Educational Retirement Act - Click on the link and follow instructions (pdf-file) to ERA’s Statutes!

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Educational Retirement Board Rules and Regulations

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2.82.1 - General Provision

2.82.2 - Membership

2.82.3 - Member and Administrative Unit Contributions

2.82.4 - Service Credit

2.82.5 - Retirement Benefit s

2.82.6 - Disability Benefits

2.82.7 - Annuitants and Disability Recipients

2.82.8 - Investment Policies and Practices

2.82.9 - Administrative Unit Reports and Remittances

2.82.10 - Retirement Reciprocity

2.82.11 - Disability Appeals

2.82.12 - Qualified Excess Benefit Arrangement

New Mexico Alternative Retirement Plan (ARP)

An Alternative Retirement Plan (ARP) is available to faculty and professionals with one of the six four-year institutions of higher education who were initially employed after July 1, 1991.The election must be made within ninety days of employment and is irrevocable. The ARP is a defined contribution plan in which the employee contributes 7.65%, and the employer matches with a contribution of 9.40%. Three percent of the employer match goes to the ERB to help pay for the unfunded liability incurred by the plan. Click on the links below for more information:

TIAA-Cref

AIG VALIC

NMERB Alternative Retirement Plan - with Eligibility Summary