Section 25.61 - Service Credit for Eligible Military Duty(a) A member with five years of credit for service in the public schools of Texas may receive additional retirement credit for active military duty.(b) Credit for military duty under this section is limited to a maximum of five years. Eligible military duty will be evaluated for crediting only in the school year in which it was rendered. In order to obtain military service credit for that year, a member must have served an equivalent amount of military duty to the amount of service required for a member to receive a year of service credit in that school year. No credit may be given for any school year of military duty which duplicates any other credit already granted or in which a year of creditable service is available for service in the public schools of Texas. If a member establishes military service credit but TRS determines that credit already has been given for the military service in another Texas public retirement system, TRS shall refund the amount paid for the military credit duplicated in TRS, less fees that are not refundable, and shall cancel the TRS credit and, if applicable, adjust the calculation of benefits. In accordance with § 25.113(m)(3) of this title (relating to Transfer of Credit Between TRS and ERS), a person retiring from the Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) under Government Code, Chapter 805, and returning to work in a TRS-eligible position may not establish more than a total of five years of military service credit, including any military service established before retirement under either TRS or ERS.(c) To obtain each school year of military credit, the member must make a deposit based upon the full annual compensation rate for the last school year of membership service preceding the school year of military duty, if the member was a member while the duty was being rendered, or upon the full annual compensation rate for the first school year of membership service occurring after the duty. Membership service does not include service as a substitute. The deposit shall be a percentage of the applicable full annual compensation rate equal to that in effect for deductions from member salaries for the school year in which the military duty was rendered.34 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.61
The provisions of this §25.61 adopted to be effective September 11, 1977, 2 TexReg 3279; amended to be effective January 8, 1980, 4 TexReg 4717; amended to be effective January 24, 1992, 17 TexReg 252; amended to be effective September 1, 1992, 17 TexReg 5119; amended to be effective June 15, 1999, 24 TexReg 4455; amended to be effective March 12, 2003, 28 TexReg 2095; amended to be effective April 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 1833; amended by Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 51, December 19, 2014, TexReg 10022, eff. 12/22/2014