
AARP ACT 11 Active Annuitant AWSA BOALTC CFP	CWAG DOA ETF FPA GIS GPR JSA	JSCRS Metastar MRA NRTA ORP QEO SAA	SIPD SWIB TAA TIAA-Cref UMPERSA WASBO WASDA	WICOA WEAC WEAC-R WREA WRC WRS


	AARP Formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons, now the organization goes by its acronym only ACT 11 Major pension legislation approved in 1999, found Constitutional by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in June 2001. Eliminated the TAA, implemented the MRA, reopened the variable to current employees, equalized the death benefit, resulted in approximately a 10% increase for retirees and active workers at the time they retiree Active Currently working employee in the Wisconsin Retirement System Annuitant Retiree AWSA Association of Wisconsin School Administrators includes school administrators except superintendents BOALTC Board on Aging and Long Term Care CFP Certified Financial Planner, the mark of a financial planner who has completed rigorous training and testing CWAG Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups DOA Department of Administration ETF Department of Employee Trust Funds administers the pension fund FPA Financial Planning Association assists with WREA’s financial planning member benefit GIS Greater Insurance Service, Inc. administers WREA’s dental/vision and prescription drug/vision member benefit GPR General Purpose Revenue, tax dollars JSA Jack Schroeder and Associates administers WREA’s long term care member benefit JSCRS Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems, the legislative committee responsible for reviewing all retirement legislation and recommending them for passaage Metastar Formerly Wisconsin Peer Review Organization (WIPRO) MRA Market Recognition Account–the smoothing mechanism in the Fixed Fund that is being phased in as a result of ACT 11 NRTA Formerly known as the National Retired Teachers Association, now carries the tag line AARP’s Educator Community ORP Optional Retirement Plan, move toward privatization of the Wisconsin Retirement System QEO Qualified Economic Offer passed in 1993 restricts increases of teacher salaries and fringe benefits 3.8% SAA School Administrators Alliance the legislative network of school administrators SIPD Special Investment Performance Dividend lawsuit initiated by WREA in 1988 over a 1987 raid on the pension fund. 1997 unanimous decision by Wisconsin Supreme Court stating the raid was unconstitutional, thus the pension fund and the participants in the fund needed to be repaid SWIB State of Wisconsin Investment Board, invests and manages the assets of the pension fund TAA Transaction Amortization Account, the smoothing mechanism in the Fixed Pension Fund that will be phased out by December 2004 as a result of ACT 11 TIAA-Cref Teachers Insured Annuity Association–College Retirement Equity Fund UMPERSA Uniform Management of Public Employee Retirement Systems Act WASBO Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials WASDA Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators includes school superintendents WICOA Wisconsin Coalition of Annuitants is an organization of about 20 other retiree organizations WEAC Wisconsin Education Association Council is the teacher union, formerly WEA WEAC-R The retired affiliate group of the WEAC organized in 1994 WREA Wisconsin Retired Educators’ Association, an independent, professional organization which began in 1951 to promote interests of retirees, with special emphasis on the pension fund WRC Wisconsin Retirement Consortium, group composed of active employee groups and retiree groups WRS Wisconsin Retirement System or the public pension plan in Wisconsin