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NEW HAMPSHIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM

The New Hampshire Retirement System (NHRS) is a contributory, defined benefit plan. The plan provides lifetime pension benefits that are determined at retirement under formulas prescribed by law; the pension benefit is not based on investment returns or contributions.  The retirement system provides service retirement, early retirement, disability retirement, and vested deferred retirement benefits, as well as pre- and post-retirement death benefits.

Currently, NHRS Group I Employees (both teachers and hourly employees) contribute 7% of their gross pay into the system.  To be eligible to enroll in NHRS, a teacher must work 30 hours or more a week (contracted at 80% FTE or greater); an hourly employee must work at least 35 hours/week on a regular basis in a benefits eligible position.  Click here to access the NH Retirement System website.

ENROLLMENT FORMS - To enroll in NHRS, please complete an  NHRS Member Information/Enrollment Form.   This form may be accessed by clicking here, scrolling down to "Employee Enrollment", then clicking on "Enrollment Form" to print.  Complete Sections A and C only and return to the SAU 29 HR office, along with required copies of your birth certificate and social security card. 

Members should also complete either the "Designation of Death Beneficiaries Pre-Retirement" or the "Death Benefits Designation of a Trust as Beneficiary".  Please note these forms must be notarized.  If you'd like someone in HR to notarize the form, do not sign or date it until you are in front of a notary public.   Both of these NHRS forms may be accessed by clicking here and looking under Designation of Beneficiary Forms.

NHRS has established a section called "My Account" to provide its members and retirees with personal account information.  Simply go to www.nhrs.org, and click on My Account at the home page to register.