Section 3307.53. Computing service credit  


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  • The state teachers retirement board shall credit a year of service to any teacher participating in the STRS defined benefit plan who is employed on a full-time basis in a school district for the number of months the regular day schools of such district are in session in said district within any year. The board shall adopt appropriate rules and regulations for the determination of credit for less than a complete year of service, and shall be the final authority in determining the number of years of service credit. The board shall credit not more than one year for all service rendered in any year.

    If concurrent contributions are made to two or more retirement systems, except in the case of retirement as provided in section 3307.351 of the Revised Code, service credit shall be on the basis of the ratio that contributions to this system bear to the total contributions in all such systems.

    The board shall adopt rules for the purpose of determining the number of years or partial years of service credit to be granted to a member under section 3307.25 of the Revised Code. The amount of service credit shall be based on the member's length of participation in and contribution to an STRS defined contribution plan . The board shall be the final authority in determining the amount of service credit.

Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.147, SB 342, §1, eff. 1/7/2013.

Effective Date: 09-14-2000