Rhode Island General Laws 16-16-15. Amount of ordinary disability benefit
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Upon retirement for ordinary disability under § 16-16-14, a teacher shall receive a benefit equal to the rate prescribed for service retirement under § 16-16-13 subject to the provisions of § 16-16-20; provided, however, that no teacher retiring with less than ten (10) years of total service shall receive a benefit less than he or she would have received if he or she had ten (10) years of total service.
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 306, art. 2, § 4; P.L. 1993, ch. 360, § 2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 16-16-15
- Service: means service as a teacher as described in subdivision (12) of this section. See Rhode Island General Laws 16-16-1
- Teacher: means a person required to hold a certificate of qualification issued by or under the authority of the board of regents for elementary and secondary education and who is engaged in teaching as his or her principal occupation and is regularly employed as a teacher in the public schools of any city or town in the state, or any formalized, commissioner approved, cooperative service arrangement. See Rhode Island General Laws 16-16-1
- Total service: means prior service as defined in subdivision (6) of this section, plus service rendered as a member of the system on or after the first day of July, 1949. See Rhode Island General Laws 16-16-1