The Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS) was established to administer certain benefits that are available to Maine public school teachers (including school administrators and other licensed/certified staff) who are members of the System. These benefits include:
- service retirement benefits, which provide income to a member after the member retires;
- disability retirement benefits, which provide income to a member who becomes disabled (as defined by MainePERS law) while in service and before the member retires; and
- death benefits, which are paid to a member's designated beneficiary (or family or estate if no designation has been made) if the member dies before he/she retires. (The designated beneficiary is the person or persons a member has named to receive a benefit in such circumstances.)
For more information about Maine Public Employees Retirement System membership for Teachers, please click the links below.
