Employers shall file reports through CalSTRS' secure employer website as follows:
(a) Employers reporting information to the Defined Benefit Program shall comply with Section 1.3 of CalSTRS' F496 File Specification, as revised on February 24, 2016, and hereby incorporated by reference, subject to the following exclusions.
(1) Information in the “Field Edits” column.
(2) The specific member contribution rates associated with field positions 53-56 and 91-94.
(b) Employers reporting information to the Cash Balance Benefit Program shall comply with Section 1.3 of CalSTRS' Voluntary Deduction File Specification, as revised on July 1, 2015, and hereby incorporated by reference.
(c) A field that contains a dollar value must be formatted as follows:
(1) The number is reported without decimal places with the last two field positions populated by the number of cents.
(2) Use leading zeroes to populate the full breadth of the field.
(3) To report a negative number, report the last field with an uppercase alphabetical character or a symbol, coded as follows: “J” for negative values ending in 1, “K” for negative values ending in 2, and so on, with “R” for negative values ending in 9. Use “}” for negative values ending in 0.
(4) Alphabetical characters or symbols may also be used to denote positive values, but are not required.
(d) This section shall become inoperative on the date specified by the board pursuant to Section 27800.
Credits
Note: Authority cited: California Constitution, Article XVI, Section 17; and Sections 22207, 22213, 22214, 22250, 22305 and 23004, Education Code. Reference: Sections 23004, 23006, 23008 and 26301, Education Code.
1. New article 15.5 (sections 27000-27009) and section filed 4-2-2012; operative 7-1-2012 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2012, No. 14).
2. Amendment filed 8-26-2016; operative 10-1-2016 (Register 2016, No. 35).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 1-22-2018 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2018, No. 4).
4. Amendment of subsection (a), new subsection (d) and amendment of Note filed 3-5-2020; operative 7-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 10).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 5, § 27000, 5 CA ADC § 27000
