Who is eligible for membership in the New York State and Local Employees Retirement System?
As a general rule, it is the non-instructional employee who works for a school district who is eligible for membership in the New York State and Local Employees’ Retirement System. State ERS members typically include bus drivers, secretaries, custodians, food service workers and teacher aides. In some cases, membership is mandatory; in other cases, membership is optional. Regardless of whether membership is optional or mandatory, the member’s employer is obliged to offer membership when the employee is first hired. When is membership required and when is membership optional? If you began your public employment before July 27, 1976, the Civil Service classification of your position determines if your membership was mandatory or optional. For a position in the classified service, if you were in a “competitive” job title, membership was mandatory from the date of your “permanent” appointment. If you were in a “non-competitive” job title, membership was mandatory from your date of hire. If
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