How Will Returning to Work at FCPS Affect My ERFC Benefit?
ERFC-Covered Position
Critical Shortage Position
Starting July 1, 2024, if you have completed a one-month break in service and return to a critical shortage position that's covered by ERFC, your ERFC benefit payments will not be suspended. You must submit the following forms to the FCPS Office of Talent Acquisition (OTA)once you're hired:
- Certification of Eligibility for Critical Shortage Position (ERFC 14)
- Certification of Eligibility for Critical Shortage Teachers and Administrators (VRS-160)
Non-Critical Shortage Position
If you retire and return to an FCPS non-critical shortage position that's covered by ERFC, your ERFC benefit payments will need to be suspended. In order to do that, you must email ERFC a Request Termination of Monthly Benefit (ERFC 15) the month prior to returning to eligible employment with FCPS. You'll then become an active member again and both employer and member contributions will be reinstated. When you leave that position and re-retire, you're pension will be reinstated.
Please Note: If you don't submit an ERFC 15—leading to an excess pension payment—you must repay ERFC the overpayment amount received.
Non-Covered Position
If you retire and return to an FCPS position that's not covered by ERFC, such as a part-time teaching position, your ERFC retirement benefits will continue without interruption during your period of re-employment.
How Will Returning to Work at FCPS Affect My VRS Benefit?
Please visit the VRS website for information regarding the impact of returning to work on your VRS benefit.