(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 annual amount equal to the greater of the following:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3309.401

  • Accumulated contributions: means the sum of all amounts credited to a contributor's account in the employees' savings fund together with any regular interest credited thereon at the rates approved by the retirement board prior to retirement. See Ohio Code 3309.01
  • Benefit: means a payment, other than a retirement allowance or the annuity paid under section 3309. See Ohio Code 3309.01
  • Disability allowance: means an allowance paid on account of disability under section 3309. See Ohio Code 3309.01
  • Final average salary: means the sum of the annual compensation for the three highest years of compensation for which contributions were made by the member, divided by three. See Ohio Code 3309.01
  • Member: includes a disability benefit recipient. See Ohio Code 3309.01
  • Pension: means annual payments for life derived from appropriations made by an employer and paid from the employers' trust fund or the annuity and pension reserve fund. See Ohio Code 3309.01
  • total service: includes any period, not in excess of three years, during which a member was out of service and receiving benefits from the state insurance fund, provided the injury or incapacitation was the direct result of school employment. See Ohio Code 3309.01

(1) Forty-five per cent of the member’s final average salary;

(2) The member’s total service credit multiplied by two and two-tenths per cent of the member’s final average salary, not exceeding sixty per cent of the member’s final average salary.

(B) Sufficient reserves for payment of the disability allowance shall be transferred to the annuity and pension reserve fund from the employers’ accumulation fund. The accumulated contributions of the member shall remain in the employees’ savings fund. No part of the allowance paid under this section shall be charged against the member’s accumulated contributions.

(C) A disability allowance paid under this section shall terminate at the earliest of the following:

(1) The effective date of service retirement under section 3309.35 or 3309.36 of the Revised Code;

(2) The date the allowance is terminated under section 3309.41 of the Revised Code;

(3) The later of the last day of the month in which the recipient attains age sixty-five, or the last day of the month in which the benefit period ends as follows:

Attained Age at Effective Date
of Disability Allowance Benefit Period
60 or 61 60 months
62 or 63 48 months
64 or 65 36 months
66, 67, or 68 24 months
69 or older 12 months