Education Code section 26803

(a)

All creditable service subject to coverage by the Cash Balance Benefit Program and the Defined Benefit Program, which does not include retired member activities as defined in Section 22164.5 or retired participant activities as defined in Section 26135.7, shall be terminated prior to the retirement date.

(b)

All employers with which the participant is employed to perform creditable service subject to coverage by the plan shall certify in a format prescribed by the system that the participant’s employment has been terminated unless the employment was terminated 12 months or more prior to the participant’s retirement date.

Source: Section 26803, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=26803.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2023; accessed Nov. 3, 2025).

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