Attention: On January 5, 2025, President Joe Biden signed H.R. 82, which eliminates the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision from the Social Security Act for benefits payable after December 2023. 

Your CalSTRS benefits are not affected by this legislation. 

The Social Security Administration is evaluating how to implement H.R. 82. More information will be provided on the Social Security Administration’s website at SSA.gov when it's available.

As a California public school educator, you do not pay into Social Security, so you will not receive Social Security benefits for your CalSTRS-covered position.

For Social Security benefits paid prior to January 2024, two federal rules—the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset—could leave you with a smaller Social Security check or no check at all. Additional information about the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision is available at SSA.gov.

With the passage of H.R. 82, Social Security benefits payable after December 2023 will no longer be impacted by the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset.

Your CalSTRS retirement benefit is not affected by this legislation or these rules.