Casperson v. Alaska Teachers' Retirement Board

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This case concerns the interpretation of certain Alaska statutes which govern the *584retirement system of school teachers. The ultimate question in this case is whether Casperson had five or more “membership years” so as to qualify her for involuntary retirement.

Appellant suffers from multiple sclerosis. On advice of her physician, she terminated employment with the Alaska Department of Education on June 30, 1978. At that time appellant had taught in Alaska as a classroom teacher in the school years of 1963-64, 1973-74, 1974-75, and as a correspondence study teacher in…