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Title 33, Title 33. Education-Libraries

61 chapters · 2,497 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 332,497 Ch 3313, Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education301 Ch 3309, Chapter 3309 | Public School Employe…157 Ch 3333, Chapter 3333 | Department of Higher …153 Ch 3307, Chapter 3307 | State Teachers Retire…152 Ch 3319, Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintend…149 Ch 3345, Chapter 3345 | State Universities - …147 Ch 3314, Chapter 3314 | Community Schools115 Ch 3301, Chapter 3301 | Department of Educati…111 Ch 3318, Chapter 3318 | School Facilities83 Ch 3375, Chapter 3375 | Libraries80 Ch 3311, Chapter 3311 | School Districts; Cou…76 Ch 3317, Chapter 3317 | Foundation Program72 Ch 3326, Chapter 3326 | Science, Technology, …60 Ch 3335, Chapter 3335 | Ohio State University50

157 sections·Filtered byTitle 33✕Ch 3309✕

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.46 Electing a plan of payment
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(A) The retirement allowance calculated under section 3309.36 or 3309.381 of the Revised Code shall be paid as provided in this section. If the member is eligible to elect a plan of payment under this section, the election shall be made on the application for retirement. A plan o…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.47 Contribution of contributor
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Each school employees retirement system contributor shall contribute eight per cent of the contributor's compensation to the employees' savings fund, except that the school employees retirement board may raise the contribution rate to a rate not greater than ten per cent of compe…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.471 Contributions during disability leave
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Except as otherwise provided in section 124.385 of the Revised Code, any contributor who is granted disability leave pursuant to a program sponsored by his employer, whereby the contributor receives a percentage of his salary while on disability leave, shall not be required to ma…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.472 Purchasing service credit for time spent on pregnancy
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For one year after the effective date of this section, a member who resigned due to pregnancy prior to the effective date of this section may purchase service credit for a period following the resignation during which she did not make contributions under section 3309.47 of the Re…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.473 Purchasing service credit for time spent on pregnancy or adoption

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(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, a member of the school employees retirement system who resigned due to pregnancy or adoption of a child may purchase service credit for a period following the resignation during which the member did not make contributions un…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.474 Purchase of service credits for leaves of absence

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(A) As used in this section, "state retirement system" means the public employees retirement system, Ohio police and fire pension fund, state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state highway patrol retirement system.(B) A state retirement system me…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.48 Employer failing to deduct employee contribution

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Any employee who left the service of an employer after attaining age sixty-five or over and such employer had failed or refused to deduct and transmit to the school employees retirement system the employee contributions as required by section 3309.47 of the Revised Code during an…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.49 Employer contribution

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Each employer shall pay to the school employees retirement system at such times as required by the school employees retirement board under section 3309.51 of the Revised Code an amount that shall be a certain per cent of the earnable compensation of all employees, and shall be kn…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.491 Employer minimum compensation contribution

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(A) An actuary employed by the school employees retirement board shall annually determine the minimum annual compensation amount for each member that will be needed to fund the cost of providing future health care benefits under section 3309.69 of the Revised Code. The amount det…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.50 Payment of death benefit

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(A)(1) Upon the death of a retirant or disability benefit recipient, who at the time of death is receiving a service retirement allowance or disability benefit from the school employees retirement system, a lump-sum payment of one thousand dollars shall be paid, following complet…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.51 Payment into employers' trust fund

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(A) Each employer shall pay into the employers' trust fund, monthly or at such times as the school employees retirement board requires, an amount certified by the school employees retirement board, which shall be as required by Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code. Payments by schoo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.53 Written statement to employee of duties and obligations

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Each employer, before employing any employee to whom this chapter may apply, shall give such person a written statement of the person's duties and obligations under such sections as a condition of employment, which statement shall be prepared and supplied to each employer by the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.55 Notifying board of personnel changes

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Each employer shall on the first day of each calendar month, or at such intervals as the school employees retirement board approves, notify the board of removals and withdrawals of employees that have occurred during the month preceding or the period since the period covered by t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.56 Deductions; report

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Each employer shall cause to be deducted, on each payroll of a contributor for each payroll period, the contribution payable by such contributor. Each employer shall send a report that lists such contributions deducted by contributor to the school employees retirement system at s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.57 Transmission of contributions

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Each employer shall transmit monthly or at such times as the school employees retirement board designates the contributions required under this chapter. The school employees retirement system after making a record of all such receipts shall pay them to the treasurer of state for …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.571 Penalties

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The school employees retirement system shall impose the following penalties, which may be collected in the same manner as described in division (B) of section 3309.51 of the Revised Code:(A) For a failure to transmit contributions withheld from employees not later than the date s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.59 Levying additional taxes

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Employers who obtain funds directly by taxation shall levy annually such additional taxes as are required to provide the additional funds necessary to meet the financial requirements imposed upon them by this chapter and said tax shall be placed before and in preference to all ot…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.60 Creation of funds - trustees

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The school employees retirement board shall be the trustee of certain funds hereby created as follows:(A) The "employees' savings fund" is the fund in which shall be accumulated the contributions deducted from the compensation of contributors as provided by section 3309.47 of the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.61 Each fund is separate legal entity

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Wherever in this chapter, reference is made to the employees' savings fund, the employers' trust fund, the annuity and pension reserve fund, the guarantee fund, the survivors' benefit fund, the defined contribution fund, or the expense fund, such reference shall be construed to h…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.62 Estimating expenses annually

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The school employees retirement board shall estimate annually the amount required to defray expenses of administration in the ensuing year and may apportion such expenses among the members. The amount so apportioned in any year shall not exceed three dollars per member. If the am…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.63 Merger of local pension system with school employees retirement system - procedure

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If a local district pension system votes to merge with the school employees retirement system, the school employees retirement board shall employ an actuary to value the assets and liabilities which will be taken over by the school employees retirement system hereby created in th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.64 Payment of accrued liability - interest - rate

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That part of the accrued liability due on account of pensions to pensioners already on the rolls of such local district pension system, referred to in section 3309.63 of the Revised Code, remaining unpaid on September 1, 1937, shall be paid by the employer at the rate of at least…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.65 Procedure for transfer of moneys and securities in event of merger

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The increasing contribution determined as provided in sections 3309.63 and 3309.64 of the Revised Code by the actuary shall be paid by the employer instead of the deficiency contribution computed as otherwise provided by this chapter. In the event of merger, the moneys and securi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.66 Tax exemptions

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The right of an individual to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance itself, the right of an individual to any optional benefit, any other right accrued or accruing to any individual under this chapter, the various funds created by section 3309.60 of the Revised Code, a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.661 Acquiring vested right in pension when granted

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(A) Except as provided in section 3309.673 of the Revised Code, the granting of a retirement allowance, annuity, pension, or other benefit to any person pursuant to action of the school employees retirement board vests a right in such person, so long as the person remains the rec…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.662 Waiver of rights

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(A) Any person who is receiving an allowance, benefit, or any increase under the provisions of this chapter may, at any time, waive his rights thereto, or to a portion thereof, by filing a written notice of waiver with the school employees retirement board. Except as provided in …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.663 Payroll deduction of membership dues and fees of retiree organizations

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Any person receiving from the school employees retirement system an allowance, annuity, pension, or benefit may authorize the system to make deductions therefrom for the payment of dues and other membership fees to any retirement association or other organization composed primari…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.67 Restitution order based on theft in office or certain sex offenses

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(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any payment that is to be made under a pension, annuity, allowance, or other type of benefit, other than a survivorship benefit, that has been granted to a person under this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.671 Order for division of marital property

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(A) As used in this section, "alternate payee," "benefit," "lump sum payment," "participant," and "public retirement program" have the same meanings as in section 3105.80 of the Revised Code.(B) On receipt of an order issued under section 3105.171 or 3105.65 of the Revised Code, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.672 Forfeiture of retirement benefits under RC 2929.192

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(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions standing to a person's credit under this chapter and any other amount or amounts to be paid to a person who is a contributor under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contri…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.673 Benefits subject to termination

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a disability benefit granted under this chapter is subject to an order issued under section 2929.193 of the Revised Code. The school employees retirement board shall comply with the order. On receipt of notice under section 290…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.68 Payment of amounts due retirement system from treasury

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All amounts due the school employees retirement system from the state treasury pursuant to this chapter shall be promptly paid upon warrant of the director of budget and management pursuant to a voucher approved by the director.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.69 Group health care coverage for eligible individuals or dependents

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(A) The school employees retirement board may establish a program to provide medical, hospital, surgical, prescription, or other health care coverage, benefits, reimbursement, or any combination thereof, to eligible individuals or dependents. Any program established under this se…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.691 Establishing programs for long term health care insurance

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The school employees retirement board may establish a program under which members of the retirement system, employers on behalf of members, and persons receiving service, disability, or survivor benefits are permitted to participate in contracts for long-term health care insuranc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.692 Additional deposits to fund medical expenses

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As used in this section, "SERS defined benefit plan" means the plan established under sections 3309.18 to 3309.70 of the Revised Code and "SERS defined contribution plan" means the plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code.The SERS defined benefit plan or a SERS …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.70 Recovering erroneous payments

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If a person who is a member, former member, contributor, former contributor, retirant, beneficiary, or alternate payee, as defined in section 3105.80 of the Revised Code, is paid any benefit or payment by the school employees retirement system to which the person is not entitled,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.73 Credit for service in uniform retirement system

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(A) As used in this section and section 3309.731 of the Revised Code:(1) "Uniform retirement system" or "uniform system" means the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement system.(2) "Military service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.731 Transferred service credit from uniform retirement system

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(A) As used in this section, "transferred service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code prior to the date a member commenced the employment covered by the school employees retir…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.74 Transferring service credit and contributions between SERS and Cincinnati retirement system

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(A) As used in this section and sectoins 3309.75 and 3309.76 of the Revised Code, "military service credit" means credit purchased or obtained under the school employees retirement system or city of Cincinnati retirement system for service in the armed forces of the United States…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.75 Eligibility for credit for service in Cincinnati retirement system

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(A) If the conditions described in division (B) of section 3309.74 of the Revised Code are met, a member of the school employees retirement system who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the school employees retirement system is eligible to obtain credit for service as a m…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.76 Transferring contributions to Cincinnati retirement system

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(A) If the conditions described in division (B) of section 3309.74 of the Revised Code are met and a person who is a member or former member of the school employees retirement system but not a current contributor and who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the school emplo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.80 Rules for defined contribution plans

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The school employees retirement board shall adopt rules to implement each plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.81 Establishment and administration of defined contribution plan

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The school employees retirement board may establish one or more plans consisting of benefit options that provide for an individual account for each participating member and under which benefits are based solely on the amounts that have accumulated in the account. The plans may in…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.811 Qualification of plan as governmental plan for federal tax purposes

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Each plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code shall qualify as a governmental plan under section 414(d) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 414(d), as amended, and meet the requirements of section 401(a) of the "Internal Revenue C…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.812 Qualification of plan as retirement system maintained by a state or local government entity for federal tax purposes

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Each plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code shall meet the requirements necessary to qualify as a retirement system maintained by a state or local government entity under section 3121(b)(7)(F) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A.…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.813 Maintaining individual account for each participant

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Each plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code shall require the school employees retirement board, or the entity administering the plan pursuant to a contract with the board, to cause an individual account to be maintained for each member participating in the pl…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.82 Application of chapter to defined contribution plan

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, sections 3309.02, 3309.021, and 3309.022 and sections 3309.18 to 3309.70 of the Revised Code do not apply to a plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code, except that a plan may incorporate provisions of thos…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.85 Contributions of members

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Each member participating in a plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code shall contribute a per cent of the member's compensation to the school employees retirement system as required in section 3309.47 of the Revised Code. Contributions made under this section s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.86 Contributions of employers

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For each member participating in a plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code, the employer shall contribute a per cent of the member's compensation to the school employees retirement system as required in section 3309.49 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.87 Deposit and crediting of contributions

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Except as provided in section 3309.88 of the Revised Code, amounts contributed under sections 3309.85 and 3309.86 of the Revised Code, and any earnings on those amounts, shall be deposited and credited in accordance with the plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised C…