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Retirement Plans
 9 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2020
Retirement Plans [Abstract]  
Retirement Plans
Note 14 — Retirement Plans

The components of net pension expense (income) for our global defined benefit plans were as follows:


  
Three Months Ended
January 31,
    
Nine Months Ended
January 31,
  
   
2020
    
2019
    
2020
    
2019
  
Service cost
  
$
283
    
$
226
    
$
1,600
    
$
688
  
Interest cost
    
5,919
      
6,103
      
18,103
      
18,484
  
Expected return on plan assets
    
(10,217
)
    
(9,638
)
    
(30,162
)
    
(29,260
)
Net amortization of prior service cost
    
(18
)
    
(24
)
    
(56
)
    
(72
)
Unrecognized net actuarial loss
    
1,623
      
1,429
      
4,804
      
4,337
  
Net pension income
  
$
(2,410
)
  
$
(1,904
)
  
$
(5,711
)
  
$
(5,823
)

Employer defined benefit pension plan contributions were $3.8 million and $15.8 million for the three months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $11.8 million and $22.9 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Included in our defined benefit pension plan contributions for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2019 was a discretionary contribution of $10.0 million to the U.S. Employees' Retirement Plan of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

The expense for employer defined contribution plans was approximately $3.2 million and $2.6 million for the three months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $10.6 million and $9.9 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.