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.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3307.53

  • Member: means any person included in the membership of the state teachers retirement system, which shall consist of all teachers and contributors as defined in divisions (B) and (D) of this section and all disability benefit recipients, as defined in section 3307. See Ohio Code 3307.01
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • STRS defined benefit plan: means the plan described in sections 3307. See Ohio Code 3307.01
  • STRS defined contribution plan: means the plans established under section 3307. See Ohio Code 3307.01
  • Teacher: means all of the following:

    (a) Any person paid from public funds and employed in the public schools of the state under any type of contract described in section 3311. See Ohio Code 3307.01

  • Year: means the year beginning the first day of July and ending with the thirtieth day of June next following, except that for the purpose of determining final average salary under the plan described in sections 3307. See Ohio Code 3307.01

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.