BE INVOLVED - Whether you are currently working or already retired, these legislative decisions will affect you the rest of your life. We need more involvement from both current employees and retirees.
Law enforcement officers in 77% of Kansas Law Enforcement Agencies are not in KP&F. This includes about 1/3 of all law enforcement officers in the state. All non-sworn support personnel in agencies using the state retirement system are in the KPERS plans, not the KP&F plan. See KPERS to KP&F Comparison at this Link.
RALLY AT THE CAPITOL “Pack the Capitol for a COLA Day,” on February 12th, 2025. POSTPONED TO FEBRUARY 25th DUE TO SNOWSTORM This rally is in support of legislation to provide a COLA to current retirees.
The KSA, KACP, and KPOA are participating partners with the Kansas Coalition of Public Retirees. The Coalition has worked on legislative matters concerning the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS), focusing on legislation to provide a cost-of-living benefit adjustment for current retirees.
In addition to our partnership with the Coalition, the KSA, KACP, and KPOA is actively engaged in changing the Tier 3 regular KPERS system.
The Coalition is sponsoring the “Pack the Capitol for a COLA Day,” on February 12th, 2025.
This is an opportunity for you to come to the Capitol that day and meet with your state legislators to encourage them to pass legislation on both issues: 1) A COLA for current retirees; and 2) a fix to the deplorable retirement benefits under Tier 3 regular KPERS.
It is critical we have a strong showing for this event. Even if you cannot physically come to the Capitol, call your legislators at the Capitol on that day and encourage them to take action on both issues. You can find more information on the Coalition website: http://www.ksretirees.org/
Don’t know who your state legislators are? Find out at this link: Open States Click on the name to see the contact information (e-mail and office phone). NOTE: This will give you only the elected officials for that address. It will not list all of the senators and representatives for the county or city the address is in.