WA ordered to pay $118M in teacher pension skimming case; state appeals

By: Jake Goldstein-Street

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: July 21, 2026

Words: 665

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 2 days ago

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A Washington judge has ordered the state to pay roughly $120 million to thousands of public school teachers for withholding interest on pension contributions they made more than two decades ago.

But those more than 26,000 teachers will need to wait for payments, as the state is now appealing the decision. Washington’s Department of Retirement Systems concedes it’s liable in some form, but disagrees on the magnitude of the penalty. The agency declined to …

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