Ohio Code 3309.10 – Service on board; reimbursement for employer; expenses; liability insurance
(A) No member of the school employees retirement board shall be subject to disciplinary action by an employer for absence from the member’s regular employment for service to the board.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3309.10
- compensation: means all salary, wages, and other earnings paid to a contributor by reason of employment. See Ohio Code 3309.01
- Employee: means all of the following:
(1) Any person employed by a public employer in a position for which the person is not required to have a registration, certificate, or license issued pursuant to section 3301. See Ohio Code 3309.01
- Member: includes a disability benefit recipient. See Ohio Code 3309.01
- public employer: means boards of education, school districts, joint vocational districts, governing authorities of community schools established under Chapter 3314 of the Revised Code, a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under Chapter 3326 of the Revised Code, educational institutions, technical colleges, state, municipal, and community colleges, community college branches, universities, university branches, other educational institutions, or other agencies within the state by which an employee is employed and paid, including any organization using federal funds, provided the federal funds are disbursed by an employer as determined by the above. See Ohio Code 3309.01
- Retirant: means any former member who retired and is receiving a retirement allowance under section 3309. See Ohio Code 3309.01
Members of the board shall serve without compensation from the retirement system, but an employer shall be reimbursed from the expense fund for any compensation paid to an employee member of the board or a retirant member employed by a public employer in accordance with section 3309.341 of the Revised Code for service to the board.
(B) The members of the board shall be reimbursed from the expense fund for all actual necessary expenses incurred while serving on the board.
(C) The board may secure insurance coverage designed to indemnify board members and employees for their actions or conduct in the performance of official duties, and may pay required premiums for such coverage from the expense fund.
(D) The board shall adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code establishing a policy for reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by board members in the performance of their official duties. As part of any audit performed under Chapter 117 of the Revised Code, an inquiry shall be made into whether board members have complied with these rules.
(E) No board member shall accept payment or reimbursement for travel expenses, other than for meals and other food and beverages provided to the member, from any source other than the expense fund. Except in the case of an emergency, no out-of-state travel expenses shall be reimbursed unless approved in advance by a majority of the board at a regular board meeting.