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How to Join NEA-Retired




NEA-Retired Membership

Membership is available only to retired education employees. Membership is available to you if you're: 

Membership is available only to retired education employees. Membership is available to you if you're: 
  • a former education employee
  • 45 years or older  OR  eligible for a pension from a state's educational employee retirement system, and
  • employed for at least five years in a position that would have qualified you for NEA Active membership.

NEA-Retired Members may:
  • vote in elections and to hold NEA-Retired office,
  • receive This Active Life magazine,
  • qualify for NEA Member Benefits programs
  • receive liability insurance when substitute teaching.

Retired Membership Dues can be paid in one of two ways.
  • You may pay your dues each year. The fee for NEA-Retired annual members is $30 ($5 if you retired prior to September 1, 1973), plus your state dues
  • You may pay one time and be a Retired member for your lifetime. The one-time membership fee for a Retired Member for Life is $250. Check with your state affiliate for state retired dues amounts.
    In addition Retired Life members receive the NEA-Retired Retirement Planning Booklet, NEA-Retired's comprehensive retirement planning manual.

Pre-Retired Subscription

Aren’t ready to retire yet? If you're an educational employee and have an active NEA membership, you can pre-subscribe to NEA-Retired. You’ll be able to take advantage of special offers and guarantee that your membership benefits will continue without interruption as you make the transition into retirement.

Note: you must maintain your regular NEA membership while you are still employed

 

Aren’t ready to retire yet? If you're an educational employee and have an active NEA membership, you can pre-subscribe to NEA-Retired. You’ll be able to take advantage of special offers and guarantee that your membership benefits will continue without interruption as you make the transition into retirement.

You're entitled as a Pre-Retired subscriber to attend NEA-Retired's meetings and conferences in a non-voting capacity, and to receive This Active Life magazine, as well as the NEA-Retired Retirement Planning Booklet.

Pre-Retired Subscribers are eligible to enroll only as NEA-Retired Life members, and the one-time Pre-Retired Subscriber Life Membership fee is $200 plus applicable state dues.