Bartley v. State, Department of Administration, Teachers' Retirement Board

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

After teaching for seven years with the North Slope Borough School District, Coralie and William Bartley retired under a retirement incentive program offered through Aaska’s Teachers’ Retirement System (“TRS” or “system”), a retirement plan for Aaska teachers administered by the Department of Administration, Division of Retirements and Benefits. 1 Athough the Bartleys expected to qualify for normal retirement, the division determined that they were eligible only for early retirement; the division also calculated that-they owed substantially more than they had expected to…