Member News
SPTRFA Fall 2025 & Winter 2026 Retirement Benefit Seminars:
Review the November 20, 2025 Pre-Retirement Seminar Presentation. From SPTRFA’s November 20, 2025 presentation.
Watch your SPPS email in February for your Zoom invitations for the February 11, 2026 presentations at 3:30pm & 4:30pm. Email us at info@sptrfa.org if you have any questions.
Review the October 2025 Member Annual Estimate Presentation. From SPTRFA’s October 28-30, 2025 presentations.
Annual Meeting of the Members – March 12, 2026
The Annual Meeting of the Members will be held on March 12, 2026. The members currently holding three-year seats for this year’s election are Matt Bogenschultz, Thomas Koreltz, Stephanie Pignato.
Three board members are elected each year at the Annual Meeting of the Members. Members interested in running for a position on the Board of Trustees, please click here for information.
Additional information will be posted soon.
2025 Legislative Update
Please see SPTRFA’s information regarding the 2025 Legislative Session’s pension legislation via the following links:
05/18/2025: SPTRFA Letter on Pension Omnibus Bill
05/30/2025: SPTRFA Email to Members
Active Members
SPTRFA Winter 2025 Retirement Benefit Seminars:
Review the February 27, 2025 Pre-Retirement presentation materials online. From SPTRFA’s February 27, 2025 Pre-retirement Seminar.
For your retirement questions, counseling appointment requests, and future benefit estimate calculation requests please email our Member Benefits Team at: info@sptrfa.org.
Retired Members
The 2024 1099-R tax statements were mailed on January 23, 2025.
The January 2025 monthly benefit payment was deposited on January 2, 2025, and the annual SPTRFA benefit increase letter was mailed on December 27, 2024.
Please email your requests to info@sptrfa.org.
Are you nearing retirement?
Review the November 20, 2025 Pre-Retirement Seminar Presentation. From SPTRFA’s November 20, 2025 presentation.
Watch the recording of FYE 2023 Member Annual Estimate Presentation: SPTRFA reviews benefit enhancements resulting from the passage of the 2023 legislative pension package and explain how your defined benefit amount is calculated and more.
If you are retiring in the next few years we strongly encourage you to contact us before submitting your SPTRFA retirement application. Before your appointment please use the resource materials below to review pension application paperwork and familiarize yourself with your retirement benefits by reading your personalized Annual Member benefit estimate.
• Review SPTRFA’s Retirement Application
Important Reminder: All SPTRFA Retirement Application paperwork, required certificates, and documentation must be submitted before receiving your pension benefit.
A Few Things to Know About Your Estimate
Your estimate is intended to give you a sense of approximately how much you could expect to receive when you begin to draw your SPTRFA benefit (assuming that you continue to work at your current FTE and retire on July 1 of any given year). It also illustrates how the value of your retirement benefit values increase the longer you work.
Important Note: these calculations are estimates only – they rely on many assumptions including: retirement service credit, fiscal year salary, current MN public pension laws, and continued employment with SPPS. Additionally, your current estimate is based upon data reflected in your SPTRFA retirement file as of June 30, 2024.
Serving our members is why we are here!
The staff of the SPTRFA is ready and able to serve our members via phone or Zoom meetings. Our regular office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. but we will do everything possible to meet with you or answer your questions at a time that works for you. If you have any questions or to set up a convenient Zoom meeting to review your benefits, please contact us by phone at 651-642-2550 or email at info at sptrfa.org.
Thanks again for your dedication to the vital art of teaching. We appreciate you and look forward to helping you along your journey.