In-Person Appointments Available

We are very happy to announce that our Santa Fe and Albuquerque offices are now open to the public. ERB members can request retirement applications and receive assistance with the filling of forms and basic retirement questions. Pre-retirement counseling sessions...

New Return To Work Form – Now Available

House Bill 73a became effective on May 18, 2022. The bill allows for retired educational (K-12 and Higher Education) employees to return to work after a 90-day layout period for a period of up-to 36 consecutive or non-consecutive months and continue to receive their...

ERB Improves for You

For the past two and a half years, ERB has worked with Linea Solutions to improve business processes and better meet the needs of our members. These are some highlights of this valuable Business Process Improvement (BPI) project: Discover the needs of the member...

Statement on Russian Investments

Statement on Russian Investments   Dear ERB Members, Like many of you, it is with heavy hearts that we watch the current events in Ukraine. There are no words to adequately express the shock and horror caused by the unprovoked invasion by Russia. ERB holds a...

ERB generated $3 billion in gains during 2021

February 25, 2022 by Bob Jacksha At the New Mexico Educational Retirement Board, investment earnings make up 56 cents of every dollar of employee pension benefits. Thus, investment performance is very important to the health of the pension fund. For the 2021 calendar...

ERB: a New Mexico leader in e-signing with DocuSign

February 23, 2022 by Lawrence Esquibel The New Mexico Department of Information Technology (DoIT) began a DocuSign project in 2019.  Representatives from several state agencies worked to move from the submission of physical documents to digital documents.  The...

Virtual Appointments with ERB Retirement Specialists 

February 22 by Mariana La Roche The New Mexico Educational Retirement Board is now offering a new service for all ERB members.  The ERB Virtual Appointments allow you to communicate face to face with our Retirement and Payroll Specialists without having to come into...

Welcome letter from ERB’s new Executive Director

February 18, 2022 Dear Educational Retirement Act Participants, As Executive Director of the Educational Retirement Board, I am excited and grateful for the opportunity to support the Board of Trustees and serve our members.  As the grandson and son of retired public...

Senate Bill 36

Santa Fe, NM, 01-27-2022Updated 02-15-2022 Senate Bill 36 (SB 36), AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL RETIREMENT; INCREASING CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EDUCATIONAL RETIREMENT FUND, sponsored by Senator Mimi Stewart. SB 36 passed the House of Representatives with 52...