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Fourteen Good Reasons
Why You Should Join LRTA and Your Local LRTA Unit
1. Represents the interests of Louisiana’s retired
education community on proposals considered by the
TRSL board of trustees, by the Louisiana
legislature, and by the U.S. Congress.
2. Supports annual cost-of-living adjustments for
eligible benefit recipients.
3. Is working toward obtaining legislative
approval to increase the level of funding in the
Employee Experience Account to an amount sufficient
to fund three COLAs.
4. Is working toward obtaining legislative
appropriations to pay down the IUAL.
5. Supports appropriate levels of health insurance
coverage for retirees through the Office of Group
Benefits and local school boards.
6. Provides current information about LRTA on
www.lrta.net.
7. Provides six newsletters mailed to all members
each year.
8. Supports repeal of Social Security
Administration benefit offsets known as GPO and WEP.
9. Opposes changes in the current governance,
administrative, and benefit structure of TRSL.
10. Opposes mandatory Social Security coverage of
Louisiana’s actively employed educators.
11. Maintains a staffed state office to coordinate
state activities.
12. Works with district and local units to provide
programs and information.
13. Provides a member benefits package through
Association Member Benefits Advisors.
14. There is no other association that works
exclusively for Louisiana’s retired
education community.
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access to when you join!
LRTA annual dues assessments are $25 and include membership from
April 1-March 31 the following year. Several choices
are available for payment of LRTA dues.
You can authorize the Teachers' Retirement System of
Louisiana to deduct your LRTA dues from your
retirement check annually on April 1. You may cancel
this authorization at any time by written request to
the LRTA office.
Annual dues assessments for Associate Members
are $10.00. Associate memberships in LRTA are
available to actively employed teachers and
other employees of the education community and
to individuals who may be interested in
supporting the causes of retired educators.
Lifetime Memberships are also available. The
dues assessment for a lifetime membership is 20
times the regular membership dues assessment of
$25.00, or $500.00.
Local & District Levels
With a presence in virtually every community in the
state, LRTA has something for every retired teacher.
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More
than 90 Local Units throughout state
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11
LRTA District Associations in state
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LRTA
office in Baton Rouge coordinates activities
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Major
influence in protecting and improving pension
benefits for retirees.
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Monitor state legislative and retirement
proceedings with LRTA Legislative priorities.
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Information on
local units in each parish available through
LRTA office.
State & District Membership
LRTA and its 11 state-wide districts do not endorse
candidates for political office.
Membership in LRTA Offers:
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Bi-Monthly LRTA
Newsletter.
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Liaison with
Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana.
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Liaison with State
Employees Group Benefits Programs.
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Semi-annual state
conventions.
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Liaison with state
AARP and with NRTA.
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Promotes image of
dignity and independence of aging.
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Provides and
encourages opportunity for contact with friends
and associates.
National Level--NRTA
Income tax assistance and 55 Alive Driving
program conducted through LRTA and AARP units.
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National Retired
Teachers Association (NRTA) is a division of
AARP serving retired educators and
administrators 50 and over.
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Colorful,
bimonthly NRTA edition of Modern Maturity
magazine and monthly NRTA Bulletin.
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Local
participation in national volunteer commitment
to support local youth programs.
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National network
of retired teacher associations.
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Legislative
representation at state and national level.
Legislative representation at state and national
level.
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