WELCH v. CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT BOARD MELANIE WELCH, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT BOARD, Defendant and Respondent. That opinion states that Welch filed a complaint about school safety on October 30, 1998, and three days later "the District notified Welch that it had placed her on administrative leave with pay effective November 2, 1998. "Meanwhile, in September 2006, Welch was examined by Dr. Rosemary Tyl to assist the Social Security Administration in determining whether Welch was disabled for purposes of receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. If Welch is correct, then she was entitled to relief, but Welch is not correct. According to the finding of the ALJ, which Welch has not challenged, Welch "has a total of 4. 327 years of CalSTRS service credit. "

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