Additional TRS and ORP Information
If an employee participates in ORP in higher education and becomes employed by an "independent school district" where participation in TRS is mandatory and ORP is not available, then subsequently are again employed in public higher education, there is no new opportunity to elect ORP.
If a full-time employee participating in ORP changes to part-time employment (less than half-time), and has worked full-time for less than one complete semester, participation in the retirement plan stops. If full-time employment extends for one semester or longer, participation continues for the remainder of that school year. Then participation stops.
If an ORP participant transfers to a job not eligible for ORP after vesting in ORP, the employee must continue to participate in ORP.
If a full-time employee participates in TRS for 4 1/2 months and changes to part-time employment, has not withdrawn any funds from TRS, the employee continues to be a member of TRS for the remaining fiscal year.
An Overview of TRS and ORP (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)