the retirement system to be disqualified for tax purposes under the internal revenue code, then the portion that will cause the disqualification does not apply.

    "(2) The provisions of this amendatory act are severable. If any part of this amendatory act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, that declaration shall not affect the remaining part of this amendatory act."

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1984–2024 · leading case: Aft Michigan v. State of Michigan, 866 N.W.2d 782 (Mich. 2015).
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Aft Michigan v. State of Michigan, 866 N.W.2d 782 (Mich. 2015). · cites it 4× “MCL 38.1384. 2012 PA 300 increased the amount that all current public school employees must contribute in order to continue accruing pension benefits at the existing rate.”
Studier v. Michigan Pub. Sch. Employees' Ret. Bd., 698 N.W.2d 350 (Mich. 2005). · cites it 4× “, MCL 38.1384. 11 MCL 38.1391(1) provides that “[t]he retirement system shall pay the entire monthly premium or membership or subscription fee for hospital, medical-surgical, and sick care benefits for the benefit of a retirant or retirement allowance beneficiary who elects…”
Musselman v. Governor, 533 N.W.2d 237 (Mich. 1995). · cites it 2× “Retirees receive both a monthly monetary allowance, see MCL 38.1384; MSA 15.893(194), and various health care benefits, see MCL 38.”
Patricia Batista v. Off. of Ret. Servs. (Mich. 2024). · cites it 5× “Under the Retirement Act, pension payments to certain public school employees, including superintendents and administrators, are calculated using a formula set forth in MCL 38.1384(1) that includes an employee’s years of credited service and their “final average compensation.”
Scannell v. Michigan Pub. Sch. Employees Ret. Sys., 351 N.W.2d 285 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984). “893(191), which is based upon the member’s years of credited service, MCL 38.1384; MSA 15.893(194). "Member” is defined in the act as "a public school employee”.”
Alberta Studier v. Michigan Pub. Schl Emp Ret. Bd (Mich. 2005). · cites it 2× “, MCL 38.1384. 11 MCL 38.1391(1) provides that “[t]he retirement system shall pay the entire monthly premium or membership or subscription fee for hospital, medical-surgical, and sick care benefits for the benefit of a retirant or retirement allowance beneficiary who elects…”
Patricia Batista v. Off. of Ret. Servs. (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). “” MCL 38.1384(1) (emphasis added).1 A member’s “final average compensation” is defined, in part, as “the aggregate amount of a member’s compensation earned within the averaging period in which the aggregate amount of compensation was highest divided by the member’s number of…”
Patricia Batista v. Off. of Ret. Servs. (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). “” MCL 38.1384(1) (emphasis added).1 A member’s “final average compensation” is defined, in part, as “the aggregate amount of a member’s compensation earned within the averaging period in which the aggregate amount of compensation was highest divided by the member’s number of…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1384(1) — 3 cases
Patricia Batista v. Off. of Ret. Servs. (Mich. 2024). “Under the Retirement Act, pension payments to certain public school employees, including superintendents and administrators, are calculated using a formula set forth in MCL 38.1384(1) that includes an employee’s years of credited service and their “final average compensation.”
Patricia Batista v. Off. of Ret. Servs. (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). “” MCL 38.1384(1) (emphasis added).1 A member’s “final average compensation” is defined, in part, as “the aggregate amount of a member’s compensation earned within the averaging period in which the aggregate amount of compensation was highest divided by the member’s number of…”
Patricia Batista v. Off. of Ret. Servs. (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). “” MCL 38.1384(1) (emphasis added).1 A member’s “final average compensation” is defined, in part, as “the aggregate amount of a member’s compensation earned within the averaging period in which the aggregate amount of compensation was highest divided by the member’s number of…”
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