Gault v. Public School Employes' Retirement Board

SMITH, Judge.

Ruth McDonald Gault petitions for review of an order of the Public School Employes’ Retirement Board (Board) that sustained exceptions to a proposed report filed by a hearing examiner and denied her request to purchase retirement credit for a maternity leave of absence. Gault questions whether the Board erred in interpreting Section 8304(b)(7) of the Public School Employees’ Retirement Code (Retirement Code), 24 Pa.C.S. § 8304(b)(7), which authorizes women to purchase retirement service credit for time spent on forced maternity leave, as imposing a one-year deadline for making…