The boards of the state retirement systems shall jointly develop a retirement board member education program and submit the program to the Ohio retirement study council.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 171.50

  • state retirement systems: means the public employees retirement system, Ohio police and fire pension fund, state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, and state highway patrol retirement system. See Ohio Code 171.01

The boards shall jointly pay all costs associated with establishing and conducting the retirement board member education program.

The retirement board member education program shall consist of an orientation component for newly elected and appointed members and a continuing education component for board members who have served for at least one year. The program shall incorporate into its curriculum each of the following topics: board member duties and responsibilities, retirement system member benefits and health care management, ethics, governance processes and procedures, actuarial soundness, investments, and any other subject matter the boards believe is reasonably related to the duties of a board member.

All program sessions, classes, and other events shall be held in Ohio.

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