Ohio Code 3307.78 – Purchasing credit for service as school board member
(A) As used in this section, “school board member” means a member of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district board of education and “governing board member” means a member of an educational service center governing board.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3307.78
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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
- 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
(B) A member of the state teachers retirement system participating in the STRS defined benefit plan may purchase credit under section 3307.70 of the Revised Code for service as a school board or governing board member, other than service subject to the tax on wages imposed by the “Federal Insurance Contributions Act,” 68A Stat. 415 (1954), 26 U.S.C.A. 3101, as amended. The member must provide evidence satisfactory to the state teachers retirement board of service as a school board or governing board member during the years for which the member wishes to purchase credit.
Credit may be purchased for service as a school board or governing board member between September 1, 1920, and the first day of January of the year in which the credit is purchased. A member is eligible to purchase one-quarter of a year’s credit for each year of service as a school board or governing board member.