(a) Beginning on July 1, 2018, the employer of teachers who become members of the State Teachers' Retirement System of Vermont on or after July 1, 2015 shall pay an annual assessment of $1,275.00 for each such teacher to the Benefits Fund.

(b) Beginning on July 1, 2019, and each year thereafter, the annual assessment shall be adjusted to account for inflation, as approved annually by the Board of Trustees. (Added 2013, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § E.514.4 ; amended 2017, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 2018, No. 11 (Sp. Sess.), § E.515.2)