James Hull
1999-2001

Some of the milestones for the California Retired Teachers Association during the presidency of Jim Hull are the following:

*The second and third payments of $36 million in federal funds from the Elk Hills settlement were made to our Teachers Retirement Fund to pay for purchasing power protection.

*Governor Davis signed SB 1435 (Johnston) which pays for Medicare Part A premiums, Part A penalties, and Part B penalties for retirees who do not otherwise have premium free Medicare Part A eligibility.

*Division 91 (Freemont-Union City-Newark) was added to the list of CalRTA divisions.

*Proposition 38, the school voucher Initiative, was soundly defeated by California voters in the November 2000 election.

*Proposition 39, which allows school districts to pass tax rate controlled school bonds with a 55 percent vote passed in the November election.

*California Retired Teachers began to receive their long awaited CalSTRS Ad Hoc pay increases on June 30, 2001.

*Governor Davis announced the reappointment of Martin Mathiesen to the State Teachers Retirement Board.

*Assembly Joint Resolution 3 (Leonard) and Senate Joint Resolution 4(Soto) passed. This joint resolution urged Congress to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset that reduces Social Security benefits.

*CalRTA established a delegate assembly which began to function at the 2001 State Convention.

*The Board of Directors set forth a new vision statement with goals and objectives for the future.

*President Hull appointed a committee to meet during the summer with CalRTA’s attorney to investigate setting up a nonprofit corporation for the Laura E. Settle Scholarship Fund.