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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

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.25 Information to new employees
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On receipt of notice under section 3309.55 of the Revised Code of the employment of a new employee, the school employees retirement system shall inform the employee of the requirements of section 3309.251 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.251 Electing defined benefit or defined contribution plan
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(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, an individual who becomes a member of the school employees retirement system on or after the date on which the school employees retirement board establishes a plan under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code shall make an elec…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.252 Employee with less than 5 years of service electing to participate in defined contribution plan
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(A) A member of the school employees retirement system, who, as of the last day of the month immediately preceding the date on which the system establishes a plan under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code, has less than five years of total service credit is eligible to make an el…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.253 Effect of electing defined contribution plan
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A member of the school employees retirement system who elects to participate in a plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code shall be ineligible for any benefit or payment under sections 3309.18 to 3309.70 of the Revised Code and shall be forever barred from claim…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.26 Restoring service credit

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(A) The membership of any person in the school employees retirement system shall terminate if the person withdraws the person's accumulated contributions, retires on a retirement allowance as provided in sections 3309.36 and 3309.381 of the Revised Code, or dies, unless otherwise…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.261 Payroll deduction plans - restoring PERS or STERS credit

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(A) A member of the school employees retirement system who has at least eighteen months of contributing service credit in the system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund, public employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, or state highway patrol retirement sy…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.262 Proceedings on request for restoration of service credit

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After receiving a request from the public employees retirement system under division (A) of section 145.311 or the state teachers retirement system under division (A) of section 3307.711 of the Revised Code, the school employees retirement system shall do both of the following:(A…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.27 Payroll deduction plans

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(A) The school employees retirement board may establish by rule payroll deduction plans for payment of the following:(1) The cost of restoring service credit under section 3309.26 or 3309.261 of the Revised Code or purchasing any service credit members of the school employees ret…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.28 Statement to be filed by employee member

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Not later than thirty days after an employee begins employment, the employer shall file with the school employees retirement system a detailed statement of the employee's personal information and such other information as the school employees retirement board requires for the pro…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.29 Verifying termination of active service

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To the extent to which it is used in determining the liability of any fund created by section 3309.60 of the Revised Code, the school employees retirement board shall verify the statement required by section 3309.28 of the Revised Code by the best evidence it can obtain. If offic…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.30 Service credit

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For service subsequent to June 30, 1955, the retirement board shall credit a year of service credit to any member employed on a full-time basis for nine or more months of service within a year. For contributing and prior service before July 1, 1955 only eight or more months of se…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.301 Purchase of service credit for period of self-exemption

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(A) As used in this section, "paying system" and "transferring system" have the same meanings as in section 3309.35 of the Revised Code.(B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, a member of the school employees retirement system with at least eighteen months o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.31 Credit for prior service - comparable public position

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Service credit purchased under this section shall be included in the member's total service credit. Credit may be purchased for the following:(A) School service in a public or private school, college, or university of this or another state, and for school service in any school or…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.311 Purchasing credit for service as school board member

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As used in this section, "school board member" means a member of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district board of education and a "governing board member" means a member of an educational service center governing board.(A) A member of the school emplo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.312 University of Akron law enforcement officers electing transfer to public employees retirement system

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(A) Not later than ninety days after September 16, 1998, a member who, on September 16, 1998, is employed full time pursuant to section 3345.04 of the Revised Code by the university of Akron as a state university law enforcement officer may elect to transfer to the public employe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.32 Prior service credit

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Any employee who becomes a member and establishes one year of contributing service credit shall be granted prior service credit unless the employee is otherwise required to establish additional contributing service credit under the provisions of this chapter. Provided, however, t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.33 Retirement incentive plan

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(A) An employer may establish a retirement incentive plan for its employees who are members of the school employees retirement system. The plan shall provide for purchase by the employer of service credit for eligible employees who choose to participate in the plan and for paymen…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.34 Eligibility for service retirement

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(A)(1)(a) A member of the school employees retirement system is eligible for service retirement before August 1, 2017, if the member: (i) Has at least five years of total service credit and has attained sixty years of age;(ii) Has at least thirty years of total service credit at …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.341 Employment of retirant

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(A) As used in this section and section 3309.344 of the Revised Code: (1) "SERS retirant" means any person who is receiving a retirement allowance from the school employees retirement system under section 3309.36 or 3309.381 or former section 3309.38 of the Revised Code or any be…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.343 Continuing contributions to state system after retirement

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(A) As used in this section: (1) In addition to the meaning in section 3309.01 of the Revised Code, when appropriate "compensation" has the same meaning as in section 3307.01 of the Revised Code.(2) "Earnable salary" has the same meaning as in section 145.01 of the Revised Code.(…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.344 Retirant may apply for monthly annuity or lump sum payment

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For purposes of this section, "SERS retirant" includes a member who retired under section 3309.343 of the Revised Code.(A) Except as provided in division (B)(3) of this section, an SERS retirant or other system retirant who has made contributions under section 3309.341 or 3309.34…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.345 Reemployed superannuate or rehire in position filled by vote of members of board or commission

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(A) This section applies in the case of a person who is or most recently has been employed by an employer in a position that is customarily filled by a vote of members of a board or commission. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a board or commission that proposes …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.35 Coordinating and integrating membership in state retirement systems

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(A) As used in this section:(1) "State retirement system" means the public employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, or school employees retirement system.(2) "Total service credit" means all service credit earned in all state retirement systems, except credi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.353 Increase in benefits established prior to 2/1/1983

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As used in this section, "benefit" means any allowance, pension, or other benefit to which an individual is entitled and that the individual receives pursuant to section 3309.36, 3309.40, 3309.45, or 3309.46 or former section 3309.38 of the Revised Code. The annual amount of each…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.354 Increase in benefits where eligibility established prior to 9-9-88

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As used in this section, "benefit" means any allowance, pension, or other benefit to which an individual is entitled and that he receives pursuant to section 3309.35, 3309.36, 3309.40, 3309.45, or 3309.46 or former section 3309.38 of the Revised Code. Effective the first day of t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.36 Allowances for service retirement

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(A) A member of the school employees retirement system who retires on service retirement shall be granted a retirement allowance consisting of the lesser of the sum of the following amounts or the limit established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.361 Annual lifetime benefit

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On and after the effective date of this section, the allowances of retirants receiving benefits based on an award from the school employees retirement system made on or after June 30, 1955, and before 1971, shall have the benefit recalculated by the school employees retirement sy…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.362 Increase in annual amount of benefit effective 7-1-81

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As used in this section, "benefit" means any allowance, pension, or other benefit to which an individual is entitled and that the individual receives under section 3309.35, 3309.36, 3309.40, 3309.45, or 3309.46 or former section 3309.38 of the Revised Code. Effective July 1, 1981…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.363 Contribution based benefit cap

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Retirement allowance" means any of the following as appropriate: (a) An allowance calculated under section 3309.36 of the Revised Code before any reduction for early retirement or election under section 3309.46 of the Revised Code of a plan of pa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.3710 Increase in monthly allowance, pension or benefit effective 7-1-81

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(A) Effective July 1, 1981, each person eligible to receive an allowance, pension, or benefit pursuant to sections 3309.35, 3309.36, 3309.40, division (A) of section 3309.45, and section 3309.46 and former section 3309.38 of the Revised Code that was based upon an award made effe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.3711 Increasing pension, benefit, or allowance when limits of 26 USC 415 are raised

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Whenever the limits established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended, are raised, the school employees retirement board shall increase the amount of the pension, benefit, or allowance of any person whose pension, benef…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.3712 Establishing and maintaining qualified governmental excess benefit arrangement

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The school employees retirement board may establish and maintain a qualified governmental excess benefit arrangement that meets the requirements of division (m) of section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended, and any regulations…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.374 Cost of living increase

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(A) Until December 31, 2017, the school employees retirement board shall annually increase each allowance, pension, or benefit payable under this chapter by three per cent.(B) Effective January 1, 2018, the retirement board may annually increase each allowance, pension, or benefi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.375 Benefits equivalent to medicare

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(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the board of the school employees retirement system shall make available to each retirant or disability benefit recipient receiving a monthly allowance or benefit on or after January 1, 1968, who has attained the a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.376 Additional monthly payment as of 12-31-71

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On and after December 31, 1971, all persons who retired and were eligible to receive a pension that was payable prior to July 1, 1968, pursuant to section 3309.36 or 3309.40 or former section 3309.38 of the Revised Code, or in the event of the death of such persons, the person de…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.377 Additional monthly payment where member died prior to 7-1-68

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Each person receiving benefits under section 3309.45 of the Revised Code who became eligible to receive such benefits under section 3309.44 of the Revised Code by virtue of the death of a member prior to July 1, 1968, shall receive an additional monthly payment of two dollars for…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.378 Additional monthly payment as of 12-19-73

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On and after the effective date of this section, any person who retired or his beneficiary , who was eligible to receive an allowance that was first payable on or after July 1, 1968 and prior to July 1, 1971, and the beneficiary of a member who died before service retirement on o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.379 Recalculating benefits

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(A) On and after the first day of the month following the effective date of this section, each person eligible to receive an allowance, pension, or benefit, pursuant to sections 3309.35, 3309.36, 3309.40, division (A) of section 3309.45, and section 3309.46 and former section 330…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.381 Disability allowance recipient applying for service retirement

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(A) A recipient of a disability allowance under section 3309.401 of the Revised Code who is subject to division (C)(3) of that section may make application for retirement under this section. Retirement shall be effective on the first day of the first month following the last day …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.39 Providing disability coverage for on-duty illness or injury

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(A) The school employees retirement system shall provide disability coverage to each member who has at least five years of total service credit. Not later than October 16, 1992, the school employees retirement board shall give each person who is a member on July 29, 1992, the opp…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.391 Annual report disability retirement experience of each employer

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Not later than September 1, 2000, and each first day of September thereafter, the school employees retirement board shall make and submit a report for the preceding fiscal year of the disability retirement experience of each employer. The report shall specify the total number of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.392 Social security disability insurance benefits

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(A) A recipient of a disability benefit granted under this chapter on or after January 7, 2013, but before the effective date of this amendment, who is enrolled in health care coverage under section 3309.69 of the Revised Code shall apply for social security disability insurance …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.40 Benefits upon disability retirement

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A member who has elected disability coverage under this section, has not attained age sixty, and is determined by the school employees retirement board under section 3309.39 of the Revised Code to qualify for a disability benefit shall be retired on disability under this section.…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.401 Annual amount of disability allowance

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(A) A member with disability coverage under this section who is determined by the school employees retirement board under section 3309.39 of the Revised Code to qualify for a disability benefit shall receive a disability allowance under this section. The allowance shall be an ann…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.41 Disability benefit recipient to retain membership status

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(A) Notwithstanding any contrary provisions in Chapter 124. or 3319. of the Revised Code: (1) A disability benefit recipient whose benefit effective date was before January 7, 2013, shall retain membership status and shall be considered on leave of absence from employment during …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.42 Payment to member who ceases to be a public employee

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(A)(1) Subject to section 3309.67 of the Revised Code and except as provided in division (B) of this section, a member who elects to become exempt from contribution to the school employees retirement system pursuant to section 3309.23 of the Revised Code, or ceases to be an emplo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.43 Payments to members who are members of another state retirement system

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(A) As used in this section, "other retirement system" means the public employees retirement system or the state teachers retirement system.(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, on application, a member of the school employees retirement system who is also a mem…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.44 Designation or qualification of beneficiaries

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(A) As used in this section and in section 3309.45 of the Revised Code: (1) "Child" means a biological or legally adopted child of a deceased member. If a court hearing for an interlocutory decree for adoption was held prior to the member's death, "child" includes the child who w…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.45 Beneficiary may substitute other benefits

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Except as provided in division (C)(1) of this section, in lieu of accepting the payment of the accumulated account of a member who dies before service retirement, the beneficiary, as determined in section 3309.44 of the Revised Code, may elect to forfeit the accumulated account a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3309.451 Service credit purchased upon death of member

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Upon the death of a member prior to receipt of a disability benefit or service retirement, the surviving spouse or dependents of the deceased member shall have the right to purchase any service credit which the member, had he not died, would have been eligible to purchase under t…