Reminder: Get Updated Proof of Full-Time Student Status

The full-time student exclusion for employees under the age of 23 can only be used if you have proof of the employee’s full-time student status. 

It’s important to have current and updated proof of full-time student status even though you only submit the proof to PERA if we request it. If you do not provide adequate proof when requested, PERA must bill for missing contributions (unless a different exclusion applies).

Explain to student employees they must provide documentation of their full-time student status when they are hired and each semester the full-time student exclusion is used. 

To prove they are a full-time student, employees must provide one of the following documents each semester: 

• A copy of their unofficial transcript
• A Full-Time Student Exclusion Certification Form
• Billing statements
• Registration information
• A letter from school administration 

If employees do not provide proof of their full-time student status to you each semester, and no other exclusion applies, contributions must be withheld. Immediately enroll the employee in PERA and contact us if there are missing contributions.