In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:51:33 -0800, JL > wrote:
>
> > She has taught elementry school in Ca, for 30 + years but previous to
> > that did have various other jobs.
> >
> > I hope for her and her Teacher husbands sake that there is some sort of
> > SS benifits available to her. They are not in any way well off.
> >
> > But from what she told me she is not allowed, as a Ca. teacher to pay
> > into the regular SS system.
>
> Teachers in California have their own retirement system and they don't
> make contributions to social security - they pay into it. There's a
> "double dipping" clause that I don't understand, so if she contributed
> to social security along the way through other jobs - ss will be
> reduced because she has her teacher retirement income. Dan Abel may
> be able to explain it. I can't.

No, I'm in way over my head here. You were the public school teacher,
I'm guessing you probably know more than me. I will throw out a couple
of things. Joseph never claimed that his acquantance was a public
school teacher. It doesn't make sense that she couldn't participate in
Social Security if she worked for a private school, but I don't know.
Also, most know that teacher's unions are very strong, including in
California. A corollary to that is that the classified union is
extremely weak. This person could actually be an aide rather than a
certificated teacher.

Enough speculation.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA