As a member of Michigan's Public School Employees Retirement System, you are eligible for one of the best public pensions around. We encourage you to explore this website (and ) to learn all about your pension plan.

Your partners in planning.

Throughout your working career, your employer takes care of your pension plan deductions, wage and service records, and plan contributions. Regular reports are sent to ORS to become part of your personal pension record. When it's time to retire, your employer hands off all your final records to ORS, and we become your partner in retirement.

Take charge of your future.

Don't wait! Learn all about your pension, and then develop a plan for retirement so that it is all you hope it will be. Click here to see why planning and saving is so important

ORS is pleased to present the following new online tutorials:

• How you qualify for your pension
• How your pension is calculated
• How you can take payment of you pension
• How the Equated Plan works

Each tutorial runs between four and nine minutes and provides information you need to be more confident about your retirement decisions. View the tutorials.

Published on June 20, 2008

In an effort to keep our records up-to-date and accurate, we are trying to contact inactive members who may not have a current address on file. If you previously worked for a Michigan public school and are not eligible to receive a pension, you may still have contributions on deposit because of that work and it is important that we have up-to-date contact information for you. See if your name is on our list of people we are attempting to contact.

Published on June 11, 2008

The Office of Retirement Services is pleased to announce the publication of the March 2008 issue of Connections, our semiannual retiree newsletter.

Articles in this issue include:

• ORS Launches miAccount

• Message From the Director

• Ask an Expert

• ORS Implements Member IDs

• When to Contact ORS

• Financial Summary for Fiscal Year 2007 

Please share your comments and suggestions with us so we can make Connections more valuable by sending an email to: ORSCustomerService@michigan.gov.

Published on March 14, 2008

Public Acts 110 and 111, which were signed into law in October 2007, made the following changes:

• Members are required to have earned two years of service before being eligible to purchase service credit.
• Health insurance subsidy may be delayed if service purchases are initiated on or after July 1, 2008.
• Requirements for reestablishing membership after a period of deferment.
• Graded health insurance premium subsidy for those who first work on or after July 1, 2008.
• MIP contribution rate changes for those who first work on or after July 1, 2008.

Published on March 7, 2008

The 2007 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the Public School Employees Retirement System has been published. Click here to view the online version. For a printed copy please contact us.

Published on January 17, 2008

ORS reopened its office in Detroit, Michigan on January 7, 2008. Walk-in customers are welcome Monday through Thursday from 9:30 to 11:30AM - at the Cadillac Place, 3068 West Grand Boulevard, Suite 4-700. Please phone (313) 456-4010 before visiting.

In addition to walk-in customer hours, staff in the Detroit office now offer the, Ready, Set, Retire!! sessions for public school employees retiring within the next 12 months. This optional counseling session will provide you with a retirement estimate and help you complete the retirement application forms. Ready, Set Retire!! group sessions are available Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 3:30 to 5:30PM and Fridays from 9:30 to 11:30AM for a maximum of 10 participants per session (spouses welcome). Registration is required.

Published on January 11, 2008

Insurance rates change every January. The new rates for 2008 will be included with January warrants and EFT statements. Click here to view the new rates.

Published on December 13, 2007

Personalized 2007 Member Statements have been mailed to active members of the Michigan Public School Employees Retirement System who were employed during the 2006-2007 school fiscal year. For more information on the Member Statements, click here.

Published on October 18,2007

ORS is pleased to present our latest webinar: Completing Retirement Application Forms. This 17-minute presentation walks you through each form in the retirement application packet and answers the questions most commonly asked. View a complete list of all webinars and seminars.

Published on June 20, 2007