§88-286 Death benefit. (a) The surviving spouse or reciprocal beneficiary and children under the age of eighteen of a member at the time of the member's death shall be eligible for a death benefit if the member suffers either:
(b) In the case of ordinary death, the death benefit shall be as follows:
For the purpose of determining eligibility for the ordinary death benefit, a year round school employee shall be considered in service during the July and August preceding a transfer to a traditional school schedule if the employee was in service for the entire prior school year and has a contract for the upcoming traditional school year. The application for ordinary death benefits shall be filed no later than three years from the date of the member's death.
(c) In the case of accidental death as determined by the system pursuant to section 88-85.5, the death benefit shall be effective on the first day of the month following the member's death, except for the month of December when retirement on the first or last day of the month shall be allowed, as follows:
(d) Benefits payable under this section shall continue through the end of the last month in which the payee is eligible for the benefit. [L 1984, c 108, pt of §8; am L 1993, c 22, §1 as superseded by c 67, §3; am L 1994, c 108, §4; am L 1997, c 212, §7 and c 383, §33; am L 2001, c 101, §6; am L 2002, c 128, §12; am L 2004, c 179, §29; am L 2005, c 58, §21; am L 2006, c 169, §30; am L 2008, c 41, §7; am L 2017, c 17, §8]